This chapter concludes a multi-chapter examination of the operational details of the primary storage networking technologies being deployed today: iSCSI, FCP, and FCIP. The discussions provided in this chapter focus on OSI session layer functionality to give readers a firm understanding of how each technology meets the requirements of the SAM Transport Protocol model without delving too deeply into the application-oriented functionality of SCSI. The information provided in this chapter should prepare readers to design and deploy storage networks with greater understanding of the implications of their design choices. |