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    iSCSI: Support Alias in the protocol



    Today at the 51st meeting of the IETF, I presented an issue that came out
    of the Naming and Discovery Team.
    
    That was that some members of the team did not understand why we needed to
    have an Alias field, which is in the base protocol today, since it was
    technically not needed.   The position I presented to the group was that
    the Naming and Discovery Team did not have consensus, since many of us felt
    that having a Human oriented "Tagging" function was useful, and a small
    item which would be useful for Administrators especially when EUI names are
    used.
    
    One person, at the meeting today, stated that it might not be of extreme
    importance on large Networks with sophisticated Management tools, but it
    was very useful in small to medium environments, where the Management tools
    were slim.  And at least one person stated that since it was not required,
    it should not be in the protocol.
    
    As the conversations when on, it was pointed out by the area director,
    Scott  Bradner, that SLP used a similar Text field in its protocol, so
    there was clearly a president.
    
    In any event, we could not reach consensus at the meeting, so I was asked
    to bring the issue to the List.  (So here it is!)
    
    Please state your positions so that David can call a consensus.
    
    
    
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    John L. Hufferd
    Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
    IBM/SSG San Jose Ca
    Main Office (408) 256-0403, Tie: 276-0403,  eFax: (408) 904-4688
    Home Office (408) 997-6136
    Internet address: hufferd@us.ibm.com
    
    


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