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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: SACK (was RE:Async Message PDU)how about SNACK? Julo Black_David@emc.com on 23/03/2001 06:52:20 Please respond to Black_David@emc.com To: marjorie_krueger@hp.com, ips@ece.cmu.edu cc: Subject: RE: SACK (was RE:Async Message PDU) I think picking a new name for SACK to avoid confusion with TCP is an excellent idea. Any suggestions for a new name? --David > -----Original Message----- > From: KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1) [SMTP:marjorie_krueger@hp.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:35 PM > To: 'Black_David@emc.com'; ips@ece.cmu.edu > Subject: RE: SACK (was RE:Async Message PDU) > > David, > Sorry for the delayed reaction, I'm just catching up - You stated that a > decision was made at the Orlando interim meeting to "change some of the > terminology with the goal of each term and acronym being unambiguously > owned > by a single layer in the protocol stack". I think that's the right thing > to > do, so can we agree to rename SACK to something that doesn't cause > confusion > with the TCP construct? > > Marjorie Krueger > Networked Storage Architecture > Networked Storage Solutions Org. > Hewlett-Packard > tel: +1 916 785 2656 > fax: +1 916 785 0391 > email: marjorie_krueger@hp.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Black_David@emc.com [mailto:Black_David@emc.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:37 AM > > To: cbm@rose.hp.com; ips@ece.cmu.edu > > Subject: RE: Async Message PDU > > > > > > Julian will doubtless pick up the rest of these, > > but I thought I'd take this issue, since it was > > part of what we did in Orlando. > > > > > 4. Somehow, "Asynchronous Message" seems at odds with the > > rest of the > > > usage in the draft in regards to PDUs (since a message is > > introduced as > > > PDU in section 1.2). Should we may be just call it an AEN > > PDU? Section > > > 2.14.3 calls this so. (I realize that it may not always > > result in a > > > SCSI-level AER.) > > > > One of the things we did in Orlando was to change > > some of the terminology with the goal of each term and > > acronym being unambiguously owned by a single layer > > in the protocol stack, in particular making a sharp > > distinction between SCSI concepts and iSCSI mechanisms. > > > > All the *RN entities changed to *SN for this reason > > (SCSI has a CmdRN, so all *RN entities are SCSI, and > > all *SN entities are iSCSI). Similarly, all AE* > > entities are SCSI, and we went with "Asynchronous > > Message <*>" to name the iSCSI entities. This matters > > here because there are circumstances in which iSCSI > > will send Asynchronous Message PDUs for its own use > > even when SCSI has disabled AER. The usage of "AEN > > PDU" in 2.14.3 is probably an editing oversight. > > Suggestions for words to use instead of "Message" > > are welcome, but they must not start with the letter > > "E" ;-). > > > > Thanks, > > --David > > --------------------------------------------------- > > David L. Black, Senior Technologist > > EMC Corporation, 42 South St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 > > +1 (508) 435-1000 x75140 FAX: +1 (508) 497-8500 > > black_david@emc.com Mobile: +1 (978) 394-7754 > > --------------------------------------------------- > >
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