Re: [nfsv4] I-D Action: draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-00.txt

GPT is specified in the UEFI spec (www.uefi.org) section 5.3

Alex.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:48 AM, <david.black@emc.com> wrote:

> This is the official WG version of this draft; there were no changes as
> the result of WG Last Call.
>
> Unfortunately, a -01 version will be needed, as the normative reference to
> Wikipedia for the specification of the GPT format is not acceptable (it's
> not stable, the contents can change).  If anyone has any suggestions about
> where to look for a stable reference for the GPT format, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> --David
>
>
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> > Subject: I-D Action: draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-00.txt
> >
> >
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories. This draft is a work
> > item of the Network File System Version 4 Working Group of the IETF.
> >
> >       Title           : pNFS block disk protection
> >       Author(s)       : David L. Black
> >                           Jason Glasgow
> >                           Sorin Faibish
> >       Filename        :
> draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-00.txt
> >       Pages           : 6
> >       Date            : 2011-11-16
> >
> >    Parallel NFS (pNFS) extends Network File System version 4 (NFSv4) to
> >    enable direct client access to file data on storage, bypassing the
> >    NFSv4 server.  This can increase both performance and parallelism,
> >    but requires additional client functionality, some of which depends
> >    upon the type of storage used.  The pNFS specification for block
> >    storage (RFC 5663) describes how clients can identify the volumes
> >    used for pNFS, but this mechanism requires communication with the
> >    NFSv4 server.  This document adds a mechanism to RFC 5663 that
> >    enables identification of block storage devices used by pNFS file
> >    systems without communicating with the server.  This enables clients
> >    to control access to pNFS block devices when the client initially
> >    boots, as opposed to waiting until the client can communicate with
> >    the NFSv4 server.
> >
> >
> > A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> >
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-block-disk-protection-00.txt
> >
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> > This Internet-Draft can be retrieved at:
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