SCSI Peripheral Device Type
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A SCSI Peripheral Device Type is a way of describing what capabilities are provided by a SCSI device. It is a five-bit field which can be found in the first byte provided in response to an Inquiry Command. The currently defined values are:
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- 00h - direct-access device (e.g., magnetic disk)
- 01h - sequential-access device (e.g., magnetic tape)
- 02h - printer device
- 03h - processor device
- 04h - write-once device
- 05h - CD/DVD-ROM device
- 06h - scanner device
- 07h - optical memory device (e.g., some optical disks)
- 08h - medium Changer (e.g. jukeboxes)
- 09h - communications device
- 0Ah-0Bh - defined by ASC IT8 (Graphic arts pre-press devices)
- 0Ch - Storage array controller device (e.g., RAID)
- 0Dh - Enclosure services device
- 0Eh - Simplified direct-access device (e.g., magnetic disk)
- 0Fh - Optical card reader/writer device
- 10h - Reserved for bridging expanders
- 11h - Object-based Storage Device
- 12h - Automation/Drive Interface
- 13h-1Dh - reserved
- 1Eh - Well known logical unit
- 1Fh - unknown or no device type
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