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Table 49 persistent reserve out parameter list – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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SCSI Commands

Scope – Only logical unit scope is supported, and this field must be a 0h.

Type – This field specifies the type of reservation as follows:

3h

Exclusive Access – The initiator holding the persistent reservation has exclusive read and

write access. Requests from any other initiators to transfer data to or from the logical unit will result
in a Reservation Conflict.

6h

Exclusive Access, Registrants Only – Any currently registered initiator has exclusive data

transfer access. Requests from unregistered initiators to transfer data to or from the logical unit will
result in a Reservation Conflict.

Parameter List Length – This field returns 18h (24) to indicate the length of the PERSISTENT RESERVE
OUT parameter list, which is shown in the following table.

Reservation Key – This is an 8-byte reservation key that identifies the initiator.

Service Action Reservation Key – This field only applies to the following service actions as follows:

Register – This is the new reservation key to register.

Register and Ignore Existing Key – This is the new reservation key to register.

Preempt – This is the reservation key of the persistent reservation to preempt.

Preempt and Abort – This is the reservation key of the persistent reservation to preempt.

Scope-Specific Address – Element reservations are not supported and this field must be 0000h.

Activate Persist Through Power Loss (APTPL) – Persistent reservations are not supported across power
cycles, so this field must be 0.

Table 49

PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT parameter list

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Reservation Key

7

8

Service Action Reservation Key

15

16

Scope-Specific Address

19

20

Reserved

APTPL

21

Reserved

22

Obsolete

23