Chapter 8. OSI Session, Presentation, and Application Layers

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Relate the addressing schemes of Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), and Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP) to the SCSI architecture model (SAM) addressing scheme

• Discuss the iSCSI name and address assignment and resolution procedures

• Differentiate the FCIP functional models

• List the session establishment procedures of iSCSI, FCP, and FCIP

• Explicate the data transfer optimizations of iSCSI, FCP, and FCIP

• Decode the packet and frame formats of iSCSI, FCP, and FCIP

• Explain the delivery mechanisms supported by iSCSI, FCP, and FCIP

This chapter explores the operational details of iSCSI, ...

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