System and method for customizing a SCSI error response received from a SCSI target in a storage network environment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for customizing a SCSI error response received from a SCSI target in a storage network environment having instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a SCSI command from a SCSI initiator by a SCSI to ATA bridge;
• translating the received SCSI command by the SCSI to ATA bridge to provide an ATA command;
• sending the ATA command to an ATA drive by the SCSI to ATA bridge;
• executing the ATA command by the ATA drive;
• determining whether the ATA command was executed successfully by the ATA drive;
• if not, sending an ATA error response by the ATA drive to the SCSI to ATA bridge;
• translating the received ATA error response to a SCSI error response by the SCSI to SCSI to ATA bridge;
• obtaining a customized SCSI error response using an error look-up table by the SCSI to ATA bridge;
• and
• sending the customized SCSI error response to the SCSI initiator by the SCSI to ATA bridge.

A system for customizing a SCSI error response received from a SCSI target in a storage network environment, comprising:

• one or more SCSI initiators;
• an ATA drive;
• a SCSI to ATA bridge coupled between the one or more SCSI initiators and the ATA drive, wherein the SCSI to ATA bridge comprises:
• memory operatively coupled to the SCSI to ATA bridge, wherein the memory includes a command processing module and an error lookup table, and wherein the command processing module includes a command translation module and an instance ID generator, having instructions capable of:
• receiving a SCSI command from one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module;
• translating the received SCSI command by the command translating module to provide an ATA command;
• sending the ATA command to the ATA drive by the command processing module;
• executing the ATA command by the ATA drive;
• determining whether the ATA command was executed successfully by the ATA drive;
• if not, sending an ATA error response by the ATA drive to the command processing module;
• translating the received ATA error response to a SCSI error response by the command processing module;
• obtaining a customized SCSI error response using the error look-up table by the command translating module;
• and
• sending the customized SCSI error response to the SCSI initiator by the command processing module.

A system for customizing a SCSI error response received from a SCSI target in a storage network environment, comprising:

• one or more SCSI initiators;
• one or more ATA drives;
• a host bus adapter (HBA) controller coupled between the one or more SCSI initiators and the one or more ATA drives, wherein the HBA controller comprises:
• memory operatively coupled to the HBA controller, wherein the memory includes a SCSI to ATA translation (SAT) module, wherein the SAT module includes a command processing module and an error lookup table, and wherein the command processing module includes a command translation module and an instance ID generator, having instructions capable of:
• receiving a SCSI command from one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module;
• translating the received SCSI command by the command translating module to provide an ATA command;
• sending the ATA command to one of the one or more ATA drives by the command processing module;
• executing the ATA command by the one of the one or more ATA drives;
• determining whether the ATA command was executed successfully by the one of the one or more ATA drives;
• if not, sending an ATA error response by the one of the one or more ATA drives to the command processing module;
• translating the received ATA error response to a SCSI error response by the command processing module;
• obtaining a customized SCSI error response using the error look-up table by the command translating module;
• and
• sending the customized SCSI error response to the one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module.

A system for customizing a SCSI error response received from a SCSI target in a storage network environment, comprising:

• one or more SCSI initiators;
• a SCSI drive coupled to the one or more SCSI initiators, wherein the SCSI drive includes memory, wherein the memory is operatively coupled to the SCSI drive, wherein the memory includes a command processing module and an error lookup table, and wherein the command processing module includes a command translation module and an instance ID generator, having instructions capable of:
• receiving a SCSI command from one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module;
• executing the SCSI command by the SCSI drive;
• determining whether the SCSI command was executed successfully by the SCSI drive;
• if not, generating a SCSI error response by the SCSI drive;
• obtaining a customized SCSI error response using the error look-up table by the command processing module;
• and
• sending the customized SCSI error response to the one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module.

A system for customizing a SCSI error response received from a SCSI target in a storage network environment, comprising:

• one or more SCSI initiators;
• a SCSI enclosure coupled to the one or more SCSI initiators, wherein the SCSI enclosure includes memory, wherein the memory is operatively coupled to the SCSI enclosure, wherein the memory includes a command processing module and an error lookup table, wherein the command processing module includes a command translation module and an instance ID generator, having instructions capable of:
• receiving a SCSI command from one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module;
• executing the SCSI command by the SCSI enclosure;
• determining whether the SCSI command was executed successfully by the SCSI enclosure;
• if not, generating a SCSI error response by the SCSI enclosure;
• obtaining a customized SCSI error response using the error look-up table by the command processing module;
• and
• sending the customized SCSI error response to the one of the one or more SCSI initiators by the command processing module.