Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

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Doc. No.:	PR/96-061
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


 X3 Announces the Approval of a New Project,
SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) 

Washington D.C., July 1996 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology announces approval of this new project being 
developed within Technical Committee, X3T10, Lower Level Interface.
The reference number for this project is 1212-D.

The SES standard will define a model for a SCSI Enclosure Services device
type.  The command set and command set usage will be described.  Formats for 
providing different classes of information will be defined.  Formats for providing 
status and control information for each element and type of element in an 
enclosure are defined.

The SES standard will use commands defined in the SPC standard (X3 project 
995-D) to transfer these formats.  Additional formats are provided for other 
enclosure related information.  If the committee requests  and approves 
appropriate text, the SES standard may include additional enclosure related 
information, including MIB/MIFs for enclosure information.

The next two meetings of X3T10 are September 9-13, 1996 in Natick, MA (near 
Boston) and November 4-8, 1996 in Palm Springs, CA.  All organizations and 
individuals who are materially or directly affected are invited to participate.

Inquiries regarding this project and other SCSI projects should be sent to the 
Chairman of X3T10, Mr. John Lohmeyer, Symbios Logic, 4420 ArrowsWest Dr., 
Colorado Springs, CO  80907-3444.  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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