Add Mode Page for fibre channel features

Binford, Charles cbinford at ppdpost.ks.symbios.com
Thu Jul 11 06:21:00 PDT 1996


* From the SCSI Reflector, posted by:
* "Binford, Charles" <cbinford at ppdpost.ks.symbios.com>
*


I believe the Fairness bit is redundant with the newly defined bits in the 
Disconnect/Reconnect Mode Page.  It defines 3 fairness bits:
 - Read
 - Write
 - Status

See SPC rev 9b

Charles Binford
Symbios Logic

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>From: scsi-owner
>To: scsi
>Subject: Add Mode Page for fibre channel features
>Date: Wednesday, July 10, 1996 10:20AM
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------  
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>* From the SCSI Reflector, posted by:
>* Gerry Houlder <Gerry_Houlder at notes.seagate.com>
>*
>This proposal (document 96-195) will be introduced at the Colorado Springs
>SCSI
>Working Group meeting (July 16-17). Comments are welcome at the meeting or 
on
>this reflector.
>
>Date:  July 10, 1996
>To: X3T10 Committee
>From: Gerry Houlder, Seagate Technology
>Subj: Add Mode Page for fibre channel features
>
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>When Disable Target Fairness (DTF) bit is one, the target is not required 
to
>follow the Arbitrated Loop fairness rules for arbitrating and sending 
frames
>it
>originates.
>
>When DTF bit is zero, the target is required to follow the arbitrated loop
>fairness requirements.





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