Patent ID: 7047327

Claim:
A method for supporting flow control by a SCSI initiator using a Packetized SCSI Protocol, said method comprising: transmitting a data packet information unit in a Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase by said SCSI initiator following receiving a header packet information unit, in a Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase, by said SCSI initiator from a SCSI target wherein information is exchanged between said SCSI initiator and said SCSI target either in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase or in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase; and receiving a signal by said SCSI initiator, in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase during transfer of said data packet information unit, to indicate whether another data packet information unit is to be transmitted by said SCSI initiator in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase wherein said signal is generated by said SCSI target on a SCSI bus.