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The RELEASE and the RESERVE commands are used for contention resolution in 
multiple-initiator systems. The RELEASE command is used to release a previously 
reserved logical unit. The drive will not return an error if the initiator attempts to 
release a reservation that is not currently valid. The data format and field descriptions 
are shown in Table 5-161 and Table 5-162 respectively.

Table 5-161   

Table 5-162   

Note:

Assuming that the RELEASE Command Descriptor Block is valid, the drive 
always returns a GOOD status for this command. An actual release only hap-
pens if the initiator has the unit reserved for itself or a third-party initiator.

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Reserved

3rdPty

Third Party Device ID

Extent

2

Reservation Identification

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Reserved

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3rdPty

Third Party Release allows an initiator to release a logical unit that was previously 
reserved. If the value in this field is 0, third party release is not requested.

When the value is 1, the drive releases the specified logical unit, but only if the res-
ervation was made by the initiator using a third-party reservation that requested the 
release for the same SCSI device as specified in the Third Party Device ID field.

Third Party De-

vice ID

Required if the 3rdPty bit is 1. This field specifies the SCSI ID (0 through 7 only) of 
the initiator whose third party reservation is being released. (This field must be set 
if the initiator of the original third party RESERVE is the source of the RELEASE.)

Extent

The drive supports reservations only on entire logical units. 

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Reservation 

Identification

Any value in this field is ignored by the drive.