4172: iFCP - A Protocol for Internet Fibre Channel Storage Networking.

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This document specifies an architecture and a gateway-to-gateway protocol for the implementation of fibre channel fabric functionality over an IP network. This functionality is provided through TCP protocols for fibre channel frame transport and the distributed fabric services specified by the fibre channel standards. The architecture enables internetworking of fibre channel devices through gateway-accessed regions with the fault isolation properties of autonomous systems and the scalability of the IP network.

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=241908 bytes
Authors M. Edwards W. Jeong F. Travostino R. Mullendore
Date September 2005
Keyphrases iFCP Fibre fibre channel fabric

References

RFC793: Transmission Control Protocol.
RFC896: Congestion control in IP/TCP internetworks.
RFC1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers.
RFC1323: TCP Extensions for High Performance.
RFC1633: Integrated Services in the Internet Architecture: an Overview.
RFC2030: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and
RFC2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels.
RFC2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol.
RFC2402: IP Authentication Header.
RFC2404: The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and
RFC2405: The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm With Explicit
RFC2406: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP).
RFC2407: The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for
RFC2408: Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP).
RFC2409: The Internet Key Exchange (IKE).
RFC2410: The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec.
RFC2451: The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms.
RFC2475: An Architecture for Differentiated Service.
RFC2625: IP and ARP over Fibre Channel.
RFC2709: Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for NAT Domains.
RFC2923: TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery.
RFC3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture.
RFC3260: New Terminology and Clarifications for Diffserv.
RFC3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services.
RFC3566: The AES-XCBC-MAC-96 Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec.
RFC3643: Fibre Channel (FC) Frame Encapsulation.
RFC3686: Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Counter Mode With IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP).
RFC3723: Securing Block Storage Protocols over
RFC4171: Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS).

Referenced by

RFC4171: Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS).
RFC4174: The IPv4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Option for the Internet Storage Name Service.
RFC4369: Definitions of Managed Objects for Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP).