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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc2625.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc2625.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..820786d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc2625.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3531 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group M. Rajagopal +Request for Comments: 2625 R. Bhagwat +Category: Standards Track W. Rickard + Gadzoox Networks + June 1999 + + + IP and ARP 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 (1999). All Rights Reserved. + +Abstract + + Fibre Channel (FC) is a high speed serial interface technology that + supports several higher layer protocols including Small Computer + System Interface (SCSI) and Internet Protocol(IP). Until now, SCSI + has been the only widely used protocol over FC. Existing FC standards + [3] do not adequately specify how IP packets may be transported over + FC and how IP addresses are resolved to FC addresses. The purpose of + this document is to specify a way of encapsulating IP and Address + Resolution Protocol(ARP) over Fibre Channel and also to describe a + mechanism(s) for IP address resolution. + +Table of Contents + + 1. Introduction ............................................... 3 + 2. Problem Statement .......................................... 5 + 3. IP and ARP Encapsulation ................................... 5 + 3.1 FC Frame Format ........................................ 5 + 3.2 MTU .................................................... 7 + 3.2.1 IP MTU ........................................... 7 + 3.2.2 Maximally Minimum IPv4 packet .................... 8 + 3.2.3 ARP MTU .......................................... 8 + 3.2.4 FC Data Field containing FARP Packet ............. 9 + 3.3 FC Port and Node Network Addresses ..................... 9 + 3.4 FC Sequence Payload Format ............................. 10 + 3.5 Bit and Byte Ordering .................................. 12 + 4. ARP ........................................................ 12 + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + 4.1 Address Resolution .................................... 12 + 4.2 ARP Packet Format ...................................... 13 + 4.3 ARP Layer Mapping and Operation ........................ 15 + 4.4 ARP Broadcast in a Point-to-Point Topology ............. 16 + 4.5 ARP Broadcast in a Private Loop Topology ............... 16 + 4.6 ARP Broadcast in a Public Loop Topology ................ 16 + 4.7 ARP Operation in a Fabric Topology ..................... 17 + 5. FARP ....................................................... 18 + 5.1 Scope .................................................. 18 + 5.2 FARP Overview .......................................... 18 + 5.3 FARP Command Format .................................... 20 + 5.4 Match Address Code Points .............................. 22 + 5.5 Responder Flags ........................................ 23 + 5.6 FARP Support Requirements .............................. 24 + 6. Exchange Management ........................................ 25 + 6.1 Exchange Origination ................................... 25 + 6.2 Exchange Termination ................................... 25 + 7. Summary of Supported Features .............................. 25 + 7.1 FC-4 Header ............................................ 25 + 7.2 R_CTL .................................................. 26 + 7.3 F_CTL .................................................. 27 + 7.4 Sequences .............................................. 28 + 7.5 Exchanges .............................................. 29 + 7.6 ARP and InARP ......................................... 30 + 7.7 Extended Link Services (ELS) ........................... 31 + 7.8 Login Parameters ....................................... 31 + 7.8.1 Common Service Parameters - FLOGI ............... 32 + 7.8.2 Common Services Parameters - PLOGI ............... 32 + 7.8.3 Class Service Parameters - PLOGI ................. 32 + 8. Security Considerations .................................... 32 + 8.1 IP and ARP Related ..................................... 32 + 8.2 FC Related ............................................. 32 + 9. Acknowledgements ........................................... 33 + 10. References ................................................ 33 + 11. Authors' Addresses ........................................ 35 + Appendix A: Additional Matching Mechanisms in FARP ............ 36 + Appendix B: InARP ............................................. 40 + B.1 General Discussion ..................................... 40 + B.2 InARP Protocol Operation ............................... 40 + B.3 InARP Packet Format .................................... 40 + B.4 InARP Support Requirements ............................. 41 + Appendix C: Some Informal Mechanisms for FC Layer Mappings .... 42 + C.1 Login on cached Mapping Information .................... 42 + C.2 Login on ARP parsing ................................... 42 + C.3 Login to Everyone ...................................... 43 + C.4 Static Table ........................................... 43 + Appendix D: FC Layer Address Validation........................ 44 + D.1 General Discussion ..................................... 44 + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 2] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + D.2 FC Layer Address Validation in a Point-to-Point Topology 45 + D.3 FC Layer Address Validation in a Private Loop Topology . 45 + D.4 FC Layer Address Validation in a Public Loop Topology .. 45 + D.5 FC layer Address Validation in a Fabric Topology ....... 46 + Appendix E: Fibre channel Overview ............................ 47 + E.1 Brief Tutorial ......................................... 47 + E.2 Exchange, Information Unit, Sequence, and Frame ........ 48 + E.3 Fibre Channel Header Fields ............................ 49 + E.4 Code Points for FC Frame ............................... 52 + E.4.1 Code Points with IP and ARP Packet .............. 52 + E.4.2 Code Points with FARP Command ................... 54 + Appendix F: Fibre Channel Protocol Considerations.............. 58 + F.1 Reliability in Class 3 ................................. 58 + F.2 Continuously Increasing SEQ_CNT ........................ 58 + Appendix G: Acronyms and Glossary of FC Terms ................. 60 + Full Copyright Statement ...................................... 63 + +1. Introduction + + Fibre Channel (FC) is a gigabit speed networking technology primarily + used for Storage Area Networking (SAN). FC is standardized under + American National Standard for Information Systems of the National + Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS) and has + specified a number of documents describing its protocols, operations, + and services. + + Need: + + Currently, Fibre Channel is predominantly used for communication + between storage devices and servers using the SCSI protocol, with + most of the servers still communicating with each other over LANs. + Although, there exists a Fibre Channel Standard [3] that has + architecturally defined support for IP encapsulation and address + resolution, it is inadequately specified. ([3] prohibits broadcasts, + thus loops are not covered; [10] has no support for Class 3). + + This has lead to a nonstandard way of using IP over FC in the past. + Once such a standard method is completely specified, servers can + directly communicate with each other using IP over FC, possibly + boosting performance in Server host-to-host communications. This + technique will be especially useful in a Clustering Application. + + Objective and Scope: + + The major objective of this specification is to promote interoperable + implementations of IPv4 over FC. This specification describes a + method for encapsulating IPv4 and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) + packets over FC. This specification accommodates any FC topology + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 3] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + (loop, fabric, or point-to-point) and any FC class of service (1, 2 + or 3). This specification also describes a FC Address Resolution + Protocol(FARP) for associating World Wide Port Names (MAC addresses) + and FC Port identifiers. + + A secondary objective of this specification is to describe other + optional address resolution mechanisms: + + - Other FARP mechanisms that directly build IPv4 address and FC + Port Identifier (Port_ID) associations. + - Inverse ARP (InARP) that allows learning the IP address of a + remote node given its World Wide Port Name (WW_PN) and Port_ID. + + "Multicasting" in Fibre Channel is defined as an optional service + [11] for FC Classes 3 and 6 only, with no definition for Classes 1 + and 2. Currently, there are no vendor implementations of this service + for either Class of service. Broadcast service available within Fibre + Channel can be used to do multicasting, although less efficiently. + Presently, there appears to be no IP applications over Fibre Channel + that require support for IP multicasting. This specification + therefore does not support IP Multicasting. + + Organization: + + Section 2 states the problem that is solved in this specification. + Section 3 describes the techniques used for encapsulating IP and ARP + packets in a FC sequence. Section 4 discusses the ARP protocol(IP + address to WW_PN). Section 5 discusses the FARP protocol used in FC + Layer mappings (WW_PN to Port_ID). Section 6 describes the + "Exchange" Management in FC. Section 7 is a summary section and + provides a quick reference to FC header settings, FC Link Service + Commands, supported features in ARP, FARP, InARP, FC Sequences, FC + Exchanges, and FC Login Parameters. Section 8 discusses security. + Section 9 acknowledges the technical contributors of this document. + Section 10 provides a list of references, and Section 11 provides the + authors' addresses. + + Appendix A discusses other optional FARP mechanisms. Appendix B + discusses the Inverse ARP protocol(WW_PN to IP address) as an + alternate and optional way of building MAC and IP address + associations. Appendix C lists some informal mechanisms for FC Layer + Mappings. Appendix D provides a discussion on validation of the FC- + layer mappings for the different FC topologies. Appendix E provides + a brief overview of the FC Protocols and Networks. Appendix F + addresses reliability in Class 3 and Sequence Count FC Protocol + issues. Appendix G provides a list of acronyms and a glossary of FC + Terms used in this specification. + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 4] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", + "SHOULD", SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this + document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [19]. + +2. Problem Statement + + This specification addresses two problems: + + - A format definition and encapsulation mechanism for IPv4 + and ARP packets over FC + - Mechanisms for Address Resolution + + As noted earlier, the existing FC Standard [3] ([10]) is inadequate + to solve the above problems. A solution to both problems was first + proposed by the Fibre Channel Association (FCA)[1]. FCA is an + industry consortium of FC vendor companies and not a Standards Body. + This specification is based on the proposed solution in [1] and + builds on it. + + Address Resolution is concerned with resolving IP addresses to WW_PN + (MAC address) and WW_PN to FC Port Identifiers (Port_ID). ARP + provides a solution to the first resolution problem and FARP the + second. + + An optional FARP mechanism resolves IP address directly to FC + Port_IDs. This is useful in some upper layer applications. + + InARP is another optional mechanism that resolves WW_PN and Port_ID + to an IP address. InARP is useful when a node after performing a + PLOGI with another node, knows its WW_PN and Port_ID, but not its IP + address. + +3. IP and ARP Encapsulation + +3.1 FC Frame Format + + All FC frames have a standard format much like LAN 802.x protocols. + (See Appendix E and F). However, the exact size of each frame varies + depending on the size of the variable fields. The size of the + variable field ranges from 0 to 2112-bytes as shown in the FC Frame + Format in Fig. 1. + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 5] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +------+--------+-----------+----//-------+------+------+ + | SOF |Frame |Optional | Frame | CRC | EOF | + | (4B) |Header |Header | Payload | (4B) | (4B) | + | |(24B) |<----------------------->| | | + | | | Data Field = (0-2112B) | | | + +------+--------+-----------+----//-------+------+------+ + Fig. 1 FC Frame Format + + The Start of Frame (SOF) and End of Frame (EOF) are both 4-bytes long + and act as frame delimiters. + + The CRC is 4-bytes long and uses the same 32-bit polynomial used in + FDDI and is specified in ANSI X3.139 Fiber Distributed Data + Interface. + + The Frame Header is 24-bytes long and has several fields that are + associated with the identification and control of the payload. Some + of the values and options for this field that are relevant to the IP + and ARP payloads are discussed in Section 7. + + Current FC Standards allow up to 3 Optional Header fields [11]: + + - Network_Header (16-bytes) + - Association_Header (32-bytes) + - Device_Header (up to 64-bytes). + + The IP and ARP FC Sequences SHALL carry only the Network_Header field + which is 16-bytes long. Other types of optional headers SHALL NOT be + used. The Network_Header is REQUIRED in all ARP packets and in the + first frame of a logical sequence carrying an IP payload as described + below. + + An application level payload such as IP is called an Information Unit + at the FC-4 Level. Lower FC levels map this to a FC Sequence. (See + Appendix E.2 for a description of Sequences and Information Units.) + Typically, a Sequence consists of more than one frame. Larger user + data is segmented and reassembled using two methods: Sequence Count + and Relative Offset [18]. With the use of Sequence Count, data blocks + are sent using frames with increasing sequence counts (modulo 65536) + and it is quite straightforward to detect the first frame that + contains the Network_Header. When Relative Offset is used, as frames + arrive, some computation is required to detect the first frame that + contains the Network_Header. Sequence Count and Relative Offset field + control information, is carried in the FC Header. + + In FC, the physical temporal ordering of the frames as it arrives at + a destination can be different from that of the order sent because of + traversing through a FC Network. