Method and mechanism for maintaining integrity within SCSI bus w

Details Method and mechanism for maintaining integrity within SCSI bus w Method and mechanism for maintaining integrity within SCSI bus w

1997-01-03

1999-01-19

Shah, Alpesh M.

395828, G06F 1300

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058623507

ABSTRACT:
A mechanism and method for quiescing a SCSI bus by asserting the busy signal just prior to the SCSI signal pins making contact or decoupling during a hot modification. A hot modification is an insertion, removal or exchange of a device coupled to a SCSI interface bus while the system is operating (e.g., not powered down). By asserting the busy line for a predetermined and short period of time during the disturbance of the SCSI signal pins, glitches or noise introduced by the coupling or decoupling of the signal lines is isolated and prevented from causing transmission errors over the SCSI bus. According to the system described, any communication over the SCSI bus made just prior to the hot modification is allowed to complete before the signal pins are interrupted. For hot insertions, the system utilizes longer pins on the connector to assert the busy line just before coupling of the other pins of the connector. For removal, a special pair of short pins are placed on the connector to assert busy when decoupled. In either case, the busy line is then maintained as asserted for a predetermined period of time after the initial assertion to allow for communication over the SCSI bus to terminate before the hot modification.

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