Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] SCSI SPC-3 commands vs SPC-2 ...

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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:32:41 -0800
If you're attempting to decode OSD, the Inquiry response contains the
peripheral type as 0x11 (byte 0, bits 0-4). You can save this information in
the SCSI device type block and then decode later commands based on this.

Dinesh
Richard Sharpe writes:
 > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Richard Sharpe wrote:
 > 
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > The current iSCSI dissector calls the SCSI dissector, which only 
 > > understands SPC-2 SCSI commands, it seems.
 > > 
 > > I need to be able to dissect OSD commands, which are carried in a CDB with 
 > > an SPC-3 Variable Length CDB indicator (0x7F).
 > 
 > Hmmm, the problem I am experiencing is because Ethereal's SCSI dissector 
 > currently only understands SPC-2, SBC-2, and SSC-2. If the CDB Operation 
 > Code is not found in the SPC-2 command set, tben the dissector searches 
 > among the SBC-2 command set ... Which is where 0X7F is found :-(
 > 
 > So, I need some way to tell what type of device we are talking about. 
 > Better check what the iSCSI spec says. If it says SPC-3, then I can pass 
 > an arg to the SCSI dissector telling it what command set to use.
 > 
 > > What I am interested in knowing is: Is there an easy way to determine 
 > > whether or not a stream is using SPC-3 or what? Is it carried in the iSCSI 
 > > PDU or logon or something like that?
 > > 
 > > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Regards
 > -----
 > Richard Sharpe, rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxx, rsharpe@xxxxxxxxx, 
 > sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
 > 
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