Re: iSCSI:Text field in Asynchronous Message

[Stephen Bailey <steph@cs.uchicago.edu>]

> Both iSCSI and SRP have native Asynchronous Event Reporting IUs which can be
> used for this type of purpose.

I guess my point is that FCP doesn't, and it's the only currently
deployed SAN solution.

Beyond that, some SCSI stacks (Solaris, unless they've changed
something recently....), don't provide support for clients to receive
SCSI AENs.

In other words, the useful support for SCSI AEN is patchy.  I'm not
arguing that AEN support shouldn't be provided by a transport.  I am
arguing that if you want your (target) solution to work on many
platforms and transports, you might chose not to use AEN.  Prominent
target vendors (e.g. LSI/Symbios) have taken this route.

Steph