Determining application client support for CRN.
Elliott, Robert
Robert.Elliott at COMPAQ.com
Mon Sep 24 21:17:26 PDT 2001
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* "Elliott, Robert" <Robert.Elliott at compaq.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Santosh Rao [mailto:santoshr at cup.hp.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:57 PM
> To: T10 Reflector
> Subject: Determining application client support for CRN.
>
> I've got some questions on the CRN field as defined in SAM-2 Rev 20
> Section 5.1 and the EPDC bit in the LUN Control Mode Page in
> FCP-2. Your responses would be much appreciated.
> ...
>
> * Is there any need for new SCSI transports to have a bit similar
to
> the EPDC bit of FCP-2, if they are guaranteed to support the CRN
> field in their SCSI Command encapsulation IUs from their initial
> revs ? I ask this in the context of iscsi. I also ced that SRP
> has chosen not to define the Protocol Specific LUN Page [which
> would have contained something equivalent to the EPDC bit].
SRP does not support CRN. It's garnered no adoption in FC and the
need for it is obviated by SSC-2's explicit command set for tapes
and by SPC-2's Extended Copy command which lets tapes serve
as initiators and avoid tape command ordering problems altogether.
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Rob Elliott, Compaq Server Storage
Robert.Elliott at compaq.com
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