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 6] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + When IP forms the FC Payload then only the first frame of the logical + Sequence SHALL include the FC Network_Header. Fig. 2 shows the + logical First Frame and logical subsequent frames. Since frames may + arrive out of order, detection of the first frame of the logical FC + Sequence is necessary. + + ARP packets map to a single frame FC Sequence and SHALL always carry + the FC Network_Header. + + Note the definition of FC Data Field and FC Frame Payload in Fig. 1. + FC Data Field includes the FC Frame Payload and the FC Optional + Header, that is, Frame Payload definition does not include the FC + Optional Header. One or more Frame Payloads together make the FC + Sequence Payload as shown in Fig 2 and discussed further in Sections + 3.2 and 3.4. FC Sequence Payload includes the mapped IP or ARP packet + along with the LLC/SNAP headers. + + First Frame of a Logical FC Sequence + ---+------------+---------------------------+----------//----------+--- + | FC Header | FC Network_Header | FC Sequence Payload | + ---+------------+---------------------------+---------//-----------+--- + + Subsequent Frames of a Logical FC Sequence + --+-----------+--------------//----------------+-- + | FC Header | Additional FC Sequence Payload | + --+-----------+-------------//-----------------+-- + + Fig. 2 FC Network_Header in a Frame Sequence + + The SOF, CRC, EOF control fields of the FC frame and other optional + headers have been omitted in the figure for clarity. + +3.2 MTU + +3.2.1 IP MTU + + An FC Information Unit specific to each protocol such as IP is + defined in FC-4. This defines the upper bound on the size of the + information that can be transported. + + Each IP or ARP Packet is mapped to a single FC Information Unit, + which in turn is mapped to a single FC Sequence. There is a one-to- + one mapping between an IP or ARP packet and a FC Sequence. + + Fibre Channel limits the size of a single Information Unit to 2^32-1, + which is very large [2]. However, since the Maximum Transmission + Unit (MTU) size of an IPv4 packet does not exceed 65,536-bytes, the + mapped IPv4 size is far below the 2^32-1 limit. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 7] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + IPv4 Packet definition includes the IP Payload and IP Headers - both + fixed and optional. The corresponding FC Sequence Payload includes + the LLC/SNAP Header and the IPv4 packet. + + As noted above, the greatest length allowed for an IPv4 Packet + including any optional headers and independent of this standard is + 65,536-bytes. However, limiting the IP MTU size to 65,280-bytes helps + in buffer resource allocation at N_Ports and also allows for up to + 256-bytes of overhead. Since the FC Network_Header requires 16-bytes + and the IEEE 802.2 LLC/SNAP header requires 8 bytes, it leaves 232 + bytes for future use. + + All implementations SHALL restrict the IP MTU size to 65,280 bytes + and the corresponding FC Sequence Payload size to 65536-bytes. + +3.2.2 Maximally Minimum IPv4 Packet + + In order for IP fragmentation and reassembly to work properly it is + necessary that every implementation of IP be capable of transporting + a maximally minimum size IP packet without fragmentation. A maximally + minimum size IP Packet is defined as an IP Packet with an 8-byte + payload (the smallest possible non-zero payload size for a fragment) + and a 60-byte header (the largest possible header consisting of a + 20-byte fixed part and a maximum size option field of 40-bytes) [17]. + + All implementations SHALL support a FC Data Field of 92-bytes, which + is required to support 68-bytes of the maximally minimum sized IP + Packet, 16-bytes of the FC Network_Header, and 8-bytes of the + LLC/SNAP Header. + +3.2.3 ARP MTU + + The ARP packet has a fixed size of 28-bytes. All implementations + SHALL support a FC Data Field size of 52-bytes, which is required to + support 28-bytes of an ARP Packet, 16-bytes of the FC Network_Header, + and 8-bytes of the LLC/SNAP Header. Note that the minimum MTU + requirement for ARP is already covered by the minimum MTU requirement + for IP but it is mentioned here for completeness. + + The InARP packet is identical in size to the ARP and the same MTU + requirements apply. + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 8] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +3.2.4 FC Data Field containing FARP Packet + + The FARP Command is a FC Extended Link Service (ELS) command and maps + directly to the FC Data Field without the LLC/SNAP or the FC + Network_Header. The FARP Command has a fixed size of 76-bytes. + Because FARP operates purely in the FC space, it places no special + MTU requirements in this specification. + +3.3 FC Port and Node Network Addresses + + FC devices are identified by Nodes and their Ports. A Node is a + collection of one or more Ports identified by a unique nonvolatile + 64-bit World Wide Node name (WW_NN). Each Port in a node, is + identified with a unique nonvolatile 64-bit World Wide Port name + (WW_PN), and a volatile Port Identifier (Port_ID). + + Port_IDs are 24-bits long. A FC frame header carries a Source Port_ID + (S_ID) and a Destination Port_ID (D_ID). The Port_ID of a given port + is volatile. (The mechanism(s) by which a Port_ID may change in a FC + topology is outside the scope of this document. See Appendix D). + + The FC Network_Header is normally optional in FC Standards, but + REQUIRED in this specification. A FC Network_Header carries source + and destination WW_PNs. A WW_PN consists of a 60-bit Network Address + and a upper 4-bit Network Address Authority (NAA) field as shown in + Fig. 3. The 4-bit NAA field is used to distinguish between the + various name registration authorities used to define the Network + Address [2]. + + In this specification, both the Source and Destination 4-bit NAA + identifiers SHALL be set to binary '0001' indicating that an IEEE + 48-bit MAC address is contained in the lower 48 bits of the network + address fields. The high order 12 bits in the network address fields + SHALL be set to 0x0000. The NAA field value equal to binary '0001' + allows FC networks to be bridged with other FC networks or + traditional LANs. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 9] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +--------+---------------------------------------+ + | D_NAA |Network_Dest_Address (High-order bits) | + |(4 bits)| (28 bits) | + +--------+---------------------------------------+ + | Network_Dest_Address (Low-order bits) | + | (32 bits) | + +--------+---------------------------------------+ + | S_NAA |Network_Source_Address(High-order bits)| + |(4 bits)| (28 bits) | + +--------+---------------------------------------+ + | Network_Source_Address (Low-order bit) | + | (32 bits) | + +--------+---------------------------------------+ + + Fig. 3 Format of the Network_Header Field + +3.4 FC Sequence Payload Format + + FC Payload with IP: + + An FC Sequence Payload carrying an IP and ARP packet SHALL use the + formats shown in Figs. 4 and 5 respectively. Both formats use the + 8-byte LLC/SNAP header. + + +-----------------+-----------+------------+-------------//----------+ + | LLC/SNAP Header | IP Header | Opt.IP Hdr.| IP Data | + | (8 bytes) | (20 bytes)| (40 bytes | (65280 -IP Header | + | | | Max) | - Opt. IP Hdr.) bytes | + +-----------------+-----------+------------+-------------//----------+ + + Fig. 4 Format of FC Sequence Payload carrying IP + + FC Sequence Payload with ARP: + + As noted earlier, FC frames belonging to the same Sequence may be + delivered out of order over a Fabric. If the Relative Offset method + is used to identify FC Sequence Payload fragments, then the IP Header + MUST appear in the frame that has a relative offset of 0. + + +-----------------+-------------------+ + | LLC/SNAP Header | ARP Packet | + | (8 bytes) | (28 bytes) | + +-----------------+-------------------+ + + Fig. 5 Format of FC Sequence Payload carrying ARP + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 10] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + FC Sequence Payload with FARP: + + FARP Protocol commands are directly mapped to the Frame Sequence + Payload and are 76-bytes long. No LLC/SNAP Header or FC + Network_Header is used and therefore the FC Data Field size simply + consists of the FC Sequence Payload. + + LLC: + + A Logical Link Control (LLC) field along with a Sub Network Access + Protocol (SNAP) field is a method used to identify routed and bridged + non-OSI protocol PDUs and is defined by IEEE 802.2 and applied to IP + in [8]. In LLC Type 1 operation (i.e., unacknowledged connectionless + mode), the LLC header is 3-bytes long and consists of a 1-byte + Destination Service Access Point (DSAP)field, a 1-byte Source Service + Access Point (SSAP)field, and a 1-byte Control field as shown in Fig. + 6. + + +----------+----------+----------+ + | DSAP | SSAP | CTRL | + | (1 byte) | (1 byte) | (1 byte) | + +----------+----------+----------+ + Fig. 6 LLC Format + + The LLC's DSAP and SSAP values of 0xAA indicate that an IEEE 802.2 + SNAP header follows. The LLC's CTRL value equal to 0x03 specifies an + Unnumbered Information Command PDU. In this specification the LLC + Header value SHALL be set to 0xAA-AA-03. Other values of DSAP/SSAP + indicate support for other protocols and SHALL NOT be used in this + specification. + + SNAP: + + The SNAP Header is 5-bytes long and consists of a 3-byte + Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) field and a 2-byte Protocol + Identifier (PID) as shown in Fig. 7 + + +------+------+-------+------+------+ + | OUI | PID | + | ( 3 bytes) | (2 bytes) | + +------+------+-------+------+------+ + Fig. 7 SNAP Format + + SNAP was invented to "encapsulate" LAN frames within the payload. + The SNAP OUI value equal to 0x00-00-00 specifies that the PID is an + EtherType (i.e., routed non-OSI protocol). + + The SNAP OUI value equal to 0x00-80-C2 indicates Bridged Protocols. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 11] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + With the OUI value set to 0x00-00-00, the SNAP PID value equal to + 0x08-00 indicates IP and a PID value equal to 0x08-06 indicates ARP + (or InARP). + + The complete LLC/SNAP Header is shown in Fig. 8. + ++-----------+----------+----------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+ +| DSAP | SSAP | CTRL | OUI | PID | +| (1 byte) | (1 byte) | (1 byte) | ( 3 bytes) | (2 bytes | ++-----------+----------+----------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+ + + Fig. 8 LLC/SNAP Header + +3.5 Bit and Byte Ordering + + IP or ARP Packets are mapped to FC-4 Level using the big endian byte + ordering, which corresponds to the standard network byte order or + canonical form [20]. FC-4 Payload maps with no change in order to the + FC-2 Level. + + FC-1 Level defines the method used to encode data prior to + transmission and subsequently decode the data upon reception. The + method encodes 8-bit bytes into 10-bit transmission characters to + improve the transmission characteristics of the serial data stream. + In Fibre Channel, data fields are aligned on word boundaries. See + Appendix E. A word in FC is defined as 4 bytes or 32 bits. The + resulting transmission word after the 8-bit to 10-bit encoding + consists of 40 bits. + + Data words or Ordered Sets (special FC-2 Level control words) from + the FC-2 Level map to the FC-1 Level with no change in order and the + bytes in the word are transmitted in the Most Significant Byte first + to Least Significant Byte order. The transmission order of bits + within each byte is the Least Significant Bit to the Most Significant + Bit. + +4. ARP + +4.1 Address Resolution + + Address Resolution in this specification is primarily concerned with + associating IP addresses with FC Port addresses. As described + earlier, FC device ports have two types of addresses: + + - a non-volatile unique 64-bit address called World Wide Port_Name + (WW_PN) + - a volatile 24-bit address called a Port_ID + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 12] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + The Address Resolution mechanism therefore will need two levels of + mapping: + + 1. A mapping from the IP address to the WW_PN (i.e., IEEE + 48-bit MAC address) + + 2. A mapping from the WW_PN to the Port_ID (see Appendix G for a + definition of Port_ID) + + The address resolution problem is compounded by the fact that the + Port_ID is volatile and the second mapping MUST be valid before use. + Moreover, this validation process can be different depending on the + network topology used. Appendix D provides a discussion on validation + for the different FC topologies. + + Architecturally, the first level of mapping and control operation is + handled by the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), and the second + level by the FC Address Resolution Protocol (FARP). FARP is described + in Section 5. + + Other optional mechanisms in FARP that directly map an IP address to + a Port_ID, or WW_NN to a Port_ID are described in Appendix A. + + The Inverse Address Resolution Protocol (InARP) is yet another + optional mechanism that resolves WW_PN and Port_IDs to IP addresses. + InARP is described in Appendix B. + +4.2 ARP Packet Format + + The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) given in [9] was