Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
REPORT SUPPORTED OPERATION CODES Command (A3h/0Ch)
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Table 166 One_command
Parameter Data — Field
Descriptions
Field
Description
Support
Indicates how the drive supports the requested command. All values other than those
listed are reserved.
Value
Description
000b
The drive cannot currently return data about the requested command. All
data following byte 1 is invalid. Another request for command data may be
successful.
0001b
The drive does not support the requested command. All data following byte
1 is invalid.
011b
The drive supports the requested command as defined in the appropriate
SCSI standards specification. The parameter data after byte 1 is valid.
101b
The drive supports the requested command in a vendor-specific manner. The
parameter data after byte 1 is valid.
CDB Size
Contains the size in bytes of the data returned in the CDB Usage Data field as well as
the number of bytes in the CDB of the returned command.
CDB Usage
Data
Contains information about the CDB of the returned command. The first byte contains
the operation code of the returned command. If the returned command has a service
action, the service action code is placed in this field in the exact location that the
service action code appears in the returned command CDB. The remaining bytes in
this field contain a usage map of the fields in the CDB of the returned command.
If the drive evaluates a bit, the corresponding bit in this field is set to 1. If the drive
ignores or treats a bit as reserved, the corresponding bit in this field is set to 0. If a field
contains more than one bit, the drive fills all bits in that field with the same value.