What Is iSCSI? Definition, Performance & Limitations
2023年10月12日 · The iSCSI protocol uses iSCSI initiators and iSCSI targets. The PDU depicted in Figure 1 communicates between the initiator and the target. The information in the PDU helps establish a session, transport iSCSI commands, move data, …
Storage Basics: Securing iSCSI using IPSec
2004年1月27日 · Since iSCSI uses the IP protocol, it therefore relies on IP security protocols. Unfortunately, basic IP transmissions lack security, allowing anyone with the know how and inclination to intercept or modify IP communications. One of the more popular methods used for securing IP communications is the IP Security Protocol (IPSec).
Manage iSCSI Sprawl With iSNS Servers - Enterprise Storage Forum
2009年3月5日 · An iSNS server sits between iSCSI initiators and targets, brokering protocol-level communication much like a Web proxy server. The actual iSCSI traffic does not flow through the iSNS server, but the management functions such as discovery and the configuration of targets can be centrally managed.
Storage Basics: iSCSI - Enterprise Storage Forum
2002年5月29日 · While iSCSI, FCIP, and iFCP all appear to be similar technologies, their ideal implementation scenarios are very different. None of these connectivity protocols offer any inherent security, and will all require a security protocol such as IPSec to protect the data they are transmitting. Naturally the use of iSCSI provokes some questions and ...
Storage Basics: Securing iSCSI Using IPSec, Part 2
2004年5月18日 · In a previous Storage Basics article, we looked at securing IP communications using the IPSec protocol.. With many storage implementations moving toward IP-based solutions such as iSCSI, the importance of securing IP transmissions becomes critical, especially considering that many of the programs we use send clear text across the network.
What Is Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) | Enterprise Storage Forum
2023年11月16日 · Simplified SANs—Use of the protocol can simplify the management of a large, distributed network of SANs and reduce cost by leveraging existing IP networks. FCIP also can be used to combine the capabilities of Fibre Channel and …
iSCSI, FCIP, iFCP … and iFUD? - Enterprise Storage Forum
2004年5月11日 · The technical substantiation to this argument is that Fibre Channel, like early LANs, is a layer two (link layer) protocol, vulnerable to broadcast storms and other upheavals. The premise is that just as IP routing displaced bridged LANs, storage networks will soon jettison traditional Fibre Channel (FC) in favor of iSCSI and IP.
Storage Basics: Understanding SANs - Enterprise Storage Forum
2007年9月20日 · iSCSI can transport SCSI over your existing network, but a network dedicated to iSCSI is called an IP-SAN. An FC-SAN, or Fibre Channel SAN, is a SAN comprised of, as the names implies, the Fibre Channel protocol.
iSCSI’s Effect on the Eternal NAS vs. SAN Debate
2003年5月4日 · Like Fibre Channel, iSCSI is a block storage protocol. Whereas Fibre Channel encapsulates SCSI commands, status, and data in Fibre Channel framing, iSCSI performs the same encapsulation in TCP/IP. In a pristine iSCSI environment, both hosts and storage targets have Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, and the IP network serves as the SAN ...
Microsoft Embraces iSCSI - Enterprise Storage Forum
2003年3月12日 · “iSCSI allows economical operation of both LAN and SAN on the same type of network, using commodity-priced, fully interoperational components and software, and requiring only well-known network management skills,” Tanner said. iSCSI also has global distance spanning capability and, as a native protocol, is bootable, he said. “iSCSI is a ...