Moving the IMSS group to the OPS/NM Area

[Margaret.Wasserman@nokia.com]

Hi All,

Based on feedback we received from Scott Bradner during the
charter comment period, Thomas, Bert and I have discussed
chartering the Internet and Management Support for Storage
(imss) WG in the OPS/NM area, instead of in the INT area.
We have talked to the chair and advisors, and this is okay
with them.

This is the group that will be doing IPv6 over Fibre Channel,
and a number of MIBs for Fibre Channel (and eventually MIBs
for SAS).

Given that the IPv6 Fibre Channel spec is substantially
complete, the bulk of this group's work will be MIB
work.  So, we feel that the group is more likely to be
successful in the OPS/NM area.

I will serve as a technical advisor to this group on 
Internet-related issues until the IPv6 over FC spec is 
complete.

The revised charter is below.  Please let us know if there
are any objections to this change.

Also, the IETF comment period is still active.  Should we do
anything to inform people of this change now?  Or can the
change just be done as part of the final chartering process?

Thanks,
Margaret

Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss) 

Chair(s):
Elizabeth Rodriguez <Elizabeth.Rodriguez@dothill.com>

Operations and Management Area Director(s):
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>

Operations and Management Area Advisor:
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>

Technical Advisor(s):
David L. Black <black_david@emc.com>
Keith McCloghrie <kzm@cisco.com>
Margaret Wasserman <margaret.wasserman@nokia.com>

Mailing Lists:
General Discussion: imss@ietf.org
To Subscribe: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/imss
Archive: http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/working-groups/imss/

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.

Goals and Milestones:

Dec 03    Submit IPv6 over Fibre Channel draft to IESG for consideration
          as Proposed Standard
WWW 04    Submit Extensions for Fibre Channel Interfaces MIB to IESG for
          consideration as Proposed Standard
XXX 04    Submit Fibre Channel Domain Manager MIB to IESG for consideration
          as Proposed Standard
YYY 04    Submit Fibre Channel Name Server MIB to IESG for consideration
          as Proposed Standard
ZZZ 04    Work with T11.5 to determine what additional MIB modules are needed.
Dec 04    Review working group charter and determine what additional work,
          if any, should be undertaken by working group.