Subject: Opening a STP connection
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 09:47:32 -0700
From: "Marian Lakov" <Marian_Lakov@us.xyratex.com>
To: <t10@t10.org>
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Hi,
I've seen a situation where a STP Initiator opens a connection to STP
Target/SATA Bridge. The STP Target sends back OPEN Accept and then
starts sending DATA or DMA Setup or DMA Activate FISs. As per SAS-2:
7.12.2.1 Connection request
The OPEN address frame (see 7.8.3) is used to open a connection from a
source port to a destination port using one source phy and one
destination phy.
If the STP Target is the Source Port shouldn't the connection be opened
from the STP Target? Is it acceptable the STP Initiator to open a
connection if the STP Target will be the source port?
Thanks,
Marian
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Marian Lakov
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Xyratex
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