RFC 3643
Fibre Channel (FC) Frame Encapsulation
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Proposed Standard
Proposed Standard
Network Working Group R. Weber Request for Comments: 3643 Brocade Category: Standards Track M. Rajagopal Broadcom Corporation F. Travostino Nortel Networks M. O'Donnell McDATA C. Monia Nishan Systems M. Merhar Sun Microsystems December 2003 Fibre Channel (FC) Frame Encapsulation Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.Abstract
This document describes the common Fibre Channel (FC) frame encapsulation format and a procedure for the measurement and calculation of frame transit time through the IP network. This specification is intended for use by any IETF protocol that encapsulates FC frames.
Table of Contents
1. Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Encapsulation Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. The FC Encapsulation Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.1. FC Encapsulation Header Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2. FC Encapsulation Header Validation . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2.1. Redundancy Based FC Encapsulation Header Validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2.2. CRC Based FC Encapsulation Header Validation . . 7 4. Measuring Fibre Channel Frame Transit Time . . . . . . . . . . 8 5. The FC Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1. FC Frame Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.2. Bit and Byte Ordering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.3. FC SOF and EOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendix A. Fibre Channel Bit and Byte Numbering Guidance . . . . 15 Appendix B. Encapsulating Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . 15 Appendix C. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Appendix D. Intellectual Property Rights Statement . . . . . . . 17 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201. Scope
This document describes common mechanisms for the transport of Fibre Channel frames over an IP network, including the encapsulation format and a mechanism for enforcing the Fibre Channel frame lifetime limits. Warning to Readers Familiar With Fibre Channel: Both Fibre Channel and IETF standards use the same byte transmission order. However, the bit and byte numbering is different. See Appendix A for guidance. The organization responsible for the Fibre Channel standards (INCITS Technical Committee T11) has determined that some functions and modes of operation are not interoperable to the degree required by the IETF (see FC-MI [8]). This document includes applicable T11 interoperability determinations in the form of restrictions on the use of this encapsulation mechanism.
Use of these mechanisms in an encapsulating protocol requires an
additional document to specify the encapsulating protocol specific
functionality and appropriate security considerations. Because
security considerations for this encapsulation depend on how it is
used by encapsulating protocols, they are taken up in encapsulating
protocol specific documents.
Conventions used in this document
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC
2119 [2].
2. Encapsulation Concepts
The smallest unit of data transmission and routing in Fibre Channel
(FC) is the frame. FC frames include a Start Of Frame (SOF), End Of
Frame (EOF), and the contents of the Fibre Channel frame. The Fibre
Channel frame includes a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code that
provides error detection for the contents of the frame. FC frames
are variable length. To facilitate transporting FC frames over an IP
based transport such as TCP the native FC frame needs to be contained
in (encapsulated in) a slightly larger structure as shown in Figure
1.
+--------------------+
| Header |
+--------------------+-----+
| SOF | f |
+--------------------+ F r |
| FC frame content | C a |
+--------------------+ m |
| EOF | e |
+--------------------+-----+
Figure 1 - FC frame Encapsulation
The format and content of an FC frame are described in the FC
standards (e.g., FC-FS [3], FC-SW-2 [4], and FC-PI [5]). Of
importance to this encapsulation is the FC requirement that all
frames SHALL contain a CRC for detection of transmission errors.
3. The FC Encapsulation Header
3.1. FC Encapsulation Header Format
Figure 2 shows the format of the required FC Encapsulation Header. W|------------------------------Bit------------------------------| o| | r| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3| d|0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1| +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 0| Protocol# | Version | -Protocol# | -Version | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 1| | +----- Encapsulating Protocol Specific ----+ 2| | +-----------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------+ 3| Flags | Frame Length | -Flags | -Frame Length | +-----------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------+ 4| Time Stamp [Seconds] | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ 5| Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ 6| CRC | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Figure 2 - FC Encapsulation Header Format The fields in the FC Encapsulation Header are defined as follows. Protocol#: The Protocol# field SHALL contain a number that indicates which encapsulating protocol is employing the FC Encapsulation. The values in the Protocol# field are assigned by IANA (see Appendix C). Version: The Version field SHALL contain 0x01 to indicate that this version of the FC Encapsulation is being used. All other values are reserved for future versions of the FC Encapsulation. -Protocol#: The -Protocol# field SHALL contain the one's complement of the contents of the Protocol# field. FC Encapsulation receivers SHOULD either validate the CRC or compare the Protocol# and - Protocol# fields to verify that an FC Encapsulation Header is being processed according to a policy defined by the encapsulating protocol.
