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    Re: iscsi : TSID rule.



    
    Santosh,
    
    This  text is old and has not being updated for a while.
    The Session uniqueness is assured now by the
    Inititaor-name+ISID+TPGT+Target-name.
    The text will be updated to reflect the fact the TSID - except for the
    value "0" (reserved to indicate a new session) is there for the convenience
    of the target and has no meaning for the protocol.
    SSID has no meaning associated with it either and will be removed.  Your
    issue about TPGT has also a neat solution - endorsed by the NDT - that they
    may want to/have relayed to list.
    
    Julo
    
    
                                                                                                  
                          Santosh Rao                                                             
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                          16-03-02 02:05                                                          
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                          Santosh Rao                                                             
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
    
    
    
    Hello,
    
    Section 2.4.3 states the following requirement :
    
    "a) Between a given iSCSI Initiator and iSCSI Target, at any given time,
    only one session can exist with a given session identifier (SSID)."
    
    This requirement is then translated into, what is called a TSID rule,
    which is expressed in the same section as :
    
    "TSID RULE: The iSCSI Target SHOULD NOT select a TSID for a given login
    request if the resulting SSID is already in use by an existing session
    between the target and the requesting iSCSI Initiator. See Section 8.1.1
    Conservative Reuse of ISIDs."
    
    I have the following questions regarding the above requirement and
    corresponding rule :
    
    1) What is the basis for this requirement ? Why is a SSID required to be
    unique for a given initiator-target node pair ?(My thinking was that
    requirement (b) was all that was needed.)
    
    2) What is the SSID used for and why is its unique-ness required ?
    
    3) If there is some valid reason that justifies the retention of this
    rule, then, why is the rule stated as "SHOULD NOT" and not "MUST NOT".
    It seems that "SHOULD NOT" allows for conforming implementation to
    violate this rule. Is that ok ?
    
    Any clarifications would be appreciated.
    
    Thanks,
    Santosh
    
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    Santosh Rao
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    HP-UX iSCSI Driver Team,
    Hewlett Packard, Cupertino.
    email : santoshr@cup.hp.com
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