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Re: Q: SCSI over IP/specifying LUN?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Drew Eckhardt)
Sun May 30 14:38:29 1999

To: "Ph. Marek" <marek@bmlv.gv.at>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 May 1999 15:04:47 +0200."
             <3.0.5.32.19990526150447.0090dbf0@mail.bmlv.gv.at> 
Date: 	Fri, 28 May 1999 18:17:06 -0600
From: Drew Eckhardt <drew@Poohsticks.Org>

In message <3.0.5.32.19990526150447.0090dbf0@mail.bmlv.gv.at>, marek@bmlv.gv.at
 writes:
>SCSI over IP needs several scsi controllers on one scsi bus. 
>is it possible to specify different LUN's but only 1 SCSI ID?

No. 

>It probably doesn't make MUCH sense, because SCSI cables are very limited
>in length

IP over SCSI is problematic because of per-command overhead and the
often small packet sizes.  

For certain problems (Beowulf clusters), cable length isn't a real 
issue.


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