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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: iSCSI - bookmarks changeSection "4. Login Phase" of your previous EMAIL (iSCSI - Login changes and the latest agreements) says: The login phase is implemented via login request and responses only. But below you say: During the Login Phase ... the Text command SHOULD be issued as an immediate command (I=1). These seem contradictory. Eddy -----Original Message----- From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:19 AM To: ips@ece.cmu.edu Subject: iSCSI - bookmarks change Now that text commands are out of login (and we don't have to care too much about the immediate version) we can rationalize the bookmarks. Here is my suggestion for the new text request/response: 1.1 Text Command The Text Command is provided to allow the exchange of information and for future extensions. It permits the initiator to inform a target of its capabilities or to request some special operations. A connection SHOULD have only one outstanding text command at any given time. Byte / 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | / | | | | |7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0| +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 0|X|I| 0x04 |F|B| Rsvd | Reserved | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 4| Reserved | DataSegmentLength | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 8| Reserved | + + 12| | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 16| Initiator Task Tag | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 20| Reserved | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 24| CmdSN | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 28| ExpStatSN | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 32/ Reserved / +/ / +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 48| Digests if any... | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ / DataSegment (Text) / +/ / +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 1.1.1 F (Final) Bit When set to 1 it indicates that this is the last or only text command in a sequence of commands; otherwise it indicates that more commands will follow. 1.1.2 I - Immediate During the Login Phase (the current stage part of CNxSG is either SecurityNegotiation or LoginOperationalNegotiation), the Text command SHOULD be issued as an immediate command (I=1). 1.1.3 B - bookmark bit The bookmark bit set to 1 tells the target to continue from its last bookmark for the specific Initiator Task Tag and thus allows a target to transfer a large amount of textual data over a sequence of text-command/text-response exchanges. The bookmark bit set to 0 tells the target that this is a new Text request; the target should reset any bookmark it holds on the specific Initiator Task Tag. A target MAY reject an old Bookmark. Bookmark generation at target is detailed in 2.11.2. Long text responses are handled as in the following example: I->T Text SendTargets=all (F=1,B=0) T->I Text <part 1> (F=0,B=1) I->T Text <empty> (F=1,B=1) T->I Text <part 2> (F=0,B=1) I->T Text <empty> (F=1,B=1) ... T->I Text <part n> (F=1,B=0) 1.1.4 Initiator Task Tag The initiator assigned identifier for this Text Command. If the command is sent as part of a sequence of commands (e.g., the Login Phase or a sequence of Text commands) the Initiator Task Tag MUST be the same for all the commands within the sequence (similar to linked SCSI commands). 1.1.5 Text The initiator sends the target a set of key=value or key=list pairs encoded in UTF-8 Unicode. All the text keys and text values specified in this document are to be presented and interpreted in the case they appear in this document (they are case sensitive). The key and value are separated by a '=' (0x3d) delimiter. Every key=value pair (including the last or only pair) MUST be followed by null (0x00) delimiter. A list is a set of values separated by comma (0x2c). Large binary items can be encoded using their hexadecimal representation (e.g., 8190 is 0x1ffe) or decimal representation. The maximum length of an individual value (not its string representation) is 255 bytes. The data lengths of a text command or response MUST NOT exceed 4096 bytes. Key names MUST NOT exceed 63 bytes. Key values MUST NOT exceed 255 bytes. Character strings are represented as plain text. Numeric and binary values are represented using either decimal numbers or the hexadecimal 0xffff notation. Upper and lower case letters may be used interchangeably in hexadecimal notation (i.e., 0x1aBc, 0x1AbC and 0x1ABC are equivalent). The target responds by sending its response back to the initiator. The response text format is similar to the request text format. Some basic key=value pairs are described in Appendix A and Appendix D. All keys in Appendix D, except for the X- extension format, MUST be supported by iSCSI initiators and targets. Keys in Appendix A MUST be supported only when the function they refer to is mandatory to implement. Manufacturers may introduce new keys by prefixing them with X- followed by their (reversed) domain name, for example the company owning the domain acme.com can issue: X-com.acme.bar.foo.do_something=0000000000000003 Any other key not understood by the target may be ignored by the target without affecting basic function. However the Text Response for a key that was not understood MUST be key=NotUnderstood. Text operations are usually meant for parameter setting/negotiations but can be used also to perform some long lasting operations. Text operations that will take a long time should be placed in their own Text command. 