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Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Fibre Channel

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Network Working Group                                         C. DeSanti
Request for Comments: 3831                                 Cisco Systems
Category: Standards Track                                      July 2004


            Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Fibre Channel

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).

Abstract

   This document specifies the way of encapsulating IPv6 packets over
   Fibre Channel, and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses
   and statelessly autoconfigured addresses on Fibre Channel networks.

Table Of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  Summary of Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       2.1.  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       2.2.  Identifiers and Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       2.3.  FC Levels and Frame Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       2.4.  Sequences and Exchanges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  IPv6 Capable Nx_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  IPv6 Encapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
       4.1.  FC Sequence Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
       4.2.  FC Classes of Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       4.3.  FC Header Code Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       4.4.  FC Network_Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       4.5.  LLC/SNAP Header. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       4.6.  Bit and Byte Ordering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   5.  Maximum Transfer Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   6.  Stateless Address Autoconfiguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       6.1.  IPv6 Interface Identifier and Address Prefix . . . . . . 10
       6.2.  Generating an Interface ID from a Format 1
             N_Port_Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       6.3.  Generating an Interface ID from a Format 2
             N_Port_Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12



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