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iSCSI Naming and Discovery Overview

This document summarizes discussions at an IETF meeting about iSCSI naming and discovery. Key decisions were made to align with other iSCSI drafts and use multicast discovery of targets with SNS using SLP. Milestones included completing the WWUI login process and integrating name service and discovery requirements. Issues discussed were discovery domains to constrain scaling, access control, supporting the iSCSI object model, and authentication. The discovery approach will start with static configuration, then use SLP, and later centralized iSNS servers. Current work items include storage name services and mappings between iSCSI and SCSI.

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iSCSI Naming and Discovery Overview

This document summarizes discussions at an IETF meeting about iSCSI naming and discovery. Key decisions were made to align with other iSCSI drafts and use multicast discovery of targets with SNS using SLP. Milestones included completing the WWUI login process and integrating name service and discovery requirements. Issues discussed were discovery domains to constrain scaling, access control, supporting the iSCSI object model, and authentication. The discovery approach will start with static configuration, then use SLP, and later centralized iSNS servers. Current work items include storage name services and mappings between iSCSI and SCSI.

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iSCSI Naming & Discovery

50th IETF - Minneapolis


March 2001

Mark Bakke, Cisco


Joe Czap, IBM
Jim Hafner, IBM
Howard Hall, Pirus
Jack Harwood, EMC
John Hufferd, IBM

Yaron Klein, Sanrad


Lawrence Lamers, San Valley
Todd Sperry, Adaptec
Joshua Tseng, Nishan
Kaladhar Voruganti, IBM

Status
Key Decisions
Consistency with iSCSI, Boot and MIB drafts
Multicast discovery of targets, SNS uses SLP

Milestones

WWUI complete; part of iSCSI login process


SendTargets and redirects integrated w/iSCSI
Name service and discovery requirements
Open questions from interim meeting resolved
NDT draft submitted as WG document

Naming and Addressing


WWUI Satisfies URN Requirements

UTF-8 Format
WWUI Naming Authority Specified
WWUI Comparison Defined
URN Format Defined

iSCSI URL (Address) Defined


Includes the WWUI

Use (and non-use) of Alias Defined

iSCSI Names & Addresses


iSCSI Host [Link]

WWUI names the


initiator, not the iSCSI port.

iSCSI Initiator

[Link].4567890
IP Addr

IP Addr

[Link]

[Link]

10.1.1
Network
[Link]
[Link]
port 5000

This initiator has two


addresses.

10.1.2
Network
iSCSI
Device

[Link]
[Link]
port 5000

internal bus, memory, switch, etc

iSCSI Target

iSCSI Target

[Link].8675309

[Link].5551212

LU 0

LU 0

LU 1

LU n

LU 1

LU n

An iSCSI "port" is an IP
Address + TCP Port.
WWUI names the target,
independent of the iSCSI
port on which it is accessed.
iSCSI targets may or may
not share logical units.

Discovery / SNS Requirements


Discovery Domains
Constrain discovery to avoid scaling problems

Access Control
Which initiators allowed to access each target

Support iSCSI Object Model


Authentication of SNS protocol messages
Registration and Query
State Change Notification

Discovery Approach
Deploy and interoperate in three stages:
1. Naming and Static Configuration

Configure both targets and initiators


Use SendTargets to reduce initiator config

2. SLP for simple discovery

Configure targets

3. iSNS for centralized management

Configure central iSNS server

Current Work Items


Storage Name Services
iSCSI and T10/SAM-2 Mapping

Mapping iSCSI and SCSI names, ports, etc


Mapping iSCSI sessions and SCSI nexus?
Third Party Addressing (T10 Issue)
Which entity gets the reservation?

Issues & Questions


Naming and Discovery Issues
Integrating WWUI with authentication
Proxies and middle boxes
Ensure that beneficial ones work

Implementations needed for standardization?

General Issues
Authenticate Network Entities vs. WWUIs
Authentication for Third Party Commands

Plan
April-July
Revise Naming & Discovery Draft
Continue work on T10 items

September
Submit Naming & Discovery to IESG

References
iSCSI NDT Requirements
Draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-name-disc-00

iSNS document
Draft-ietf-ips-isns-01

URN document
Draft-bakke-iscsi-wwui-urn-00

SLP document
Draft-bakke-iscsi-slp-00

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