RE: iSCSI Discovery and SendTargets or Expediency vs. Planning

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

Marjorie,

This is exactly my point. SendTargets has to be part of the management
infrastructure and not the iSCSI operational structure.  It can live and
thrive there.

Julo

"KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1)" <marjorie_krueger@hp.com> on
06-06-2001 03:31:21

Please respond to "KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1)"
      <marjorie_krueger@hp.com>

To:   Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL, ips@ece.cmu.edu
cc:
Subject:  RE: iSCSI Discovery and SendTargets or Expediency vs. Planning




Julo,

> I would like to point out that the SendTargets should not be considered
as
> a standalone thing.
> It will (has to) be supported by a management infrastructure that:
>
> - has to install the names
> -check and invalidate  them as needed

A target device with a network interface already has to have a "management
infrastructure", regardless of whether or not SendTargets is part of the
iSCSI protocol.  The IP-ness of the device requires that the user be able
to
configure IP addresses, masks, gateway's, DNS servers (possibly) and
there's
also the configuration of a target name, should a user want to change the
target's default name.

-Marj