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Table 5-8.

Page 02 - Disconnect/Reconnect Parameters Field Description (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BYTE

 

BIT

VALUE

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8-9

 

 

0

The Connect Time Limit field indicates the maximum time, in 100 microsecond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

increments, that the target remains connected until it attempts to disconnect. A value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of zero in this field indicates that there is no Connect Time Limit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Connect Time Limit field is reported as not changeable on a MODE SENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

command, and the default value is zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10-11

 

 

 

 

The Maximum Burst Size field indicates the maximum amount of data to be trans-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ferred between SCSI bus disconnects when disconnects are allowed. The value in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this field is multiplied by 512 bytes to signify the maximum amount of data. For

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

example, a “1” in this field signifies 512 bytes and a “2” signifies 1024 bytes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A value of zero in this field indicates no limit on the amount of data transferred. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

controller attempts to honor the specified value. However, in no case does the con-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troller transfer only a portion of a record. When reading a compressed tape, the con-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troller does not know how much uncompressed data is produced by a record about

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to be transferred. In this case, the compressed record length (rather than the actual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bus transferred size) is used to determine if the maximum burst size is exceeded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Maximum Burst Size field is reported as not changeable on a MODE SENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

command, and the default value is zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

0-1

 

 

The Data Transfer Disconnect Control (DTDC) field defines further restrictions on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when a disconnect is permitted. Table 5-9 relates the significance of different values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in this field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5-9. Data Transfer Disconnect Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTDC

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00b

Data transfer disconnect control is not used. Disconnect is controlled by the other fields in this page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A target will not disconnect once the data transfer of a command has started until all data the command

 

 

 

 

01b

is to transfer has been transferred. The connect time limit and bus inactivity limit are ignored during the

 

 

 

 

 

data transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10b

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11b

A target will not disconnect once the data transfer of a command has started until the command is com-

 

 

 

 

plete. The connect time limit and bus inactivity limit are ignored once data transfer has started.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the DTDC field is non-zero and the Maximum Burst Size is non-zero, the target shall return CHECK CONDITION status. The sense key will be set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and the additional sense code set to ILLEGAL FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST.

The DTDC field is reported as changeable on a MODE SENSE command, and the default value is zero.

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