RE: iSCSI Target Reset

["Dillard, David" <david_dillard@adaptec.com>]

> This is at least better.  But I do not have the issue of it being vendor
> unique.  This is a shut down and restart of the complete Target, and will
> probably be part of the vendors' operator console or their own remote
> support functions, it is not clear that it needs to be a general
management
> function that works the same on all iSCSI Storage Controllers.

From a management vendor's perspective they want to be able to fully manage
storage devices so the less vendor unique stuff there is the better.  From a
customer's perspective many customers do not like having to spawn off
separate consoles within the main management application (e.g. products from
Veritas, Tivoli, et.al.) to manage specific features of a device.  So,
standardizing features makes it easier for the manage app vendors to support
those features, making some customers happier.


 
> I do not believe that most SNMP implementations are very secure.  Most
> folks do not want to have a changeable MIB until they have 
> secure SNMP, and even though there is a version of SNMP that has security 
> features, this has not been well supported.

This is an excellent point (slapping forehead! - should have thought before
I sent my message).  Target reset is obviously something that must be
secure, so if it were put into the MIB it could only be read/write if the
method of setting the value were secure.

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David Dillard                          david_dillard@adaptec.com
Management Software Group
Adaptec, Inc.                          www.adaptec.com