RE: iscsi : default iscsi mode page settings.

["KRUEGER,MARJORIE (HP-Roseville,ex1)" <marjorie_krueger@hp.com>]

If there's no reasonable default it makes sense to mandate exchange of at
least this one text key.

Marjorie 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:58 AM
> To: ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject: RE: iscsi : default iscsi mode page settings.
> 
> 
> I thought you where concerned about "boot duration"? julo
> 
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> Reflector <ips@ece.cmu.edu>        
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> iscsi : default iscsi mode    
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> I vote for making the exchange of some text parameters 
> MANDATORY, with no
> defaults.
> 
> Marj
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Snively [mailto:rsnively@Brocade.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:48 AM
> > To: 'Sanjeev Bhagat (TRIPACE/Zoetermeer)'; 'Santosh Rao'; IPS
> > Reflector
> > Subject: RE: iscsi : default iscsi mode page settings.
> >
> >
> > It is true that default mode settings for Mode Pages
> > are usually arranged between buyer and vendor for
> > maximum convenience in the buyer's systems.  It is
> > generally true that any setting of a Mode Page will
> > allow the protocol to operate correctly, except a few,
> > notably the first burst size parameter if
> > ImmediateData is set to yes.
> >
> > On the other hand, some of the iSCSI text keyed
> > parameters MUST be known before the protocol will
> > operate correctly.  ImmediateData is certainly
> > one of those.  As a result, you have two choices:
> >
> >    a)   Make the negotiation of all such parameters
> >    MANDATORY during the login and after any
> >    reset that may change them,  or;
> >
> >    b)   Define a default state that will be guaranteed
> >    unless and until the parameter has been explicitly
> >    changed.
> >
> > Your choice.
> >
> > Bob