Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss) -------------------------------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 2006-10-17 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): David Black Operations and Management Area Director(s): Dan Romascanu David Kessens Operations and Management Area Advisor: Dan Romascanu Technical Advisor(s): Keith McCloghrie Margaret Wasserman Mailing Lists: General Discussion:imss@ietf.org To Subscribe: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/imss Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/imss/index.html 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: Done Submit IPv6 over Fibre Channel draft to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard Done Submit Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard Done Submit Fibre Channel Name Server MIB to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard Done Work with T11.5 to determine what additional MIB modules are needed Done Submit Routing Information, FSPF and Virtual Fabrics MIBs to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard Dec 2006 Submit Fibre Channel Zone Server, RSCN, and Fabric Configuration Server MIBs to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard Feb 2007 Review working group charter and determine what additional work, if any, should be undertaken by working group Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- -------------------------------------------- Nov 2005 Apr 2006 The Virtual Fabrics MIB Aug 2006 Nov 2006 Fibre Channel Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) MIB Aug 2006 Oct 2006 Fibre-Channel Fabric Configuration Server MIB Aug 2006 Oct 2006 Fibre-Channel Zone Server MIB Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC3831Standard Jul 2004 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Fibre Channel RFC4338Standard Jan 2006 Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Packets over Fibre Channel RFC4439 PS Mar 2006 Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB RFC4438 PS Apr 2006 Fibre-Channel Name Server MIB RFC4626 PS Sep 2006 MIB for Fibre Channel's Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) Protocol RFC4625 PS Sep 2006 Fibre Channel Routing Information MIB