re: SAS scsibus target numbering

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> > it's usual for the SCSI HBA to assign a targetID for itself.
> 
> For real SCSI - ie, non-SAS - it's actually necessary; the protocols
> used for initiators and targets to speak with one another require a
> line for the initiator as well as for the target.  But the host is
> usually ID 7.
> 
> Perhaps this is a SAS difference?

i've seen ID 0 and ID 6 also used for the controller several times.
perhaps the ID 6 was actually for a SAS controller, it's not always
entirely clear from remote :-)


.mrg.