RE: iSCSI Re: Questions on iSCSI 07

["Lee Xing" <lxing@Crossroads.com>]

Julian,

Thank you for the info.  It helps.
Please see my comments bellow.

Regards,


Lee Xing
Sr. Software Engineer
Crossroads Systems, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 2:29 PM
To: ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: iSCSI Re: Questions on iSCSI 07

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Q3: Page 169: "If it logs in to any other target, the session the
session can be either a discovery session or a normal operational
session".  Should we delete one "the session" from this sentence?
+++
??? can't find it
+++

I just downloaded a fresh copy from
http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/satran/ips/
On page 169, it says:

        "To make use of SendTargets, an initiator must first be logged
in to 
        one of two types of targets.  If the initiator is logged in to
the 
        default target (target name "iSCSI"), the only session type that
it 
        can be used is a discovery session. If it logs in to any other 
        target, the session the session can be either a discovery
session or 
        a normal operational session."

There two "the session"s there.
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Q4: Why don't section 1.2.2.1 & 1.2.2.2 address where CmdSN & StatSN
should start from (0, 1, or whatever) explicitly like DataSN does?
Should we initialize the counters before start the process?
+++ third paragraph of 1.2.2.1 says now
Commands in transit from the initiator to the target layer are numbered
by
iSCSI; the number is carried by the iSCSI PDU as CmdSN
(Command-Sequence-Number).  The numbering is session-wide and starts
with a
value set by the initiator during the first login of a session (leading
login).

and 1.2.2.2 gstates:

   The first login response includes an initial value for status
numbering.

 +++

Can the initiator use any integer number during the first login of a
session (leading login)?

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