A new IETF working group has been formed in the Operations and Management Area. For additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the WG Chairs. Internet and Management Support for Storage (imss) -------------------------------------------------- Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Elizabeth Rodriguez <ElizabethRodriguez@ieee.org> 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): Keith McCloghrie <kzm@cisco.com> Margaret Wasserman <margaret.wasserman@nokia.com> David Black <black_david@emc.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.
