FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a proposed mapping of Fibre Channel over selected full duplex IEEE 802.3 networks.

Standard Support

This project is part of FC-BB-5 WG of INCITS T11.

Next Meeting - Netapp, San Jose, CA January 20 and 21st

Presentations at T11 - FC-BB-5 Working Group

December 2008, Cancun, MX

• VLAN Discovery, as described in T11/08-564v0, was incorporated into FC-BB-5
• Weakness in Uniqueness T11/08-676v1 (Emulex)
• Updated FCoE Models T11/08-727v0 (Cisco)
• Incorporating the V* Architecture in FC-BB-5 T11/08-728v0 (Cisco)
• FIP Error Reporting T11/08-717v0 (Brocade)
• FIP Errors T11/08-578v1 (Cisco)
• Proposed FC-BB-5 Clause 4 T11/08-726v0 (Cisco)
• MIB Concern resolutions T11/08-729v0 (Cisco, Brocade)
• Letter Ballot Comment database T11/08-654v2

November 14th, 2008

The ballot passed and the detailed result is HERE with the associated comments.

The letter ballot version of the FC-BB-5 standard is:
 http://www.t11.org/ftp/t11/pub/fc/bb-5/08-569v1.pdf

October 2008, Providence, RI

• FC-BB-5 draft (Brocade)

• FCoE VLAN Discovery (Cisco)

• Using LLDP for VLAN Configuration (Brocade)

• FIP VLAN Discovery (Cisco)

• An Even Pithier FCoE Threat Model (EMC),(Cisco)

• FCoE: FCoE Security Recommendations (Cisco)

• FCoE: Increasing FCoE Robustness using Access Control Lists (Cisco)

• FIP Errors (Cisco)

• SB-3 Concerns with FCoE (IBM)
  

September 2008, Minneapolis, MN

• A Pith-y FCoE Threat Model (EMC, Cisco)
• Addressing the threat model (Cisco)
• FC-BB-5: Multiple Fabric support via FIP (Brocade)
• FKA Optimization (Cisco)
• Proposed FC-BB-5 Clause 7 (Cisco)
• FCoE VLAN Discovery DeSanti (Cisco)

August 2008, Seattle, WA

• Adapting the FC_Port definition to VN_Ports, Emulex
• FIP Keep Alive, Brocade
• Increasing FCoE Robustness using FIP Snooping, Cisco
• FCoE: MIB Module Overview & Proposal, slides, Cisco
• FCoE: MIB Module Overview & Proposal, text, Cisco
• Open issues, Brocade
• Ethernet Link Status, Broadcom
• Proposal for FIP Keep Alive, Brocade
• FCoE: SPMA and FPMA with FLOGI/FDISC, Cisco

June 2008, Coeur d'Alene, ID

• Additional FIP Functions, Cisco
• FC-BB-5: Clause 7 proposed text, WG Editor
• FCoE: Increasing FCoE Robustness using FIP Snooping and FPMA, Cisco
• ACL annex proposal (08-264v0) Review and Comment, IBM
• FIP Snooping, Brocade
• Group Addresses for FCoE, Broadcom
• Discussion on FCoE Threat Model, Cisco, EMC

May 2008, San Jose, CA

• Additional FIP Functions, Cisco
• FCoE: FC-MAP - Default Value, Nuova
• FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) Text Proposal, Cisco
• FCoE Functional Models, Cisco
• FC-BB-5: Clause 7 proposed text, Brocade
• FCoE: Increasing FCoE Robustness using FIP Snooping and FPMA, Cisco

April 2008, New Orleans

• Donation of the FCoE Ethertype, Cisco
• Donation of the FIP Ethertype, Brocade
• FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP), Brocade, Cisco, Emulex, Nuova, Qlogic
• FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) Text Proposal, Cisco
• FCoE Functional Models, Cisco
• Establishing the FCoE Threat Model, Cisco
• Ethernet Direct Attached Fabrics, IBM

February 2008, Austin TX

• FCoE: Common Addressing Structure, Broadcom, Brocade, Cisco, EMC, Emulex, Finisar,  HP, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, Netapp, Nuova, Qlogic
• FCoE: Address Assignment Mechanism, Brocade, Cisco, Nuova
• FCoE aware Ethernet switches, Nuova
• Discussion on rationale for FLOGI in FIP, Nuova
• FCoE: Unified ACL Theory, Brocade, Cisco
• FCoE: Checking rules prevent corruption, Brocade

December 2007, Orlando FL

November 2007 meeting, Las Vegas, NV

• FCoE Discovery, Cisco, Emulex, Nuova, Qlogic, Brocade
• FCoE: Avoiding Data Corruption, Nuova
• Ethernet Direct Attached Fabrics, IBM
• An Enode desirable feature: Preserve FCoE Ethernet ACLs and ..., Intel
• FCoE and server driven MAC addresses, Brocade
• FCoE: Pathing in the FCoE Adapter, Brocade
• FCoE: Ethernet Switch ACLs for FCoE, Brocade

