Re: profiles - a way to simplify iSCSI

["Matt Wakeley" <matt_wakeley@agilent.com>]

Why have two profiles?  Just like in fibre channel, have one profile that
describes the parameters to be used to be interoperable with other devices
(would be your profile 0).  The other profile is simply the iSCSI spec, where
everything is open and negotiable.

-Matt

julian_satran@il.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Sandeep,
> 
> Yes. Profiles will be all or nothing and the what is mandated in every
> profile will appear in the draft and what is not mandated at a profile will
> never be used (can as well not be there).
> 
> A simple two profile scheme can be built using as a profile 0 whatever is
> today mandatory
> (or defaulted to yes or equivalent) and as profile one everything else.
> 
> Regards,
> Julo