SG_RMSN(8) | SG3_UTILS | SG_RMSN(8) |
sg_rmsn - send SCSI READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command
sg_rmsn [--help] [--raw] [--readonly] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE
Send a SCSI READ MEDIA SERIAL NUMBER command to DEVICE and outputs the response.
This command is described in SPC-3 found at www.t10.org . It was originally added to SPC-3 in revision 11 (2003/2/12). It is not an mandatory command and the author has not seen any SCSI devices that support it.
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
Device identification information is also found in a standard INQUIRY response and its VPD pages (see sg_vpd). The relevant VPD pages are the "device identification page" (VPD page 0x83) and the "unit serial number" page (VPD page 0x80).
The MMC-4 command set for CD/DVD/HD-DVD/BD drives has a "media serial number" feature (0x109) [and a "logical unit serial number" feature]. These can be viewed with sg_get_config.
The exit status of sg_rmsn is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see the sg3_utils(8) man page.
Written by Douglas Gilbert.
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
Copyright © 2005-2012 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
sg_vpd(sg3_utils), sg_get_config(sg3_utils)
November 2012 | sg3_utils-1.31 |