Re: [storm] Draft minutes from Anaheim

["Mark S. Edwards" <[e-mail]>]

Regarding the feature removal discussion, can I add SLP to the list ?

The RFC 3721 states

"iSCSI equipment that
       need discovery functions beyond SendTargets should at least
       implement SLP, and then consider iSNS when extended discovery
       management capabilities are required such as in larger storage
       networks.  It should be noted that since iSNS will support SLP,
       iSNS can be used to help manage the discovery information returned
       by SLP."

The implication is that targets and initiators should expect to find 
support for SLP before considering iSNS.

I remember our first iSCSI appliance and we spent ages trying to get 
SLP working because it the above wording effectively made it 
mandatory.  SLP turned out to be a complete bust and was effectively 
killed off when Microsoft refused to support it in their initiator 
and in their target logo tests.

The result is that today I doubt you could find a target or initiator 
out there supporting SLP.

For anybody that does still implement SLP we could change the wording 
for SLP a little to remove the implied hierarchy, or just admit that 
running code has created IETF consensus.


On another removal topic, I seem to recall that Mallikarjun also said 
that he was removing markers.  I don't particularly object to this 
but I do wonder if this will affect any HBA implementations ?

Regards,

Mark.


At 06:59 27/03/2010, [e-mail] wrote:
>Draft minutes are attached - please comment, correct, etc.
>
>Also, in the absence of objection on this mailing list, decisions 
>recorded in the minutes are considered to be the rough consensus of 
>this WG, *except* that two issues were identified as sufficiently 
>important to discuss separately on the list (see separate messages):
>         - Text negotiation key for new iSCSI features (discussion 
> in progress)
>         - Features to remove from iSCSI (discussion to be started)
>
>Many thanks to Craig Carlson for taking notes during the meeting.
>
>Thanks,
>--David
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