Persistent reserve in – 5eh, What the library does with this command, Command usage – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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SCSI Commands

Persistent Reserve In – 5Eh

What the Library Does With This Command

The library returns information about persistent reservation and reservation keys that are currently active.

Command Usage

This command is used in conjunction with PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT to manage persistent
reservations. It can be used to retrieve a list of the current reservations and the registered reservation keys.
The PERSISTENT RESERVE IN and PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT commands should not be used with
the RESERVE ELEMENT and RELEASE ELEMENT commands.

Persistent Reserve In CDB Format

The PERSISTENT RESERVE IN CDB format is shown in the following table.

Service Action – This field specifies the type of request being made as follows:

0h – Read all registered reservation keys.

1h – Read all current persistent reservations.

Allocation Length – This field specifies the byte length allowed for returning the requested data. The
number of bytes returned is the lesser of the available data to return or the allocation length.

Persistent Reserve In Response

Two types of response are available, depending on the requested service action.

Table 45

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN CDB format

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Op Code (5Eh)

1

Logical Unit Number

Service Action

2

Reserved

3

Reserved

4

Reserved

5

Reserved

6

Reserved

7

Allocation Length

8

9

Control

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