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If bytes 1 and 0, the "EVPD (enable vital product data)" bits, and byte 2, the "Page code" field
in the CDB are enabled only in the case that transfer of the SCSI-2 mode's INQUIRY data is
specified. In the case of the SCSI-1/CCS Mode, zero must be set in these bits and in this field.
If the specification in the "EVPD" bits is "0," the IDD transfers the standard INQUIRY data,
mentioned later, to the INIT. On the other hand, if "1" is specified in the "EVPD" bits,
information called VPD (vital product data) is transferred to the INIT.
Byte 2 of the CDB, the "Page code" field specifies the type of VPD information that should be
transferred to the INIT if the "EVPD" bits are "1." If the "EVPD" bits are "0," zero must be
specified in this field.
Byte 4 of the CDB, the "Transfer Byte Length" field, shows the number of bytes of standard
INQUIRY data or VPD information that the INIT can receive by this command. The IDD
transfers data with the byte length specified in the "Transfer Byte Length" field, or the byte
length in the standard INQUIRY data or VPD information which it is holding, whichever has
the smallest number of bytes, to the INIT. When zero is specified in the "Transfer Byte
Length" field, this command is normally terminated without anything being transferred.