Boolean negotiations with optional responses
"Paul Hughes" <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:43:53 -0600
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I have a question about Boolean negotiations with optional responses. Consider a case where the initiator is attempting to login to the target and sends a Login Request as follows:
Login Request (T=1, C=0, CSG=1, NSG=3)
InitiatorName=iqn.xxx.com
TargetName=iqn.yyy.com
SessionType=Normal
InitialR2T=No
FirstBurstLength=131072
DataPDUInOrder=No
DataSequenceInOrder=No
MaxRecvDataSegmentLength=65536
The target responds as follows and adds ImmediateData=No because it does not support the default value of ImmediateData=Yes:
Login Response (T=0, C=0, CSG=1)
TargetPortalGroupTag=0
TargetAlias=YYY
InitialR2T=Yes
FirstBurstLength=Irrelevant
DataPDUInOrder=No
DataSequenceInOrder=No
MaxRecvDataSegmentLength=16777215
ImmediateData=No
Here's where I need some help. Section 5.2.2 Simple-value Negotiations states:
In Boolean negotiations (i.e., those that result in keys taking the
values Yes or No), the accepting party MUST answer with the same key
and the result of the negotiation when the received value does not
determine that result by itself. The last value transmitted becomes
the negotiation result. The rules for selecting the value to answer
with are expressed as Boolean functions of the value received, and
the value that the accepting party would have selected if given a
choice.
Specifically, the two cases in which answers are OPTIONAL are:
- The Boolean function is "AND" and the value "No" is received.
The outcome of the negotiation is "No".
- The Boolean function is "OR" and the value "Yes" is received.
The outcome of the negotiation is "Yes".
Responses are REQUIRED in all other cases, and the value chosen and
sent by the acceptor becomes the outcome of the negotiation.
My question is whether the target's Logout Response should set T=1 and NSG=3 since the initiator has the option of not sending a Login Request with ImmediateData=No in this case.
I assume it is ok for the target's Logout Response to set T=0, but the target would then need to handle a Login Request that contains ImmediateData=No or contains nothing.
Thanks,
Paul
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