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On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 05:32:34PM +0200, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:10:41 +0100 (CET)
> Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
> > > 	NetBSD got iSCSI target support
> > >
> > > 	Alistair G. Crooks has recently added support for the iSCSI
> > > target to NetBSD codebase. iSCSI is an IETF standard (RFC 3720) for
> > > remote access to block-level storage.  It can be thought of as similar
> > > to NFS, except that an NFS server exports files; the iSCSI target
> > > exports blocks to the iSCSI initiators, which are the clients.
> >=20
> > Maybe add something to make it clear what a 'target' and an 'initiator'=
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> > is, so people understand what's there and what is not:
> >=20
> > ``In iSCSI, the party offering a SCSI device (the server) is called a=
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> > "target", and the party using that device (the client" is called an=20
> > "initiator". An iSCSI initiator for NetBSD is currently under=20
> > development''
> >=20
> > This sounds excellent!
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> Well well well, so once more from the start (bit remixed by me):
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> 	Alistair G. Crooks has recently added support for the iSCSI
> target to NetBSD codebase. An iSCSI, protocol which specifies a method
> for encapsulating SCSI commands in the TCP/IP protocol, is an IETF
> standard (RFC 3720) for remote access to block-level storage.  It can
> be thought of as similar to NFS, except that an NFS server exports
> files. In iSCSI, the party offering a SCSI device (the server) is
> called a "target", and the party using that device (the client) is
> called an "initiator", so the iSCSI target exports blocks to the iSCSI
> initiators.
> 	NetBSD's iSCSI implementation was developed from the original
> Intel code (BSD-licensed)  and has been tested with version 1.06 of the

The one awkwardness I find with this text is that Intel's code base has=20
changed over time. Thus there is not one "original Intel code" base to=20
start from.

> Microsoft initiator (an iSCSI initiator for NetBSD is currently under
> development), as well as with its own test harness. Please see HOWTOs
> on how to setup both <ulink:target> and <ulink:initiator> and
> <ulink:original email from Alistair>.

Take care,

Bill

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