1.2 Text Response The Text Response PDU contains the target's responses to the initiator's Text Command. The format of the Text field matches that of the Text Command. Byte / 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | / | | | | |7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0| +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 0|1|1| 0x24 |F|B| Rsvd | Reserved | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 4| Reserved | DataSegmentLength | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 8| Reserved | + + 12| | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 16| Initiator Task Tag | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 20| Reserved | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 24| StatSN | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 28| ExpCmdSN | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 32| MaxCmdSN | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 36/ Reserved / +/ / +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 48| Digests if any... | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ / DataSegment (Text) / +/ / +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ 1.2.1 F (Final) Bit When set to 1 in response to a text command with the Final bit set to 1 the F bit indicates that the target has finished the current stage of the operation or the whole operation. Otherwise if set to 0 in response to a text command with the Final Bit set to 1 it indicates that the target has more work to do (invites a follow-on text command). A text response with the F bit set to 1 in response to a text command with the F bit set to 0 is a protocol error. A text response with a F bit set to 1 MUST NOT contain key=value pairs that may require additional answers from the initiator. 1.2.2 B - bookmark Bit Whenever a target can't transfer all the remaining text data in a single Text response, it attempts to set an internal bookmark. If successful, the target associates the bookmark with the Initiator Task Tag. The target indicates that it holds a bookmark for the specific Initiator Task Tag by setting the bookmark (B) bit to 1 in the Text response. The target resets the internal bookmark associated with a given Initiator Task Tag if it receives a Text request with the specified Initiator Task Tag with the bookmark bit set to 0. When a target can't transfer all the text data in a single text response and it cannot set an internal bookmark it rejects the Text request with an appropriate Reject code. A target may reset its internal bookmark(s) after some time in order to reclaim resources associated with the bookmark and reject subsequent Text requests with the bookmark bit set to 1. When all the text data fit in a single Text response the bookmark bit of the response is set to 0 and the bookmark associated with the Initiator Task Tag is reset. 1.2.3 Initiator Task Tag The Initiator Task Tag matches the tag used in the initial Text Command or the Login Initiator Task Tag. 1.2.4 Text Response Data The Text Response Data Segment contains responses in the same key=value format as the Text Command and with the same length and coding constraints. Appendix A and Appendix D lists some basic Text Commands and their Responses. Although the initiator is the requesting party and controls the request-response initiation and termination the target can offer key=value pairs of its own as part of a sequence and not only in response to an identical key=value pair offered by the initiator. A Key=value pair must be confined to a given text response even in the presence of bookmark - i.e., it must start and end within one Text Response. The Reject Reasons table looks like: 1.1.1 Reason The reject Reason is coded as follows: +------+-----------------------------------------+------------------+ | Code | Explanation | Can the original | | (hex)| | PDU be re-sent? | +------+-----------------------------------------+------------------+ | 0x01 | Format Error | no | | | | | | 0x02 | Data (payload) Digest Error | yes (Note 1) | | | | | | 0x03 | Data-SNACK Reject | yes | | | | | | 0x04 | Protocol Error (e.g., SNACK request for | no | | | a status that was already acknowledged) | | | | | | | 0x05 | Command not supported in this session | no | | | type | | | | | | | 0x06 | Immediate Command Reject - too many | yes | | | immediate commands | | | | | | | 0x07 | Bookmark Reject - No bookmark for this | no | | | Initiator Task Tag | | | | | | | 0x08 | Bookmark Reject - Can't generate | yes | | | bookmark - out of resources | | | | | | | 0x0f | Full Feature Phase Command before login | no | +------+-----------------------------------------+------------------+ Comments? Julo
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