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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: iSCSI: Login RedirectOn Wednesday, July 16, 2003, hufferd@us.ibm.com wrote: >Extending my own note... I also believe it would be wrong to >set a minimum number of guaranteed redirects. This is because, >I expect several system vendors to use iSCSI as a DAS >technology as well as SAN technology. (Similar to the way a >number of vendors "Racked" their FC external Raid controllers >together with the server as a Direct Connection.) When used in >this manner the customer does not even need to think about the >system being on a SAN. Yet the Storage/System Vendor could use >the very same Raid controller, which they use in a SAN, as a >direct attachment to the Server in a RACK. In this environment >if any redirect occur, it might be considered a error. > >So in the above DAS environment having a minimum is, IMHO, not >approprate. > Very good point. Any minimum needs to be expressed relative to a deployment profile, and definitely be no stronger than a SHOULD. Some guidance on what a *typical* initiator deployed in a general environment should support would still be a good idea to state.
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