Editing SCSI (section)

==Device Type==
While all SCSI controllers can work with read/write storage devices, i.e. disk and tape, some will not work with some other device types; older controllers are likely to be more limited,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V40F_HTML/MAN/MAN7/0003____.HTM |title=An example of an old SCSI interface which supported only named mass storage devices |publisher=H30097.www3.hp.com |access-date=2014-05-11}}</ref> sometimes by their driver software, and more Device Types were added as SCSI evolved. Even CD-ROMs are not handled by all controllers. Device Type is a 5-bit field reported by a [[SCSI Inquiry Command]]; defined SCSI Peripheral Device Types include, in addition to many varieties of storage device, printer, scanner, communications device, and a catch-all "processor" type for devices not otherwise listed.