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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] removeJim Hafner wrote: > Folks, > > I want to add a point here. (It's a bit preachy, however). > > The whole reason we put in the draft the "SHOULD partition" ISIDs among > portal groups and why it is so prominent is to get all the people building > these components to agree NOW to the OS-specific mechanisms to achieve it. > First recognize the need and THEN to define the mechanism (and I've said > that the mechanism isn't hard, we (as vendors, not necessarily within the > specification) just have to agree on it). > > We're trying to prevent exactly the problem David (I think) mentioned with > FW Nodenames never taking on the role they should have. We're posting > right up front an implementation (strong) recommendation to enable both > assignment of Initiator Name (from outside the HW or SW) and of ISIDs (from > outside the HW or SW). This enables the protocol to function at its best. > If people don't want to implement to this recommendation, then they'll pay > the price with either inter-vendor interoperability problems (not with the > wire but within a given initiator) or with much more complex management > issues (a la FC Portnames). > > Jim Hafner -- ********************************************************************** Dance like no one's watching, love like you've never been hurt, sing like no one's listening, live like it's heaven on earth. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. VENU GOPAL GANDESIRI Platys Communications Inc 3150 A Coronado Drive SantaClara, CA, 95054 Phone # : 408-496-4435 (W) Phone # : 408-243-4870 (H) ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited.
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