3.2.1.2.3 Media

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Media can be either physical media or logical media.

For each storage object, the list contains the following data elements:

  • id: A unique identifier that remains associated with the storage object for the entire duration of the server session (defined as one instantiation of the server process from initialization to shutdown). The identifier is assigned by the server and used by the client to refer to the object in the methods of the protocol. The server is not to change the identifier and is not to assign it to another object until the server shuts down. The identifier can persist across server sessions.<18>

  • type: One of the SCSI device types [ANSI-131-1994] acquired from device inquiry data.