Accredited Standards Committee*
X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE
Doc. No.:	PR/95-076
Reply to:	Lynn Barra		(lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us)

X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for X3/TR-16:199x,
SCSI-3 Generic Packetized Protocol (SCSI-GPP) Technical Report

Washington D.C., August 1995 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public review of X3/TR-16:199x, being developed in Technical Committee X3T10, Lower Level Interface.

The comment period extends from September 15, 1995 through November 14, 1995.

The SCSI-3 GPP technical report permits a heterogeneous interconnection of multiple Initiators and multiple Targets.  GPP provides a common mapping that is used across all supported physical interfaces.  This permits a single software interface in both Initiators and Targets independent of the physical interface.  GPP also provides control mechanisms to use multiple paths between two devices during a single Task.  GPP permits the construction of high availability systems where the loss of a port or link in the transport layer need not cause Tasks to be aborted but rather they may be continued on some other part of the service delivery subsystem.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Lynn Barra, 1250 Eye Street NW, Washington DC  20005, lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us.  Send a copy to the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036.

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An initial call for patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
now being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at the address below.

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