RE: iSCSI: Canonical Targets

["Ayman Ghanem" <aghanem@cisco.com>]

I think a non-canonical target should respond to SendTargets. Some
implementations may chose to drop the session to the canonical target after
connecting to the target devices. If new devices become available, it is
easier for a non-canonical target to respond with target names, rather than
having the initiator relogin to the canonical target.

-Ayman


>
> Additional questions to send input on:
>
> 1. Should a non-canonical target respond to a SendTargets command?
>
> 2. If so, should it respond only with addresses for its own target,
>    or should it respond with other targets, as a canonical target
>    might do?
>
> 3. If not, the initiator must connect to a canonical target to find
>    the other addresses of a target to which it is already connected;
>    is the information it has sufficient to do so?  (I think the answer
>    is yes, given canonical requirement #2 above).
>
>
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> Mark A. Bakke
> Cisco Systems
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