{"draft":"draft-ietf-ips-fcovertcpip-12","doc_id":"RFC3821","title":" Fibre Channel Over TCP\/IP (FCIP) ","authors":["M. Rajagopal","E. Rodriguez","R. Weber"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"74","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Storage","abstract":" Fibre Channel Over TCP\/IP (FCIP) describes mechanisms that allow the interconnection of islands of Fibre Channel storage area networks over IP-based networks to form a unified storage area network in a single Fibre Channel fabric.  FCIP relies on IP-based network services to provide the connectivity between the storage area network islands over local area networks, metropolitan area networks, or wide area networks.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"June 2004","keywords":["FCIP","Fibre Channel Over TCI\/IP","storage area networks","IP-based networks","unified storage area network"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC7146"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3821","errata_url":null}