RE: iSCSI: plugfest4 issues

[Black_David@emc.com]

Julian,

 

Matching FCP's wording resulted in a "go ask the expert" algorithm

for figuring out what is required - we ought to do better, and this

is an iSCSI protocol issue.  What I'm looking for in 9.4 is:

 

- Bits 3-6 (o, u, O, U) MAY be set by the Target and SHOULD be checked

    by the Initiator when the Response is "Command Completed at Target"

    no matter what the value of the Status field is.

- SCSI permits Residual Counts to be returned for Status values other

    than GOOD; see [SPC2].

 

I believe that both of these are implied by the current text, but since

this caused confusion at the plugfest, we ought to spell it out.

 

Thanks,

--David

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-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:43 AM
To: Black_David@emc.com
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: RE: iSCSI: plugfest4 issues

David,

We DO EXACTLY what FCP did  - say nothing.
I went through the document - thetre is no relation mentioned and that is what we do too.

In any case we cannot enforce a SCSI behavior.
The expectation is obvious that if SCSI hands obver counts those will be carried by iSCSI.

I also suspect that the trouble may be deeper than we think and I find it much more prudent
to say nothing (again as FCP did).

Julo

Black_David@emc.com 08/01/2002 05:56 PM

To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL         cc:        ips@ece.cmu.edu         Subject:        RE: iSCSI: plugfest4 issues

Julian,
 
I think we need to do something here, as there are clearly
situations in which the residual count is important for commands that
complete with other than good status, making the "other point of
view" reported by Robert Russell incorrect.  Waiting for SPC-3 to
do something to clarify this isn't going to do much for iSCSI
interoperability in the short term.  Since Bob Snively was the
Technical Editor of FCP-2, he tends to be correct about what FCP-2
requires or intends - I suggest we follow FCP-2, and say that the
O/o/U/u bits are valid in all cases (of course, if none of them
are set, the Residual Count field is not valid).
 
Thanks,
--David

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-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Satran [mailto:Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:26 AM
To: Santosh Rao
Cc: IPS Reflector; rdr@io.iol.unh.edu; Robert Snively; santoshr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com; T10 Reflector
Subject: Re: iSCSI: plugfest4 issues


Santosh,

I think that this behaviour should be specified by SPC3. I looked (again) into the FCP docs and like iSCSI they do not say anything beyond
iSCSI says. Like iSCSI they specify that the field is valid when the Oo/Uu bits are set but nothing about how those bits relate to status.
SPC says nothing about that either  (beyond that the bits set are not necessarily an indication of error).

Julo

Santosh Rao <santoshr@cup.hp.com> Sent by: santoshr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com 08/01/2002 03:44 AM

To:        IPS Reflector <ips@ece.cmu.edu>, Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL, rdr@io.iol.unh.edu        cc:        Robert Snively <rsnively@brocade.com>, T10 Reflector <t10@t10.org>        Subject:        Re: iSCSI: plugfest4 issues

Julian & Robert [Russell],

I raised the same query regarding RESID for FCP/FCP-2 this time last
year. The response I got for FCP/FCP-2 was that RESID information shall
be valid, regardless of the scsi status returned. The RESID field, can
be checked by the scsi transport drivers independent of the SCSI STATUS.

I have enclosed the T10 response from Rob Snivelly below on that issue.
As per FC-PLDA, the RESID information is valid, regardless of the scsi
status returned by the device.

An example of this is the case of "NO SENSE" or "RECOVERED ERROR" check
condition, when the data transfer may have taken place and a CHECK
CONDITION is returned. Also, for other CHECK CONDITION status', partial
data transfer may have taken place and hence, resid information should
be present.

It would be good to maintain consistent behaviour across the scsi
transports in this regard, since protocol bridging from iscsi to FCP
domain would expect RESID information in the FCP domain, regardless of
scsi status.

This also allows scsi transports to remain free of SCSI command set
details. (ex : the scsi transport drivers do not need to parse for CHECK
CONDITION or GOO status information.)

Thanks,
Santosh


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Subject: Re: iSCSI: plugfest4 issues
Date:    Thu, 1 Aug 2002 02:52:19 +0300
From:   "Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>
To:     "Robert D. Russell" <rdr@io.iol.unh.edu>
CC:     ips@ece.cmu.edu

Bob,

Thanks - some comments in text. Julo


"Robert D. Russell" <rdr@io.iol.unh.edu>
                                         
Julian:

Four issues came up today at the iSCSI plugfest:

1. A question about whether or not the Residual Count field and the
appropriate O and U bits need to be computed on all SCSI Response
PDUs, regardless of the values in the Status and/or Response fields.

