{"draft":"draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-boot-12","doc_id":"RFC4173","title":"Bootstrapping Clients using the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Protocol","authors":["P. Sarkar","D. Missimer","C. Sapuntzakis"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"12","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Storage","abstract":"Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a proposed\r\ntransport protocol for Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) that\r\noperates on top of TCP.  This memo describes a standard mechanism for\r\nenabling clients to bootstrap themselves using the iSCSI protocol.  The\r\ngoal of this standard is to enable iSCSI boot clients to obtain the\r\ninformation to open an iSCSI session with the iSCSI boot server.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2005","keywords":["scsi","tcp","transport control protocol","boot server"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC7146"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4173","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc4173"}