iSCSI: SCTP Switch and Router support

[Black_David@emc.com]

John,

> 3. We will need to get the Switch and Router folks to also support SCTP
and
> to do it in Hardware so that the speed and throughput can be maintained.
I
> do not see that happening, at least not right away, when we need to get
> volumes moving in order to validate the IP storage SAN concept.

I don't understand this.  Most switches and routers
have no knowledge of whether TCP, UDP, or even IPsec
encapsulated (and hence opaque) traffic is flowing
through them.  What's special about SCTP -- is this
about layer 4 and higher switches/routers?

--David

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