SCSI Mode Select Command

The SCSI Mode Select command is used to modify device information contained in mode pages in a SCSI target device. There are two different versions of the command, a 6 byte version and a 10 byte version.

The CDB structure for the Mode Select(6) command is:

bit→
↓byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation code = 15h

1

LUN

PF

Reserved

SP

2

Reserved

3

Reserved

4

Parameter list length

5

Control

The CDB structure for the Mode Select(10) command is:

bit→
↓byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation code = 55h

1

LUN

PF

Reserved

SP

2

Reserved

3

Reserved

4

Reserved

5

Reserved

6

Reserved

7–8

Parameter list length

9

Control

The special control fields in the CDB have the following meaning:

  • PF - Page Format:
    • 0 - SCSI-1 compliant (vendor-specific)
    • 1 - SCSI-2 compliant
  • SP - Save Pages - if this bit is one then the target will save any saveable updates to non-volatile memory or media area.