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IPv6 over Fibre Channel draft-ietf-imss-ipv6-over
-fibre-channel-00.txt

• 58th IETF, Minneapolis
• Claudio DeSanti
• cds_at_cisco.com

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Reason

• RFC 2625 defines how to implement IPv4 over Fibre
  Channel
• No specification exists for IPv6

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History (1)

• First published as individual submission I-D in
  October 2002
• draft-desanti-ipv6-over-fibre-channel-00.txt
• INCITS T11.3 created an IPv6 Study Group in
  December 2002
• to review the specification
• The I-D has been presented to the IETF IPv6 at
  the 56th IETF in March 2003
• feedback add an introduction to Fibre Channel
• agreed to continue to handle it as an individual
  submission

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History (2)

• An updated I-D version has been published in May
  2003
• draft-desanti-ipv6-over-fibre-channel-01.txt
• T11.3 conducted a letter ballot over it in May
  2003
• 117 comments received, 37 technical
• T11.3 officially recommended to IETF in June 2003
  the I-D version solving the comments
• draft-desanti-ipv6-over-fibre-channel-02.txt

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History (3)

• In October 2003 the IETF IMSS Working Group was
  created
• to handle also the IPv6 over Fibre Channel I-D
• no more an individual submission I-D
• The I-D became an official IMSS WG item
• draft-ietf-imss-ipv6-over-fibre-channel-00.txt
• A Working Group last call on the I-D started on
  November 2, 2003
• closing on November 24, 2003

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Goals

• Do not solve problems in a Fibre Channel specific
  manner
• e.g., FARP
• Leverage IPv6 Protocols
• e.g., Neighbor Discovery
• Leverage the IPv4 over Fibre Channel encapsulation

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IPv6 over Fibre Channel

• Mapping of an IPv6 Packet to a FC Sequence
• Method to Generate an IPv6 Interface_ID from a FC
  Name_Identifier
• Link Local Address
• Address Mapping for Unicast
• Address Mapping for Multicast
• Sequence and Exchange Management

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Next Step

• Submit comments
• if any