designed to be + a general purpose protocol, and to work with many network + technologies, and with many upper layer protocols. Fig 9 shows the + ARP packet format based on [9], where the upper layer protocol uses a + 4 octet protocol (IP) address and the network technology uses six- + octet hardware (MAC) address. + + The ARP uses two packet types - Request and Reply - and each type of + packet is 28 -bytes long in this specification. The ARP Packet fields + are common to both ARP Requests and ARP Replys. + + The LLC/SNAP encapsulated ARP Request Packet is mapped to a FC + Broadcast Sequence and the exact mechanism used to broadcast a FC + Sequence depends on the FC topology. This is discussed later in this + section. Compliant ARP Request Broadcasts SHALL include + Network_Headers. + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 13] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + The LLC/SNAP encapsulated ARP Reply Packet is mapped to a FC + Sequence. Compliant ARP Replys SHALL include Network_Headers. + + Note that in all discussions to follow, the WW_PN and the 48-bit MAC + address conceptually mean the same thing. + + The 'HW Type' field SHALL be set to 0x00-01. + + Technically, the correct HW Type value should be set to 0x00-06 + according to RFC 1700 indicating IEEE 802 networks. However, as a + practical matter a HW Type value of 0x00-06 is known to cause + rejections from some Ethernet end stations when FC is bridged to + Ethernet. Translational bridges are normally expected to change this + field from Type 6 to 1 and vice versa under these configurations, but + many do not. It is because of this reason that the Type Code is set + to 1 rather than 6. However, both HW Type values of 0x00-01 and + 0x00-06 SHALL be accepted. + + The 'Protocol' field SHALL be set to 0x08-00 indicating IP protocol. + + The 'HW Addr Length' field SHALL be set to 0x06 indicating 6-bytes of + HW address. + + The 'Protocol Addr Length' field SHALL be set to 0x04 indicating 4- + bytes of IPv4 address. + + The 'Operation' Code field SHALL be set as follows: + + 0x00-01 for ARP Request + 0x00-02 for ARP Reply + + The 'HW Addr of Sender' field SHALL be the 6-byte IEEE MAC address of + the sender. It is either the Requester (ARP Request) or the Responder + (ARP Reply) address. + + The 'Protocol Addr of Sender' field SHALL be the 4-byte IP address of + the Requester (ARP Request) or that of the Responder (ARP Reply). + + The 'HW Addr of Target' field SHALL be set to zero during an ARP + Request and to the 6-byte MAC address of the Requester (ARP Request) + in an ARP Reply. + + The 'Protocol Addr of Target' field SHALL be set to the 4-byte IP + address of the Responder (ARP Reply) in a ARP Request, and to the + 4-byte IP address of the Requester (ARP Request) in an ARP Reply. + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 14] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +-------------------------+ + | HW Type | 2 bytes + +-------------------------+ + | Protocol | 2 bytes + +-------------------------+ + | HW Addr Length | 1 byte + +-------------------------+ + | Protocol Addr Length | 1 byte + +-------------------------+ + | Op Code | 2 bytes + +-------------------------+ + | HW Addr of Sender | 6 bytes + +-------------------------+ + | Protocol Addr of Sender | 4 bytes + +-------------------------+ + | HW Addr of Target | 6 bytes + +-------------------------+ + | Protocol Addr of Target | 4 bytes + +-------------------------+ + Total 28 bytes + Fig. 9 ARP Packet Format + +4.3 ARP Layer Mapping and Operation + + Whenever a FC port wishes to send IP data to another FC port, then + the following steps are taken: + + 1. The source port should first consult its local mapping tables to + determine the <destination IP address, destination WW_PN>. + + 2. If such a mapping is found, then the source sends the IP + data to the port whose WW_PN address was found in the table. + + 3. If such a mapping is not found, then the source sends an + ARP Request broadcast to its connected FC network in + anticipation of getting a reply from the correct destination + along with its WW_PN. + + 4. When an ARP Request Broadcast frame is received by a node with + the matching IP address, it generates an ARP Reply. Since the + ARP Reply must be addressed to a specific destination Port_ID, + the FC layer mapping between the WW_PN and Port_ID (of the ARP + Request orginator) MUST be valid before the reply is sent. + + 5. If no node has the matching IP address, the result is a silent + behavior. + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 15] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +4.4 ARP Broadcast in a Point-to-Point Topology + + The ARP Request (Broadcast) and Reply mechanism described above still + apply, although there is only one node that receives the ARP Request. + +4.5 ARP Broadcast in a Private Loop Topology + + In a private loop, the ARP Request Broadcast frame is sent using the + broadcast method specified in the FC-AL [7]standard. + + 1. The source port first sends an Open Broadcast Replicate + primitive (OPN(fr))Signal forcing all the ports in the loop + (except itself), to replicate the frames that they receive + while examining the frame header's Destination_ID field. + + 2. The source port then removes this OPN(fr) signal when it + returns to it. + + 3. The loop is now ready to receive the ARP broadcast. The source + now sends the ARP Request as a single-frame Broadcast Sequence + in a Class 3 frame with the following FC Header D_ID field and + F_CTL bits setting: + + Destination ID <Word 0, bit 0:23>: D_ID = 0xFF-FF-FF + + Sequence Initiative <Word 2, bit23>: SI=0 + + Last Sequence <Word 2, bit 20>: LS=1 + + End Sequence <Word 2, bit 19>: ES=1. + + 4. A compliant ARP Broadcast Sequence frame SHALL include the + Network_Header with destination MAC address set to 0xFF-FF-FF- + FF-FF-FF and with NAA = b'0001' + + 5. The destination port recognizing its IP address in the ARP + Request packet SHALL respond with an ARP Reply. + +4.6 ARP Broadcast in a Public Loop Topology + + The following steps will be followed when a port is configured in a + public loop: + + 1. A public loop device attached to a fabric through a FL_Port + MUST NOT use the OPN(fr) signal primitive. Rather, it sends the + broadcast sequence to the FL_Port at AL_PA = 0x00. + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 16] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + 2. A FC Fabric propagates the broadcast to all other ports + including the FL_Port which the broadcast arrived on. This + includes all F_Ports, and other FL_Ports. + + 3. On each FL_Port, the fabric propagates the broadcast by first + using the primitive signal OPNfr, in order to prepare the loop + to receive the broadcast sequence. + + 4. A Broadcast Sequence is now sent on all ports (all FL_ports, + F_Ports) in Class 3 frame with: + + Destination ID <Word 0, bit 23:0>: D_ID = 0xFF-FF-FF + + Sequence Initiative <Word 2, bit23>: SI=0 + + Last Sequence <Word 2, bit 20>: LS=1 + + End Sequence <Word 2, bit 19>: ES=1. + + 5. A compliant ARP Broadcast Sequence frame SHALL include the + Network_Header with destination MAC address set to 0xFF-FF-FF- + FF-FF-FF and with NAA = b'0001' + + 6. The destination port recognizing its IP address in the ARP + Request packet SHALL respond with an ARP Reply. + +4.7 ARP Operation in a Fabric Topology + + 1. Nodes directly attached to fabric do not require the OPN(fr) + primitive signal. + + 2. A Broadcast Sequence is now sent on all ports (all FL_ports, + F_Ports) in Class 3 frame with: + + Destination ID <Word 0, bit 23:0>: D_ID = 0xFF-FF-FF + + Sequence Initiative <Word 2, bit23>: SI=0 + + Last Sequence <Word 2, bit 20>: LS=1 + + End Sequence <Word 2, bit 19>: ES=1. + + 3. A compliant ARP Broadcast Sequence frame SHALL include the + Network_Header with destination MAC address set to + 0xFF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF and with NAA = b'0001' + + 4. The destination port recognizing its IP address in + the ARP packet SHALL respond with an ARP Reply. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 17] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +5. FARP + +5.1 Scope + + FC Layer Mapping between the WW_PN and the Port_ID is independent of + the ARP mechanism and is more closely associated with the details of + the FC protocols. Name Server and FC Address Resolution Protocol + (FARP) are two formal mechanisms that can be used to create and + maintain WW_PN to Port_ID tables. + + FARP is a method using Extended Link Service (ELS) commands that + resolves <WW_PN, Port_ID> mappings. The WW_PN to Port_ID address + resolution using FARP is especially useful in instances where the + Login table entries at a node expire and a Name Server is not + available. It is outside the scope of this document to describe Name + Server. (See [14].) + + Additional address matching mechanisms that resolve <WW_NN, Port_ID> + and <IP addr., Port_ID> mapping have been added to FARP. These + additional mechanisms are optional and described in Appendix A. + Direct IP address to Port_ID mapping is useful in applications where + there is no visibility of the MAC address. + + Other less formal FC Layer Mapping mechanisms are described in + Appendix C. + + Since Port_IDs are volatile, all mapped Port_IDs at all times MUST + be valid before use. There are many events that can invalidate this + mapping. Appendix D discusses conditions when such a validation is + required. + +5.2 FARP Overview + + The FARP protocol uses two ELS commands - FARP-REQ and FARP-REPLY. + + Note: In the following discussion 'Requester' means the node + issuing the FARP-REQ ELS message; 'Responder' means the + node replying to the request by sending the FARP-REPLY + command. + + The FARP-REQ ELS Broadcast Request command is used to retrieve a + specific node's current Port_ID given its unique WW_PN. This Port_ID + is sent in a FARP-REPLY unicast command. + + The FARP-REQ may indicate that the Responder: + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 18] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + - Perform only a Login with it (Requester) or, + - Send only a FARP-REPLY or, + - Perform a Login and send a FARP-REPLY. + + No sequence initiative is transferred with the FARP-REQ and therefore + no Reply (ACCEPT or REJECT) follows this command. + + Since a Sequence Initiative is transferred with the FARP-REPLY, + either a ACCEPT or REJECT follows this command as a response. + + Reception of a FARP-REQ requires a higher level entity at the + responding node to send a FARP-REPLY or perform a Port Login. + + You do not have to be logged in to issue a FARP Request. Also, you do + not have to be logged in to the FARP Requester to issue a FARP-REPLY. + + The FARP Protocol Steps: + + FARP-REQ (ELS broadcast) Request Sequence + + (No Reply Sequence) + + FARP-REPLY (ELS command) Sequence + + Accept/Reject Reply Sequence + + The FARP Protocol Format [2] and Size: + + FT_1, 76-bytes fixed size + + The FARP Protocol Addressing: + + - In a FARP-REQ, the S_ID in the FC Header designates the + Requester's Port ID. The D_ID in the FC Header is the broadcast + identifier 0xFF-FF-FF. + + - In a FARP-REPLY, the S_ID in the FC Header designates the + Responder's Port_ID. The D_ID in the FC Header is the Requester's + Port_ID. + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 19] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +5.3 FARP Command Format + + FARP-REQ and FARP-REPLY commands have identical formats (76-bytes + fixed size) and fields but use different command codes. See tables + below. + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | FARP-REQ Command | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Field | Size | Remarks | + | | (Bytes) | | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | 0x54-00-00-00 | 4 | Request Command Code| + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Match Address Code Points | 1 | Indicates Address | + | | | Matching Mechanism | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Port_ID of Requester | 3 | Supplied by | + | | | Requester = | + | | | S_ID in FC Header | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Responder Flags | 1 | Response Action to | + | | | be taken | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Port_ID of Responder | 3 | Set to 0x00-00-00 | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | WW_PN of Requester | 8 |Supplied by Requester| + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + + WW_NN of Requester | 8 |OPTIONAL; | + | | |See Appendix A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | WW_PN of Responder | 8 |Supplied by Requester| + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | WW_NN of Responder | 8 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | IP Address of Requester | 16 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | IP Address of Responder | 16 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 20] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | FARP-REPLY Command | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Field | Size | Remarks | + | | (Bytes) | | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | 0x55-00-00-00 | 4 | Reply Command Code | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Match Address Code Points | 1 | Not Used and | + | | | Unchanged from the | + | | | FARP-REQ | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Port_ID of Requester | 3 | Extracted from | + | | | FARP-REQ | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Responder Flags | 1 | Not Used and | + | | | Unchanged from the | + | | | FARP-REQ | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + | Port_ID of Responder | 3 | Supplied by | + | | | Responder = | + | | | S_ID in FC Header | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + |WW_PN of Requester | 8 |Supplied by Requester| + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + |WW_NN of Requester | 8 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + |WW_PN of Responder | 8 |Supplied by Requester| + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + |WW_NN of Responder | 8 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + |IP Add. of Requester | 16 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + |IP Address of Responder | 16 |OPTIONAL; see App. A | + +-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------+ + + Following is a description of the address fields in the FARP + Commands. + + Port_ID of Requester: + + It is the 24-bit Port_ID used in the S_ID field of the FC Header of a + FARP-REQ. It is supplied by the Requester in a FARP-REQ and retained + in a FARP-REPLY. + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 21] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Port_ID of Responder: + + It is the 24-bit Port_ID used in the S_ID field of the FC Header of a + FARP-REPLY. It SHALL be set to 0x00-00-00 in a FARP-REQ. It is + supplied by the Responder in a FARP-REPLY. + + WW_PN: + + This address field is used with the b'001', b'011', b'101, b'111', + Match Address Code Points. See Match Address Code Point Table below. + The Requester supplies the unique 8-byte WW_PN of the Requester and + the Responder. It is retained in a FARP-REPLY. + + WW_NN: + + The WW_NN address field is used with Match Address Code Points + b'010', b'011', b'110', and b'111', which are all optional. Its usage + is fully described in Appendix A. When the WW_NN field is not used it + SHALL be either set to '0' or a valid non-zero address. + + IPv4: + + The IPv4 address field is used with the Match Address Code Points + b'100', b'101', b'110', and b'111', which are all optional. Its usage + is fully described in Appendix A. When the IP Address field is not + used it SHALL be either set to '0' or a valid IP address. A valid IP + address consists of the 32-bit IPv4 Address with the upper 96 bits + set to '0'. + +5.4 Match Address Code Points + + For each receipt of the FARP-REQ Broadcast ELS, the recipients match + one or more addresses based on the encoded bits of the "FARP Match + Address Code Points" field shown in the table below. FARP operation + with the Match Address Code Point equal to b'001' is described in + this section. Other code points are OPTIONAL and are discussed in + Appendix A. The upper 5 bits of the Match Address Code Point byte are + unused and their use is not currently defined. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 22] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Match Address Code Points | + +------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | LSBits | Bit name | Action | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 000 | Reserved | | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 001 | MATCH_WW_PN | If 'WW_PN of Responder' = | + | | | Node's WW_PN then respond | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 010 | MATCH_WW_NN | OPTIONAL; see Appendix A | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 011 | MATCH_WW_PN_NN | OPTIONAL; see Appendix A | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 100 | MATCH_IPv4 | OPTIONAL; see Appendix A | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 101 | MATCH_WW_PN_IPv4 | OPTIONAL; see Appendix A | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 110 | MATCH_WW_NN_IPv4 | OPTIONAL; see Appendix A | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + | 111 | MATCH_WW_PN_NN_IPv4| OPTIONAL; see Appendix A | + +-----------+--------------------+---------------------------------+ + + When a node receives a FARP-REQ with Code Point b'001', it checks its + WW_PN against the one set in 'WW_PN of Responder' field of the FARP- + REQ command. If there is a match, then the node issues a response + according to the action indicated by the FARP Responder Flag. See + table below. + + WW_NN and IPv4 address fields are not used with the b'001' Code Point + operation. They SHALL be set to '0' or a valid address either by the + Requester or the Requester and the Responder. + + Note that there can be utmost one FARP-REPLY per FARP-REQ. + +5.5 Responder Flags + + The Responder Flags define what Responder action to take if the + result of the Match Address Code Points is successful. 'Responder + Flags' is an 8-bit field (bits 0-7) and is defined in the table + below. This field is used only in a FARP-REQ. This field is retained + unchanged in a FARP-REPLY. If no bits are set, the Responder will + take no action. + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 23] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +----------+-------------------------------------------------------+ + | | FARP Responder Flag | + +----------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ + | Bit | Bit Name | Action | + | Position | | | + +----------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ + | 0 | INIT_P_LOGI | Initiate a P_LOGI to the Requester | + +----------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ + | 1 | INIT_REPLY | Send FARP_REPLY to Requester | + +----------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ + | 2 to 7 | Reserved | | + +----------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ + + If INIT_P_LOGI bit is set then, a Login is performed with the port + identified by "Port_ID of Requester" field. + + If INIT_REPLY is set then, a FARP-REPLY is sent to the Port + Identified by "Port_ID of Requester" field. + + If both bits are set at the same time, then both Actions are + performed. + + All other bit patterns are undefined at this time and are reserved + for possible future use. + +5.6 FARP Support Requirements + + Responder action - FARP-REPLY and/or Port Login - for a successful + MATCH_WW_PN is always REQUIRED. If there is no address match then a + silent behavior is specified. + + Support for all other Match Address Code Points is OPTIONAL and a + silent behavior from the Responder is valid when it is not supported. + Recipients of the FARP-REQ ELS SHALL NOT issue a Service Reject + (LS_RJT) if FARP OPTIONAL mechanisms are not supported. + + In all cases, if there are no matches, then a silent behavior is + specified. + + If an implementation issues a FARP-REQ with a Match Address Code + Point that is OPTIONAL, and fails to receive a response, and the + implementation has not obtained the Port_ID of the Responder's port + by other means (e.g., prior FARP-REQ with other Code Points), then + the implementation SHALL reattempt the FARP-REQ with the MATCH_WW_PN + Code Point. + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 24] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Getting multiple FARP Replies corresponding to a single FARP-REQ + should normally never occur. It is beyond the scope of this document + to specify conditions under which this error may occur or what the + corrective action ought to be. + +6. Exchange Management + +6.1 Exchange Origination + + FC Exchanges shall be established to transfer data between ports. + Frames on IP exchanges shall not transfer Sequence Initiative. See + Appendix E for a discussion on FC Exchanges. + +6.2 Exchange Termination + + With the exception of the recommendations in Appendix F, Section F.1, + "Reliability in Class 3", the mechanism for aging or expiring + exchanges based on activity, timeout, or other method is outside the + scope of this document. + + Exchanges may be terminated by either port. The Exchange Originator + may terminate Exchanges by setting the LS bit, following normal FC + standard FC-PH [2] rules. This specification prohibits the use of the + NOP ELS with LS set for Exchange termination. + + Exchanges may be torn down by the Exchange Originator or Exchange + Responder by using the ABTS_LS protocol. The use of ABTS_LS for + terminating aged Exchanges or error recovery is outside the scope of + this document. + + The termination of IP Exchanges by Logout is discouraged, since this + may terminate active Exchanges on other FC-4s. + +7. Summary of Supported Features + + Note: 'Settable' means support is as specified in the relevant + standard; all other key words are as defined earlier in this + document. + +7.1 FC-4 Header + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support | Notes | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Type Code ( = 5) ISO8802-2 LLC/SNAP | REQUIRED | 2 | + | Network_Headers | REQUIRED | 3 | + | Other Optional Headers | MUST NOT | | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 25] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Notes: + + 1. This table applies only to FC-4 related data, such as IP and + ARP packets. This table does not apply to link services and + other non-FC-4 sequences (PLOGI, for example) that must occur + for normal operation. + + 2. The TYPE field in the FC Header (Word 2 bits 31-24) MUST + indicate ISO 8802-2 LLC/SNAP Encapsulation (Type 5). This + revision of the document focuses solely on the issues related + to running IP and ARP over FC. All other issues are outside + the scope of this document, including full support for IEEE + 802.2 LLC. + + 3. DF_CTL field (Word 3, bits 23-16 of FC-Header) MUST indicate + the presence of a Network_Header (0010 0000) on the First + logical Frame of FC-4 Sequences. It should not indicate the + presence of a Network_Header on any subsequent frames of the + Sequence. + +7.2 R_CTL + + R_CTL in FC-Header: Word 0, bits 31-24 + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support | Notes | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Information Category (R_CTL Routing): | | | + | | | | + | FC-4 Device Data | REQUIRED | 1 | + | Extended Link Data | REQUIRED | | + | FC-4 Link Data | MUST NOT | | + | Video Data | MUST NOT | | + | Basic Link Data | REQUIRED | | + | Link Control | REQUIRED | | + | | | | + | R_CTL information : | | | + | | | | + | Uncategorized | MUST NOT | | + | Solicited Data | MUST NOT | | + | Unsolicited Control | REQUIRED | | + | Solicited Control | REQUIRED | | + | Unsolicited Data | REQUIRED | 1 | + | Data Descriptor | MUST NOT | | + | Unsolicited Command | MUST NOT | | + | Command Status | MUST NOT | | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 26] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Notes: + + 1. This is REQUIRED for FC-4 (IP and ARP) packets + + - Routing bits of R_CTL field MUST indicate Device Data + frames (0000) + - Information Category of R_CTL field MUST indicate + Unsolicited Data (0100) + +7.3 F_CTL + + F_CTL in FC-Header: Word 2, bits 23-0 + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support | Notes | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Exchange Context | Settable | | + | Sequence Context | Settable | | + | First / Last / End Sequence (FS/LS/ES) | Settable | | + | Chained Sequence | MUST NOT | | + | Sequence Initiative (SI) | Settable | 1 | + | X_ID Reassigned / Invalidate | MUST NOT | | + | Unidirectional Transmit | Settable | | + | Continue Sequence Condition | REQUIRED | 2 | + | Abort Seq. Condition -continue and single Seq.| REQUIRED | 3 | + | Relative Offset - Unsolicited Data | Settable | 4 | + | Fill Bytes | Settable | | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + Notes + + 1. For FC-4 frames, each N_Port shall have a dedicated OX_ID for + sending data to each N_Port in the network and a dedicated + RX_ID for receiving data from each N_Port as well. Exchanges + are used in a unidirectional mode, thus setting Sequence + Initiative is not valid for FC-4 frames. Sequence Initiative is + valid when using Extended Link Services. + + 2. This field is required to be 00, no information. + + 3. Sequence error policy is requested by an exchange originator in + the F_CTL Abort Sequence Condition bits in the first data frame + of the exchange. For Classes 1 and 2, ACK frame is required to + be "continuous sequence". + + 4. Relative offset prohibited on all other types (Information + Category) of frames. + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 27] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +7.4 Sequences + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support |Notes | + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Class 2 open Sequences / Exchange | 1 | 1 | + | Length of Seq. not limited by end-to-end credit | REQUIRED | 2 | + | IP and ARP Packet and FC Data Field sizes | REQUIRED | 3 | + | Capability to receive Sequence of maximum size | OPTIONAL | 4 | + | Sequence Streaming | MUST NOT | 5 | + | Stop Sequence Protocol | MUST NOT | | + | ACK_0 support | OPTIONAL | 6 | + | ACK_1 support | REQUIRED | 6 | + | ACK_N support | MUST NOT | | + | Class of Service for transmitted Sequences | Class | 7 | + | | 1, 2, or 3 | | + | Continuously Increasing Sequence Count | OPTIONAL | 8, 9 | + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + Notes: + + 1. Only one active sequence per exchange is optional. + + 2. A Sequence Initiator shall be capable of transmitting Sequences + containing more frames than the available credit indicated by a + Sequence recipient at Login. FC-PH [2] end-to-end flow control + rules will be followed when transmitting such Sequences. + + 3. a) IP MTU size is 65280-bytes and resulting FC Sequence + Payload size is 65536-bytes. + b) Maximally Minimum IP Packet size is 68-bytes and resulting + FC Data Field size is 92-bytes. + c) ARP (and InARP) Packet size is 28-bytes and resulting FC + Data Field size is 52-bytes. + + 4. Some OS environments may not handle the max Sequence Payload + size of 65536. It is up to the administrator to configure the + Max size for all systems. + + 5. All class 3 sequences are assumed to be non-streamed. + + 6. Only applies for Class 1 and 2. Use of ACK_1 is default, ACK_0 + used if indicated by Sequence recipient at Login. + + 7. The administrator configured class of service is used, except + where otherwise specified (e.g. Broadcasts are always sent in + Class 3). + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 28] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + 8. Review Appendix F, "Reliability in Class 3". + + 9. The first frame of the first sequence of a new Exchange must + have SEQ_CNT = 0 [2]. + +7.5 Exchanges + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support | Notes | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | X_ID