Re: iSCSI-boot: comments

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com>]

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Mallikarjun C. wrote:

> >
> >   - The IP address of the iSCSI boot client (IPv4 or IPv6)
> >
> >   - The IP transport endpoint for the iSCSI service delivery port for
> >   the iSCSI boot server.  If the transport is TCP, for example, this
> >   has to resolve to an IP address and a TCP port number.
>
> It is useful to note that iSCSI currently is defined only for TCP.

While it is true now, I understand there has been some interested in
adding support for iSCSI over sctp at some point in the future (obviously
after we have iSCSI/tcp :-) . So it would be nice to at least have an idea
for how to specify another transport in the future. Also, if the spec
lists a way to specify transport now, whenever a new transport comes out,
iscsi booting devices can make sure they aren't configured to use a
transport they don't understand. :-)

Take care,

Bill