User guide
SC35 User Guide Ver 4.8  August 30, 2002  Page 12 of 25 
3.3.7  Inquiry Command – 12h 
The INQUIRY command requests that information regarding parameters of the 
SC35 be sent to the initiator.  
Inquiry CDB  
An enable vital product data (EVPD) bit of one specifies that the SC35 return the 
optional vital product data specified by the page code field. If any optional fields 
in the CDB are set that the SC35 does not support, it will return a CHECK 
CONDITION status with the sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and an 
additional sense code of INVALID FIELD IN CDB. 
An EVPD bit of zero specifies that the SC35 return the standard INQUIRY data. 
If the page code field is not zero, the target shall return CHECK CONDITION 
status with the sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and an additional sense 
code of INVALID FIELD IN CDB. The page code field specifies which page of 
vital product data information the SC35 return. 
The INQUIRY command shall return CHECK CONDITION status only when the 
target cannot return the requested INQUIRY data. The INQUIRY data should be 
returned even though the peripheral device may not be ready for other 
commands. If an INQUIRY command is received from an initiator with a 
pending unit attention condition, the SC35 will perform the INQUIRY command 
and not clear the unit attention condition. 










