RE: iSCSI: Support Alias in the protocol

["Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>]

Whoever brought to the list the notion that TargetAlias or InitiatorAlias
name LUs must have  been reading a document that is not accessible to the
rest of us.

As specified today they are referring to what they say they are referring -
Targets and Initiators.

In any case please don't misread me - I am not part of this debate.

Julo

"Mark S. Edwards" <marke@muttsnuts.com>@ece.cmu.edu on 14-08-2001 08:46:35

Please respond to "Mark S. Edwards" <marke@muttsnuts.com>

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At 09:09 PM 8/13/2001 -0400, Black_David@emc.com wrote:

>Let me also acknowledge as valid Marj's opinion that anything of
>this sort belongs in a management tool rather than the protocol.

But it only works if everyone uses the same management tool, or the tools
agree upon the location and storage format of the information --  Somebody
dig me up from my grave when Tivoli and OpenView merge.

As a way of easily identifying virtual LUN's or LU's within a Target Space
of potential hundreds or thousands the alias is very valuable.

Mark.