8.6. Chapter Summary
Standards-Based IP Storage Protocols
Customers require standards-compliant products to ensure interoperability and to provide more choices in vendor selection.
Ethernet standards are developed through the IEEE 802.3 committee.
TCP/IP-based standards are developed through the IETF working groups.
SCSI standards are developed through the NCITS T10 committee.
Fibre Channel standards are developed through the NCITS T11 committee.
IETF standards are published as RFCs.
The IETF IPS Work Group is the focal point for IP SAN protocols.
The three IP storage protocols on standards track include FCIP, iFCP, and iSCSI.
Fibre Channel Over IP
FCIP is an IP tunneling solution for joining remote Fibre Channel SANs.
FCIP is a point-to-point solution. ...
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