Re: iSCSI : draft contradicts itself in sections 1.2.5 & 5.5

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

SHOULD NOT means NOT unless you have a good reason not too. And with a
digest error you have a good reason to - don't you?

Julo

Santosh Rao <santoshr@cup.hp.com> on 25/01/2001 00:18:11

Please respond to Santosh Rao <santoshr@cup.hp.com>

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Subject:  iSCSI : draft contradicts itself in sections 1.2.5 & 5.5




Julian,

In Section 1.2.5, the draft states that :
"A target SHOULD NOT silently discard data and request re-transmission
through R2T."

In Section 5.5 the draft encourages the above to be performed by stating
:
"When a target receives an iSCSI Data PDU with a data payload digest
error, it MUST discard it and request retransmission with a R2T."

What is the intent of the former statement in Section 1.2.5, when digest
error recovery requires just the opposite ?

Regards,
Santosh

 - santoshr.vcf