Sony SDX-800V manual

SDX-800V SDX-800V/R 5.25”Model Product Specification Manual V ersion 1.1 March 2007 Copyright © 2005-2007 , Sony Corporation. All right reserved. NOTE: This Product Specification Ma nual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive.[...]

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Changing List Page Clause Title Modify Add Delete Remarks SDX-800V Series Ver. 1.0 NOVEMBER, 2005 (RELEASE) SDX-800 Series Ver. 1 .1 March, 2007 (From Ver. 1.0 To 1.1) 1-1 1.3. Features of the Drive * 2-5 2.2.7. ESD * 2-5 2.2.8. EMC * 2-6 2.3. Performance Specification * 2-6 2.3.1. Data Capacity * 2-7 2.3.2.1. Sustained Data Transfer Rate to and fr[...]

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SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents T able of C ontents 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual 1- 1 1.2. Introducing the Sony AIT T echnology 1- 1 1.3. Features of the Drive 1- 1 1.4. Reference 1- 3 1.4.1. How to get ECMA-222, 246, 291, 292, 329 Standard Document 1- 3 2. Specifications 2.1. Specifications 2- 1 2.1.1. Dim[...]

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 3. Installation 3.1. Installation Guide 3- 1 3.1.1. SCSI ID Number Jumper 3- 2 3.1.2. T ermination Power Switch 3- 2 3.1.3. Parity Disable Jumper 3- 3 3.1.4. Data Compression ON Switch 3- 3 3.1.5. Power Connector 3- 3 3.1.6. SCSI 68 pin Connector 3- 3 3.1.7. Attaching and Removing the Dust Cover 3- 6 3.1.7.[...]

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction 5- 1 5.1.1. Overview of the SCSI Interface 5- 1 5.1.2. Supported Messages 5- 1 5.1.3. Supported Commands 5- 2 5.2. SCSI BUS Operation 5- 3 5.2.1. T ypical SCSI Operation 5- 3 5.2.2. Disconnect 5- 3 5.3. Message Specification 5- 4 5.3.1. COMMAND COMPLETE (00h) 5- 5 5.3.2. [...]

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 6.6.12. AIT Log Page (Sony Unique) 6- 30 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Inform ation Page (Sony Unique) 6- 32 6.6.14. MIC V ariable Length Information Page (Sony Unique) 6- 37 6.7. MODE SELECT (6/10) 15h and 55h 6- 38 6.7.1. Disconnect-Reconnect Page (02h) 6- 41 6.7.2. Control Mode Page (0Ah) 6- 42 6.7.3. Data Co[...]

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 7. Drive Diagnostics 7.1. Overview 7- 1 7.2. Diagnostic T est 7- 1 7.2.1. Power-on Self T est 7- 1 7.2.2. SEND DIAGNOSTIC command – Self T est 7- 2 7.2.3. SEND DIAGNOSTIC comm and – Individual T est 7- 2 7.2.4. Diagnostic T est Number Summary 7- 3 7.2.5. RECEIVE DIAGNOST IC RESUL T command 7- 4 7.2.6. D[...]

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 14.5.4. Read TOC (0x43) 14- 2 14.5.5. Mode Sense/ Select Page Code 0x3C 14- 2 14.6. Reset Handling 14- 2 15. Appendix H: GLOSSAR Y 15- 1[...]

1.Introduction SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 1-1 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive. This manual provides information about the Sony SDX- 800V series Advanced Intelligent Tape Drives which is necessary to integrate the drives into OEM products. [...]

1.Introduction SONY AIT- 3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver. 1.1 1-2 36 Gbyte typical when using 170 meter tape AIT-2 cassette (SDX2-36C) 93 Gbyte with 2.6:1 Data Compression 50 Gbyte typical when using 230 meter tape AIT-2 cassette (SDX2-50C) 130 Gbyte with 2.6:1 Data Compression 80 Gbyte typical when using 186 meter tape AIT- 2 Turbo cassette (TAIT2-8[...]

1.Introduction SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 1-3 • Random read, Append write • MIC Support (Automatic reliability and performance enhancement.) • MIC Support (Read and write capability for MIC user data area.) • Remote-MIC Support • Tape Alert 1.4. Reference Please refer to the following documents for additional information: [...]

