RE: iSCSI Boot: LUN Technical Issue

[Black_David@emc.com]

Human-Computer Interface.  --David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Bakke [mailto:mbakke@cisco.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:01 PM
> To: Prasenjit Sarkar
> Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject: Re: iSCSI Boot: LUN Technical Issue
> 
> 
> Prasenjit-
> 
> What does HCI stand for?
> 
> > Prasenjit Sarkar wrote:
> > 
> > Here is a status on the technical issue regarding 
> representation of LUN values in the iSCSI boot
> > DHCP string.
> > 
> > The arguments supporting the representation of a 16-bit LUN 
> value is primarily HCI. (It should be
> > noted that HCI issues are particularly difficult to resolve).
> > 
> > The arguments against the representation of such a value is 
> (a) use of the default LUN simplifies
> > HCI issues in most cases, and (b) LUN equivalence between 
> the DHCP string and iSCSI PDUs is a
> > simpler and desirable paradigm.
> > 
> > I have not heard any new arguments in the past few days, I 
> will let the chairs declare a timeout.
> > 
> > Prasenjit
> 
> -- 
> Mark A. Bakke
> Cisco Systems
> mbakke@cisco.com
> 763.398.1054
>