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The Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) is a SCSI mass storage transport that operates between the
Transport Control Protocol (TCP) and the SCSI Protocol Layers. The iSCSI protocol is defined in RFC 3720
[iSCSI], which was finalized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in April 2004. A TCP/IP connection
ties the iSCSI initiator and target session components together. Network portals identified by their IP address and
TCP port numbers define the endpoints of a connection. iSCSI is, by nature, a lossless storage network because
inherent in the iSCSI design is recovery from dropped packets on over-subscribed, heavy network traffic patterns.
iSCSI relies on TCP/IP (or SCTP) for the retransmission of dropped Ethernet frames.