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Charles Morrall
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Sat Dec 11, 2004 12:25 am Post subject:
Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F |
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Am I right in assuming this TOE card ( Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F )
is infact only an offload engine, and not a complete iSCSI Target in
hardware?
/charles |
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Malcolm Weir
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Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:40 am Post subject:
Re: Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F |
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:25:57 GMT, "Charles Morrall"
<charles.morrall@telia.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Am I right in assuming this TOE card ( Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F )
is infact only an offload engine, and not a complete iSCSI Target in
hardware?
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(TOE is an acronym for TCP Offload Engine).
Adaptec claims that card does complete iSCSI offloading, however I
suspect they mean *initiator* offloading, not target offloading.
Malc. |
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Charles Morrall
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:35 am Post subject:
Re: Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F |
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"Malcolm Weir" <malc@gelt.org> skrev i meddelandet
news:c4asr09p97q182lo0t991duglmip8ncc4r@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:25:57 GMT, "Charles Morrall"
charles.morrall@telia.com> wrote:
Am I right in assuming this TOE card ( Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F )
is infact only an offload engine, and not a complete iSCSI Target in
hardware?
(TOE is an acronym for TCP Offload Engine).
Adaptec claims that card does complete iSCSI offloading, however I
suspect they mean *initiator* offloading, not target offloading.
/charles
Malc.
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I concur. Looking through the datasheet it says "tested with multiple iSCSI
targets", leading me to believe it's not a target in itself.
It strikes me as somewhat odd, you'd think there would be several vendors
out with iSCSI targets on a board. The only one I found generally available
was the Qlogic 4010, and I have no idea how good is.
/charles |
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Marco Rinaudo
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Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:32 am Post subject:
Re: Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:35:11 GMT, "Charles Morrall"
<charles.morrall@telia.com> wrote:
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"Malcolm Weir" <malc@gelt.org> skrev i meddelandet
news:c4asr09p97q182lo0t991duglmip8ncc4r@4ax.com...
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:25:57 GMT, "Charles Morrall"
charles.morrall@telia.com> wrote:
Am I right in assuming this TOE card ( Adaptec iSCSI ASA-7211C/ASA-7211F )
is infact only an offload engine, and not a complete iSCSI Target in
hardware?
(TOE is an acronym for TCP Offload Engine).
Adaptec claims that card does complete iSCSI offloading, however I
suspect they mean *initiator* offloading, not target offloading.
/charles
Malc.
I concur. Looking through the datasheet it says "tested with multiple iSCSI
targets", leading me to believe it's not a target in itself.
It strikes me as somewhat odd, you'd think there would be several vendors
out with iSCSI targets on a board. The only one I found generally available
was the Qlogic 4010, and I have no idea how good is.
/charles
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The Adaptec ASA-7211C and ASA-7211F are not meant to be used as target
cards as stated by Adaptec:
http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=1p7aY1vh&p_lva=&p_faqid=8340&p_created=1053475200&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzMmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDE9MTg1JnBfcHJvZF9sdmwyPTIzOCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=
If the above link is broken do not forget to "glue" all parts
together.
You can use those cards as ISCSI INITIATORs, never as targets.
Marco Rinaudo. |
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