1. IP Storage (ips) Working Group San Diego Meeting December 11-12, 2000 ips@ece.cmu.eduips-request@ece.cmu.edu

2. Working Group Structure IP Storage Working Group WG co-chairs Framework draft iSCSI FCIP Technical Coordinator Requirements draft Protocol draft, Booting draft,etc. Technical Coordinator Protocol draft ?

3. Agenda (Monday, 0900-1130) • Agenda Bashing and other Administrivia (10 min) • IP Storage Framework (10 min) • draft-ietf-ips-framework-00.txt, additional co-authors wanted. • Framing discussion (60 min) [iSCSI and FCIP] • iSCSI Requirements and Design Considerations (20 min) • draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-reqmts-00.txt • iSCSI (35 min) - draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-01.txt • iSCSI Bootstrap (10 min) - draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-boot-00.txt • iSCSI MIB (5 min) - draft-bakke-iscsimib-01.txt • Draft is a starting point, additional co-authors wanted.

4. Agenda (Tuesday, 1300-1400) • iSCSI Naming and Discovery Requirements (15 min) • draft-voruganti-ips-iscsi-disc-reqts-00.txt (requested by WG) • iSNS (10 min): draft-tseng-ips-isns-01.txt • Individual submission for consideration by the Working Group • FCIP (15 min): draft-ietf-ips-fcovertcpip-01.txt • iFCP (10 min): draft-monia-ips-ifcp-00.txt • Individual submission for consideration by the Working Group • Transport Abstraction: TCP and SCTP (10 min)

5. This is to advise the IETF that EMC Corporation has U.S. Patent Number 5,996,024 (the "024 patent") that may relate to the protocols described in the Internet Draft document(s) "draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-02.txt" (iSCSI) and/or "draft-ietf-ips-fcovertcpip-01.txt" (FCIP). To the extent that the protocols discussed in these Internet Drafts become IETF standard(s) and the '024 patent is necessary for implementation of the IETF standard(s), EMC will provide, upon written request, to implementers of the IETF standard(s), a non-exclusive license under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, provided a similarly situated reciprocal license is granted to EMC and other parties by the license applicant for any protocol technologies necessary for implementation of the IETF standard(s). Any questions or issues regarding this communication should be directed to: Office of the General Counsel, EMC Corporation,171 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748Attention: Leanne J. Fitzgerald The EMC '024 Patent