RE: ISCSI: Login Parameters - Defaults?

[Eddy Quicksall <eddyq@ivivity.com>]

I asked this question once too and got an answer from Bob Russell about the
history. 

As I remember, he said the statement regarding implicit/explicit offer was
put in because some people thought that a reply was expected even though an
offer was not made (implicit offer).

The statement was not meant to say that you have to negotiate for a default
value.

I hope this helps until you can get a better answer.

Eddy 

-----Original Message-----
From: LEMAY,KEVIN (A-Roseville,ex1) [mailto:kevin_lemay@agilent.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:01 PM
To: Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: ISCSI: Login Parameters - Defaults?


Page 64 in iSCSI v12 says,
 
 "All negotiations are stateless and explicit (i.e., the result MUST be
based only on newly exchanged values). There is no such thing as implicit
offers. If an explicit offer is not made then a reply cannot be expected."

It is unclear to me how this is supposed to work. Does this mean that I must
negotiate every key pair? This is confusing because chapter 11 still
contains default values.

If I do not negotiate a parameter, is it assumed to be set at the default or
must I negotiate every parameter ?

If I must negotiate every parameter, then the "default" value should be
removed or renamed to "suggested setting".

Thanks,

Kevin Lemay