Questions about implementation of Multiple connections

[Mengqiu Wang <mengqiuw@yahoo.com>]

I have several questions about multiple connections:

(1) Are multiple connections between initiator and a
target common? I mean, how many applications will
require iSCSI implementation to be able to handle
multiple connections within a session? Can anybody
give me some overview idea about the application of
multiple TCP connections, like: is it an exceptional
case? or common case?

(2) Consider a hard drive on the network. It only has
one hardware port. If we want to develop a iSCSI box
to handle all incoming iSCSI commands for it, is it
necessary for the box to handle multiple TCP
connections for this hard drive? How? Does the box
need more than one IP addresses?

Thanks,
Meng

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