Logical reconnections occur on the successful target transmission and initiator receipt of a SPI L_Q informa- tion unit for an existing I/O process. The logical reconnection reestablishes the I_T_L_Q nexus for that I/O pro- cess.

SCSI devices using information unit transfers may receive several commands during an initial connection. This occurs when a SCSI initiator port uses the multiple command option in the SPI L_Q information unit. For each SPI L_Q received with a multiple command type or a last command type, a logical connection occurs and an I_T_L_Q nexus is formed.

If there is a phase change to a MESSAGE OUT phase or a MESSAGE IN phase, then there is no logical dis- connect and the I_T_L_Q nexus remains in place. If a DT DATA phase follows the message phase, then the L_Q portion of the current I_T_L_Q nexus shall be replaced with the L_Q in the next SPI L_Q information unit.

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