Re: iSCSI: Re: iSCSI & Linked Commands

[Mark Mokryn <mark@sangate.com>]

Stephen Bailey wrote:
> 
> Julian,
> 
> > According to your logic no FCP implementation can use linked commands?
> > Is this true for all OS's?  Is it a verified fact or foloklor?
> 
> In my experience it's fact.  I have never used a SCSI stack which both
> supported AND used linked commands.  Like some others here, I always
> assumed AIX might :^) Ralph has pointed out that T10 is well aware
> that the feature is not popular.  There are other ways of
> accomplishing the same thing that are less likely to blow up in your
> face.

According to the Shark SCSI spec, from the inquiry data specifically for
an AIX host, linked commands are not supported, both for SCSI and FCP.

-mark