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2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-1 2. S pecifications Physical, environmental and performance specif ications for the SDX-800V and SDX-800V/R. 2.1. Specifications 2.1.1. Dimensions The SDX-800V Height 41.2 mm (1.62 in) ± 0.5 mm (0.02 in) Width 101.6 mm (4.00 in) ± 0.5 mm (0.02 in) Depth 155.0 mm (6.10 in) ± 0.5 mm (0.[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-2 2.1.1.1. Mounting Holes Figure 2-2a gives details of the mounting holes for t he Sony SDX-800V and figure 2-2b for the Sony SDX-800V/R. 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] 90.0 0.3mm [3.54" 0.01"] 60.0 0.3mm [2.36" 0.01"] 70.0 0.3mm [2.76" 0.01"] 31.0 0.3mm[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-3 79.2 0.3mm [3.12" 0.01"] 79.2 0.3mm [3.12" 0.01"] 47.5 0.3mm [1.87" 0.01"] 79.2 0.3mm [3.12" 0.01"] 47.5 0.3mm [1.87" 0.01"] 94.0 0.5mm [3.70" 0.02"] 21.8 0.5mm [0.86" 0.02"] 41.2 0.5mm [1.62" 0.02"] 9.9 0.5[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-4 2.1.2. Weight SDX-800V 780 grams, without a cassette and a front bezel. SDX-800V/R 1010 grams, without a cassette and a front bezel. 2.1.3. Connectors The SDX-800V has a SCSI connector with a power connector and Jumpers at the positions shown in Figure 2-3. All other connectors are for [...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-5 2.2.2. Altitude Operating 0 to 10,000 feet 2.2.3. Suspended Particulate Operating Less than 150 microgram/m 3 Based Sampling period 24 hours 2.2.4. Vibration Operating Swept Sine 5 to 500Hz, @0.25G Peak 1 Octave/min. 3 axis, 3 directions Non-operating Swept Sine 5 to 500Hz, @ 0.5G Peak [...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Figure 2-4: Mounting Attitude and Tolerance 2.3. Performance Specification The data capacity, data transfer rate and data reliability specifications this chapter require the media to conform to the AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3, AIT-3[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-7 Format AIT-2 Standard Format 50.0 Gbyte typical When using 230 meter tape AIT-2 cassette (SDX-2-50C) Native Capacity 36.0 Gbyte typical When using 170 meter tape AIT-2 cassette (SDX2-36C) Format AIT-2 Turbo Standard Format Native Capacity 80.0 Gbyte typical When using 186 meter tape AIT[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-8 2.3.4. Load Time Load Time means the period from the time when the operator inserts a cassette into the drive to the time when the drive is ready. The data in the below table represents t he average time for SDX-800V. The time it may take for retrying is not reflected here. TAITE-20N (9[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-9 2.3.9. Retry Limits on Rewrites AIT-3Ex For Read-after-Write error correction, each group can be re written up to a maximum of 14 times giving 15 times of the group. AIT-3 For Read-after-Write error correction, each frame can be rewritten up to a maximum of 63 times giving 64 writes of [...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-10 2.4. Safety The SDX-800V conforms to the following safety standards: • UL/cUL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.) CAN/CSA C22.2 No.60950-1-03/UL 60950-1, First Edition. Safety of Information Technology Equipment. • TUV EN60950-1: 2001 Safety of Information Technology Equipment includ[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-11 2.5.1. Power Requirements Voltage Max Ripple Current Typical Maximum 5V ± 5% 100 mV p-p 1.5A 2.5A 12V ± 10% 150 mV p-p 0.75A 3.0A * exclude SCSI terminator power 4.75V T 10.8V 0V 0V 5V 12V -300 ms < T < 300 ms Figure 2-5: Power-up Sequence Note: Voltage has to increase constant[...]

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3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-1 3. Inst allation 3.1. Installation Guide This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive. Dip switch Jumpers SCSI 68 pin Connector Power Connector Figure 3-1: DIP switch & Connector[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-2 1 DR (Desaster R ecovery ) Mode 2 Emu lation Mode 3 AIT Library Interface Mode 4 Reserv ed 5 Terminator Pow er (ON) 6 Periodic Clean ing Req (ON) 7 DC Con trol-1 8 DC Control- 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON OFF Figure 3-2: DIP Switch Positions Table 3-1: Drive Mode DIP SW 1 2 3 4 MODE OFF OFF ON O[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-3 3.1.3. Parity Disable Jumper Parity check function can be disabled by Jumper. Parity che ck is disabled while left end jumper is installed. Parity generate function is always enabled. Parity Setting Disable | Enable : : = OPEN Jumper not installed | = CLOSED Jumper installed 3.1.4. Data [...]

