RE: iSCSI Autosense

[Charles Monia <cmonia@NishanSystems.com>]

Hi:



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Otis [mailto:dotis@sanlight.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:49 AM
> To: Paul.A.Suhler@seagate.com; ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject: RE: iSCSI Autosense
> 
> 
> Paul,
> 
> The answer is in how broadly you see Ethernet SCSI extending. 
>  If in the
> business of making incredibly big machines, then rejecting 
> Autosense is a
> nuisance.  Keeping SCSI applications unchanged is important 
> when deployed by
> companies promoting adapters.  We've all been in the trench 
> created by a new
> paradigm.
> 
> Doug
> 

A coda to this thread:

While there may be significant new issues to be dealt with in the trenches,
this is not one of them. Since autosense-capable protocols have been
deployed for some time, implementations have already found ways to coexist
with parallel SCSI in this regard.

Charles

Charles Monia
Senior Technology Consultant
Nishan Systems Corporation
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