FCIP(4D) FCIP(4D)

NAME

fcip - IP/ARP over Fibre Channel datagram encapsulation driver

SYNOPSIS

/dev/fcip

DESCRIPTION

The fcip driver is a Fibre Channel upper layer protocol module for
encapsulating IP (IPv4) and ARP datagrams over Fibre Channel. The fcip
driver is a loadable, clonable, STREAMS driver supporting the
connectionless Data Link Provider Interface, dlpi(4P) over any Sun Fibre
Channel transport layer-compliant host adapter.


The fcip driver complies with the RFC 2625 specification for
encapsulating IP/ARP datagrams over Fibre Channel, and allows
encapsulation of IPv4 only, as specified in RFC 2625. The fcip driver
interfaces with the fp(4D) Sun Fibre Channel port driver.

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

The cloning character-special device /dev/fcip is used to access all
Fibre Channel ports capable of supporting IP/ARP traffic on the system.

fcip and DLPI
The fcip driver is a "style 2" Data Link Service Provider. All M_PROTO
and M_PCPROTO type messages are interpreted as DLPI primitives. Valid
DLPI primitives are defined in <sys/dlpi.h>. Refer to dlpi(4P) for
more information on DLPI primitives.


An explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message must be sent to associate the opened
stream with a particular Fibre Channel port (ppa). The ppa ID is
interpreted as an unsigned long data type and indicates the corresponding
Fibre Channel port driver instance number. An error (DL_ERROR_ACK) is
returned by the driver if the ppa field value does not correspond to a
valid port driver instance number or if the Fibre Channel port is not
ONLINE. Refer to fp(4D) for more details on the Fibre Channel port
driver.


The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in
response to a DL_INFO_REQ from the user are as follows:

o Maximum SDU is 65280 (defined in RFC 2625).

o Minimum SDU is 0.

o DLSAP address length is 8.

o MAC type is DL_ETHER.

o SAP length is -2.

o Service mode is DL_CLDLS.

o Optional quality of service (QOS) fields are set to 0.

o Provider style is DL_STYLE2.

o Provider version is DL_VERSION_2.

o Broadcast address value is 0xFFFFFFFF.


Once in DL_ATTACHED state, the user must send a DL_BIND_REQ to associate
a particular SAP (Service Access Point) with the stream. The fcip driver
DLSAP address format consists of the 6-byte physical address component
followed immediately by the 2-byte SAP component producing an 8-byte
DLSAP address. Applications should not be programmed to use this
implementation-specific DLSAP address format, but use information
returned in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive to compose and decompose DLSAP
addresses. The SAP length, full DLSAP length, and SAP/physical ordering
are included within the DL_INFO_ACK. The physical address length is the
full DLSAP address length minus the SAP length. The physical address
length can also be computed by issuing the DL_PHYS_ADDR_REQ primitive
to obtain the current physical address associated with the stream.


Once in the DL_BOUND state, the user can transmit frames on the fibre by
sending DL_UNITDATA_REQ messages to the fcip driver. The fcip driver
will route received frames up any of the open and bound streams having
a SAP which matches the received frame's SAP type as DL_UNITDATA_IND
messages. Received Fibre Channel frames are duplicated and routed up
multiple open streams if necessary. The DLSAP address contained within
the DL_UNITDATA_REQ and DL_UNITDATA_IND messages consists of both the
SAP (type) and physical address (WorldWideName) components.

Other Primitives

In Fibre Channel, multicasting is defined as an optional service for
Fibre Channel classes three and six only. If required, the Fibre Channel
broadcast service can be used for multicasting. The RFC 2625
specification does not support IP multicasting or promiscuous mode.

fcip Fibre Channel ELS
The fcip driver will use the FARP Fibre Channel Extended Link Service
(ELS), where supported, to resolve WorldWide Names (MAC address) to FC
Port Identifiers(Port_ID). The fcip driver also supports InARP to resolve
WorldWide Name and Port_ID to an IP address.

FILES

/dev/fcip
fcip character-special device


/kernel/drv/fcip
32-bit ELF kernel driver (x86)


/kernel/drv/amd64/fcip
64-bit ELF kernel driver (x86)


/kernel/drv/sparcv9/fcip
64-bit ELF kernel driver (SPARC)


/kernel/drv/fcip.conf
fcip driver configuration file

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+---------------+-----------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------+
|Architecture | SPARC |
+---------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

fp(4D), dlpi(4P), driver.conf(5), netstat(8), prtconf(8)


Writing Device Drivers


IP and ARP over Fibre Channel, RFC 2625 M. Rajagopal, R. Bhagwat, W.
Rickard. Gadzoox Networks, June 1999


ANSI X3.230-1994, Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface (FC-PH)


ANSI X3.272-1996, Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)

NOTES

If you use a Fibre Channel adapter with two or more ports that each share
a common Node WorldWideName, the fcip driver will likely attach to the
first port on the adapter.


RFC 2625 requires that both source and destination WorldWideNames have
their 4 bit NAA identifiers set to binary '0001,' indicating that an IEEE
48-bit MAC address is contained in the lower 48 bits of the network
address fields. For additional details, see the RFC 2625 specification.


October 18, 2004 FCIP(4D)