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-4 Table 3-4: SDX-800V SCSI Signals (Low-Voltage-Differential Type BUS P Cable Signal Assignment) Signal Name Cable Conductor Number Signal Name -DB(12) 35 1 +DB(12) -DB(13) 36 2 +DB(13) -DB(14) 37 3 +DB(14) -DB(15) 38 4 +DB(15) -DB(P1) 39 5 +DB(P1) -DB(0) 40 6 +DB(0) -DB(1) 41 7 +DB(1) -DB[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-5 Table 3-5: SDX-800V SCSI Signals (Single- Ended Type BUS P Cable Signal Assignment) Signal Name Cable Conductor Number Signal Name -DB(12) 35 1 GROUND -DB(13) 36 2 GROUND -DB(14) 37 3 GROUND -DB(15) 38 4 GROUND -DB(P1) 39 5 GROUND -DB(0) 40 6 GROUND -DB(1) 41 7 GROUND -DB(2) 42 8 GROUND [...]

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-6 3.1.7. Attaching and Removing the Dust Cover 3.1.7.1. Attaching the Dust Cover (1) Align the dust cover’s hinge clips (one on each side) with the pins of the drive bezel. • The dust cover should be positioned so that the six magnets on the cover’s back face the drive bezel. • Hol[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-7 3.1.7.2. Removing the Dust Cover (1) Open the dust cover. (2) Holding the dust cover at both corners, carefully raise the dust cover. The dust cover hinge clips and drive bezel pins uncouple.[...]

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4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-1 4. Operation 4.1. Summary of LED Indications The SDX-800V have 3 LEDs. Each LED shows "Tape Moti on", "Cleaning Request", and "Replace Tape" as defined. "Tape Motion" to show the tape motion in the drive. "Cleaning Request" to be on, when CL[...]

4.Operation 4-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4.2. Operator Action 4.2.1. Powering up the SDX-800V After the initial installation of the SDX-800V has been verified, power can be applied to the unit. The +12V and +5V power must be applied simultaneously. (See Figure 2-5) The SDX-800V will execute a power-up diagnostic and then comes rea[...]

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-3 4.3. Internal Function 4.3.1. The Load Sequence (Effective for non MIC cassette, only) Refer to 12.2.1. Fast Media Load/Unload (Effective for MIC cassette, only) During load sequence, the following occurs: (1) The drive mechanism accepts the cassette and threads the tape. The tape is then m[...]

4.Operation 4-4 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4.3.4. Diagnostic and Normal Status Displays This chapter describes LED displays while the SDX-800V is starting up. When power is turned on, the SDX-800V will go through its diagnostics to reach normal status. When a failu re is detected during diagnostics, the LEDs show that the SDX-800V i[...]

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-5 Table 4-2: Normal LED indications LED Tape Motion Cleaning Request Replace Tape Off No Tape Cleaning is Not Necessary No Media Error Occurred On Tape Loaded Cleaning Request Media Error Occurred Flash Slowly Tape Access in Progress (Write/Read) Cleaning is Not Completed Media Warning Flash [...]

4.Operation 4-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4.6. Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Service 4.6.1. Head Cleaning In case of SDX-800V,a cleaning function which prevents and re covers from head contamination is built in the drive. However, to keep optimum Read/Write performance, cleaning cassette is recommended to use. 4.6.1.1. Message W[...]

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-7 A tape may already be in the drive. Tape LED is on. Pr ess EJECT to remove the first tape. The power has been removed from the drive with a tape loaded. When the power is restored to the drive, it will detect the tape and rewind the tape to BOT. Press EJECT remove the cassette. A tape is in[...]

4.Operation 4-8 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Detail A Photo 2: The Initial Position of the Threading Mechanism Caution: Stop rotating the motor shaft immediately, when the guide B (see detail A of Photo 2) gets to the area below the line C-C (This line is defined by 2 ci rcular tape guide surfaces of the cartridge). Otherwise the gear[...]

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-9 The drive powers up properly and loads and unloads tapes but will not respond to any SCSI commands. (A) If SCSI bus reset does not cause the drive to reset (same as power-on self test): - Check the SCSI cable connectors - Check SCSI cable pin one is aligned with the SCSI connector pin one -[...]

