[PWE3] Protocol Action: 'Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Fibre Channel Traffic over MPLS Networks' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-pwe3-fc-encap-16.txt)
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Subject: [PWE3] Protocol Action: 'Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Fibre Channel Traffic over MPLS Networks' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-pwe3-fc-encap-16.txt)
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The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Fibre Channel Traffic over MPLS Networks' (draft-ietf-pwe3-fc-encap-16.txt) as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Stewart Bryant and Adrian Farrel. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pwe3-fc-encap/ Technical Summary A Fibre Channel pseudowire (PW) is used to carry Fibre Channel traffic over an MPLS network. This enables service providers to take advantage of MPLS to offer "emulated" Fibre Channel services. This document specifies the encapsulation of Fibre Channel traffic within a pseudowire. It also specifies the common procedures for using a PW to provide a Fibre Channel service. Working Group Summary This document is a product of the PWE3 working group. This draft originated as draft-roth-pwe3-fc-encap-01 in 2005, which contained a basic specification for the transport of FC over MPLS using PWs. Subsequently, there was significant debate about the congestion control and QoS implications of FC, which requires a reliable underlying transport. The document was reviewed by the transport area resulting in the development of a TCP-friendly congestion control protocol. However, this protocol was felt to add significant complexity, and was removed from the draft and instead the applicability of FC PWs limited to MPLS networks that are provisioned and operated with very low loss rates. Document Quality There are no concerns about protocol quality. Personnel Matthew Bocci is the Document Shepherd for this document. Stewart Bryant is the Responsible Area Director.