RE: an iSCSI name format for gateways?

[Robert Grant <Robert.Grant@mcdata.com>]

one clarification below ...

Regards,
Rob
 
Rob Grant
McDATA Corporation


> -----Original Message-----
> From: KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1)
> [mailto:marjorie_krueger@hp.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:12 PM
> To: ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject: RE: an iSCSI name format for gateways?
> 
> 
> >  ... stuff deleted ...
> > One drawback of this alternative is that the configuration 
> of the iSCSI
> > network couldn't extend to the FC node but rather only to 
> the gateway (for
> > example, there'd be no way to have the FC node be a member 
> of an iSNS
> > discovery domain - only each individual gateway).
> 
> Why? (or why not?)  iSNS (or any other application) could certainly be
> intelligent enough to understand a gateway naming convention and act
> accordingly.
> 

The drawback is cited in the context of how iSCSI naming and things such as
iSNS are defined by the standards/drafts today (i.e. no specific format of
iSCSI names for gateways, no use of them defined by iSNS etc.). A discovery
application could certainly be intelligent enough - just need an agreement
on the name format.