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5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-1 5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction The Sony SDX-800V uses the SCSI interface to connect to the host system. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is an industry standard interface, approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is recommended that this document [...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-2 5.1.3. Supported Commands The following commands are supported. They incl ude all Mandatory and Extended commands, most Optional commands. Table 5-1: Supported SCSI Commands Command Name Operation Code ERASE 19h INQUIRY 12h LOAD/UNLOAD 1Bh LOCATE 2Bh LOG SELECT 4Ch LOG SENSE 4Dh MODE S[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-3 5.2. SCSI Bus Operation 5.2.1. Typical SCSI Operation This example describes the typical SCSI bus sequence between the host and the drive. 1. After waiting for the bus clear time the Host arbitrat es for the SCSI bus. It does this by asserting BSY and the data line corresponding to its[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-4 4. The I/O activity from this point is controlled entirel y by the target. The target initiates the COMMAND phase and reads in the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) from the Host. If the Host has sent an Identify message with the Disconnect permission bit set, then the target w ill immedi[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-5 5.3.1. COMMAND COMPLETE (00h) This message is sent from a target to an initiator to indi cate that the execution of a command or a series of linked commands has completed and valid status has been sent to the initiator. After successfully sending this message, the target goes to the BU[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-6 The TRANSFER WIDTH EXPONENT field defines the trans fer width to be used during DATA IN phases, and DATA OUT phases. The transfer width that is established applies to both SCSI devices. Valid transfer widths are 8 bits (m=00h) and 16 bits (m=01h) if all the protocol options bits are ze[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-7 Table 5-4: Synchronous Data Transfer Rates Transfer Period (hex) 9 0A 0C 19 1F 26 2C 32 38 Transfer Rate (MB/s) - narrow 80 40.0 20.0 10.0 8.0 6.67 5.71 5.00 4.44 Transfer Rate (MB/s)- wide 160 80.0 40.0 20.0 16.0 13.34 11.42 10.00 8.88 REQ/ACK offset: is the maximum number of REQ puls[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-8 The implied synchronous agreement shall remain in effect until a BUS DEVICE RESET message is received, until a hard reset condition occurs, or until one of the two SCSI devices elects to modify the agreement. The default data transfer mode is asynchronous data transfer mode. The def au[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-9 Following target response (1) above, the implied agreem ent for wide data transfers shall be considered to be negated by both the initiator and the target if it the initiator asserts ATN and the first message out is either MESSAGE PARITY ERROR or MESSAGE REJECT. In this case, both dev [...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-10 5.3.6. INITIATOR DETECTED ERROR (05h) This message is sent from an initiator to inform a target that an error (e.g.: parity error) has occurred that does not prevent the target from re-trying the operation. At this point, present pointer integrit y is not assured. A RESTORE POINTERS m[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-11 5.3.11. BUS DEVICE RESET (0Ch) This message is sent from an initiator to direct a target to clear all current commands. Upon recognizing this message, the currently executing command will be aborted and the drive will proceed to the BUS FREE state. The drive will then execute a hard r[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-12 5.4. Status Specification A Status byte is sent from the drive to the Host dur ing the STATUS phase at the termination of each command as specified in the SCSI specification, unless the command has been cleared by an ABORT message, by a BUS DEVICE RESET message, or by a hard RESET. Th[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-13 10h INTERMEDIATE GOOD: This status is returned fo r every command in a series of linked commands (except the last command), unless an error, exception or abnormal condition causes a CHECK CONDITION status or RESERVATION CONFLICT status to be set. If this status is not returned, the ch[...]

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6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-1 6. Command S pecification This clause includes all supported. Elements of this clause come from clauses 7, 8 and 9 of the T10/1236-D (SPC-2), T10/1416-D (SPC-3), ANSI NCITS.335: 2000 (SSC), SCSI interface specification. There are different types of SCSI commands, each with a s p[...]

6.Command Specification ERASE 6-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.1. ERASE 19h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (19h) 1 Obsolete Reserved Immed Long 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control ERASE causes part or all of the remaining data within a partition to be erased beginning at the current logical position. Any write data[...]

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-3 6.2. INQUIRY 12h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (12h) 1 Obsolete Reserved CmdDT EVPD 2 Page or Operation Code 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Lengt h 5 Control INQUIRY tells the drive to send information r egarding the drive parameters to the initiator. CmdDT: The Com[...]

