Re: iSCSI: Rev 11 minor issues

["Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>]

To add a connection to an existing session you need to comletely identify the session you are attaching to.
A host can use several initiator names and a target can held several target names.
The ISID+TPGT are unique only between a pair of names.

JUlo

Michael Schoberg <michael_schoberg@cnt.com> Sent by: owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu 19-03-02 20:27 Please respond to Michael Schoberg

To:        "IPS Reflector (E-mail)" <ips@ece.cmu.edu>         cc:                 Subject:        iSCSI: Rev 11 minor issues

Just want to verify something.  Is it possible to have multiple Initiator identities (i.e.: InitiatorName=) on the same session through different connections?  If not, why is InitiatorName negotiation required on ancillary connections.  If iSCSI doesn't allow for multiple initiators per session, then all it's doing is requiring another check for the target; that the same InitiatorName is given for all connections on the session.

Example .. on the leading session connection, the initiator says:

InitiatorName=Fred

Then on an ancillary connection the initiator says:

InitiatorName=Bob

Now the target would have to trap this and zap the connection.  Why not just assume the same InitiatorName as the session and let authentication verify it?  This eliminates the extra negotiation check on the target.

4.3

The initial login request of any connection MUST include the InitiatorName key=value pair.

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8.1.2 & 11

"SW" and "CO" ?  Can the abbreviation be dropped and replaced with the full description?  "Session-Wide" and "Connection-Wide" should fit on the line.