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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] iscsi : Async Message "target requests logout".All, I've some concerns on the new wording for async messages in rev 07. The new wording for the async message iscsi event "target requests logout" reads : "2 Target requests Logout. This Async Message MUST be sent on the same connection as the one being requested to be logged out. Initiator MUST honor this request by issuing a Logout as early as possible, but no later than Parameter3 seconds. Initiator MUST send a Logout with a reason code of "Close the connection" to cleanly shutdown the connection. If the initiator does not Logout in Parameter3 seconds, the target MAY send an Async PDU with iSCSI event code "Dropped the connection" if possible, or simply terminate the transport connection." In the following cases, the initiator may be unable to or may choose not to use "close the cxn" logout : 1) initiator is only implementing session recovery and is using single cxn sessions. In this case, it would just perform a session logout + re-login [or an implicit session logout and re-login by sending another session login with the same ISID and NULL TSID.] 2) Initiator does not provide support for async messages and chooses to ignore async messgaes. Async messages are provided for diagnostic capabilities and differing classes of initiators may have differing level of diagnostic & recovery support. Simple initiators may just ignore the async messages as the message is bound to be followed by some action from the target end. Mandating the responses to async messages does not allow for this initiator behaviour. The "close the cxn" flavor of logout or the initiator responses to async messages must not be mandated, since differing levels of error recovery support in initiators can result in different behaviours. Regards, Santosh begin:vcard n:Rao;Santosh tel;work:408-447-3751 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Hewlett Packard, Cupertino.;SISL adr:;;19420, Homestead Road, M\S 43LN, ;Cupertino.;CA.;95014.;USA. version:2.1 email;internet:santoshr@cup.hp.com title:Software Design Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;21088 fn:Santosh Rao end:vcard
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