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Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
READ ATTRIBUTE Command (8Ch)
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Table 137 EMAM Attribute
Formats
Attribute Identifier Values 4
The values in the Attribute Identifier field (see Attribute Format) are
assigned according to the attribute type and whether the attribute is
standard or vendor unique (see table 138
).
Table 138 EMAM Attribute
Identifier Range Assignments
Only parameters with an Attribute Type of Host can be written using the
WRITE ATTRIBUTES commands. All other attributes are reported as read
only.
Format Name Description
00b BINARY The Attribute Value field contains binary
data.
01b ASCII The Attribute Value field contains only
graphic codes; that is, byte code values 20h
through 7Eh, and is left-aligned, placing any
unused bytes at the highest offset in the
field. The field contains 20h, the ASCII
space character, in any unused bytes.
10b TEXT The Attribute Value field contains text data.
11b Reserved
Attribute
Identifiers
Attribute
Type Subtype
0000h - 03FFh Device Standard
0400h - 07FFh Medium Standard
0800h - 0BFFh Host Standard
0C00h - 0FFFh Device Vendor Unique
1000h - 13FFh Medium Vendor Unique
1400h - 17FFh Host Vendor Unique
1800h - FFFFh Reserved