Proposed WG: Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss)

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

Latest revision of the WG charter. It is on our agenda for today

Bert
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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 INCITS T10 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or SCSI command specific 
MIBs may be proposed.  This group would work with the appropriate technical
committee(s) in a manner similar to that described for INCITS T11 below.

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.

In addition to working closely with the INCITS T11 Technical Committee, this
Working Group will work closely with IETF IPv6 Working Group as appropriate.
In particular, the IPv6 Working Group will be kept informed on the progress
and status of the IPv6 over Fibre Channel specification.  The IMSS Working
Group Last Call announcement will be cross-posted to the IPv6 WG mailing
list.

Goals and Milestones:

Dec 03    Submit IPv6 over Fibre Channel draft to IESG for consideration
          as Proposed Standard
Aug 04    Work with T11.5 to determine what additional Fibre Channel MIBs
          are needed.
Oct 04    Submit Fibre Channel Domain Manager MIB to IESG for consideration
          as Proposed Standard
Oct 04    Submit Fibre Channel Name Server MIB to IESG for consideration
          as Proposed Standard
Jan 05    Submit Extensions for Fibre Channel Interfaces MIB to IESG for
          consideration as Proposed Standard
Jan 05    Review working group charter and determine what additional work,
          if any, should be undertaken by working group.