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Quantum 10K II User Manual

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SCSI Description

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

5–165

5.31

RELEASE (10) Command (57h)

The RELEASE and the RESERVE commands are used for contention resolution in
multiple-initiator systems. The RELEASE (10) command is used to release a
previously reserved logical unit. The drive will not return an error if the initiator
attempts to release a reservation that is not currently valid.

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation Code (57h)

1

Reserved

3rdPty

Reserved

LongID

Extent

2

Reservation Identification

3

Third Party Device ID

4 - 6

Reserved

7 - 8

(MSB)

Parameter List Length

(LSB)

9

Control

Figure 5–79 RELEASE (10) Command Descriptor Block — Data Format