Release Element (6) - 17h

The library releases any outstanding reservation that had previously been made by the same initiator via the RESERVE command. Only whole logical unit reservations are allowed; individual element reservations are not supported.

This command should be used to release the library from any reservations previously made.

The RELEASE ELEMENT CDB format is shown in the following table.

Table 1: RELEASE ELEMENT CDB format

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Op Code (17h)

1

Logical Unit Number

3rdPrty

Third Party Device ID

Element

2

Reservation ID

3

Reserved

4

5

Control
Field Description
3rdPrty

This field is not supported, and must be set to 0.
Third Party Device ID

This field is not supported, and must be set to 0.
Element

This field is not supported, and must be set to 0.
Reservation ID

This field is not supported, and must be set to 0.