IP over Fibre Channel (ipfc)

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NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 51st IETF Meeting in London, England. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 31-Jul-01

Chair(s):

Murali Rajagopal <muralir@lightsand.com>

Internet Area Director(s):

Thomas Narten <narten@raleigh.ibm.com>
Erik Nordmark <nordmark@eng.sun.com>

Internet Area Advisor:

Erik Nordmark <nordmark@eng.sun.com>

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Description of Working Group:

The importance of running IP and ARP over Fibre Channels has reached a critical point wherein a standardized approach seems to be the only solution. Historically over the past few years, there have been a multitude of attempts and approaches to implementing IP and ARP over Fibre Channel (FC). This has resulted in islands of implementations with no interoperability. Several vendors from the Fibre Channel Association (FCA) have proposed taking this problem to the IETF with the intent of generating one "standard" specification.

This working group will be responsible for standardizing a specification that will allow IP and ARP to ride over various Fibre Channel topologies, which may include point-to-point, Loop, and Fabric.

The specification will include procedures and protocols for the broadcast of ARP packets between Fibre Channel devices and an encapsulation mechanism to carry IP payloads.

Objectives:

1. Specify a Standards Track procedure for broadcasting ARP packets and resolving IP to FC MAC address and FC MAC to FC port address

2. Specify a Standards Track encapsulation for carrying IP over FC.

Goals and Milestones:

May 99

  

Submit to IESG the Fabric Element MIB for consideration as a Proposed Standard

Nov 99

  

Submit final version of Fibre Channel Management MIB as an Internet-Draft

Mar 00

  

Submit Fabric Management MIB to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard

Internet-Drafts:
Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

RFC2625

PS

IP and ARP over Fibre Channel

RFC2837

PS

Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fabric Element in Fibre Channel Standard