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There are many white papers available for iSCSI, SANs, and NAS. Some
are technical, some are technology overviews, and some are marketing
vehicles. This page focuses on technically-oriented white papers related
to iSCSI. For pointers to more white papers, follow the URLs at the
bottom of the page. |
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| iSCSI
Technical White Paper |
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paper is exactly what it says. If you already understand the basics
of SCSI and TCP/IP, and you need a concise (12 page) description of
iSCSI, then this is the white paper for you. |
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| iSNS
- A Technical Overview |
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Internet Storage Name Sever (iSNS) protocol is needed to perform discovery
of iSCSI targets and initiators in an IP network. This paper explains
the need for discovery services, and how iSNS provides a solution. |
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| iSCSI
CRC Considerations |
Dafna
Sheinwald, IBM
Julian Satran, IBM
Pat Thaler, Agilent
Vicente Cavanna, Agilent
Matt Wakeley, Agilent |
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Internet draft is slated to become an informational RFC sometime in
2002. It describes the motivation behind the choice of CRC used in
iSCSI, compares it to other CRCs and checksums, and provides example
Verilog code for both serial and parallel implementations. |
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| The
iSCSI CRC32C Digest |
Luben Tuikov, Splentec Ltd.
Vicente Cavanna, Agilent |
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is the definitive algebraic description of the CRC used in iSCSI.
Recommended for those with a strong mathematics background. |
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| iSCSI
Protocol Concepts |
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is an overview of how iSCSI is structured, including naming, network
entities, and portals. The details of the protocol is a little dated,
but the principles are the same. |
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| Demystifying
Storage Networking |
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this paper is not specific to iSCSI, it is such a good introduction
to storage networking that we had to include it here. Some of the
references to storage architecture are IBM-specific, such as SANergy.
A very clear and easy-to-read paper. |
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