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Multi-initiator support – HP Q153090901 User Manual

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Multi-initiator support

All drives are design to operate within a multi-initiator environment. The maximum number of

concurrently connected initiators is as follows:

Parallel SCSI drives:

up to 15 initiators

Fibre Channel drives:

up to 32 initiators shared across both ports

REQUEST SENSE from

an initiator in CA or

INQUIRY with EVPD=0

Disconnect

priv granted

Data transfer

required?

Previous cmd

still in progress?

Transfer data &

execute cmd

Reselect

Execute cmd

Disconnect

Send data

Send BUSY

status

Reselect

Send status

Cmd complete

CDB arrives

Send status

Cmd complete

Cmd complete

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes