Fair enough, thanks for taking the time to explain it all to me John :)
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:04 AM, John Forte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ross wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> >> If it's in 103, does that mean it's likely to be included in OpenSolaris >> 2009.04 when that's released next year? >> > > Likely, yes. >> >> And am I right in thinking that with COMSTAR we actually can set IQN's >> now? It sounds like we now have that plus aliases which to my (rather >> inexperienced) eye sounds like a big step forward. >> > > Yes, IQNs can be set. >> >> With that in place, could I ask if there is anything show stopping with my >> other idea - adding a flag to the iSCSI initiator asking it to use the IQN >> or Alias as the basis for the device name? Would it be worth me filing a >> RFE for this? >> >> >> > > No, I don't believe it is. While the target name, in this case the iqn, > could possibly be used for a portion of a device path, I still want to point > out that it is not the device identifier nor should it be used as such. It > is only a target port identifier. But what you're suggesting, if I'm > understanding you correctly, just isn't possible in the current > /dev/[r]dsk/cNtNdN namespace. And since the iqn (or the alias) is > representing a target port, this basis for naming would not be practical for > a multipathed device as you could be looking at multiple iqns/aliases being > representative of a single logical unit. > > - John > _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