interlock support | OPTIONAL | 1 | + | OX_ID=FFFF | MUST NOT | | + | RX_ID=FFFF | OPTIONAL | 2 | + | Action if no exchange resources available | P_RJT | 3 | + | Long Lived Exchanges | OPTIONAL | 4 | + | Reallocation of Idle Exchanges | OPTIONAL | | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + Notes: + + 1. Only applies to Classes 1 and 2, supported by the Exchange + Originator. A Port SHALL be capable of interoperating with + another Port that requires X_ID interlock. The Exchange + Originator facility within the Port shall use the X_ID + Interlock protocol in such cases. + + 2. An Exchange Responder is not required to assign RX_IDs. If a + RX_ID of FFFF is assigned, it is identifying Exchanges based on + S_ID / D_ID / OX_ID only. + + 3. In Classes 1 and 2, a Port shall reject a frame that would + create a new Exchange with a P_RJT containing reason code + "Unable to establish Exchange". In Class 3, the frame would be + dropped. + + 4. When an Exchange is created between 2 Ports for IP/ARP data, it + remains active while the ports are logged in with each other. + An Exchange SHALL NOT transfer Sequence Initiative (SI). + Broadcasts and ELS commands may use short lived Exchanges. + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 29] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +7.6 ARP and InARP + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support | Notes | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | ARP Server Support | MUST NOT | 1 | + | Response to ARP requests | REQUIRED | 2 | + | Class of Service for ARP requests | Class 3 | 3 | + | Class of Service for ARP replies | Class | 4 | + | | 1, 2, or 3 | | + | Response to InARP requests | OPTIONAL | | + | Class of Service for InARP requests/replies | Class | | + | | 1, 2 or 3 | 5 | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + Notes: + + 1. Well-known Address FFFFFC is not used for ARP requests. Frames + from Well-known address FFFFFC are not considered to be ARP + frames. Broadcast support is REQUIRED for ARP. + + 2. The IP Address is mapped to a specific MAC address with ARP. + + 3. An ARP request is a Broadcast Sequence, therefore Class 3 + is always used. + + 4. An ARP reply is a normal Sequence, thus the administrator + configured class of service is used. + + 5. An InARP Request or Reply is a normal Sequence, thus an + administrator configured class of service is used. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 30] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +7.7 Extended Link Services (ELS) + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Feature | Support | Notes | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Class of service for ELS commands / responses | Class | | + | | 1,2 or 3 | 1 | + | Explicit N-Port Login | REQUIRED | | + | Explicit F-Port Login | REQUIRED | | + | FLOGI ELS command | REQUIRED | | + | PLOGI ELS command | REQUIRED | | + | ADISC ELS command | REQUIRED | | + | PDISC ELS command | OPTIONAL | 2 | + | FAN ELS command | REQUIRED | 5 | + | LOGO ELS command | REQUIRED | | + | FARP-REQ/FARP-REPLY ELS commands | REQUIRED | 3 | + | Other ELS command support | OPTIONAL | 4 | + +-----------------------------------------------+------------+-------+ + + Notes: + + 1. The administrator configured class of service is used. + + 2. PDISC shall not be used as a Requester; ADISC shall be used + instead. As a Responder, an implementation may need to respond + to both ADISC and PDISC for compatibility with other + specifications. + + 3. Responder Action - FARP-REPLY and/or Port Login - for a + successful MATCH_WW_PN is always REQUIRED. + Support for all other match Address Codes Points is a silent + behavior from the Responder is valid when it is not supported. + Recipients of the FARP-REQ ELS shall not issue a Service Reject + (LS_RJT) if FARP is not supported. + + 4. If other ELS commands are received an LS_RJT may be sent. NOP + is not required by this specification, and shall not be used as + a mechanism to terminate exchanges. + + 5. Required for FL_Ports + +7.8 Login Parameters + + Unless explicitly noted here, a compliant implementation shall use + the login parameters as described in [4]. + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 31] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +7.8.1 Common Service Parameters - FLOGI + + - FC-PH Version, lowest version may be 0x09 to indicate + 'minimum 4.3'. + - Can't use BB_Credit=0 for N_Port on a switched Fabric + (F_Port). + +7.8.2 Common Service Parameters - PLOGI + + - FC-PH Version, lowest version may be 0x09 to indicate + 'minimum 4.3'. + - Can't use BB_Credit=0 for N_Port in a Point-to-Point + configuration + + - Random Relative Offset is optional. + + - Note that the 'Receive Data Field Size' fields specified in + the PLOGI represent both optional headers and payload. + + - The MAC Address can therefore be extracted from the 6 lower + bytes of the WW_PN field (when the IEEE 48-bit Identifier + format is chosen as the NAA) during PLOGI or ACC payload + exchanged during Fibre Channel Login [2]. + + - The MAC Address can also be extracted from the WW_PN field in + the Network_Header during ADISC (and ADISC ACC), or PDISC + (and PDISC ACC). + +7.8.3 Class Service Parameters - PLOGI + + - Discard error policy only. + +8. Security Considerations + +8.1 IP and ARP Related + + IP and ARP do not introduce any new security concerns beyond what + already exists within the Fibre Channel Protocols and Technology. + Therefore IP and ARP related Security does not require special + consideration in this document. + +8.2 FC Related + + FC Standards [11] specify a Security Key Server (independent of IP + and ARP) as an optional service. However, there are no known + implementations of this server yet. Also, the previously defined [2] + use of a Security Header has been discontinued [11]. + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 32] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +9. Acknowledgement + + This specification is based on FCA IP Profile, Version 3.3. The FCA + IP Profile was a joint work of the Fibre Channel Association (FCA) + vendor community. The following organizations or individuals have + contributed to the creation of the FCA IP Profile: Adaptec, Ancor, + Brocade, Clariion, Crossroads, emf Associates, Emulex, Finisar, + Gadzoox, Hewlett Packard, Interphase, Jaycor, McData, Migration + Associates, Orca Systems, Prisa, Q-Logic, Symbios, Systran, + Tektronix, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of New Hamshire. Jon Infante + from Emulex deserves special mention for his contributions to the + FARP Protocol. The authors extend their thanks to all who provided + comments and especially to Lansing Sloan from LLNL for his detailed + comments. + +10. References + + [1] FCA IP Profile, Revision 3.3, May 15, 1997 + + [2] Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) , ANSI + X3.230-1994 + + [3] Fibre Channel Link Encapsulation (FC-LE), Revision 1.1, June 26, + 1996 + + [4] Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA), Rev. 2.7, August + 12, 1997 + + [5] Fibre Channel Private Loop SCSI Direct Attach (FC-PLDA), + Rev. 2.1, September 22, 1997 + + [6] Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface-2 (FC-PH-2), + Rev. 7.4, ANSI X3.297-1996 + + [7] Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL), ANSI X3.272-1996 + + [8] Postel, J. and J. Reynolds, "A standard for the Transmission of + IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks", STD 43, RFC 1042, February + 1988. + + [9] Plummer, D. "An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol -or- + Converting Network Addresses to 48-bit Ethernet Address for + Transmission on Ethernet Hardware", STD 37, RFC 826, November + 1982. + + [10] FCSI IP Profile, FCSI-202, Revision 2.1, September 8, 1995 + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 33] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + [11] Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface -3 (FC-PH-3), + Rev. 9.3, ANSI X3.303-199x + + [12] Fibre Channel-The Basics, "Gary R. Stephens and Jan V. Dedek", + Ancot Corporation + + [13] Fibre Channel -Gigabit Communications and I/O for Computers + Networks "Alan Benner", McGraw-Hill, 1996, ISBN 0-07-005669-2 + + [14] Fibre Channel Generic Services -2 (FC-GS-2), Rev. 5.2 + X3.288-199x + + [15] Bradley, T. and C. Brown, "Inverse Address Resolution Protocol", + RFC 1293, January 1992. + + [16] Bradley, T., Brown, C. and A. Malis, "Inverse Address Resolution + Protocol", RFC 2390, August 1992. + + [17] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791, September 1981. + + [18] The Fibre Channel Consultant: A Comprehensive Introduction, + "Robert W. Kembel", Northwest Learning Associates, 1998 + + [19] Bradner, S., "Key Words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement + Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. + + [20] Narten, T. and C. Burton, "A Caution on The Canonical Ordering + of Link-Layer Addresses", RFC 2469, December 1998. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 34] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +11. Authors' Addresses + + Murali Rajagopal + Gadzoox Networks, Inc. + 711 Kimberly Avenue, Suite 100 + Placentia, CA 92870 + + Phone: +1 714 577 6805 + Fax: +1 714 524 8508 + EMail: murali@gadzoox.com + + + Raj Bhagwat + Gadzoox Networks, Inc. + 711 Kimberly Avenue, Suite 100 + Placentia, CA 92870 + + Phone: +1 714 577 6806 + Fax: +1 714 524 8508 + EMail: raj@gadzoox.com + + + Wayne Rickard + Gadzoox Networks, Inc. + 711 Kimberly Avenue, Suite 100 + Placentia, CA 92870 + + Phone: +1 714 577 6803 + Fax: +1 714 524 8508 + EMail: wayne@gadzoox.com + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 35] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +Appendix A: Additional Matching Mechanisms in FARP + + Section 5 described the FC Layer mapping between the WW_PN and the + Port_ID using the FARP Protocol. This appendix describes other + optional criteria for address matching and includes: + + - WW_NN + + - WW_PN & WW_NN at the same time + + - IPv4 + + - IPv4 & WW_PN at the same time + + - IPv4 & WW_NN at the same time + + - IPv4 & WW_PN & WW_NN at the same time + + Depending on the Match Address Code Points, the FARP protocol + fundamentally resolves three main types of addresses to Port_IDs and + is described in table below. + + - For Match Address Code Point b'001': WW_PN Names fields are + used to resolve the WW_PN names to Port_IDs. WW_NN and IP + address fields are not used with these Code Points and SHALL be + set to either '0' or valid addresses by Requester or Requester + and Responder. + + - For Match Address Code Point b'010': WW_NN Names fields are + used to resolve the WW_NN names to Port_IDs. WW_PN and IP + address fields are not used with these Code Points and SHALL be + set to either '0' or valid addresses by Requester or Requester + and Responder. + + - For Match Address Code Point b'100': IPv4 fields are used to + resolve the IPv4 addresses to Port_IDs. WW_PN and WW_NN fields + are not used with these Code Points and SHALL be set to either ' + 0' or valid addresses by Requester or Requester and Responder. + + - For all other Match Address Code Points b'011', b'101',b'110', + b'111', depending on set bits one or more addresses are jointly + resolved to a Port_ID. See table below. If fields are not used, + then they are set either to '0' or valid addresses. + + The Responder Flags remain the same as before. Note that there can be + utmost one FARP-REPLY per FARP-REQ. + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 36] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Tables showing FARP-REQ and FARP-REPLY and address fields setting are + given below: + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Match Address Code Points | + +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | LSBits| Bit name | Action | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 000 | Reserved | | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 001 | MATCH_WW_PN | If 'WW_PN of Responder' = | + | | | Node's WW_PN then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 010 | MATCH_WW_NN | If 'WW_NN of Responder' = | + | | | Node's WW_NN then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 011 | MATCH_WW_PN_NN | If both 'WW_PN of Responder' & | + | | | 'WW_NN of Responder' = | + | | | Node's WW_PN & WW_NN then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 100 | MATCH_IPv4 | If 'IPv4 Address of Responder' = | + | | | Node's IPv4 Address then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 101 | MATCH_WW_PN_IPv4 | If 'WW_PN & IPv4 of Responder' = | + | | | Node's WW_PN and IPv4 then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 110 | MATCH_WW_NN_IPv4 | If both 'WW_NN of Responder' & | + | | | 'IPv4 Address of Responder' = | + | | | Node's WW_NN & IPv4 then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + | 111 |MATCH_WW_PN_NN_IPv4 | If 'WW_PN of Responder' & | + | | | 'WW_NN of Responder' & | + | | | 'IPv4 Address of Responder' = | + | | | Nodes' WW_PN & WW_NN & IPv4 | + | | | then respond | + +-------+--------------------+---------------------------------------+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 37] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | FARP-REQ Command | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Field | Size | Remarks | + | | (Bytes) | | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | 0x54-00-00-00 | 4 | Request Command Code | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Match Address Code Points | 1 | Indicates Address | + | | | Matching Mechanism | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Port_ID of Requester | 3 |Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Responder Flags | 1 |Response Action to be taken| + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Port_ID of Responder | 3 | Set to 0x00-00-00 | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_PN of Requester | 8 | Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_NN of Requester | 8 |OPTIONAL; | + | | |Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_PN of Responder | 8 |Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_NN of Responder | 8 |OPTIONAL ;Supplied by | + | | |Requester or Responder | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |IP Add. of Requester | 16 |OPTIONAL; Supplied by | + | | |Requester | + | | |IPv4 Add.