-Version: The -Version field SHALL contain the one's complement of
the contents of the Version field. FC Encapsulation receivers
SHOULD either validate the CRC or compare the Version and -Version
fields to verify that an FC Encapsulation Header is being
processed according to a policy defined by the encapsulating
protocol.
Encapsulating Protocol Specific: The usage of these words differs
based on the contents of the Protocol# field, i.e., the usage of
these words is defined by the encapsulating protocol that is
employing this encapsulation.
Flags: The Flags bits provide information about the usage of the
FC Encapsulation Header as shown in Figure 3.
|------------------------Bit--------------------------|
| |
| 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
+--------------------------------------------+--------+
| Reserved | CRCV |
+--------------------------------------------+--------+
Figure 3 - Flags Field Format
Reserved Flags bits: These bits are reserved for use by future
versions of the FC Encapsulation and SHALL be set to zero on send.
Encapsulating protocols employing the encapsulation described in
this specification MAY require checking for zero on receive,
however doing so has the potential to create incompatibilities
with future versions of this encapsulation. Changes in the usage
of the Reserved Flags bits MUST be identified by changes in the
contents of the Version field. Encapsulating protocols employing
the encapsulation described in this specification MUST NOT make
use of the Reserved Flags bits in any fashion other than that
described in this specification.
CRCV (CRC Valid Flag): A CRCV bit value of one indicates that
the contents of the CRC field are valid. A CRCV bit value of zero
indicates that the contents of the CRC field are invalid. The
value of the CRCV bit SHALL be constant for all FC Encapsulation
Headers sent on a given connection.
Frame Length: The Frame Length field contains the length of the
entire FC Encapsulated frame including the FC Encapsulation Header
and the FC frame (including SOF and EOF words). This length is
based on a unit of 32-bit words. All FC frames are 32-bit-word-
aligned and the FC Encapsulation Header is always word-aligned;
therefore a32-bit word length is acceptable.
-Flags: The -Flags field SHALL contain the one's complement of the
contents of the Flags field. FC Encapsulation receivers SHOULD
either validate the CRC or compare the Flags and -Flags fields to
verify that an FC Encapsulation Header is being processed
according to a policy defined by the encapsulating protocol.
-Frame Length: The -Frame Length field SHALL contain the one's
complement of the contents of the Frame Length field. FC
Encapsulation receivers SHOULD either validate the CRC or compare
the Frame Length and -Frame Length fields to verify that an FC
Encapsulation Header is being processed according to a policy
defined by the encapsulating protocol.
Time Stamp [Seconds]: The Time Stamp [Seconds] field contains zero
or the number of seconds since 0 hour on 1 January 1900 at the
time the FC Encapsulated frame is place in the outgoing data
stream.
Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction]: The Time Stamp [Second Fraction]
field contains the fraction of the second at the time the FC
Encapsulated frame is place in the outgoing data stream. Non-
significant low order bits may be set to zero. Table 1 shows some
example Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] values.
+------------+--------------------+
| | Time Stamp |
| Second | [Seconds Fraction] |
+------------+--------------------+
| n.50000... | 0x80000000 |
| n.25000... | 0x40000000 |
| n.12500... | 0x20000000 |
+------------+--------------------+
Table 1 Example Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] values
Note that, since some time in 1968 (second 2,147,483,648) the most
significant bit (bit 0 of Time Stamp [Seconds]) has been set and that
the field will overflow some time in 2036 (second 4,294,967,296).
Should FCIP be in use in 2036, some external means will be necessary
to qualify time relative to 1900 and time relative to 2036 (and other
multiples of 136 years). There will exist a 200-picosecond interval,
henceforth ignored, every 136 years when the 64-bit field will be 0,
which by convention is interpreted as an invalid or unavailable
timestamp.
