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    RE: iSCSI: DLB's [T.6] 2.3 iSCSI Session Types



    David,
    
    The issue that came up before was if a discovery session could be kept open,
    why not allow the initiator and target to send NOPs, and allow the target to
    send Async messages when new targets become available?
    
    I don't mean to bring up this issue again at this stage, but using "MAY"
    leaves room for implementations that want to support this. If we allow NOP
    and Async PDUs on a discovery session, then changing "MAY" to "MUST" will be
    fine.
    
    -Ayman
    
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Black_David@emc.com [mailto:Black_David@emc.com]
    > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:19 AM
    > To: aghanem@cisco.com; ips@ece.cmu.edu
    > Subject: RE: iSCSI: DLB's [T.6] 2.3 iSCSI Session Types
    >
    >
    > Ayman,
    >
    > Something needs to be cleaned up here, as the current text appears
    > to allow all types of iSCSI PDUs on a discovery session.  I didn't
    > intend to restrict a discovery session to one Send Targets followed
    > by a logout (i.e., it could be kept open with the initiator periodically
    > sending a new Send Targets to see if anything has changed), but I
    > did intend to forbid SCSI commands, task management, etc. on Discovery
    > sessions.  Is that reasonable, or are there additional types of iSCSI
    > PDUs that you want to see allowed for new device notifications?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > --David
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Ayman Ghanem [mailto:aghanem@cisco.com]
    > > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:41 PM
    > > To: ips@ece.cmu.edu
    > > Subject: RE: iSCSI: DLB's [T.6] 2.3 iSCSI Session Types
    > >
    > >
    > > I prefer leaving this as "MAY" for implementations that want
    > > to support new
    > > device notifications. There was a discussion on whether
    > > discovery sessions
    > > should be long-lived or not. Using MAY allows both without
    > > breaking any
    > > thing.
    > >
    > > -Ayman
    > >
    > > > [T.6] 2.3  iSCSI Session Types
    > > >
    > > >       b)  Discovery-session - a session opened only for
    > > target discov-
    > > >       ery; the target MAY accept only text requests with
    > > the SendTar-
    > > >       gets key and a logout request with reason "close the session".
    > > >
    > > > Change "MAY" to "MUST", and say that other requests MUST be
    > > rejected.
    > > >
    > >
    >
    
    


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