Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 123
Abstract: This document specifies the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) protocol, used for interaction between iSNS servers and iSNS clients, which facilitates automated discovery, management, and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices (using iFCP gateways) on a TCP/IP network. iSNS provides intelligent storage discovery and management services comparable to those found in Fibre Channel networks, allowing a commodity IP network to function in a capacity similar to that of a storage area network. iSNS facilitates a seamless integration of IP and Fibre Channel networks due to its ability to emulate Fibre Channel fabric services and to manage both iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices. iSNS thereby provides value in any storage network comprised of iSCSI devices, Fibre Channel devices (using iFCP gateways), or any combination thereof. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4171
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4171
Author(s): Josh Tseng
Kevin Gibbons
Franco Travostino
C. Du Laney
Joe Souza
Keyword(s): iSNS, Fibre Channel Devices, iFCP, Intelligent Storage Discovery

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Normative Reference(s)

Hoffman, P. Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Domain Names, July 2002. EXTERNAL
Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling Interface, NCITS Working Draft Project 1331-D EXTERNAL
Guidelines for 64-bit Global Identifier (EUI-64) Registration Authority, May 2001, IEEE EXTERNAL
IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture, Technical Committee on Computer Communications of the IEEE Computer Society, May 31, 1990 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2407 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2408 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2409 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2608 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3279 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3280 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3720 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3722 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4018 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4172 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4173 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4174 [Active*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Gibbons, K., et al., "Definitions of Managed Objects for iSNS (Internet Storage name Service)", Work in Progress, July 2003. EXTERNAL
Fibre Channel Generic Services-4 (work in progress), NCITS Working Draft Project 1505-D EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 1510 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1994 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2025 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2131 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2434 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2945 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3410 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3411 [Active*]
ITU-T X.509 [Superseded]

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IETF RFC 4172 [Active*]
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IETF RFC 4174 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5505 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5664 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7143 [Active*]