Re: Protocol Action: iSCSI to Proposed Standard

[Bob Braden <braden@ISI.EDU>]

  *> 
  *> The IESG has approved publishing the following Internet-Draft
  *> as a Proposed Standard:
  *> 
  *> o iSCSI <draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-20.txt>
  *> 
  *> This document is the product of the IP Storage Working Group.
  *> 
  *> The IESG contact persons are Allison Mankin and Scott Bradner.
  *> 
  *>  
  *> Technical Summary
  *>  
  *>  The Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) is a family of
  *>  protocols for communicating with I/O devices, especially storage
  *>  devices. SCSI is a client-server architecture. The SCSI protocol
  *>  has been mapped over various transports, including Parallel SCSI,

Transports?

The Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines the noun "transport" as
"strong and often intensely pleasurable emotion".  ;-)

All the Internet documentation with which I am familiar, as well as the
OSI reference model, define a "transport layer", but I don't think you
are suggesting SCSI over IP, etc.

Can't we please resist terminology pollution?  In the IETF we call these
[data] link layers.

Bob Braden

  *>  IPI, IEEE-1394 (firewire) and Fibre Channel. These transports are
  *>  I/O specific and have limited distance capabilities. The iSCSI
  *>  protocol defined in draft-ietf-ips-iscsi describes a means of
  *>  transporting of the SCSI packets over TCP/IP, providing for an
  *>  interoperable solution which can take advantage of existing
  *>  Internet infrastructure, Internet management facilities and
  *>  address distance limitations. Mapping over TCP ensures that the
  *>  high volume storage transfers use congestion control.
  *> 
  *>