The Time Stamp [Seconds] and Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] words follow the in time format described in Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 [9]. The contents of the Time Stamp [Seconds] and Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] words SHALL be set as described in section 4. CRC: When the CRCV Flag bit is zero, the CRC field SHALL contain zero. When the CRCV Flag bit is one, the CRC field SHALL contain a CRC for words 0 to 5 of the FC Encapsulation Header computed using the equations, polynomial, initial value, and bit order defined for Fibre Channel in FC-FS [3]. Using this algorithm, the bit order of the resulting CRC corresponds to that of FC-1 layer. The CRC transmitted over the IP network shall correspond to the equivalent value converted to FC-2 format as specified in FC-FS.3.2. FC Encapsulation Header Validation
Two mechanisms are provided for validating an FC Encapsulation Header: - Redundancy based - CRC based The two mechanisms address the needs of two different design and operating environments.3.2.1. Redundancy Based FC Encapsulation Header Validation
Redundancy based validation of an FC Encapsulation Header relies on duplicated and one's complemented fields in the header. Encapsulating protocols that use redundancy based validation SHOULD define how receiving devices use one's complement fields to verify header validity. Header validation based on redundancy is a stepwise process in that the first word is validated, then the second, then the third and so on. A decision that a candidate header is not valid may be reached before the complete header is available.3.2.2. CRC Based FC Encapsulation Header Validation
CRC based validation of an FC Encapsulation Header relies on a CRC located in the last word of the header. Header validation based on the CRC defined in section 3.1 requires computing the CRC for all bytes preceding the CRC word, and comparing the results to the CRC word's contents.
4. Measuring Fibre Channel Frame Transit Time
To comply with FC-FS [3], an FC Fabric must specify and limit the lifetime of a frame. In an FC Fabric comprised of IP-connected elements, one component of the frame's lifetime is the time required to traverse the connection. To ensure that the total frame lifetime remains within the limits required by the FC Fabric, the encapsulation described in this specification contains provisions for recording the departure time of an encapsulated frame injected into a connection. If the encapsulated frame originator and recipient have access to aligned and synchronized time bases, the transit time through the IP network can then be computed. When originating an encapsulated frame, an entity that does not support transit time calculation SHALL always set the Time Stamp [Seconds] and Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] fields to zero. When receiving an encapsulated frame, an entity that does not support transit time calculation SHALL ignore the contents of the Time Stamp words. The encapsulating protocol SHALL specify whether or not implementation support is required. The encapsulating protocol SHALL specify those conditions under which a received encapsulated frame MUST have its transit time checked before forwarding. Encapsulating and de-encapsulating entities that support this feature MUST have access to: a) An internal time base having the stability and resolution necessary to comply with the requirements of the encapsulating protocol specification; and b) A time base that is synchronized and aligned with the time base of other entities to which encapsulated frames may be sent or received. The encapsulating protocol specification MUST describe the synchronization and alignment procedure. With respect to its ability to measure and set transit time for encapsulated frames exchanged with another device, an entity is either in the Synchronized or Unsynchronized state. An entity is in the Unsynchronized state upon power-up and transitions to the Synchronized state once it has aligned its time base in accordance with the applicable encapsulating protocol specification. An entity MUST return to the Unsynchronized state if it is unable to maintain synchronization of its time base as required by the encapsulating protocol specification.
The policy for forwarding frames while in the Unsynchronized state
SHALL be defined by the encapsulating protocol specification.
If processing frames in the Unsynchronized state is permitted by the
encapsulating protocol specification, the entity SHALL:
a) When de-encapsulating a frame, ignore the Time Stamp words. For
example, if a calculated transit time exceeds a value that could
cause the frame to violate FC maximum time in transit limits, the
encapsulating protocol may specify that the frame is to be
discarded; and
b) When encapsulating a frame set the Time Stamp [Seconds] and Time
Stamp [Seconds Fraction] words to zero. For example, an
encapsulating protocol may specify that frames for which transit
time cannot be determined are never to be forwarded over FC.
