SCSI Description

Read Reservations Parameters-Field Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The value in this field is a 32-bit counter in the device server that is incremented

 

 

 

each time a PERSISTENT RESERVATION OUT command requests a Register, Clear,

 

 

 

Pre-empt, or Pre-empt and Clear operation. Note that PERSISTENT RESERVATION

 

 

 

IN commands do not increment the counter, nor do PERSISTENT RESERVATION

 

 

 

OUT commands that perform a Reserve or Release service action, or by a PERSIS-

 

 

 

TENT RESERVATION OUT command that is not done due to an error or a reservation

Generation&CVC￿(KGNF

 

conflict. The value in the Generation&GUETKRVKQPfield is set to 0 as part of the power on or reset

 

 

 

processes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The value in the Generation field allows the application client that examines the value

 

 

 

to verify that the configuration of the initiators attached to a logical unit has not been

 

 

 

modified by another application client without any notification of the application cli-

 

 

 

ent doing the examination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

This field contains the count of the number of bytes of Reservation descriptors

 

(bytes 8 – ). Note that this field contains the number of bytes regardless of the val-

Length

 

 

ue prescribed by the Allocation Length field in the command’s CDB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Reservation descriptor is reported for each unique persistent reservation on the

Reservations

 

logical unit when the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN command has indicated a Read

Descriptors

 

Reservations action. Table 5-118and Table 5-115detail the contents of each Res-

 

 

 

ervation Descriptors field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table5-113

 

The data format and field descriptions for the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN

 

Read Reservations Descriptor are described in Table 5-114and Table 5-115

 

 

respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Read Reservations Descriptor-Data Format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$0[VG-$7KV

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reservation￿

Key￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿

 

 

￿

￿

 

￿

 

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 - 11

 

(MSB)

2

 

 

 

Scope-Specific Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

Scope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extent Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table

5-11415

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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