Response to T 10 Letter Ballot comments on SAM - 2 T

This document contains the responses to the T10 Letter Ballot comments on forwarding SAM-2 to first public review. The summary of the T10 Letter Ballot results can be found in 02-123r1. All references to SAM-2 PDF pages are based on sam2r23.pdf. r0 All comments from 02-123r1 included. Some comments noted for discussion during the May T10 meeting week. Many comments unprocessed. r1 Resolutions or preliminary resolutions added for all comments discussed during the May T10 meeting week. r2 Resolve all editorial comments and provide titles for all comments. r3 Update Compaq 16) as per the comment author's request. Add comment Other 5). r4 Contains resolutions agreed in Colorado Springs. Resolutions proposed for all comments. r5 Update the responses to comments Maxtor 18) and Maxtor 19) to reflect the fact that comment Other 2) causes the 'subsystem' glossary entry to be removed. r6 a) Update the responses to comments Brocade 9) and Exabyte 17) to indicate that they are superseded by the response to Cisco 4). b) Change the response to Exabyte 68) from accept with changes to accept as written. c) Add Other 4) to make the 'blocked task state' glossary entry follow the changes made to the 'enabled task state' glossary entry by Maxtor 9). Add the following substantive changes requested by the September CAP working group. d) Add Other 5) to change 'shall' to 'should' as the requirement on protocols for AER support. e) Add Other 6) to specify the incorporation of 02-348r0 in Annex A so that the iSCSI name and identifier format information is consistent iSCSI revision 16.