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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2011-03-04 02:32:44 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2011-03-04 02:32:44 +0000
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@@ -118,7 +118,47 @@ the sg3_utils(8) man page.
The examples in this page use Linux device names. For suitable device
names in other supported Operating Systems see the sg3_utils(8) man page.
.PP
-Further examples can be found on http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html
+To see the VPD pages that a device supports, use with no options. The
+command line invocation is shown first followed by a typical response:
+.PP
+ # sg_vpd /dev/sdb
+.br
+Supported VPD pages VPD page:
+.br
+ Supported VPD pages [sv]
+.br
+ Unit serial number [sn]
+.br
+ Device identification [di]
+.br
+ Extended inquiry data [ei]
+.br
+ Block limits (SBC) [bl]
+.PP
+To see the VPD page numbers associated with each supported page then
+add the '\-\-long' option to the above command line. To view a
+VPD page either its number or abbreviation can be given to
+the '\-\-page=' option. The page name abbreviations are shown within
+square brackets above. In the next example the Extended inquiry data
+VPD page is listed:
+.PP
+ # sg_vpd \-\-page=ei /dev/sdb
+.br
+extended INQUIRY data VPD page:
+.br
+ ACTIVATE_MICROCODE=0 SPT=0 GRD_CHK=0 APP_CHK=0 REF_CHK=0
+.br
+ UASK_SUP=0 GROUP_SUP=0 PRIOR_SUP=0 HEADSUP=1 ORDSUP=1 SIMPSUP=1
+.br
+ WU_SUP=0 CRD_SUP=0 NV_SUP=0 V_SUP=0
+.br
+ P_I_I_SUP=0 LUICLR=0 R_SUP=0 CBCS=0
+.br
+ Multi I_T nexus microcode download=0
+.br
+ Extended self-test completion minutes=0
+.PP
+Further examples can be found on the http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html
web page.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Doug Gilbert