{"draft":"draft-ietf-ips-isns-22","doc_id":"RFC4171","title":"Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)","authors":["J. Tseng","K. Gibbons","F. Travostino","C. Du Laney","J. Souza"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"123","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Storage","abstract":"This document specifies the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)\r\nprotocol, used for interaction between iSNS servers and iSNS\r\nclients, which facilitates automated discovery, management, and\r\nconfiguration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices (using iFCP\r\ngateways) on a TCP\/IP network.  iSNS provides intelligent storage\r\ndiscovery and management services comparable to those found in Fibre\r\nChannel networks, allowing a commodity IP network to function in a\r\ncapacity similar to that of a storage area network.  iSNS facilitates a\r\nseamless integration of IP and Fibre Channel networks due to its\r\nability to emulate Fibre Channel fabric services and to manage both\r\niSCSI and Fibre Channel devices.  iSNS thereby provides value in any\r\nstorage network comprised of iSCSI devices, Fibre Channel devices\r\n(using iFCP gateways), or any combination thereof.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2005","keywords":["isns servers","isns clients","fibre channel devices","ifcp","intelligent storage discovery"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4171","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc4171"}