Re: Vendor specific data in Reject PDU.

["Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>]

OK

If there is no violent opposition it will look like:

Byte /    0       |       1       |       2       |       3       |
   /              |               |               |               |
  |7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
 0|1|1| 0x3f      |1| Reserved    | Reason        |               |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
 4| Reserved      | DataSegmentLength                             |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
 8/ Reserved                                                      /
 +/                                                               /
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
24| StatSN                                                        |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
28| ExpCmdSN                                                      |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
32| MaxCmdSN                                                      |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
36| DataSN or Reserved                                            |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
40| Reserved                                                      |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
44| Reserved                                                      |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
48| Digest (if any)                                               |
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
xx/ Complete Header of Bad PDU                                    /
 +/                                                               /
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
yy/Vendor specific data (if any)                                  /
  /                                                               /
  +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
zz

Regards,
Julo

"BURBRIDGE,MATTHEW (HP-UnitedKingdom,ex2)" <matthew_burbridge@hp.com> 08-10-01 12:57 Please respond to "BURBRIDGE,MATTHEW (HP-UnitedKingdom,ex2)"

To:        "'ips@ece.cmu.edu'" <ips@ece.cmu.edu>, Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL         cc:                 Subject:        Vendor specific data in Reject PDU.

The SCSI Response PDU allows Vendor Specific data (3.4.6).  Can this be
extended to the Reject PDU after the "Complete Header of Bad PDU"?.  This
will help diagnosing errors.

Cheers

Matthew Burbridge
Senior Development Engineer
NIS-Bristol
Hewlett Packard
Telnet: 312 7010
E-mail: matthewb@bri.hp.com