Fibre Channel over IP
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Fibre Channel over IP is an Internet Protocol
(IP) was created by the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) as storage technology.
An FCIP Entity functions to forward Fibre Channel frames after encapsulating them and viewed from an IP Network perspective, these entities are peers that communicate using TCP/IP.
The main advantage of FCIP is that it overcomes the distance limitations of native Fibre Channel, and its ability to enable geographically distributed devices to be linked using the existing IP infrastructure, while keeping fabric services intact.
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
(IP) was created by the Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standards bodies and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite...
(IETF) as storage technology.
An FCIP Entity functions to forward Fibre Channel frames after encapsulating them and viewed from an IP Network perspective, these entities are peers that communicate using TCP/IP.
The main advantage of FCIP is that it overcomes the distance limitations of native Fibre Channel, and its ability to enable geographically distributed devices to be linked using the existing IP infrastructure, while keeping fabric services intact.
Similar protocols
A competing technology to FCIP is known as iFCP. It used routing instead of tunneling to enable connectivity of Fibre Channel networks over IP.See also
- IP over Fibre ChannelIPFC- External links :* RFC 2625 - IP and ARP over Fibre Channel * RFC 3831 - Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Fibre Channel * RFC 4338 - Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol Packets over Fibre Channel...
(IPFC) - Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP)
- Internet SCSIISCSIIn computing, iSCSI , is an abbreviation of Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol -based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage...
(iSCSI) - Fibre Channel over EthernetFibre Channel over EthernetFibre Channel over Ethernet is an encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks. This allows Fibre Channel to use 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks while preserving the Fibre Channel protocol...