This message was received December 13, 2000 From: Black_David@emc.com 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 01748 Attention: Leanne J. Fitzgerald