Method and apparatus for controlling SAS/Fibre target behavior from a host

摘要

The present invention is a method and system for providing a complete validation of an initiator and target within bus architecture. A target's behavior may be controlled by an initiator. Control of the target may be through execution of initiator commands including vendor unique commands relating to desired characteristics for testing. The initiator's response to the target's behavior may be verified due to the handshaking communication protocol between a target and initiator. Additionally, by altering the behavior of the target to test initiator response, a target's behavior is also validated.