Subject: Response to action item from Nashua meeting

From: Robert Snively <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 13:03:18 -0700

>  -> Action: Bob Snively will check whether FSPF 
>             (Fibre Channel routing protocol
>  		   that will always be present on an FCIP link as 
>		   FCIP is currently specified)
>  	     	   already contains heartbeats to detect a lost 
>		   connection.  If so, FCIP can leave this issue 
>              to FSPF to handle.

The answer is yes, FSPF does provide for a mechanism that
verifies a connection is still present.  The mechanism uses
the Hello Switch Fabric Internal Link Service to verify
link health.  See FC-SW-2, section 6.1.7.  The default checking
time is 20 seconds, but can be adjusted.