Re: iSCSI: Aggregation tags in SendTargets

[Mark Bakke <mbakke@cisco.com>]

Thanks.  I intended what you said, but I missed the edit on
that one.  New text below.

John Hufferd wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> You might want to modify your first rule, it does not take into count the
> condition where a single address can have more then one connection to the
> same session, but only to the same IP address.

>   To make this work, there are a few rules to follow:
> 
>   A target that does not support spanning sessions across multiple
> addresses
>   MUST NOT include the tags.

A target address that does not support multiple connections per
session MUST NOT include an aggregation tag.

A target address that supports multiple connections per session
MUST include an aggregation tag.

>   A target that is accessible via multiple TCP addresses SHOULD include
>   all TCP addresses in a SendTargets response.
> 
>   A target with multiple TCP addresses that supports a session spanning
>   multiple TCP addresses MUST indicate TCP address groups using aggregation
>   tages in a SendTargets response.
> 
>   Aggregation tags have no meaning or persistence beyond a particular
>   SendTargets response.


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