When encapsulating a frame, an entity in the Synchronized state SHALL
record the value of the time base in the Time Stamp [Seconds] and
Time Stamp [Seconds Fraction] words in the encapsulation header.
When de-encapsulating a frame, an entity in the Synchronized state
SHALL:
a) Test the Time Stamp words to determine if they contain a time as
specified in [9]. If the time stamp is valid, the receiving
entity SHALL compute the transit time by calculating the
difference between its time base and the departure time recorded
in the frame header. The receiving entity SHALL process the
calculated transit time and the de-encapsulated frame in
accordance with the applicable encapsulating protocol
specification; or
b) If both Time Stamp words have a value of zero, the receiving
entity SHALL de-encapsulate the frame without computing the
transit time. The disposition of the frame and any other actions
by the recipient SHALL be defined by the encapsulating protocol
specification.
Note: For most purposes, communication between entities is possible
only while in the Synchronized state.
5. The FC Frame
5.1. FC Frame Content
NOTE: All uses of the words "character" or "characters" in this section refer to 8bit/10bit link encoding wherein each 8 bit "character" within a link frame is encoded as a 10 bit "character" for link transmission. These words do not refer to ASCII, Unicode, or any other form of text characters, although octets from such characters will occur as 8 bit "characters" for this encoding. This usage is employed here for consistency with the ANSI T11 standards that specify Fibre Channel. Figure 4 shows the structure of a general FC-2 frame format. +------------------+ | SOF | +------------------+ | FC frame content | +------------------+ | EOF | +------------------+ Figure 4 - General FC-2 Frame Format As shown in Figure 4, the FC frame content is defined as the data between the EOF and SOF delimiters (including the FC CRC) after conversion from FC-1 to FC-2 format as specified by FC-FS [3]. When Fibre Channel devices convert the FC frame content to the FC-0 physical transport, an encoding is applied to the FC frame content (e.g., 8b/10b encoding like that used in Gigbit Ethernet) for reasons that include redundancy and low level timing synchronization between sender and receiver. With the exceptions of SOF and EOF [3] all discussion of FC frame content in this document is at the 8-bit byte level, prior to the application of any such encoding. The 8-bit bytes in the FC frame content can be translated directly for transmission over an IP Network. However, the FC SOF and EOF employ special 10b characters that have no 8b equivalents. Therefore, special byte placement and 8-bit character encodings are required to represent SOF and EOF.5.2. Bit and Byte Ordering
The Encapsulation Header, SOF, FC frame content (see section 5.1), and EOF are mapped to TCP using the big endian byte ordering, which corresponds to the standard network byte order or canonical form [7].
5.3. FC SOF and EOF
As described in section 5.1, representation of FC SOF and EOF in an IP Network byte stream requires special formatting and 8-bit code definitions. Therefore, the encapsulated FC frame SHALL have the format shown in Figure 5. The redundancy of the SOF/EOF representation in the encapsulation format results from concerns that the information be protected from transmission errors. W|------------------------------Bit------------------------------| o| | r| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3| d|0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1| +---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+ 0| SOF | SOF | -SOF | -SOF | +---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+ 1| | +----- FC frame content -----+ | | +---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+ n| EOF | EOF | -EOF | -EOF | +---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+ Figure 5 - FC Frame Encapsulation Format Note: The number of 8-bit bytes in the FC frame content is always a multiple of four. SOF: The SOF fields contain the encoded SOF value selected from table 2. +-------+------+-------+ +-------+------+-------+ | FC | SOF | | | FC | SOF | | | SOF | Code | Class | | SOF | Code | Class | +-------+------+-------+ +-------+------+-------+ | SOFf | 0x28 | F | | SOFi4 | 0x29 | 4 | | SOFi2 | 0x2D | 2 | | SOFn4 | 0x31 | 4 | | SOFn2 | 0x35 | 2 | | SOFc4 | 0x39 | 4 | | SOFi3 | 0x2E | 3 | +-------+------+-------+ | SOFn3 | 0x36 | 3 | +-------+------+-------+ Table 2 Translation of FC SOF values to SOF field contents -SOF: The -SOF fields contain the one's complement of the value in the SOF fields. Encapsulation receivers SHOULD validate the SOF field according to a policy defined by the encapsulating protocol.
