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“The sg3_utils package contains utilities that send SCSI commands to devices.”
sg_inq /dev/sda
standard INQUIRY: PQual=0 Device_type=0 RMB=0 version=0x06 [SPC-4] [AERC=0] [TrmTsk=0] NormACA=0 HiSUP=0 Resp_data_format=2 SCCS=0 ACC=0 TPGS=0 3PC=0 Protect=0 [BQue=0] EncServ=0 MultiP=0 [MChngr=0] [ACKREQQ=0] Addr16=0 [RelAdr=0] WBus16=1 Sync=1 Linked=0 [TranDis=0] CmdQue=1 length=36 (0x24) Peripheral device type: disk Vendor identification: VMware Product identification: Virtual disk Product revision level: 2.0