Re: iSCSI-Asynch event code

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

Logout login is far too painful. If negotiations (even vendor specific) have to be possible we need this.
As for the lateness and I am sorry I did not see it earlier. However it is not  a difficult addition (it has no timing associated) and it meant only as a way to kick-on a negotiation.

Julo

Santosh Rao <santoshr@cup.hp.com> Sent by: santoshr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com 06/12/2002 09:41 PM Please respond to Santosh Rao

To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL         cc:        ips@ece.cmu.edu         Subject:        Re: iSCSI-Asynch event code

Why is this needed ? The target can just send an async event to drop the
connection or request a connection logout, and the connection can be
re-established allowing for new negotiation.

I don't see the point of making this change so late in the game. There
exist mechanisms such as target driven connection logout/drop which can
be used to achieve the same effect.

In any case, what do you do if the initiator does not respond with a
text message ? The target would end up dropping the cxn with an async
message in this case, causing a re-login and thus, re-negotiation.

To summarize, I don't see a need for this change, since there are
simpler mechanisms to achieve the same effect. In particular, given that
we are so close to the finish line, I suggest that we not make this
change, but instead, use the async cxn/ssn logout/drop mechanisms.

Rgds,
Santosh


Julian Satran wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> I plan to add to the text in 9.9.1 an additional event code as
> follows. It is needed for completeness.
> 
> 4 - target requests parameter negotiation on this connection. The
> initiator MUST honor this request by issuing a Text Request (that can
> be empty) on the same connection as early as possible unless a Text
> Request is already pending on the connection or by issuing a Logout
> Request.
> Julo

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