RE: iSCSI reqmts and Ethernet adapters

Charles Monia <cmonia@NishanSystems.com> Thu, 26 April 2001 01:17 UTC

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From: Charles Monia <cmonia@NishanSystems.com>
To: "'KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1)'" <marjorie_krueger@hp.com>, 'Douglas Otis' <dotis@sanlight.net>, ips@ece.cmu.edu, Black_David@emc.com
Cc: sob@harvard.edu, egrodriguez@lucent.com, mankin@east.isi.edu
Subject: RE: iSCSI reqmts and Ethernet adapters
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:51:40 -0700
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Hi:

> Another valid point Doug made is that iSCSI, FCIP, and iFCP 
> all have the
> same framing needs and should all use the framing solution.  That
> recommendation certainly seems sane and within the scope of this WG to
> oversee.  Last time I paid attention, FCIP and iFCP were 
> trying to reinvent
> this wheel.

To bring you up to date, there is no "framing solution" in the common
encapsulation proposal.

See
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ips-fcencapsulation-00.txt


Charles