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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: iSCSI Target ResetHi: These seem to be implementation decisions. I don't see how that justifies removing support from the protocol. Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hufferd [mailto:hufferd@us.ibm.com] > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 2:34 PM > To: Santosh Rao > Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu > Subject: Re: iSCSI Target Reset > > > > Absolutely not, Why would we think that impacting 32 different other > initiators is an OK thing to do. By the way there are lots > more Initiators > possible with FC on Shark, and would hope that there would be > even more > with iSCSI. > > I have been told that these large Storage Controllers do not > support Target > Reset today. So I see no loss in not supporting such an item in iSCSI > especially since many Initiators will be beyond even the distances and > mischief that is possible with FC. > > . > . > . > John L. Hufferd > Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) > IBM/SSG San Jose Ca > (408) 256-0403, Tie: 276-0403, eFax: (408) 904-4688 > Internet address: hufferd@us.ibm.com > > > Santosh Rao <santoshr@cup.hp.com>@ece.cmu.edu on 04/23/2001 > 01:24:02 PM > > Sent by: owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu > > > To: ips@ece.cmu.edu > cc: > Subject: Re: iSCSI Target Reset > > > > "Dillard, David" wrote: > > > > When will STORPORT be generally available? The latest > STORPORT document > > that I found on the MS web site is version 0.6a, dated > March 18, 2001. > > Given this it seems like STORPORT might not be available > soon. In that > case > > do you know what happens with the current drivers? Are we > going to be > > telling customers that if they want to use iSCSI and NT > clustering they > have > > to update to Whistler? > > > [One would hope that this list does not turn into a Microsoft > release/product discussion mailing list (?) ] > > Without going into specifics of A certain O.S., does it suffice to > require that iSCSI not break existing legacy SCSI applications ? > > If the above is a valid requirement, then, knowing that legacy > applications continue to use SCSI-2 Reserve/Release and the > target reset > as a mechanism of breaking SCSI-2 reservations, should'nt > iSCSI continue > to support the target reset ? > > - Santosh > > > >
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