EOF: The EOF fields contain the encoded EOF value selected from
table 3.
+-------+------+---------+ +--------+------+-------+
| FC | EOF | | | FC | EOF | |
| EOF | Code | Class | | EOF | Code | Class |
+-------+------+---------+ +--------+------+-------+
| EOFn | 0x41 | 2,3,4,F | | EOFdt | 0x46 | 4 |
| EOFt | 0x42 | 2,3,4,F | | EOFdti | 0x4E | 4 |
| EOFni | 0x49 | 2,3,4,F | | EOFrt | 0x44 | 4 |
| EOFa | 0x50 | 2,3,4,F | | EOFrti | 0x4F | 4 |
+-------+------+---------+ +--------+------+-------+
Table 3 Translation of FC EOF values to EOF field contents
-EOF: The -EOF fields contain the one's complement of the value in
the EOF fields. Encapsulation receivers SHOULD validate the EOF
field according to a policy defined by the encapsulating protocol.
Note: FC-BB-2 [6] lists SOF and EOF codes not shown in table 2 and
table 3 (e.g., SOFi1 and SOFn1). However, FC-MI [8] identifies these
codes as not interoperable, so they are not listed in this
specification.
6. Security Considerations
This document describes the encapsulation format only. Actual use of
this format in a encapsulating protocol requires an additional
document to specify the encapsulating protocol functionality and
appropriate security considerations. Because security considerations
for this encapsulation depend on how it is used by encapsulating
protocols, they SHALL be described in encapsulating protocol specific
documents.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[1] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", BCP
9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
[2] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[3] Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS), ANSI INCITS.373:2003, October 27, 2003. Note: Published T11 standards are available from the INCITS online store http://www.incits.org, or the ANSI online store, http://www.ansi.org. [4] Fibre Channel Switch Fabric -2 (FC-SW-2), ANSI NCITS.355:2001, December 12, 2002. Note: Published T11 standards are available from the INCITS online store http://www.incits.org, or the ANSI online store, http://www.ansi.org. [5] Fibre Channel Physical Interfaces (FC-PI), ANSI NCITS.352:2002, December 1, 2002. Note: Published T11 standards are available from the INCITS online store http://www.incits.org, or the ANSI online store, http://www.ansi.org. [6] Fibre Channel Backbone -2 (FC-BB-2), ANSI INCITS.372:2003, July 25, 2003. Note: Published T11 standards are available from the INCITS online store http://www.incits.org, or the ANSI online store, http://www.ansi.org. [7] Narten, T. and C. Burton, "A Caution on The Canonical Ordering of Link-Layer Addresses", RFC 2469, December 1998.7.2. Informative References
[8] Fibre Channel Methodologies for Interconnects (FC-MI), ANSI INCITS/TR-30:2002, November 1, 2002. Note: Published T11 standards are available from the INCITS online store http://www.incits.org, or the ANSI online store, http://www.ansi.org. [9] Mills, D., "Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI", RFC 2030, October 1996. [10] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998. [11] Rajagopal, M., Rodriguez, E., Weber, R., "Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP (FCIP)", Work in Progress. [12] Monia, C., et. al., "iFCP - A Protocol for Internet Fibre Channel Storage Networking", Work in Progress.
8. Acknowledgements
The authors express their appreciation to Mr. Vi Chau (vchau1@cox.net) for his contributions to the design team that developed this document. Mr. Chau is no longer working in this technology. The authors are also grateful to Dr. David Black, Mr. Mallikarjun Chadalapaka, and Mr. Robert Elliott for their reviews of this specification.
