1. SAN CONVERGENCE GROUP SAN Convergence Group Confidential, 1 SAN Convergence Group: pFCP, iFCP, and iSCSI Positioning

2. SAN CONVERGENCE GROUP SAN Convergence Group Confidential, 2 iSCSI –High-performance next-generation native storage protocol –Reliable TCP/IP transport allows use on any IP network –Flexible enough to operate in low-bandwidth as well as high- bandwidth networked environments iSCSI Documentation –Standards-track IETF draft document

3. SAN CONVERGENCE GROUP SAN Convergence Group Confidential, 3 iFCP Gateways iFCP/TCP/IP Gateways –Links local Fibre Channel SANs over any generic TCP/IP network –Links local pFCP SANs over any generic TCP/IP network –Used in the Wide Area or Public Internet iFCP Documentation –Standards-track IETF draft document submittal

4. SAN CONVERGENCE GROUP SAN Convergence Group Confidential, 4 iFCP pFCP Device (“private FCP”) –Alternative to using Fibre Channel transport mechanism in creating FCP-based SANs –Requires high-speed Gigabit Ethernet network –Transparent interoperability with iFCP and native Fibre Channel devices pFCP Documentation IETF informational draft submission

5. SAN CONVERGENCE GROUP SAN Convergence Group Confidential, 5 iSCSI, iFCP, and pFCP