Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Packets over Fibre Channel
RFC 4338
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(January 2006; No errata)
Updated by RFC 5494
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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| IESG | IESG state | RFC 4338 (Proposed Standard) | |
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Network Working Group C. DeSanti
Request for Comments: 4338 Cisco Systems
Obsoletes: 3831, 2625 C. Carlson
Category: Standards Track QLogic Corporation
R. Nixon
Emulex
January 2006
Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) 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 (2006).
Abstract
This document specifies the way of encapsulating IPv6, IPv4, and
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets over Fibre Channel. This
document also specifies the method of forming IPv6 link-local
addresses and statelessly autoconfigured IPv6 addresses on Fibre
Channel networks, and a mechanism to perform IPv4 address resolution
over Fibre Channel networks.
This document obsoletes RFC 2625 and RFC 3831.
DeSanti, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 4338 IP over Fibre Channel January 2006
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Summary of Fibre Channel ........................................4
2.1. Overview ...................................................4
2.2. Identifiers and Login ......................................5
2.3. FC Levels and Frame Format .................................5
2.4. Sequences and Exchanges ....................................6
3. IP-capable Nx_Ports .............................................7
4. IPv6, IPv4, and ARP Encapsulation ...............................7
4.1. FC Sequence Format for IPv6 and IPv4 Packets ...............7
4.2. FC Sequence Format for ARP Packets .........................9
4.3. FC Classes of Service .....................................10
4.4. FC Header Code Points .....................................10
4.5. FC Network_Header .........................................11
4.6. LLC/SNAP Header ...........................................12
4.7. Bit and Byte Ordering .....................................12
4.8. Maximum Transfer Unit .....................................12
5. IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration .......................13
5.1. IPv6 Interface Identifier and Address Prefix ..............13
5.2. Generating an Interface ID from a Format 1 N_Port_Name ....14
5.3. Generating an Interface ID from a Format 2 N_Port_Name ....15
5.4. Generating an Interface ID from a Format 5 N_Port_Name ....16
5.5. Generating an Interface ID from an EUI-64 Mapped
N_Port_Name ...............................................17
6. Link-local Addresses ...........................................18
7. ARP Packet Format ..............................................18
8. Link-layer Address/Hardware Address ............................20
9. Address Mapping for Unicast ....................................20
9.1. Overview ..................................................20
9.2. IPv6 Address Mapping ......................................20
9.3. IPv4 Address Mapping ......................................21
10. Address Mapping for Multicast .................................22
11. Sequence Management ...........................................23
12. Exchange Management ...........................................23
13. Interoperability with RFC 2625 ................................24
14. Security Considerations .......................................25
15. IANA Considerations ...........................................25
16. Acknowledgements ..............................................25
17. Normative References ..........................................26
18. Informative References ........................................26
A. Transmission of a Broadcast FC Sequence over FC Topologies
(Informative) ..................................................28
B. Validation of the <N_Port_Name, N_Port_ID> Mapping
(Informative) ..................................................29
C. Fibre Channel Bit and Byte Numbering Guidance ..................30
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