Patent ID: 8745282

Claim:
A method operable on a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) for responding to Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) inquiry commands for a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) storage device from a host computer, the method comprising: receiving, by the HBA, a SCSI inquiry command from the host computer requesting information about the SATA storage device; determining, by the HBA, that the SATA storage device is not initialized for Input/Output (I/O) operations for the host computer; beginning, by the HBA, an initialization process for the SATA storage device by: transmitting an Identify Device Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) command to the SATA storage device; and receiving an Identify Device ATA response from the SATA storage device; generating, by the HBA, a SCSI inquiry response for the host computer based on the Identify Device ATA response from the SATA storage device; transmitting, by the HBA, the SCSI inquiry response to the host computer before transmitting another Identify Device ATA command to the SATA storage device; and completing, by the HBA, the initialization of the SATA storage device.