RE: iSCSI: Some proposed vendor-specific (X-) keys

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com>]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Robert Snively wrote:

> The management component already has standard mechanisms
> for determining such information, including MIBs and CIM
> objects.  The operational components already have standard
> mechanisms for determining such information, including
> SCSI INQUIRY commands.  I cannot see how this additional
> (non-standard) mechanism for capturing this information is
> going to help iSCSI achieve its goals.

Question about the operational components being able to determine this
info. iSCSI is, in terms from SAM-2, a Service Delivery Subsystem (SDS).
While many implementations act as scsi servers (disks & tapes, etc.),
that's not part of the spec.

So I'm confused how an SDS answers a SCSI INQUIRY. I thought that was the
domain of the device(s) at the other end of the connection, not the domain
of the connection itself.

Take care,

Bill