FCIA October 2007 meeting, Coeur d'Alene, ID

• Open Source Enablement for FCoE, Intel

October 2007 meeting, Coeur d'Alene, ID

• Hacking FCoE in Absolute Time, Neoscale
• FC-BB-5 FCoE Models, Brocade, Cisco, Nuova
• FCoE: Forwarding and Topologies, Brocade, Cisco, Nuova
• FCoE Technical Commentary - Work Scope, IBM, EMC, HP
• FCoE Discovery, Cisco
• FCoE Mapped MAC Addresses, Cisco
• FCoE Connections, Cisco
• FCoE: Enode MAC Address Considerations, Emulex
• FCoE: Fabric Crosstalk, EMC
• FCoE: Avoiding Data Corruption, Nuova
• FCoE: Wireshark, Nuova

August 2007 meeting, Seattle

• FCoE Convergence, Brocade, Cisco, Nuova
• FCoE: VFT_Header and IEEE 802.1Q Tag, Cisco
• FC-BB-5: FCoE Terminology, Brocade
• FCoE Modeling, Cisco
• FCoE Host Side Considerations, SUN, Mellanox
• Status of FCoE work items, IBM
• FCoE: FC Zoning and Ethernet ACLs, Cisco

July 2007 interim meeting, Colorado Spring

• FCoE: The first thirty feet of FC, Nuova
• FCoE Commentary, IBM, HP, EMC
• FCoE: Additional Considerations, Nuova
• Frame Format for Padding to Ethernet MinFrameSize, Broadcom
• FCoE: Further Considerations, Brocade
• FCoE: Maintaining Data Integrity, Brocade
• Draft Minutes

June 2007 meeting, Bloomington, MN

• Notes on 07-336v0, Cisco, Nuova
• A Comparison of FCoE / FCoCEE Proposals, Brocade
• FCoE - Presentation, Cisco, EMC, Emulex, HDS, Intel, LSI, Marvell, Mellanox, Neoscale, Nuova, PMC-Sierra, QLogic, Sun, Vitesse.
• FCoCEE Tutorial, Brocade
• FC over Ethernet Technical Requirements, IBM, HP, EMC
• FCoE specification, Cisco, EMC, Emulex, HDS, HP, IBM, Intel, LSI, Marvell, Mellanox, Neoscale, Nuova, PMC-Sierra, QLogic, Sun, Vitesse.
• FCoCEE proposal for FC-BB-5, Brocade, HP, IBM
• FC-BB-5: FCoE Encapsulation and Addressing Proposal, Brocade

May 2007 IEEE meeting - Geneva Switzerland

• Enabling Block Storage over Ethernet: The Case for Per Priority Pause, Broadcom, Brocade, Cisco, Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, Qlogic, Teak
• Definition for new PAUSE function (aka Per Priority Pause), Cisco

April 2007 meeting - San Diego CA

• Call for participation on FC over Converged Enhanced Ethernet, IBM
• FCoE: An Additional Mapping for FC-BB-5, Cisco and Nuova
• FCoE: Enabling Fibre Channel over Lossless Ethernet Fabrics, Brocade
• Convergence of FC and Ethernet: Host-side view, Emulex
• FC-BB-5 Project Proposal, WG

Videos

• Intro to FCoE by EMC
• Watch this CNBC movie on FCoE
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet and I/O consolidation

Certifications

• EMC Introduces its First Switch for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• NetApp First to Announce Support for Native FCoE Storage

Books

Testing Reports

• Demartek Publishes FCoE First Look and Test Drive Reports

Whitepapers

• Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) paper on FCoE
• Enhanced Ethernet (Nuova Systems)
• Qlogic on FCoE
• Emulex on FCoE
• HCL Technologies

Blogs

• Chuck's Blog (EMC)
• Storage Architect

Articles

• Jumping the Gun
• iSCSI: Game over
• The Hidden News of FCOE
• FCOE Group Claims Milestone
• A Closer Look at Converged Data Center Networks, Part 1
• A Closer Look at Converged Data Center Networks, Part 2
• Leading IT Vendors Propose Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Standard

Open Source FCoE

Thre FCoE software stack is open sourced. The web site for this is: www.Open-FCoE.org The announcement is: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/27/227

OpenSolaris

See http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/fcoe/

Wireshark for FCoE

WireShark (http://wireshark.org/) is the most used public domain protocol analyzer. The WireShark dissector for FCoE now complies with the converged frame format. You can download the standard build at http://www.wireshark.org/. See Also FCoE: Wireshark.