Re: iSCSI: Questions regarding iSCSI LUN Access Controls

["Jim Hafner" <hafner@almaden.ibm.com>]

Nick,

The "clearer definition/reference" is now SPC-3 (the latest version).  This
has incorporated the final approved proposal(s) for SCSI Access Controls.
This went through 6 more revisions as T10/99-245r? but also as 2 or 3 other
revisions under a new number (which I don' t recall at the moment -- but
it's all in SPC-3 as the official version).

If there is a reference to that older document in the draft, it should be
removed and replaced with the SPC-3 reference.

Implementing LU ACLs in iSCSI is not a "short paragraph or two" in terms of
the possible mechanisms for doing it -- that is, there are many ways to do
it, and not all use the SCSI defined model. I don't think it would be
productive to open up this discussion.

Jim Hafner


Nick Bellinger <nickb@attheoffice.org>@ece.cmu.edu on 06/27/2002 01:08:47
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Greetings

 After a quick scan of v14,  I can only find a handful of references to
access controls mainly in regard to the use of the TARGET WARM/COLD
RESET Task Management functions.  Knowing that ACLs on the iSCSI LUNS
themselves are largely a implemenation dependant feature,  perhaps it
would be to the readers advantage to include a paragraph or two on an
basic explanation than simply including a reference to the document
"99-245r3 A detailed proposal for access controls for SPC-2"?
Knowing that this could be a bit too late of a request where things
currently stand,  I still believe a clearer definition/reference is
warrented.

 Comments?
   Nicholas Bellinger