When this scanner receives the INITIATOR DETECTED ERROR message, this scanner enters the MESSAGE IN phase and sends the RESTORE POINTERS message to the initiator. Then this scanner returns to the original phase and makes a retry.

After issuing the RESTORE POINTERS message, this scanner takes action as shown in the following table.

ATN detection

Action

phase

 

 

 

SELECTION

Moves to the BUS FREE phase

 

 

COMMAND

Discards the CDB already received and returns to the

 

COMMAND phase

 

 

DATA OUT

Discards the data already received and returns to the DATA OUT

 

phase

 

 

DATA IN

f When transferring image data, enters the DATA IN phase.

 

If the memory option is provided, transfers image data again.

 

If no memory option is provided, moves to the STATUS phase

 

(Check Condition) Æ MESSAGE IN phase (Command

 

Complete) Æ BUS FREE phase and keeps the sense key X©B￿

 

(Aborted Command).

 

f When transferring inquiry data or sense data, returns to the

 

DATA IN phase and transfers data again

 

 

STATUS

Returns to the STATUS phase and sends the status byte again

 

 

MESSAGE OUT

Ignores this message (does not issue the RESTORE POINTERS

 

message)

 

 

MESSAGE IN

Returns to the MESSAGE IN phase and sends the message byte

 

again

 

 

(3)ABORT (X©06￿) : MESSAGE OUT phase (initiator Æ target)

The initiator requests the target to clear the input/output operation of the specified I/O unit (i.e., the input/output operation ordered by the initiator that issued this message) and to move to the BUS FREE phase. Input/output operations ordered by other initiators are not affected.

If a logical unit is not identified before the ABORT message, the target merely moves to the BUS FREE phase.

If no operation to be cleared, an error does not occur.

The initiator does not intend to issue another message by activating ATN before it deactivates the ACK of the ABORT message.

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