1. A system utilizing a network file server for use in a local area network, with said network file server having automatic sensing means, said system comprising: a plurality of host processors; said local area network having said plurality of host processors on it; said network file server comprising a controller logically connected through said local area network to each of said plurality of host processors, said controller including an interconnection of only one SCSI initiator, a host adapter, a microprocessor, and a memory; a plurality of SCSI targets with each of said plurality of SCSI targets connected to said controller; said each of said plurality of host processors having issuing and receiving means for issuing separate commands to designated SCSI targets through said controller and for receiving information in response to said commands from said designated SCSI targets through said controller; said memory further having storage means for storing said information as one of said ATTENTION DATA and PM DATA from each of said plurality of SCSI targets for each of said plurality of host processors, said storage means each of said SCSI targets having generating and transmitting means for generating and transmitting said ATTENTION DATA and PM DATA responses to said controller on receiving said non-intrusive status requests.