iSCSI (internet Small Computer System Interface)

A network protocol specified by the Internet

Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC 3347 (July 2002) for the use of the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) protocol over TCP/IP networks.As data exits the computer, headed toward the storage device, a host bus adapter (HBA) converts the data to a SCSI format, enclosed in an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, and transmitted over an Ethernet network.An advantage of iSCSI is that it is transparent, as the server software sees what looks to be a SCSI controller and the network sees only IP traffic.The protocols employed at Layers 2, 3, and 4 are Ethernet, IP, and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Further, iSCSI is intended to run at speeds up to 10 Gbps over 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GigE), over IP wide area networks (WANs), and at lower cost than Fibre Channel. See also 10 Gigabit Ethernet, IETF, IP, OSI Reference Model, protocol, SCSI, TCP, Transport Layer, and WAN.

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• euphemism
• European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA)
• European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (Conférence
• European Radio Message System (ERMES)
• European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO)
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
• Européenne des administrations des Postes et des Télécommunications or CEPT)
• EV-DO (EVolution-Data Optimized)
• EV (EVolution-Data Optimized)
• Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO or EV)
• EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Vocoder)
• Excess Burst Size (B )
• Excess Information Rate (EIR)
• exchange
• exchange
• exchange
• Exchange Carriers Standards Association (ECSA)
• exclusive hold
• Expedited Forwarding (EF)
• Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
• extended band (E-Band)
• Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC)
• Extended Erlang B (EEB)
• extended service set identifier (ESSID, or SSID)
• extended superframe (ESF)