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This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
    1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
	 SAS Management Protocol library
    1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
	 Author:  Keith Wesolowski
    1.3  Date of This Document:
	13 January, 2009
4. Technical Description
    See the case directory for more detail

6. Resources and Schedule
    6.4. Steering Committee requested information
   	6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
		ON
    6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
    6.6. ARC Exposure: open


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From: cindi <cindi@sun.com>
Subject: SAS Management Protocol library [PSARC/2009/019 FastTrack timeout
 01/27/2009]
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This case seeks micro binding.

This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
          SAS Management Protocol library
     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
          Author:  Keith Wesolowski
     1.3  Date of This Document:
         13 January, 2009
4. Technical Description
     See the case directory for more detail

6. Resources and Schedule
     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
         6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
                 ON
     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
     6.6. ARC Exposure: open



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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:50:08 -0600
From: Rick Matthews <Richard.Matthews@sun.com>
Subject: Re: SAS Management Protocol library [PSARC/2009/019 FastTrack timeout
 01/27/2009]
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On 01/21/09 02:17 PM, cindi wrote:
> This case seeks micro binding.
>
> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>          SAS Management Protocol library
>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>          Author:  Keith Wesolowski
>     1.3  Date of This Document:
>         13 January, 2009
> 4. Technical Description
>     See the case directory for more detail
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
>     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>         6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>                 ON
>     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>     6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>
In reviewing this case, I was wondering if there is any conflict between 
it and PSARC 2008/687.
It looks like there should be none (I spoke to the owner of the other 
fast track), but does this
project team concur?

If so, +1

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:59:53 -0800
From: Cynthia McGuire <cindi@sun.com>
Subject: Re: SAS Management Protocol library [PSARC/2009/019 FastTrack timeout
 01/27/2009]
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Including Keith and Eric.

Rick Matthews wrote:
> On 01/21/09 02:17 PM, cindi wrote:
>> This case seeks micro binding.
>>
>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
>> 1. Introduction
>>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>          SAS Management Protocol library
>>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>          Author:  Keith Wesolowski
>>     1.3  Date of This Document:
>>         13 January, 2009
>> 4. Technical Description
>>     See the case directory for more detail
>>
>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>         6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>                 ON
>>     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>     6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>
>>
> In reviewing this case, I was wondering if there is any conflict between 
> it and PSARC 2008/687.
> It looks like there should be none (I spoke to the owner of the other 
> fast track), but does this
> project team concur?
> 
> If so, +1
> 


-- 
Cynthia McGuire
Sun Microsystems, Inc - Fishworks	http://blogs.sun.com/cindi

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:01:31 -0800
From: Cynthia McGuire <cindi@sun.com>
Subject: Re: SAS Management Protocol library [PSARC/2009/019 FastTrack timeout
 01/27/2009]
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now including keith, eric and *me*.  Apparently, I'm not on PSARC-ext.

Cindi

Rick Matthews wrote:
> On 01/21/09 02:17 PM, cindi wrote:
>> This case seeks micro binding.
>>
>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
>> 1. Introduction
>>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>          SAS Management Protocol library
>>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>          Author:  Keith Wesolowski
>>     1.3  Date of This Document:
>>         13 January, 2009
>> 4. Technical Description
>>     See the case directory for more detail
>>
>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>         6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>                 ON
>>     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>     6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>
>>
> In reviewing this case, I was wondering if there is any conflict between 
> it and PSARC 2008/687.
> It looks like there should be none (I spoke to the owner of the other 
> fast track), but does this
> project team concur?
> 
> If so, +1
> 


-- 
Cynthia McGuire
Sun Microsystems, Inc - Fishworks	http://blogs.sun.com/cindi

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:58:43 -0800
From: Keith M Wesolowski <Keith.Wesolowski@sun.com>
Subject: Re: SAS Management Protocol library [PSARC/2009/019 FastTrack	timeout
 01/27/2009]
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:50:08AM -0600, Rick Matthews wrote:

> In reviewing this case, I was wondering if there is any conflict between it 
> and PSARC 2008/687.
> It looks like there should be none (I spoke to the owner of the other fast 
> track), but does this
> project team concur?

Short answer: yes.

Details follow.

The SendSMPPassThru interface in SM-HBA could be implemented using
usmp(7I), which would make it a peer of libsmp.  However, unlike
libsmp it provides no marginal utility beyond what usmp(7I) offers, so
there is no direct conflict; in fact, it is possible to implement a
future libsmp backend that would use this interface on legacy
platforms that lack usmp(7I).  In no event does the presence of one of
these interfaces preclude the other from working properly, and they
could coexist in the same application if desired.

That said, I have strongly discouraged the SM-HBA project team from
implementing this interface in their library, primarily because we do
not believe that performing I/O against targets in the storage fabric
is in scope for an HBA management library.  A similar argument could
be made regarding SendScsiInquiry et al vs uscsi(7I).  The Unix model
is that nexus drivers provide attachment points for devices beyond
themeselves, and operations against those devices are performed
against the leaf nodes representing them, not by manipulating one of
the nexus nodes along the path.  Some of the SM-HBA functionality
proposed violates this model, while uscsi(7I) and usmp(7I) are
consistent with the traditional semantics.

But this is orthogonal to libsmp.  libsmp is not in conflict with the
non-Unix model employed in SM-HBA because it is model-neutral; it
allows for arbitrary transport mechanisms including those like SM-HBA
that do not follow the traditional model.  Note that the semantics of
some operations do depend on the transport being used; for example, in
the traditional Unix model it is possible that the target leaf node
represents a VHCI target with multiple physical paths; in the SM-HBA
model this cannot be the case.  Whether this is desirable is
application-dependent, but in any case libsmp does allow application
consumers to open a target using the backend of its choosing (assuming
that backend is capable of performing the operation).

-- 
Keith M Wesolowski		"Sir, we're surrounded!" 
Fishworks			"Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" 

