Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Interface
1.5.5.6
Closing a connection
CLOSE is used to close a connection of any protocol. After transmitting CLOSE,
the source phy shall initialize a Close Timeout timer to 1 ms and start the Close
Timeout timer. Table 1.28 lists the responses to a CLOSE being transmitted.
Response
CLOSE
Close Timeout
timer expires
Figure 1.16 shows example sequences for closing a connection.
Example 1: CLOSEs sent one at a time
CLOSE primitive
sequence
Example 2: CLOSEs sent simultaneously
CLOSE primitive
sequence
1-50
Table 1.28 Close connection responses
This confirms that the connection has been closed.
The originating phy shall attempt to break the connection.
transmitter
time
transmitter
time
Figure 1.16 Closing a connection example
Description
receiver
CLOSE primitive
sequence
time
receiver
CLOSE primitive
sequence
time
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