6.Command Specification INQUIR Y 6-4 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table 6-2: Standard INQUI RY Data Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Type (01h) 1 RMB(1) Device-Type Modifier (0) 2 ISO Version (0) ECMA Version (0) ANSI-Approved Version (3) 3 AENC (0) TrmIOP Reserved(0) Response Data Format (2) 4 Additio[...]

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-5 Sync: The drive supports synchronous data transfers, so this bit is set. Linked: The drive does not support linked command. CmdQue: The drive does not support tagged command queuing , so this bit is never set. SftRe: The drive responds to the RESET condition with a HARD [...]

6.Command Specification INQUIR Y 6-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 The product serial number field contains ASCII data that is vendor-specific. The least si gnificant ASCII character of the number shall appear as the last byte of a successful data transfer. - Device Identification pa ge Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Peripheral Qualifier P[...]

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-7 If the drive implements the requested SCSI operation code, it shall return the data defined in table 6-3. If the device does not implement the requested SCSI operation code it shall return the peripheral qualifier and type and 001b in the Support field. Table 6-3: Comman[...]

6.Command Specification LOAD/UNLOA D 6-8 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.3. LOAD/UNLOAD 1Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Bh) 1 Reserved IMMED 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved HOLD EOT (0) R ETEN LOAD 5 Control The LOAD UNLOAD command requests that the drive enable or disable the media for further operations. This command[...]

LOAD/UNLOAD 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-9 When the drive receives the UNLOAD, the tape is rewound to BOM and ejected. The operator must reload the drive manually. If, however, the drive has previously rece ived a PREVENT MEDIA REMOVAL (with prevent bit set) command, the tape is retained in the drive. A subs [...]

6.Command Specification LOCATE 6-10 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.4. LOCATE 2Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (2Bh) 1 Obsolete Reserved BT (0) CP Immed 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) 4 Block Address 5 6 (LSB) 7 Reserved 8 Partition 9 Control LOCATE command causes the drive to position the logical uni t to the specified block address [...]

