RE: WG Review: Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss)

[Margaret.Wasserman@nokia.com]

Hi Scott,

> I'm sure there is a reason that this WG is proposed in the Internet
> area rather than Transport (where the storage work is being done) or
> the O&M area (where management stuff that no one wants seems to go)
> can you-all share the reason(s)?

This working group is not chartered to develop any storage
protocols.  It will produce the specification for running IPv6
over Fibre Channel, as well as the MIBs to manage Fibre
Channel-base IP networks.  As far as I know, IP over <foo> WGs 
have usually been chartered in the Internet area, and they often
include related MIBs. 

BTW, this WG has the support and active involvement of the 
chairs of the IPS WG -- Elizabeth Rodriguez will chair this WG, 
and David Black will serve as an advisor.  We also have Keith
McCloghrie signed up as an advisor for SNMP/MIB issues.

Margaret


> 
> Scott
> 
> ---
> From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
> To: IETF-Announce: ;
> Cc: new-work@ietf.org, imss@ietf.org
> Subject: WG Review: Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss)
> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:05:26 -0400
> 
> A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Internet Area.
> The IESG has not made any determination as yet. The following
> description was submitted, and is provided for informational
> purposes only. Please send your comments to the IESG mailing list
> (iesg@ietf.org) by October 13.
> 
> 
>  Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss)
>  --------------------------------------------------
> 
>  Current Status: Proposed Working Group
> 
>  Description of Working Group:
> 
>  Fibre Channel is a high speed network technology primarily used for
>  storage networking (i.e., Storage Area Networks [SANs]). Two
>  important aspects of Fibre Channel interact with the Internet:
>          - Fibre Channel can encapsulate and carry IP protocol traffic
>          - Fibre Channel devices can be managed via SNMP
> 
>  The Internet and Management Support for Storage WG (imss) is 
> chartered
>  to address two areas, specifically:
>          - IPv4 over Fibre Channel has been specified in RFC 2625. A
>              corresponding specification for IPv6 is needed.
>          - An initial Fibre Channel Management MIB has been 
> developed by
>              the IP Storage (ips) WG; extensions are needed 
> to encompass
>              management of additional aspects of Fibre Channel, such
>              as zoning.
> 
>  In the future, other storage related MIBs for other storage 
> transports
>  such as Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or SCSI command specific MIBs may
>  be proposed.
> 
>  As Fibre Channel standardization is handled by the INCITS 
> T11 Technical
>  Committee (http://www.t11.org), a close working relationship 
> with T11 is
>  essential to the WG's success. In particular:
>          - The IPv6 over Fibre Channel specification will be based on
>              draft-desanti-ipv6-over-fibre-channel-02.txt. This draft
>              was originally developed within a T11 study group and T11
>              has officially recommended this draft to the IETF.
>          - The WG will not standardize management of Fibre 
> Channel features
>              ahead of their incorporation into appropriate T11 Fibre
>              Channel standards.
>          - The WG will work closely with T11, specifically 
> Task Group T11.5,
>              on the functionality and structure of the MIBs 
> it develops
>              for management of Fibre Channel.
> 
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