Re: ISCSI: Login Parameters - Defaults?

["Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>]

It means only that regardless of the fact that a default is available if you state first a key=value you are the originator and the other party MUST respond unless specified otherwise (as in booleans). In other words there is no such think as an implicit offer of the current or default value.

Julo

"LEMAY,KEVIN (A-Roseville,ex1)" <kevin_lemay@agilent.com> 04/25/2002 07:01 PM Please respond to "LEMAY,KEVIN (A-Roseville,ex1)"

To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL         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