Re: LU access through an iSCSI session

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

Randal,

It is NOT an attempt to get around congestion control but to get more
bandwidth and
availability. And congestion control is good enough even in a world in
which you
can't possible control what a connect PC will do (open one or a zillion of
connections).

Julo

Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com> on 20/09/2000 14:55:23

Please respond to Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com>

To:   Matt Wakeley <matt_wakeley@agilent.com>
cc:   IPS Reflector <ips@ece.cmu.edu> (bcc: Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM)
Subject:  Re: LU access through an iSCSI session




Matt Wakeley wrote:

> .....snip....snip....
> Again, the *only* answer is "Yes".  The multiple TCP connections make up
a
> *single* session.  The session just happens to have lots of "TCP
connections"
> to make it look like it has a "big pipe" (for example, 4 1Gbit
connections can
> be used to emulate a 4Gbit link).
>
> If you want different "LU views" per TCP connection, then each TCP
connection
> would be a separate, independent iscsi session.

....snip....snip.....

The above talk of making "lots of TCP connections look like a big pipe"
sounds
once
again like attempting to get around congestion control in the network... I
know
we
had this conversation before.. but what is stated above strongly implies
this
.... and
I don't think this is the behavior one would want on the Big I-internet. I
can
see
a private network doing this ... but I don't see how it could be supported
in a
standard manner that can be used on the Iternet...


R