Re: iscsi: rev 05 - section 2.5.1 is incomplete

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

Will fix.

It should read:

   For the <Clear Task Set>, the target MUST enter a Unit Attention
   Condition for all other attached initiators to inform them that all
   pending tasks are cancelled. After reporting the Unit Attention
   Condition the target MUST enter the ACA state for any initiator for
   which it had pending tasks.

   For the <Target Warm Reset> and <Target Cold Reset> functions, the
   target cancels all pending operations and are both equivalent to the
   Target Reset as specified by SAM-2.  The target MUST enter a Unit
   Attention Condition for all attached initiators notifying them that the
   target is being reset.

   In addition, for the <Target Warm Reset>, after reporting the Unit
   Attention Condition, the target enters the ACA state on all sessions and
   all LUs on which the condition was reported.

   In addition, for the <Target Cold Reset> the target then MUST terminate
   all of its TCP connections to all initiators (all sessions are
   terminated). However, if the target finds that it cannot send the
   required response or AEN, it MUST continue the reset operation and it
   SHOULD log the condition for later retrieval. The logging operation MUST
   be reported through the target MIB.

   Further actions on reset functions are specified in the relevant SCSI
   documents for the specific class of devices.


   Thanks,
   Julo

Ralph Weber <ralphoweber@compuserve.com> on 13/03/2001 06:09:08

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Subject:  iscsi: rev 05 - section 2.5.1 is incomplete




The following statement is only half true:

   For the <Clear Task Set>, if the SCSI control mode
   enables AE reporting, the target MUST send an
   Asynchronous Event to all other attached initiators
   to inform them that all pending tasks are cancelled.

If the SCSI control mode [page] does not enable AE
reporting, then the target MUST establish a unit
attention condition for all other attached initiators.

In fact, the target must establish a unit attention
condition regardless of the contents of the SCSI
control mode page.  At this is specified in SAM-2.
What the control mode pages does is tell the target
how to report that unit attention condition; via
a Check Condition on the next command received, or
via an asynchronous event report.

Someone might read the iSCSI version 05 text as
releasing them from the SAM-2 requirement, which
I doubt will be helpful to the SCSI community
at large.

The same problem exists in the following 2.5.1
text:

   For the <Target Warm Reset> and <Target Cold Reset>
   functions, the target cancels all pending operations
   and are both equivalent to the Target Reset as
   specified by SAM-2.  Provided that SCSI control mode
   enables AE reporting, the target MUST send an
   Asynchronous Event to all attached initiators
   notifying them that the target is being reset.

FYI

Ralph...