RE: iscsi : Review Feedback on Rev 11-94.

["KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1)" <marjorie_krueger@hp.com>]

> > Can we just use :
> > "node name,[i|t],[isid|tpgt]"
> > to represent initiator/target port names, instead ?
> 
> The problem with the "dotted" notation you suggest is that 
> would leave no
> way to differentiate the node name from the "i/t" and the 
> "port ID" since
> "." is a legal character in a node name.  So you'd have to 
> pick a separator
> character that is not legal in a node name.  Given the difficulty in
> choosing a separator character, and the fact that port names are
> constructed, not carried in packets, I don't see the problem 
> with the null
> separators.  (Just process it as 3 strings and add :-)

Ooops, to correct myself, Santosh suggested "," not "." and the comma
character is not allowed in iSCSI node names, so it could be used as a
separator.