>>>>> "Mallikarjun" == Mallikarjun C <cbm@rose.hp.com> writes:
>> All the Internet documentation with which I am familiar, as well
>> as the
Mallikarjun> I think we have a case of overlapping vocabulary from
Mallikarjun> two different domains.
Mallikarjun> Per SCSI Architecture Model (SAM-2, SAM-3), iSCSI is
Mallikarjun> very clearly a "SCSI transport protocol" (as opposed to
Mallikarjun> a SCSI application layer protocol). Parallel SCSI,
Mallikarjun> Fibre Channel etc. are all "SCSI transports" per SCSI
Mallikarjun> conventions. That is all the critiqued abstract is
Mallikarjun> trying to describe.
Agreed.
Furthermore, certainly Fibre Channel provides a transport layer in the
OSI sense. It also provides lower layers, but it certainly is a lot
more than a data link layer.
paul