scsi_id: derive a UID for a SCSI-2 not compliant with the page 83

[elogind.git] / extras / scsi_id / scsi_id.config

diff --git a/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.config b/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.config
index 0567ecb7d6adb23d0f84bb794978d2bea63335a7..4f31b1c498b6cf169923be0d215b28cdd72a9062 100644 (file)
--- a/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.config
+++ b/extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.config
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ vendor=someone, model=nicedrive, options=-g
 # if you rely on the id for persistent naming or multi-path configuration.
 
 ## vendor=ELBONIA, model=borken, options=-b
+
+# EMC SYMMETRIX models 4 and 5, and some model 6 systems return the VSI
+# field of the page 83 reply according to SCSI-2 format.  This format is
+# binary encoded hexa-decimal as opposed to the Identifiscation descriptor
+# utilized by both SPC-2 and SPC-3 compliant systems.