One point of view says that the Residual Count field and the O and U
bits appear to be strictly iSCSI values that are derived by the
iSCSI target layer from the ExpectedDataTransferLength field of the
SCSI Command PDU and the DataSegmentLength fields of the DataIn or
DataOut PDUs sent as part of this command.  Therefore ,the iSCSI
target always computes a Residual Count value without regard to the
Status and/or Response fields, since these are SCSI values.

The other point of view says that the Residual Count field, and the
O and U bits, need only be set when the Status and Response fields
indicate that the command was completed at the target with a GOOD
Status, and the target does not have to compute or set the Residual
Count field and the O or U bits for other values of the Status and/or
Response fields.

Which is it?  In any case, could this be clarified somewhere in the
standard, most likely in section 9.4.4.

+++ Residual count fields are in fact carrioed over from the SCSI layer.
I know that none of the SCSI docs specifies
exactly their behavior and it strikes me as a bad idea to have protocols
specify them.
The values should be valid any time the target decides to put them in.
+++


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Subject: RE: FCP_RSP Residual Checking.
Date:    Thu, 5 Jul 2001 13:18:42 -0700
From:    Robert Snively <rsnively@brocade.com>
To:      "'Santosh Rao'" <santoshr@cup.hp.com>,
       T10 Reflector <t10@t10.org>,
       Fibre Channel T11 reflector <fc@network.com>

Robert Snively wrote:
>
> >  Is the target required to initialize the fields FCP_RESID_UNDER,
> >  FCP_RESID_OVER & FCP_RESID when any I/O is completed
> >  without the data phase having transferred exactly
> >  FCP_DL bytes, regardless of the SCSI Status being returned ?
>
> >  When the target generates a CHECK CONDITION on an I/O
> >  and may have returned less than FCP_DL bytes in the data
> >  phase for that I/O, is it
> >  required to set the FCP_RESID_UNDER to 1 and indicate the number of
> >  bytes not transferred in the FCP_RESID field?
>
> The intent is that the answer to your second question is:
> FCP_RESID should appropriately regardless of the SCSI Status
> being returned.  The classic errors of that class are those
> involving successful completion with reporting, like
> the "NO SENSE" and "RECOVERED ERROR" series of errors.
>
> >
> >  What is the behaviour initiators can expect under the above
> >  condition ?
>
> The intent is that there be no conflict.  I believe that FCP-2
> was a bit less bald than FC-PLDA in stating the requirement.
>
> >  Is there a conflict in the behaviours described by FCP/FCP-2
> >  & FC-PLDA ?
> >
>
> Bob Snively                        e-mail:    rsnively@brocade.com
> Brocade Communications Systems     phone:  408 487 8135
> 1745 Technology Drive
> San Jose, CA 95110
>
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: Santosh Rao [mailto:santoshr@cup.hp.com]
> >  Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:15 PM
> >  To: T10 Reflector; Fibre Channel T11 reflector
> >  Subject: FCP_RSP Residual Checking.
> >
> >
> >  All,
> >
> >  I've got a question on target behaviour while sending a
> >  CHECK CONDITION
> >  SCSI status in its FCP_RSP IU.
> >
> >  Is the target required to initialize the fields FCP_RESID_UNDER,
> >  FCP_RESID_OVER & FCP_RESID when any I/O is completed without the data
> >  phase having transferred exactly FCP_DL bytes, regardless of the SCSI
> >  Status being returned ?
> >
> >  When the target generates a CHECK CONDITION on an I/O and may have
> >  returned less than FCP_DL bytes in the data phase for that I/O, is it
> >  required to set the FCP_RESID_UNDER to 1 and indicate the number of
> >  bytes not transferred in the FCP_RESID field?
> >
> >  FC-PLDA Section 8.2.4.1 states that :
> >  "SCSI targets that transfer less than FCP_DL bytes during
> >  the FCP_DATA
> >  IUs shall set the FCP_RESID_UNDER to 1".
> >
> >  No exceptions are specified in the case of a CHECK CONDITION in the
> >  above definition, implying that FCP_RSP residual checking can be
> >  performed irrespective of the SCSI Status that was returned in the
> >  FCP_RSP.
> >
> >  However, the wording descriptions of FCP_RESID_UNDER,
> >  FCP_RESID_OVER &
> >  FCP_RESID in SCSI-FCP & FCP-2 are not as stringent as
> >  FC-PLDA and do not
> >  mandate that FCP_RESID_UNDER shall be set when the data
> >  transferred is <
> >  FCP_DL.
> >
> >  What is the behaviour initiators can expect under the above
> >  condition ?
> >  Is there a conflict in the behaviours described by FCP/FCP-2
> >  & FC-PLDA ?
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >  Santosh Rao
> >

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