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IPFC stands for Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel. It governs a set of standards created in January 2006 for address resolution (ARP) and transmitting IPv4 and IPv6 network packets over a Fibre Channel (FC) network. [1] IPFC makes up part of the FC-4 protocol-mapping layer of a Fibre Channel system. [2]

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In IPFC, each IP datagram packet is wrapped into a FC frame, with its own header, and transmitted as a sequence of one or more frames. The receiver at the other end received the frames, strips the FC headers and reassembles the IP packet. [3] IP datagrams of up to 65,280 bytes in size may be accommodated. [4] ARP packet transmission works in the same fashion. [1] Each IP datagram exchange is unidirectional, although IP and TCP allow for bidirectional communication within their protocols. [4]

IPFC is an application protocol that is typically implemented as a device driver in an operating system. [5] IP over FC plays a less important role in storage area networking than SCSI over Fibre Channel or IP over Ethernet. [5] [6] IPFC has been used, for example, to provide clock synchronization via the Network Time Protocol (NTP). [7]

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  1. 1 2 "RFC 4338". datatracker.ietf.org. IETF. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Black, David L. "A Storage Menagerie: SANs, Fibre Channel, Replication and Networks" (PDF). www.nanog.org. NANOG 51 Conference. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ (Corporation), NIIT. Special Edition Using Storage Area Networks. Que Publishing. p. 256. ISBN   9780789725745 . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 DeCusatis, Casimer. Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication: A Practical Guide to Optical Networking. Academic Press. p. 199. ISBN   9780124016958 . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 Troppens, Ulf; Erkens, Rainer; Muller-Friedt, Wolfgang; Wolafka, Rainer; Haustein, Nils. Storage Networks Explained: Basics and Application of Fibre Channel SAN, NAS, iSCSI, InfiniBand and FCoE. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781119965435 . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Long, James. Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals. Cisco Press. p. 400. ISBN   0133490556 . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Shamsee, Navaid; Klebanov, David; Fayed, Hesham; Afrose, Ahmed; Karakok, Ozden. CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide. Cisco Press. p. 309. ISBN   9780133860450 . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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