Internet Small Computer System Interface
The Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol is the encapsulation of the industry standard SCSI protocol within TCP/IP packets. The iSCSI protocol provides a block-level storage capability similar to Fibre Channel (FC) storage area network (SAN) technology, which is essentially the same system of encapsulating the SCSI protocol within an external “carrier.” The difference is that the iSCSI SAN uses Ethernet instead of FC transport technology.
This chapter presents an overview of the ...
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