Figure 8-2 shows how you can use iSCSI to provision disk storage to noncritical
servers. You can also use iSCSI for critical servers. In general, you can expect
lower performance and lower reliability on an Ethernet network than on a Fibre
Channel network. When using iSCSI for critical servers, use iSCSI multipathing.
Figure 8-2 Using iSCSI routing to provision disk storage to non-critical servers
iSCSI Immediate Data
Cisco MDS 9216i and the IPS and MPS modules support iSCSI Immediate Data.
iSCSI Immediate Data is similar to FC-WA. It spoofs the R-RDY and can send
the initial payload with the initial write ...
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