=low 32 bits | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |IP Address of Responder | 16 |OPTIONAL; Supplied by | + | | |Requester or Responder | + | | |IPv4 Add.=low 32 bits | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 38] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | FARP-REPLY Command | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Field | Size | Remarks | + | | (Bytes) | | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | 0x55-00-00-00 | 4 |Reply Command Code | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Match Address Code Points | 1 | Not Used and unchanged | + | | |from the FARP-REQ | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Port_ID of Requester | 3 |Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Responder Flags | 1 | Not Used and unchanged | + | | |from the FARP-REQ | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + | Port_ID of Responder | 3 |Supplied by Responder | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_PN of Requester | 8 |Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_NN of Requester | 8 |OPTIONAL; Supplied by | + | | |Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_PN of Responder | 8 |Supplied by Requester | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |WW_NN of Responder | 8 |OPTIONAL; Supplied by | + | | |Requester or Responder | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |IP Add. of Requester | 16 |OPTIONAL; Supplied by | + | | |Requester | + | | |IPv4 Add.=low 32 bits | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + |IP Address of Responder | 16 |OPTIONAL; Supplied by | + | | |Requester or Responder | + | | |IPv4 Add.=low 32 bits | + +-------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 39] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +Appendix B: InARP + +B.1 General Discussion + + Inverse ARP (InARP) is a mechanism described in RFC 1293/2390 [15, + 16], which is useful when a node desires to know the protocol address + of a target node whose hardware address is known. Situations where + this could occur are described in [15, 16]. The motivation for using + InARP in FC is to allow a node to learn the IP address of another + node with which it has performed a Port Login (PLOGI). PLOGI is a + normal FC process that happens between nodes, independent of this + standard. PLOGI makes it possible for a node to discover the WW_PN + and the Port_ID of the other node but not its IP address. A node in + this way may potentially obtain the IP address of all nodes with + which it can PLOGI. + + Note that the use of the InARP mechanism can result in resolving all + WW_PN to IP addresses and ARP may no longer be required. This can be + beneficially applied in cases where a particular FC topology makes it + inefficient to send out an ARP broadcast. + +B.2 InARP Protocol Operation + + InARP uses the same ARP Packet format but with different 'Op Codes', + one for InARP Request and another for InARP Reply. + + The InARP protocol operation is very simple. The requesting node + fills the hardware address (WW_PN) of the target device and sets the + protocol address to 0x00-00-00-00. Because, the request is sent to a + node whose WW_PN and Port_ID are known, there is no need for a + broadcast. The target node fills in its Protocol address (IP address + in this case) and sends an InARP Reply back to the sender. A node + may collect, all such WW_PN and IP addresses pairs in a similar way. + +B.3 InARP Packet Format + + Since the InARP protocol uses the same packet format as the ARP + protocol, much of the discussion on ARP formats given in Section 4 + applies here. + + The InARP is 28-bytes long in this application and uses two packet + types: Request and Reply. Like ARP, the InARP Packet fields are + common to both InARP Requests and InARP Replies. + + InARP Request and Reply Packets are encapsulated in a single frame FC + Sequence much like ARP. Compliant InARP Request and Reply FC + Sequences SHALL include Network_Headers. + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 40] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + The 'HW Type' field SHALL be set to 0x00-01. + + The 'Protocol' field SHALL be set to 0x08-00 indicating IP protocol. + + The 'HW Addr Length' field SHALL be set to 0x06 indicating 6-bytes of + HW address. + + The 'Protocol Addr Length' field SHALL be set to 0x04 indicating + 4-bytes of IP address. + + The 'Operation' Code field SHALL be set as follows: + + 0x00-08 for InARP Request + 0x00-09 for InARP Reply + + The 'HW Addr of Sender' field SHALL be the 6-byte IEEE MAC address of + the Requester (InARP Request) or Responder (InARP Reply). + + The 'Protocol Addr of Sender' field SHALL be the 4-byte IP address of + the Requester (InARP Request) or Responder (InARP Reply). + + The 'HW Addr of Target' field SHALL be set to the 6-byte MAC address + of the Responder in an InARP Request and to the 6-byte MAC address of + the Requester in an InARP Reply. + + The 'Protocol Addr of Target' field SHALL be set to 0x00-00-00-00 in + an InARP Request and to the 4-byte IP address of the Requester in an + InARP Reply. + +B.4 InARP Support Requirements + + Support for InARP is OPTIONAL. If a node does not support InARP and + it receives an InARP Request message then a silent behavior is + specified. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 41] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +APPENDIX C: Some Informal Mechanisms for FC Layer Mappings + + Each method SHALL have some check to ensure PLOGI has completed + successfully before data is sent. A related concern in large networks + is limiting concurrent logins to only those ports with active IP + traffic. + +C.1 Login on Cached Mapping Information + + This method insulates the level performing Login from the level + interpreting ARP. It is more accommodating of non-ARP mechanisms for + building the FC-layer mapping table. + + 1. Broadcast messages that carry a Network_Header contain the S_ID + on the FC-header and WW_PN in the Network-Header. Caching this + information provides a correlation of Port_ID to WW_PN. If the + received Broadcast message is compliant with this + specification, the WW_PN will contain the MAC Address. + + 2. The WW_PN is "available" if Login has been performed to the + Port_ID and flagged. If Login has not been performed, the WW_PN + is "unavailable". + + 3. If an outbound packet is destined for a port that is + "unavailable", the cached information (from broadcast) is used + to look up the Port_ID. + + 4. After sending an ELS PLOGI command (Port Login) to the Port + (from a higher level entity at the host), waiting for an + outbound packet before sending this Port Login conserves + resources for only those ports which wish to establish + communication. + + 5. After Port Login completes (ACC received), the outbound packet + can be forwarded. At this point in time, both ends have the + necessary information to complete their <IP address, MAC + Address, Port_ID> association. + +C.2 Login on ARP Parsing + + This method performs Login sooner by parsing ARP before passing it up + to higher levels for IP/MAC Address correlation. It requires a low- + level awareness of the IP address, and is therefore protocol- + specific. + + 1. When an ARP Broadcast Message is received, the S_ID is + extracted from the FC-header and the corresponding + Network_Source_Address from the Network_Header. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 42] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + + 2. The ARP payload is parsed to determine if + (a) this host is the target of the ARP request (Target IP + Address match), and + (b) if this host is currently logged in with the port + (Port_ID = S_ID) originating the ARP broadcast. + + 3. The ARP is passed to a higher level for ARP Response + generation. + + 4. If a Port Login is required, an ELS PLOGI command (Port Login) + is sent immediately to the Port originating the ARP Broadcast. + + 5. After Port Login completes, an ARP response can be forwarded. + Note that there are two possible scenarios: + + - The ACC to PLOGI returns before the ARP reply is processed + and the ARP Reply is immediately forwarded. + - The ARP reply is delayed, waiting for ACC (successful + Login). + + 6. At this point in time, both ends have the necessary + information to complete their + <IP address, MAC Address, Port_ID> association. + +C.3 Login to Everyone + + In Fibre Channel topologies with a limited number of ports, it may be + efficient to unconditionally Login to each port. This method is + discouraged in fabric and public loop environments. + + After Port Login completes, the MAC Address to Port_ID Address tables + can be constructed. + +C.4 Static Table + + In some loop environments with a limited number of ports, a static + mapping from a MAC Address to Port_ID (D_ID or AL_PA) may be + maintained. The FC layer will always know the destination Port_ID + based on the table. The table is typically downloaded into the driver + at configuration time. This method scales poorly, and is therefore + not recommended. + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 43] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +Appendix D: FC Layer Address Validation + +D.1 General Discussion + + At all times, the <WW_PN, Port_ID> mapping MUST be valid before use. + There are many events that can invalidate this mapping. The + following discussion addresses conditions when such a validation is + required. + + After a FC link interruption occurs, the Port_ID of a port may + change. After the interruption, the Port_IDs of all other ports that + have previously performed PLOGI (N_Port Login) with this port may + have changed, and its own Port_ID may have changed. + + Because of this, address validation is required after a LIP in a loop + topology [7] or after NOS/OLS in a point-to-point topology [6]. + + Port_IDs will not change as a result of Link Reset (LR),thus address + validation is not required. + + In addition to actively validating devices after a link interruption, + if a port receives any FC-4 data frames (other than broadcast + frames), from a port that is not currently logged in, then it shall + send an explicit Extended Link Service (ELS) Request logout (LOGO) + command to that port. + + ELS commands (Requests and Replies) are used by an N_Port to solicit + a destination port (F_Port or N_Port) to perform some link-level + function or service.) The LOGO Request is used to request + invalidation of the service parameters and Port_ID of the recipient + N_Port. + + The level of initialization and subsequent validation and recovery + reported to the upper (FC-4) layers is implementation-specific. + + In general, an explicit Logout (LOGO) SHALL be sent whenever the FC- + Layer mapping between the Port_ID and WW_PN of a remote port is + removed. + + The effect of power-up or re-boot on the mapping tables is outside + the scope of this specification. + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 44] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +D.2 FC Layer Address Validation in a Point-to-Point Topology + + No validation is required after LR. In a point-to-point topology, + NOS/OLS causes implicit Logout of each port and after a NOS/OLS, each + port must perform a PLOGI [2]. + +D.3 FC Layer Address Validation in a Private Loop Topology + + After a LIP, a port SHALL not transmit any link data to another port + until the address of the other port has been validated. The + validation consists of completing either ADISC or PDISC. (See + Appendix G.) + + ADISC (Address Discovery) is an ELS command for discovering the hard + addresses - the 24-bit identifier- of NL_Ports [5], [6]. + + PDISC (Discover Port) is an ELS command for exchanging service + parameters without affecting Login state [5], [6]. + + As a requester, this specification prohibits PDISC and requires + ADISC. + + As a responder, an implementation may need to respond to both ADISC + and PDISC for compatibility with other FC specifications. + + If the three addresses, Port_ID, WW_PN, WW_NN, exactly match the + values prior to the LIP, then any active exchanges may continue. + + If any of the three addresses have changed, then the node must be + explicitly Logged out [4], [5]. + + If a port's N_Port ID changes after a LIP, then all active Port-ID to + WW_PN mappings at this port must be explicitly Logged out. + +D.4 FC Layer Address Validation in a Public Loop Topology + + A FAN (Fabric Address Notification) ELS command is sent by the fabric + to all known previously logged in ports following an initialization + event. Therefore, after a LIP, hosts may wait for this notification + to arrive or they may perform a FLOGI. + + If the WW_PN and WW_NN of the fabric FL_Port contained in the FAN ELS + or FLOGI response exactly match the values before the LIP, and if the + AL_PA obtained by the port is the same as the one before the LIP, + then the port may resume all exchanges. If not, then FLOGI (Fabric + Login) must be performed with the fabric and all nodes must be + explicitly Logged out. + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 45] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + A public loop device will have to perform the private loop + authentication to any nodes on the local loop which have an Area + + Domain Address == 0x00-00-XX + +D.5 FC Layer Address Validation in a Fabric Topology + + No validation is required after LR (link reset). + + After NOS/OLS, a port must perform FLOGI. If, after FLOGI, the S_ID + of the port, the WW_PN of the fabric, and the WW_NN of the fabric are + the same as before the NOS/OLS, then the port may resume all + exchanges. If not, all nodes must be explicitly, Logged out [2]. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 46] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +APPENDIX E: Fibre Channel Overview + +E.1 Brief Tutorial + + The FC Standard [2] defines 5 "levels" (not layers) for its protocol + description: FC-0, FC-1, FC-2, FC-3, and FC-4. The first three levels + (FC-0, FC-1, FC-2) are largely concerned with the physical formatting + and control aspects of the protocol. FC-3 has been architected to + provide a place holder for functions that might need to be performed + after the upper layer protocol has requested the transmission of an + information unit, but before FC-2 is asked to deliver that piece of + information by using a sequence of frames [18]. At this time, no FC-3 + functions have been defined. FC-4 is meant for supporting profiles + of Upper Layer Protocols (ULP) such as IP and Small Computer System + Interface (SCSI), and supports a relatively small set compared to LAN + protocols such as IEEE 802.3. + + FC devices are called "Nodes", each of which has at least one "Port" + to connect to other ports. A Node may be a workstation, a disk drive + or disk array, a camera, a display unit, etc. A "Link" is two + unidirectional paths flowing in opposite directions and connecting + two Ports within adjacent Nodes. + + FC Nodes communicate using higher layer protocols such as SCSI and IP + and are configured to operate using Point-to-Point, Private Loop, + Public Loop (attachment to a Fabric), or Fabric network topologies. + + The point-to-point is the simplest of the four topologies, where only + two nodes communicate with each other. The private loop may connect a + number of devices (max 126) in a logical ring much like Token Ring, + and is distinguished from a public loop by the absence of a Fabric + Node participating in the loop. The Fabric topology is a switched + network where any attached node can communicate with any other. For a + detail description of FC topologies refer to [18]. + + Table below summarizes the usage of port types depending on its + location [12]. Note that E-Port is not relevant to any discussion in + this specification but is included below for completeness. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 47] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | Port Type | Location | Topology Associated with | + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | N_Port | Node | Point-to-Point or Fabric | + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | NL_Port | Node |In N_Port mode -Point-to-Point or Fabric | + | | |In NL_Port mode - Arbitrated Loop | + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | F_Port | Fabric | Fabric | + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | FL_Port | Fabric | In F_Port mode - Fabric | + | | | In FL_Port mode - Arbitrated Loop | + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + | E_Port | Fabric | Internal Fabric Expansion | + +-----------+-------------+-----------------------------------------+ + +E.2 Exchange, Information Unit, Sequence, and Frame + + The FC 'Exchange' is a mechanism used by two FC ports to identify and + manage an operation between them [18]. An Exchange is opened whenever + an operation is started between two ports. The Exchange is closed + when this operation ends. + + The FC-4 Level specifies data units for each type of application + level payload called 'Information Unit' (IU). Each protocol carried + by FC has a defined size for the IU. Every operation must have at + least one IU. Lower FC levels map this to a FC Sequence. + + Typically, a Sequence consists of more than one frame. Larger user + data is segmented and reassembled using two methods: Sequence Count + and Relative Offset [18]. With the use of Sequence Count, data blocks + are sent using frames with increasing sequence counts (modulo 65536) + and it is quite straightforward to detect the first frame that + contains the Network_Header. When Relative Offset is used, as frames + arrive, some computation is required to detect the first frame that + contains the Network_Header. Sequence Count and Relative Offset field + control information, is carried in the FC Header. + + The FC-4 Level makes a request to FC-3 Level when it wishes it to be + delivered. Currently, there are no FC-3 level defined functions, and + this level simply converts the Information Unit delivery request into + a 'Sequence' delivery request and passes it on to the FC-2 Level. + Therefore, each FC-4 Information Unit corresponds to a FC-2 Level + Sequence. + + The maximum data carried by a FC frame cannot exceed 2112-bytes [2]. + Whenever, the Information Unit exceeds this value, the FC-2 breaks it + into multiple frames and sends it in a sequence. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 48] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + There can be multiple Sequences within an Exchange. Sequences within + an Exchange are processed sequentially. Only one Sequence is active + at a time. Within an Exchange information may flow in one direction + only or both. If bi-directional then one of the ports has the + initiative to send the next Sequence for that Exchange. Sequence + Initiative can be passed between the ports on the last frame of + Sequence when control is transferred. This amounts to half-duplex + behavior. + + Ports may have more than one Exchange open at a time. Ports can + multiplex between Exchanges. Exchanges are uniquely identified by + Exchange IDs (X_ID). An Originator OX_ID and a Responder RX_ID + uniquely identify an Exchange. + +E.3 Fibre Channel Header Fields + + The FC header as shown in the diagrams below contains routing and + other control information to manage Frames, Sequences, and Exchanges. + The Frame-header is sent as 6 transmission words immediately + following an SOF delimiter and before the Data Field. + + D_ID and S_ID: + + FC uses destination address routing [12], [13]. Frame routing in a + point-to-point topology is trivial. + + For the Arbitrated Loop topology, with the destination NL_Port on + the same AL, the source port must pick the destination port, + determine its AL Physical Address, and "Open" the destination + port. The frames must pass through other NL_Ports or the FL_Port + on the loop between the source and destination, but these ports do + not capture the frames. They simply repeat and transmit the frame. + Either communicating port may "Close" the circuit. + + When the destination port is not on the same AL, the source + NL_Port must open the FL_Port attached to a Fabric. Once in the + Fabric, the Fabric routes the frames again to the destination. + + In a Fabric topology, the Fabric looks into the Frame-header, + extracts the destination address (D_ID), searches its own routing + tables, and sends the frame to the destination port along the path + chosen. The process of choosing a path may be performed at each + fabric element or switch until the F_Port attached to the + destination N_Port is reached. + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 49] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +Fibre Channel Frame Header, Network_Header, and Payload carrying IP +Packet + + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |Wrd| <31:24> | <23:16> | <15:08> | <07:00> | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |0 | R_CTL | D_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |1 | CS_CTL | S_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |2 | TYPE | F_CTL | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |3 | SEQ_ID | DF_CTL | SEQ_CNT | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |4 | OX_ID | RX_ID | + +---+--------+-------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |5 | Parameter (Control or Relative Offset for Data ) | + +---+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ + |6 | NAA | Network_Dest_Address (Hi order bits) | + +---+--------+-------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |7 | Network_Dest_Address (Lo order bits) | + +---+--------+-------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |8 | NAA | Network_Src_Address (Hi order bits) | + +---+--------+-------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |9 | Network_Src_Address (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |10 | DSAP | SSAP | CTRL | OUI | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |11 | OUI | PID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + |12 | IP Packet Data ... | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+ + + R_CTL (Routing Control) and TYPE(data structure): + + Frames for each FC-4 can be easily distinguished from the others + at the receiving port using the R_CTL (Routing Control) and TYPE + (data structure) fields in the Frame-header. + + The R_CTL has two sub-fields: Routing bits and Information + category. The Routing bits sub-field has specific values that mean + FC-4 data follows and the Information Category tells the receiver + the "Type" of data contained in the frame. The R_CTL and TYPE code + points are shown in the diagrams. + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 50] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Other Header fields: + + F_CTL (Frame Control) and SEQ_ID (Sequence Identification), + SEQ_CNT (Sequence Count), OX_ID (Originator exchange Identifier), + RX_ID (Responder exchange Identifier), and Parameter fields are + used to manage the contents of a frame, and mark information + exchange boundaries for the destination port. + + F_CTL(Frame Control): + + The FC_CTL field is a 3-byte field that contains information + relating to the frame content. Most of the other Frame-header + fields are used for frame identification. Among other things, bits + in this field indicate the First Sequence, Last Sequence, or End + Sequence. Sequence Initiative bit is used to pass control of the + next Sequence in the Exchange to the recipient. + + SEQ_ID (Sequence Identifier) and SEQ_CNT (Sequence Count): + + This is used to uniquely identify sequences within an Exchange. + The <S_ID, D_ID, SEQ_ID> uniquely identifies any active Sequence. + SEQ_CNT is used to uniquely identify frames within a Sequence to + assure sequentiality of frame reception, and to allow unique + correlation of link control frames with their related data frames. + + Originator Exchange Identifier (OX_ID) and Responder Exchange + Identifier (RX_ID): + + The OX_ID value provides association of frames with specific + Exchanges originating at a particular N_Port. The RX_ID field + provides the same function that the OX_ID provides for the + Exchange Originator. The OX_ID is meaningful on the Exchange + Originator, and the RX_ID is meaningful on the Responder. + + DF_CTL (Data Field Control): + + The DF_CTL field specifies the presence or absence of optional + headers between the Frame-header and Frame Payload + + PARAMETER: + + The Parameter field has two meanings, depending on Frame type. + For Link Control Frames, the Parameter field indicates the + specific type of Link Control frame. For Data frames, this field + contains the Relative Offset value. This specifies an offset from + an Upper Layer Protocol buffer from a base address. + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 51] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +E.4 Code Points for FC Frame + +E.4.1 Code Points with IP and ARP Packets + + The Code Points for FC Frames with IP and ARP Packets are very + similar with the exception of PID value in Word 11 which is set to + 0x08-00 for IP and 0x08-06 for ARP. Also, the Network_Header appears + only in the first logical frame of a FC Sequence carrying IP. In the + case, where FC frames carry ARP packets it is always present because + these are single frame Sequences. + + Code Points for FC Frame with IP packet Data + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |Wrd| <31:24> | <23:16> | <15:08> | <07:00> | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 0 | 0x04 | D_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 1 | 0x00 | S_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 2 | 0x05 | F_CTL | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 3 | SEQ_ID | 0x20 | SEQ_CNT | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 4 | OX_ID | RX_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 5 | 0xXX-XX-XX-XX Parameter Relative Offset | + +---+------+--------------------------------------------------------+ + | 6 | 0001 | 0x000 | Dest. MAC (Hi order bits) | + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 7 | Dest. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+------+----------+----------------+----------------------------+ + | 8 | 0001 | 0x000 | Src. MAC (Hi order bits) | + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 9 | Src. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |10 | 0xAA | 0xAA | 0x03 | 0x00 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |11 | 0x00-00 | 0x08-00 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |12 | IP Packet Data | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |13 | ... | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 52] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Code Points for FC Frame with ARP packet Data + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |Wrd| <31:24> | <23:16> | <15:08> | <07:00> | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 0 | 0x04 | D_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 1 | 0x00 | S_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 2 | 0x05 | F_CTL | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 3 | SEQ_ID | 0x20 | SEQ_CNT | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 4 | OX_ID | RX_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 5 | 0xXX-XX-XX-XX Parameter Relative Offset | + +---+------+--------------------------------------------------------+ + | 6 | 0001 | 0x000 | Dest. MAC (Hi order bits) | + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 7 | Dest. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+------+----------+----------------+----------------------------+ + | 8 | 0001 | 0x000 | Src. MAC (Hi order bits) | + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 9 | Src. