ISCSI : the universal storage connection
Auteur : HUFFERD John L.
First book on new storage protocol - iSCSI.
- Author, Hufferd is the Technical Coordinator for the iSCSI track of the IETF standards committee.
- Emerging technology that is gaining in popularity. There was a huge booth at the recent Networld+Interop devoted to an IBM, Cisco, and Intel iSCSI initiative.
- Grassroots marketing to the Storage Networking Industry Association and the companies that belong to it.
John L. Hufferd is a Managerial and Technical Leader at IBM and directs projects dealing with Networks, Storage, and SANs. He is currently the Technical Coordinator for the iSCSI track of the ips workgroup in IETF internet standards association.
(NOTE: Each chapter, except Chapter 1, begins with Reader Suggestions and all chapters conclude with a Summary.
Credits and Disclaimer.
Preface.
Book Organization.
1. Background of SCSI Interconnect.
Fibre Channel Interconnect.
ISCSI Interconnect.
File Servers and NAS.
2. The Value and Position of ISCSI.
Small Office.
Mid Range.
High-End.
Satellite.
At Distance.
CentralFC and ISCSI.
3. History of ISCSI.
CISCO Joins with IBM.
ISCSI and IETF.
End of the History.
4. ISCSI Overview.
TCP/IP Summary.
ISCSI Related Protocol Layers.
Sessions.
Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Structure.
SCSI and TOE Integration on a Chip or HBA.
Checksums and CRC (Digests).
Naming and Addressing.
Naming Summary.
5. Session Establishment.
The Login Process.
Keywords and the Login Process.
Discovery Session.
6. Text Commands and Keyword Processing.
Text Keywords and Negotiation.
Rules for Negotiation Flow.
Negotiation Failure Rules.
7. Session Management.
Connection Establishment.
Sequencing.
Re-sending Data or Status.
Examples of Read and Write with Data Sequencing.
8. Command and Data Ordering and Flow.
Command Windowing.
Initiator Task Tag.
Data Ordering.
Target Transfer Tag.
Data Placement (A Form of RDMA).
9. Structure of ISCSI and Relationship to SCSI.
SCSI Nexus.
10. Task Management.
11. Error Handling.
Error Recovery Level 1.
Header Digest Recovery at the Target Side.
Data Digest Recovery.
Error Recovery Level 2.
12. Companion Processes.
Discovery Process.
Discovery using SendTargets.
Discovery using Service Location Protocol.
Discovery using iSNS.
Security Process.
Reader Suggestions.
Access Control Lists MIB AND SNMP.
13. Synchronization and Steering.
Details of FIM TCP.
Upper-Level-Protocol Framing.
14. ISCSI Summary and Conclusions.
Conclusions.
Ease of Administration.
Backup and Disaster Preparation.
Performance.
Expectations.
Appendix A. ISCSI Function PDUS.
Login Request PDU.
Login Response PDU.
Logout Request PDU.
Logout Response PDU.
NOP-In PDU.
NOP-Out PDU.
Ready to Transfer (R2T) PDU.
Reject PDU.
SCSI Command PDU.
SCSI Command Response PDU.
SCSI Data-in PDU.
SCSI Data-out PDU.
Snack
Date de parution : 12-2002
Ouvrage de 346 p.
19x23 cm