Summary: Right now, one of the hottest trends in storage is iSCSI appliances. Companies are in a rush to announce new products, roll out iSCSI versions of older products or introduce products that somehow work with iSCSI even if they don`t actually do storage. All of this interest translates into more than just appliances. Even a casual glance at the industry will turn up anything from iSCSI support software to infrastructure hardware to test equipment, just for starters. Here are some things you should know about the technology. By Wayne Rash