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18 persistent reservation in command (5eh) – Quantum 10K II User Manual

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SCSI Description

Quantum Atlas 10K II Ultra160/m SCSI Hard Disk Drives

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5.18 PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Command (5Eh)

The PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN command is a 10-byte command used to
obtain information about persistent reservations and reservations that are active
within a device server. It is used in conjunction with the PERSISTENT
RESERVATION OUT command.
Note that a if device that has RESERVE (10), RESERVE (6), extent reservations, or
SCSI Media Changer (SMC) element reservations active receives a PERSISTENT
RESERVATION IN command, the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN command is
rejected with a RESERVATION CONFLICT status reported.
The figure below illustrates the format of the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN
command; the table that follows explains the data fields of the command.

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation Code (5Eh)

1

Reserved

Service Action

2 - 6

Reserved

7 – 8

(MSB)

Allocation Length

(LSB)

9

Control

Figure 5–50 PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Command Descriptor Block — Data

Format