I
would like to suggest a change in the initiator name. I would like to be able
to add an optional port group tag number at the end.
Example:
OLD: iqn.2001-03.com.service-provider.users.customer235.host90
NEW: iqn.2001-03.com.service-provider.users.customer235.host90,10
OLD: eui.02004567A425678D
NEW: eui.02004567A425678D,11
The
problem that I am trying to solve is how to build a San Management Platform to
do the initiator to target mapping and once a mapping has occurred, how to make
sure the right connection is being made.
For
example: I have an initiator with 3 HBAs, and a target with 3 hbas. The
discovery information provided to the Management platform could see that I have
ONE initiator and a target with say 3 Port Groups.
With
this I can map the initiator to the target, or the initiator to 1 or more port
groups. I would like to the same idea to
the initiator name to include a field like that so that I could easily expand
the choices to maybe map a target port group to an initiator HBA.
1 -- -- 1
Initiator(I) 2 --
Network -- 2 Target(T)
3 -- -- 3
I.e. Before I could do the following:
I -> T
I -> T1
I -> T2
I -> T1, T2
ETC...
If I added the info to the initiator name I
could also do the following mappings:
I1 -> T1, I2 -> T2
I1 -> T, I2 -> T
Etc..
- Stephen
