Scheduled Transfer - API Mappings

Scheduled Transfer -
Application Programming Interface Mappings (ST-API)

(ST is also being promoted as part of GSN.)


ST API Documents

An updated SGI version of an ST-API , sent by Anthony Voellm in pdf format.

An updated SGI version of an ST-API , brought by Aman Singla in pdf format. This document was reviewed at the June, 2000 meeting in Boise, ID.

An updated SGI version of an ST-API , brought by Aman Singla in text format. This document was reviewed at the April, 2000 meeting in San Diego, CA.

Jim Pinkerton's SGI version of an ST-API in PDF format. This document will be reviewed at the February, 2000 meeting in Huntington Beach, CA.

Steph Bailey's May, 1999 version of SCSI over ST document in pdf format or in text format.
Eric Salo's May, 1999 text for the "ST API" document. Available in text or pdf formats.
Both of these documents are for review at the May, 1999 meeting.

Steph Bailey's SCSI over ST document in pdf format or in text format for review at the April meeting.

Steph Bailey's next pass on text (3/5/99) for the "SCSI on ST" document. Available in text or pdf formats. Eric Salo's text (3/5/99) for the "ST API" document. Available in text or pdf formats.

Steph Bailey's first pass on text for the "SCSI on ST" document. It is patterned after the FCP (SCSI for Fibre Channel) standard document, including the basic structure. Available in text or pdf formats.


ST-API presentations -
"An Implementation of a GSN to Fibre Channel Bridge Using Scheduled Transfer Encapsulation of the SCSI Protocol", by Don Woelz and Stephen Bailey of Genroco. October 6, 1998, and November 6, 1998, versions are here.

"GSN and Storage" , presented at the IEEE/NASA Mass Storage Conference by Roger Ronald (with liberal cutting and pasting from Genroco's presentations) in PDF format.

"Scheduled Transfers OS Bypass API", by Eric Salo and Jim Pinkerton of SGI, presented at the November '98 HIPPI Ad Hoc Working Meeting.

"Storage on GSN", (127 KByte PowerPoint file) by Stephen Bailey of Genroco, presented at Supercomputing'98.

ST-API presentation by Jim Pinkerton of SGI at the June '98 HIPPI Ad Hoc Working meeting.

ST / VI presentation to T11.4 by Greg Chesson, SGI, April 20, 1998.

Status as of June 18, 1998 -
A Project Proposal has been approved and assigned Project Number NCITS 1333-D.
Document title -
Scheduled Transfer - Application Programming Interface Mappings (ST-API)

Abstract -

TBD

Technical editor -

Jim Pinkerton - Silicon Graphics Inc. jimp@engr.sgi.com and/or
Greg Chesson - Silicon Graphics Inc. greg@xtp.engr.sgi.com
ANSI designation -
A BSR number will be assigned when it starts first public review. Until then it will be known as NCITS xxx-199x.
ISO designation -
It may be in the set of HIPPI documents numbered ISO/IEC 11518-xx.
NCITS Project Number - 1333-D (D = Development)


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