Deprecation of the Internet Fibre Channel Protocol Address Translation Mode
RFC 6172, “Deprecation of the Internet Fibre Channel Protocol Address Translation Mode”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2011 by D. Black, D. Peterson. It updates RFC 4172. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Changes to Fibre Channel have caused the specification of the Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) address translation mode to become incorrect. Due to the absence of usage of iFCP address translation mode, it is deprecated by this document. iFCP address transparent mode remains correctly specified.
iFCP address transparent mode has been implemented and is in current use; therefore, it is not affected by this document.
This document also records the state of Protocol Number 133, which was allocated for a pre-standard version of the Fibre Channel Internet Protocol (FCIP). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
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