SRP Task Tags

[Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)]

* From the T10 Reflector (t10 at t10.org), posted by:
* "Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" <Elliott at hp.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Middleton [mailto:jmiddleton at banderacom.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:28 PM
> To: t10 at t10.org
> Subject: SRP Task Tags
> 
> 
> * From the T10 Reflector (t10 at t10.org), posted by:
> * "John Middleton" <jmiddleton at banderacom.com>
> *
> Hello,
> 
> I'm reviewing task management functions in SRP. I've 
> concluded that the task management requirements are 
> relatively light as compared to the capabilities laid out in 
> SAM-2.  It appears to me that if the LINK bit in a CDB is 
> set, the fact that each SRP request has a unique task tag 
> would essentially disallow linked commands and the 
> construction of task sets.  Therefore, most of the task set 
> capabilities in SAM-2 are not applicable to SRP implementations. 

An application client requesting a task containing linked commands can only have one command active at a time (see SAM-2 5.1), so there's no confusion about which tag to use to abort the task.  

A "task set" is all the tasks outstanding at a time, not the set of linked commands that may comprise a task.  Each task has one only command outstanding at a time; a task set could include a mix of unlinked tasks and linked tasks.

SRP supports linked commands the same as all the other SCSI transport protocols.

> ...

> thanks,
> 
> John Middleton
> 
> jmiddleton at banderacom.com
> 
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