Accredited Standards Committee * X3, Information Technology NEWS RELEASE Doc. No.: PR/96-021 Reply to: Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us X3 Announces the Approval of a New Project SCSI Architecture Model-2 (SAM-2) Washington D.C., March 1996 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information Technology announces approval of this new project being developed within Technical Committee, X3T10, Lower Level Interface. The SAM-2 standard will define an abstract layered model specifying those common characteristics of an SCSI I/O subsystem that must be exhibited by all SCSI protocols and implementations to insure compatibility with device drivers and applications regardless of underlying interconnect technology. SAM- 2 will maintain a high degree of compatibility with the present SAM standard. Candidates for inclusion in the SAM-2 draft standard are:

Extensions to support high availability requirements,
Other capabilities which may fit within the general scope of the SAM-2 standard that may be proposed during the development phase by the participants in the project.

The next meeting of X3T10 is March 14, 1996 in San Diego, CA in Hyatt Islandia. For hotel information, call (619) 224-1234. Inquiries regarding this project or other SCSI projects should be sent to the Chairman of X3T10, Mr. John Lohmeyer, Symbios Logic. Inc., 1635 Aeroplaza Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80916 Email:. john.lohmeyer@symbios.com An initial call for possible patents and other pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is now being issued. Please submit information on these issues to the X3 Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20005. Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us FAX: (202)638-4922.

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