Dear Mr. Braden,
iSCSI is in fact SCSI over TCP. As for the noun - the attached is
Webster-Collegiate page for transport.
You choose to refer to the definition #9 . English is a richer language
than my Hebrew - we choose
definitions 4 or 5 that seem to fit.
Respectfully yours,
Julo
Bob Braden <braden(_at_)ISI(_dot_)EDU>
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12/02/03 01:48
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Re: Protocol Action: iSCSI to Proposed Standard
*>
*> The IESG has approved publishing the following Internet-Draft
*> as a Proposed Standard:
*>
*> o iSCSI <draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-20.txt>
*>
*> This document is the product of the IP Storage Working Group.
*>
*> The IESG contact persons are Allison Mankin and Scott Bradner.
*>
*>
*> Technical Summary
*>
*> The Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) is a family of
*> protocols for communicating with I/O devices, especially storage
*> devices. SCSI is a client-server architecture. The SCSI protocol
*> has been mapped over various transports, including Parallel SCSI,
Transports?
The Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines the noun "transport" as
"strong and often intensely pleasurable emotion". ;-)
All the Internet documentation with which I am familiar, as well as the
OSI reference model, define a "transport layer", but I don't think you
are suggesting SCSI over IP, etc.
Can't we please resist terminology pollution? In the IETF we call these
[data] link layers.
Bob Braden
*> IPI, IEEE-1394 (firewire) and Fibre Channel. These transports are
*> I/O specific and have limited distance capabilities. The iSCSI
*> protocol defined in draft-ietf-ips-iscsi describes a means of
*> transporting of the SCSI packets over TCP/IP, providing for an
*> interoperable solution which can take advantage of existing
*> Internet infrastructure, Internet management facilities and
*> address distance limitations. Mapping over TCP ensures that the
*> high volume storage transfers use congestion control.
*>
*>
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