Appendix D. Numbers, Characters, and Bit Encodings
The sections that follow describe iSCSI numbers, characters, and bit encodings.
Text Format
The initiator and target send a set of key=value pairs encoded in UTF-8 Unicode. All the text keys and text values in this book are case sensitive and should be used in the case in which they appear.
(a-z, A-Z) letters |
“=” (0x3d) equal |
(0-9) digits |
“:” (0x3a) colon |
“ ” (0x20) space |
“/” (0x2f) solidus (also known as slash) |
“.” (0x2e) dot |
“[“ (0x5b) left bracket |
“–” (0x2d) minus |
“]” (0x5d) right bracket |
“+” (0x2b) plus |
null (0x00) null separator |
“@” (0x40) commercial “at” |
“,” (0x2c) comma |
“_” (0x5f) underscore |
“~” (0x7e) tilde |
A key name is whatever precedes the first = in the key=value ...
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