Appendix A. Fibre Channel Bit and Byte Numbering Guidance
Both Fibre Channel and IETF standards use the same byte transmission order. However, the bit and byte numbering is different. Fibre Channel bit and byte numbering can be observed if the data structure heading shown in Figure 6, is cut and pasted at the top of Figure 2 and Figure 5. W|------------------------------Bit------------------------------| o| | r|3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | d|1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0| Figure 6 - Fibre Channel Data Structure Bit and Byte Numbering Fibre Channel bit numbering for the Flags field can be observed if the data structure heading shown in Figure 7, is cut and pasted at the top of Figure 3. |------------------------Bit--------------------------| | | | 31 30 29 28 27 26 | Figure 7 - Fibre Channel Flags Bit NumberingAppendix B. Encapsulating Protocol Requirements
This appendix lists the requirements placed on the encapsulating protocols that employ this encapsulation. The requirements listed here are suggested or described elsewhere in this document, but their collection in this appendix serves to assist encapsulating protocol authors in meeting all obligations placed upon them. Encapsulating Protocol Specific Data Encapsulating protocols employing this encapsulation SHALL: - specify the IANA assigned number used in the Protocol# field - specify the contents of the Encapsulating Protocol Specific field Encapsulating protocols employing this encapsulation SHALL define the procedures and policies necessary for verifying that an FC Encapsulation Header is being processed.
Encapsulating protocols employing this encapsulation SHALL define the
procedures and policies necessary for the detection of over age
frames. The items to be specified and the choices available to an
encapsulating protocol specification are as follows:
a) The encapsulating protocol requirements for measuring transit
times. The encapsulating protocol MAY allow implementation of
transit time measurement to be optional.
b) The requirements or guidelines for stability and resolution of the
entity's time base.
c) The procedure for synchronizing an entity's time base, including
the criteria for entering the Synchronized and Unsynchronized
states.
d) The forwarding (or lack of forwarding) of frame traffic while in
the Unsynchronized state.
The specification MAY allow an entity in the Unsynchronized state
to continue processing frame traffic.
e) The procedure to be followed when frames are received that do not
have a valid time stamp.
The specification MAY allow such frames to be accepted by the
entity.
f) Requirements for setting and testing the transit time limit and
the procedure to be followed when a received frame is discarded
due to its transit time exceeding the limit.
Appendix C. IANA Considerations
The Protocol# (Protocol Number) field is an identifier number used to
distinguish between the encapsulating protocols that employ this FC
frame encapsulation. Values used in the Protocol# field are to be
assigned from a new, separate registry that is maintained by IANA.
All values in the Protocol# field are to be registered with and
assigned by IANA with the following exceptions.
- Protocol# value 0 should not be assigned until after all other
values have been assigned.
- Protocol# values 240-255 inclusive must be set aside for private
use amongst cooperating systems.
Following the policies outlined in [10], Protocol# values not listed above are to be assigned only for Standards Track RFCs approved by the IESG. In addition to creating the FC Frame Encapsulation Protocol Number Registry, the standards action of this RFC allocates the following two values from the registry: - Protocol# value 1 assigned to the FCIP (Fibre Channel Over TCP/ IP) encapsulating protocol [11]. - Protocol# value 2 assigned to the iFCP (A Protocol for Internet Fibre Channel Storage Networking) encapsulating protocol [12].Appendix D. Intellectual Property Rights Statement
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Authors' Addresses
Ralph Weber ENDL Texas representing Brocade Comm. Suite 102 PMB 178 18484 Preston Road Dallas, TX 75252 USA Phone: +1 214 912 1373 EMail: roweber@ieee.org Murali Rajagopal Broadcom 16215 Alton Parkway PO Box 57013 Irvine, CA 92619 USA Phone: +1 949 450 8700 EMail: muralir@broadcom.com Franco Travostino Technology Center Nortel Networks, Inc. 600 Technology Park Billerica, MA 01821 USA Phone: +1 978 288 7708 EMail: travos@nortelnetworks.com Michael E. O'Donnell McDATA Corporation 4 McDATA Parkway Broomfield, Co. 80021 USA Phone +1 720 558 4142 Fax +1 720 558 8999 EMail: mike.o'donnell@mcdata.com
Charles Monia EMail: cmonia@pacbell.net Milan J. Merhar Sun Microsystems 43 Nagog Park Acton, MA 01720 USA Phone: +1 978 206 9124 EMail: milan.merhar@sun.com
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