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |10 | 0xAA | 0xAA | 0x03 | 0x00 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |11 | 0x00-00 | 0x08-06 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |12 | ARP Packet Data | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |13| ... | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + + The Code Points for a FARP-REQ for a specific Match Address Code + Point MATCH_WW_PN_NN ( b'011') is shown below. In particular, note + the IP addresses field of the Requester set to a valid address and + that of the responder set to '0'. Note also the setting of the D_ID + address and the Port_ID of the Responder. + + The corresponding code point for a FARP-REPLY is also shown below. + In particular, note the setting of the Port_ID of Responder and the + IP address setting of the Responder. + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 53] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +E.4.2 Code Points with FARP Command + + Code Points for FC Frame with FARP-REQ Command for MATCH_WW_PN_NN + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |Wrd| <31:24> | <23:16> | <15:08> | <07:00> | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 0 | 0x04 | D_ID = | + | | | 0xFF 0xFF 0xFF | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 1 | 0x00 | S_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 2 | 0x05 | F_CTL | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 3 | SEQ_ID | 0x20 | SEQ_CNT | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 4 | OX_ID | RX_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 5 | 0xXX-XX-XX-XX Parameter Relative Offset | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 6 | 0x54 | 0x00 | 0x00 | 0x00 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 7 | Port_ID of Requester = S_ID |Match Addr. | + | | |Code Points | + | | | xxxxx011 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 8 | Port_ID of Responder = |Responder | + | | 0x00 0x00 0x00 |Flags | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 9 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_PN Src. MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |10 | WW_PN Src. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+------+----------+---------------+-----------------------------+ + |11 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_NN Src. MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |12 | WW_NN Src. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |13 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_PN Src. MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |14 | WW_PN Dest. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+------+----------+---------------+-----------------------------+ + |15 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_NN Dest.MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |16 | WW_NN Dest. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |17 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |18 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 54] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + |19 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |20 | set to a valid IPv4 Address by Requester if Available | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |21 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |22 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |23 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + | | 0x00-00-00-00 | + |24 | set to a valid IPv4 Address of Responder if available | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 55] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Code Points for FC Frame with FARP-REPLY Command + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |Wrd| <31:24> | <23:16> | <15:08> | <07:00> | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 0 | 0x04 | D_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 1 | 0x00 | S_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 2 | 0x05 | F_CTL | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 3 | SEQ_ID | 0x20 | SEQ_CNT | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 4 | OX_ID | RX_ID | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 5 | 0xXX-XX-XX-XX Parameter Relative Offset | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 6 | 0x55 | 0x00 | 0x00 | 0x00 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 7 | Port_ID of Requester = D_ID | xxxxx011 | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 8 | Port_ID of Responder = S_ID |Resp. Flag | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + | 9 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_PN Src. MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |10 | WW_PN Src. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+------+----------+---------------+-----------------------------+ + |11 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_NN Src. MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |12 | WW_NN Src. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |13 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_PN Src. MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |14 | WW_PN Dest. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+------+----------+---------------+-----------------------------+ + |15 | 0001 | 0x000 |WW_NN Dest.MAC(Hi order bits)| + +---+------+---------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |16 | WW_NN Dest. MAC (Lo order bits) | + +---+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------+ + |17 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |18 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |19 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |20 | set to a valid IPv4 Address by Requester | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |21 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 56] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + |22 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |23 | 0x00-00-00-00 | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + |24 | set to a valid IPv4 Address by Responder | + +--------------------+----------------+---------+-------------------+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 57] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +APPENDIX F: Fibre Channel Protocol Considerations + +F.1 Reliability In Class 3 + + Problem: Sequence ID reuse in Class 3 can conceivably result in + missing frame aliasing, which could result in delivery of corrupted + (incorrectly-assembled) data, with no corresponding detection at the + FC level. + + Prevention: This specification requires one of the following methods + if Class 3 is used. + + - Continuously increasing Sequence Count (new Login Bit) - both + sides must set When an N_Port sets the PLOGI login bit for + continuously increasing SEQ_CNT, it is guaranteeing that it + will transmit all frames within an Exchange using a + continuously increasing SEQ_CNT (see description in Section + B.1 below). + - After using all SEQ_IDs (0-255) once, must start a new + Exchange. It is recommended that a minimum of 4 Exchanges be + used before an OX_ID can be reused. + - Note: If an implementation is not checking the OX_ID when + reassembling Sequences, the problem can still occur. Cycling + through some number of SEQ_IDs, then jumping to a new Exchange + does not solve the problem. SEQ_IDs must still be unique + between two N_Ports, even across Exchanges. + - Use only single-frame Sequences. + +F.2 Continuously Increasing SEQ_CNT + + This method allows the recipient to check incoming frames, knowing + exactly what SEQ_CNT value to expect next. Since the SEQ_CNT will not + repeat for 65,536 frames, the aliasing problem is significantly + reduced. + + A Login bit (PLOGI) is used to indicate that a device always uses a + continuously increasing SEQ_CNT, even across transfers of Sequence + Initiative. This bit is necessary for interoperability with some + devices, and it provides other benefits as well. + + In the FC-PH-3 [11], the following is supported: + + Word 1, bit 17 - SEQ_CNT (S) + 0 = Normal FC-PH rules apply + 1 = Continuously increasing SEQ_CNT + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 58] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Any N_Port that sets Word 1, Bit 17 = 1, is guaranteeing that it will + transmit all frames within an Exchange using a continuously + increasing SEQ_CNT. Each Exchange SHALL start with SEQ_CNT = 0 in the + first frame, and every frame transmitted after that SHALL increment + the previous SEQ_CNT by one, even across transfers of Sequence + Initiative. Any frames received from the other N_Port in the Exchange + shall have no effect on the transmitted SEQ_CNT. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 59] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +Appendix G: Acronyms and Glossary of FC Terms + + It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the terms and acronyms + used in the FC protocol specification [2]. The following is provided + for easy reference. + + First Frame: The frame that contains the SOFi field. This means a + logical first and may not necessarily be the first frame temporally + received in a sequence. + + Code Point: The coded bit pattern associated with control fields in + frames or packets. + + PDU: Protocol Data Unit + + ABTS_LS: Abort Sequence Protocol - Last Sequence. A protocol for + aborting an exchange based on the ABTS recipient setting the + Last_Sequence bit in the BA_ACC ELS to the ABTS + + ADISC: Discover Address. An ELS for discovering the Hard Addresses + (the 24 bit NL_Port Identifier) of N_Ports + + D_ID: Destination ID + + ES: End sequence. This FCTL bit in the FC header indicates this frame + is the last frame of the sequence. + + FAN: Fabric Address Notification. An ELS sent by the fabric to all + known previously Logged in ports following an initialization event. + + FLOGI: Fabric Login. + + LIP: Loop Initialization. A primitive Sequence used by a port to + detect if it is part of a loop or to recover from certain loop + errors. + + Link: Two unidirectional paths flowing in opposite directions and + connecting two Ports within adjacent Nodes. + + LOGO: Logout. + + LR: Link reset. A primitive sequence transmitted by a port to + initiate the link reset protocol or to recover from a link timeout. + + LS: Last Sequence of Exchange. This FCTL bit in the FC header + indicates the Sequence is the Last Sequence of the Exchange. + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 60] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + Network Address Authority: A 4-bit field specified in Network_Headers + that distinguishes between various name registration authorities that + may be used to identify the WW_PN and the WW_NN. NAA=b'0001' + indicates IEEE-48-bit MAC addresses + + Node: A collection of one or more Ports identified by a unique World + Wide Node Name (WW_NN). + + NOS: Not Operational. A primitive Sequence transmitted to indicate + that the port transmitting this Sequence has detected a link failure + or is offline, waiting for OLS to be received. + + OLS: Off line. A primitive Sequence transmitted to indicate that the + port transmitting this Sequence is either initiating the link + initialization protocol, receiving and recognizing NOS, or entering + the offline state. + + PDISC: Discover Port. An ELS for exchanging Service Parameters + without affecting Login state. + + Primitive Sequence: A primitive Sequence is an Ordered Set that is + transmitted repeatedly and continuously. + + Private Loop Device: A device that does not attempt Fabric Login + (FLOGI) and usually adheres to PLDA. The Area and Domain components + of the NL_Port ID must be 0x0000. These devices cannot communicate + with any port not in the local loop. + + Public Loop Device: A device whose Area and Domain components of the + NL_Port ID cannot be 0x0000. Additionally, to be FLA compliant, the + device must attempt to open AL_PA 0x00 and attempt FLOGI. These + devices communicate with devices on the local loop as well as devices + on the other side of a Fabric. + + Port: The transmitter, receiver and associated logic at either end of + a link within a Node. There may be multiple Ports per Node. Each Port + is identified by a unique Port_ID, which is volatile, and a unique + World Wide Port Name (WW_PN), which is unchangeable. In this + document, the term "port" may be used interchangeably with NL_Port or + N_Port. + + Port_ID: Fibre Channel ports are addressed by unique 24-bit Port_IDs. + In a Fibre Channel frame header, the Port_ID is referred to as S_ID + (Source ID) to identify the port originating a frame, and D_ID to + identify the destination port. The Port_ID of a given port is + volatile (changeable). + + PLOGI: Port Login. + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 61] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + + SI: Sequence Initiative + + World Wide Port_Name (WW_PN): Fibre Channel requires each Port to + have an unchangeable WW_PN. Fibre Channel specifies a Network Address + Authority (NAA) to distinguish between the various name registration + authorities that may be used to identify the WW_PN. A 4-bit NAA + identifier, 12-bit field set to 0x0 and an IEEE 48-bit MAC address + together make this a 64-bit field. + + World Wide Node_Name (WW_NN): Fibre Channel identifies each Node with + a unchangeable WW_NN. In a single port Node, the WW_NN and the WW_PN + may be identical. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Rajagopal, et al. Standards Track [Page 62] + +RFC 2625 IP and ARP over Fibre Channel June 1999 + + +Full Copyright Statement + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved. + + This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to + others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it + or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published + and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any + kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are + included on all such copies and derivative works. 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