SAS Interface
70 C141-C013
1.5.5.6 Closing a connection
CLOSE is used to close a connection of any protocol. After transmitting CLOSE,
the source phy shall initialize a Close Timeout timer to 1 ms and start the Close
Timeout timer. Table 1.28 lists the responses to a CLOSE being transmitted.
Table 1.28 Close connection responses
Response Description
CLOSE This confirms that the connection has been closed.
Close Timeout
timer expires
The originating phy shall attempt to break the connection.
Figure 1.16 shows example sequences for closing a connection.
Figure 1.16 Closing a connection example