Re: TargetAlias in SendTarget response

During a discovery session the TargetName is not sent because it's  
not known. The thought was that in the text response for the  
SendTargets=All the target could return:

     TargetName=iqn.xxxx
     TargetAlias=fubar
     TargetAddress=yyyy (1 or more)

To do this without changing the specification means adding a new key  
which is sent by the initiator.

On May 31, 2006, at 7:08 AM, Eddy Quicksall wrote:

> Weren't you looking for a way to display the target alias of the  
> target that was used for discovery? If so then TargetName would not  
> need to be sent.
>
> Or are you saying that for every target reported there would be a  
> TargetAlias?
>
> Eddy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick McNeal" <[email protected]>
> To: "Eddy Quicksall" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>; "David Weibel" <[email protected]>;  
> "Sandars,Ken" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ips] TargetAlias in SendTarget response
>
>
>> Since the TargetName is not required during the discovery session  
>> how would a target know which TargetAlias to return? Not to  
>> mention that during a discovery session there could be many  
>> targets which are discovered.
>>
>> It seems like using having an extra key sent by the initiator  
>> during  the discovery session would be the simplest method.
>>
>> On May 30, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Eddy Quicksall wrote:
>>
>>> TargetAlias would be allowed in a discovery session if it is not  
>>> in response to the SendTargets key.
>>>
>>> Would that be OK? Then there would be no need to change the spec.
>>>
>>> Eddy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandars, Ken"  
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> To: "David Weibel" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:46 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [Ips] TargetAlias in SendTarget response
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> It's certainly a nice idea, and I cannot remember why the  
>>> TargetAlias
>>> was excluded from the SendTargets response. Since it would be  
>>> optional
>>> the target can decide if there are any security issues or FUD with
>>> sending it or not.
>>>
>>> The benefit is it avoids the rather clumsy sequence of doing a
>>> (discovery) login and logout to each target found in the original
>>> unnamed discovery session just to provoke the target into sending  
>>> the
>>> TargetAlias as part of the login phase.
>>>
>>> However, it cannot just be added now without potentially breaking  
>>> some
>>> initiators which are not expecting it, or are actively ensuring  
>>> it is
>>> not sent.
>>>
>>> Perhaps a new IO,LO,Declarative key could be introduced for use  
>>> by the
>>> initiator to indicate its willingness to accept TargetAlias as  
>>> part of
>>> the SendTarget's response?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Weibel [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> Sent: 26 May 2006 08:11
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: [Ips] TargetAlias in SendTarget response
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering what people would think about adding the
>>>> allowed and suggested use of TargetAlias during a SendTargets
>>>> response.  This would be an optional component of the response.
>>>> The goal would be to send the alias earlier in the discovery
>>>> process so the initiator software could also present it earlier
>>>> to the user.
>>>>
>>>> This would require the ammendment of Appendix D. "No text
>>>> keys other than TargetName and TargetAddress are permitted
>>>> within a SendTargets response."  Along with some additional
>>>> text.
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Ips mailing list
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ips
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ips mailing list
>>> [email protected]
>>> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ips
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ips mailing list
>>> [email protected]
>>> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ips
>>
>> ----
>> Rick McNeal
>>
>> A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true  
>> friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun! "
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ips mailing list
>> [email protected]
>> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ips
>

----
Rick McNeal

A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend  
will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun! "




_______________________________________________
Ips mailing list
[email protected]
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ips