T10/BSR INCITS 506 Revision 22 15 September 2020
xx Working Draft SCSI Block Commands – 4 (SBC-4)
Annex E (informative) Logical block provisioning reporting examples .......................................................... 375
E.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 375
E.2 Interpreting log parameter counts ........................................................................................................ 375
E.3 Dedicated resource, threshold set tracked example ............................................................................ 377
E.3.1 Dedicated resource, threshold set tracked example overview ....................................................... 377
E.3.2 Dedicated resource, threshold set tracked example configuration................................................. 377
E.3.3 Dedicated resource, threshold set tracked example sequence...................................................... 378
E.3.4 Dedicated resource, threshold set tracked example initial conditions ............................................ 379
E.3.5 Operations that occur ..................................................................................................................... 379
E.3.6 Dedicated resource, threshold set tracked example final log page values..................................... 380
E.4 Shared resource, logical block tracked example.................................................................................. 380
E.4.1 Shared resource, logical block tracked example overview............................................................. 380
E.4.2 Shared resource, logical block tracked example configuration ...................................................... 381
E.4.3 Shared resource, logical block tracked example time line.............................................................. 381
E.4.4 Shared resource, logical block tracked example initial conditions.................................................. 382
E.4.5 Operations that occur ..................................................................................................................... 382
E.4.6 Shared resource, logical block tracked example final log page values .......................................... 383
E.5 Shared available, dedicated used, logical block tracked example ....................................................... 384
E.5.1 Shared available, dedicated used, logical block tracked example overview .................................. 384
E.5.2 Shared available, dedicated used, logical block tracked example configuration............................ 384
E.5.3 Shared available, dedicated used, logical block tracked example time line ................................... 384
E.5.4 Shared available, dedicated used, logical block tracked example initial conditions ....................... 385
E.5.5 Operations that occur ..................................................................................................................... 385
E.5.6 Shared available, dedicated used, example final log page values ................................................. 386
Annex F (informative) Discovering referrals examples ................................................................................. 387
F.1 Referrals example with no user data segment multiplier...................................................................... 387
F.2 Referrals example with non-zero user data segment multiplier ........................................................... 389
Annex G (informative) IO advice hints usage................................................................................................ 391
G.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 391
G.2 IO Advice Hints Grouping mode page ................................................................................................. 391
G.3 Issuing I/O commands with IO advice hints......................................................................................... 391
G.3.1 Group numbers and I/O commands............................................................................................... 391
G.3.2 Possible constraints on IO advice hints ......................................................................................... 391
G.4 Logical block markup descriptor usage examples ............................................................................... 392
G.4.1 Example usage in tiered storage device implementations ............................................................. 392
G.4.2 Example logical block markup descriptor values for software that sends read commands and write
commands .......................................................................................................................................... 392
Annex H (normative) SBC feature sets ......................................................................................................... 395
H.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 395
H.2 SBC Base 2010 feature set ................................................................................................................. 395
H.2.1 SBC Base 2010 feature set overview............................................................................................. 395
H.2.2 SBC Base 2010 feature set commands ......................................................................................... 397
H.2.2.1 READ CAPACITY (10) command............................................................................................. 397
H.2.2.2 SYNCHRONIZE CACHE (10) command.................................................................................. 397
H.2.2.3 WRITE SAME (10) command................................................................................................... 397
H.3 SBC Base 2016 feature set ................................................................................................................. 397
H.3.1 SBC Base 2016 feature set overview............................................................................................. 397
H.3.2 SBC Base 2016 feature set model ................................................................................................. 399
H.3.3 SBC Base 2016 feature set commands ......................................................................................... 399
H.3.3.1 FORMAT UNIT command ........................................................................................................ 399
H.3.3.2 READ CAPACITY (16) command............................................................................................. 400
H.3.3.3 REPORT SUPPORTED OPERATION CODES command....................................................... 400
H.3.3.4 REPORT SUPPORTED TASK MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS command ............................... 400
H.3.3.5 REQUEST SENSE command .................................................................................................. 400