<s>
IPFC	B-Protocol
stands	O
for	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
over	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
governs	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
standards	O
created	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
for	O
address	O
resolution	O
(	O
ARP	O
)	O
and	O
transmitting	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	B-Protocol
packets	I-Protocol
over	O
a	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
(	O
FC	O
)	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPFC	B-Protocol
makes	O
up	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
FC-4	O
protocol-mapping	O
layer	O
of	O
a	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
IPFC	B-Protocol
,	O
each	O
IP	O
datagram	O
packet	B-Protocol
is	O
wrapped	O
into	O
a	O
FC	O
frame	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
header	O
,	O
and	O
transmitted	O
as	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
receiver	O
at	O
the	O
other	O
end	O
receives	O
the	O
frames	O
,	O
strips	O
the	O
FC	O
headers	O
and	O
reassembles	O
the	O
IP	O
packet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARP	O
packet	B-Protocol
transmission	O
works	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPFC	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
application	O
protocol	O
that	O
is	O
typically	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
in	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
IP	O
over	O
FC	O
plays	O
a	O
less	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
storage	O
area	O
networking	O
than	O
SCSI	O
over	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
or	O
IP	O
over	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPFC	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
used	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
clock	O
synchronization	O
via	O
the	O
Network	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
NTP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
