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SG_SCAN(8) SG3_UTILS SG_SCAN(8)
NAME
sg_scan - scans sg devices (or SCSI/ATAPI/ATA devices) and prints results
SYNOPSIS
sg_scan [-a] [-i] [-n] [-w] [-x] [DEVICE]*
DESCRIPTION
If no DEVICE names are given, sg_scan does a scan of the sg devices and outputs a line of
information for each sg device that is currently bound to a SCSI device. If one or more
DEVICEs are given only those devices are scanned. Each device is opened with the O_NON-
BLOCK flag so that the scan will not "hang" on any device that another process holds an
O_EXCL lock on.
Any given DEVICE name is expected to comply with (to some extent) the Storage Architecture
Model (SAM see www.t10.org). Any device names associated with the Linux SCSI subsystem
(e.g. /dev/sda and /dev/st0m) are suitable. Devices names associated with ATAPI devices
(e.g. most CD/DVD drives and ATAPI tape drives) are also suitable. If the device does not
fall into the above categories then an ATA IDENTIFY command is tried.
In Linux 2.6 and 3 series kernels, the lsscsi utility may be helpful. Apart from providing
more information (by data-mining in the sysfs pseudo file system), it does not need root
permissions to execute, as this utility would typically need.
OPTIONS
-a do alphabetical scan (i.e. sga, sgb, sgc). Note that sg device nodes with an alpha-
betical index have been deprecated since the Linux kernel 2.2 series.
-i do a SCSI INQUIRY, output results in a second (indented) line. If the device is an
ATA disk then output information from an ATA IDENTIFY command
-n do numeric scan (i.e. sg0, sg1...) [default]
-w use a read/write flag when opening sg device (default is read-only)
-x extra information output about queuing
NOTES
This utility was written at a time when hotplugging of SCSI devices was not supported in
Linux. It used a simple algorithm to scan sg device nodes in ascending numeric or alpha-
betical order, stopping after there were 4 consecutive errors.
In the Linux kernel 2.6 series, this utility uses sysfs to find which sg device nodes are
active and only checks those. Hence there can be large "holes" in the numbering of sg
device nodes (e.g. after an adapter has been removed) and still all active sg device nodes
will be listed. This utility assumes that sg device nodes are named using the normal con-
ventions and searches from /dev/sg0 to /dev/sg4095 inclusive.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status of sg_scan is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see the sg3_utils(8) man
page.
AUTHORS
Written by D. Gilbert and F. Jansen
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under the GPL version 2. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
lsscsi(8)
sg3_utils-1.36 May 2013 SG_SCAN(8)
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