RFC - 4174

The IPv4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Option for the Internet Storage Name Service

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4174.txt
Authors:	C. Monia [Consultant], J. Tseng [Riverbed Technology], K. Gibbons [McDATA Corporation]
Date:	September 2005
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Referred by:	1 RFC
Refers to:	9 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005).

Abstract

This document describes the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) option to allow Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) clients to discover the location of the iSNS server automatically through the use of DHCP for IPv4. iSNS provides discovery and management capabilities for Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) storage devices in an enterprise-scale IP storage network. iSNS provides intelligent storage management services comparable to those found in Fibre Channel networks, allowing a commodity IP network to function in a similar capacity to that of a storage area network.

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