LOG SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-11 6.5. LOG SELECT 4Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Ch) 1 Obsolete Reserved PCR SP (0) 2 PC Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Parameter List Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The LOG SELECT command provides a means for the Host to manage[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SELECT 6-12 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 The purpose of the Log Select command is to allow the initiator to modify and initialize parameters within the logs supported by the device. However in this case, access to individual parameters with in log pages is not supported and so initiator is restricted to res[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-13 6.6. LOG SENSE 4Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Dh) 1 Obsolete Reserved PPC (0) SP (0) 2 PC Page Code 3 (MSB) 4 Reserved 5 6 Parameter Pointer (LSB) 7 (MSB) 8 Allocation Length (LSB) 9 Control LOG SENSE provides a means for the Host to retrieve stat ist[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-14 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Page Code: The Page Code field identifies which log page is being requested by the initiator. If the page is not supported then the command will terminate with a CHECK CO NDITION status with the sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and an additional sense code of INVALID [...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-15 Table 6-10: Log Page For mat Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code 1 Reserve 2 (MSB) 3 Page Length (n-3) (LSB) Log Parameters (s) 4 x+3 The First Log Parameter (Length x) . . . n-y n The Last Log Parameter (Length y) Page code: Identifies which page of data is[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-16 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 TSD: A target save disable (TSD) bit of ZERO indicates a target-defined method for saving log parameters. This implicit saving operation shall be done frequently enough to insure that the cumulative parameter values retain statistical significance (i.e. across power c[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-17 6.6.3.1. Summary List of Supported Pages The summary list of supported log pages returns the list of page codes supported by the target. This page is only valid for the Log Sense command and if sent to the host during a Log Select com mand will cause termination with [...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-18 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 The following parameter codes are supported for each Error Counters Page: Table 6-17: Error Counter para meter codes Parameter Code Description Parameter Length (Bytes) Default Cumulative Default Threshold 0003h Total Errors Corrected (S oft Errors) 4 0 FFFFFFFFh 0004[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-19 6.6.6. Tape Alert Log Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code (2Eh) 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) Page Length (140h) 3 (LSB) 5n-1 (MSB) Parameter Code (n) 5n 5n+1 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) 5n+2 Parameter Length (1) 5n+3 Value of Flag The v[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-20 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Tape Alert Log Page Paramete r Codes Code Flag Type Flag Type Recommended application client message Probable cause 01h Read Warning O W The tape drive is having problems reading data. No data has been lost, but there has been a reduction in the performance of the tap[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-21 Code Flag Type Flag Type Recommended application client message Probably cause 12h Tape Directory Corrupted on Load O W The directory on the tape cartridge has been corrupted. File search performance will be degraded. The tape directory can be rebuilt by reading all t[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-22 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Code Flag Type Flag Type Recommended application client message Probable cause 1Eh Hardware A O C The tape drive has a hardware fault: 1. Eject the tape or magazine. 2. Reset the drive. 3. Restart the operation. The drive has a hardware fault that requires reset to re[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-23 Code Flag Type Flag Type Recommended application client message Probable cause 2Bh Loader Door O C The operation has failed because the autoloader door is open: 1. Clear any obstructions from the autoloader door. 2. Eject the magazine and then insert it again. 3. If t[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-24 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.6.7. Tape Log Page (Sony Unique) This page is a Sony unique page which provides informati on on the tape currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format: Table 6-21: Tape Log Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code (30h) 1 Re[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-25 6.6.8. Tape Capacity Log Page (Sony Unique) The tape Capacity Log Page is used to indicate t he approx imate capacity of the t ape currently being used. The PC field of the LOG SENSE command is ignored for this field. When the AIT bit is set to ZERO in Mode Sense Page[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-26 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.6.9. Drive Usage Log Page (Sony Unique) This page is a SONY unique page which provides informati on on the drive currently being used. This log cannot b e cleared and has the following format. Table 6-25: Drive Usage Log Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-27 All board revision number is 8 bytes long and has a following format: Table 6-27: All Board Revision Number Parameter Format 0 1 Set revision 2 3 Board revision 4 5 Mechanism revision 6 7 RF revision Each Mechanism Error Event is 24 bytes long and has following format[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-28 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Parameter Code Length Default Cumulative Default Threshold 0001h Frame Read or Write 4 0 FFFFFFFFh 0002h Main Data SYMN Block Errors CH1 4 0 FFFFFFFFh 0003h Main Data SYMN Block Errors CH2 4 0 FFFFFFFFh 0004h Reserved 4 0 FFFFFFFFh 0005h Reserved 4 0 FFFFFFFFh 0006h R[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-29 Table 6-31: Read and Write Frame Error Counter Page Parameter format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) 1 Parameter Code (LSB) 2 DU (0b) DS (1b) TSD (0b) ETC (0b) TMC (00b) LBIN (0b) LP (0b) 3 Parameter Length (4) 4 (MSB) Parameter Value 7 (LSB) 6.6.11. Data Compression[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-30 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Kilobytes to/from Data Compre ssion: The total number of kilobytes written to or read from the tape since the last power-on or Clear Log operation. For Kilobytes from Data Compression, this number may be greater than the number of kilobytes transferred to the host due[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-31 Previous Groups Written: This is the number of groups physically written to the tape or partition since the last update of the System area. Where Repeat Writing is in force, this count increments for each instance. Total Groups W ritten: This is the total number of gr[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-32 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (Sony Unique) Table 6-34: MIC Fixed Len gth Information Pag e Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Page Code (3Dh) 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) Page Length (n+1) 3 (LSB) Parameter Code: Code Description Length 0001h MIC Logical Format Type 4 0002[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-33 4. Parameter Code 0017h Drive Element Address data field is reserved. The drive always returns ZERO for this field. 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0001h) 1 (LSB) 2 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0 ) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) 3 Parameter Length (2) 4 (MSB) MIC Logical Format Type [...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-34 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0007h – 0013h) 1 (LSB) 2 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0 ) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) 3 Parameter Length (36) 4 (MSB) Reserved 35 (LSB) 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0014h) 1 (User Partition N ote Map) (LSB) 2 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-35 46 51 (MSB) PREVIOUS READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 52 57 (MSB) TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) 58 63 (MSB) TOTAL WRITE RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 64 69 (MSB) TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) 70 73 (MSB) TOTAL READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 74 81 (MSB) LOAD COUNT (LSB) 82 87 (MSB) TOT[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-36 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0017h) 1 (Element Address) (LSB) 2 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0 ) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP(0) 3 Parameter Length (4) 4 (MSB) 7 SDX-800V always return 00 00 00 00h (LSB) 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0018h) 1 (User Partition Note for Partition 0) (LSB) 2 [...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-37 6.6.14. MIC Variable Length Information Page (Sony Unique) Page 3Eh is a variable length page. That is not defined by ANSI. This page is Sony Vendor Unique. Important NO TE: 1. Only one Parameter Code in Page 3Eh is transferred at a time. 2. Byte position 3 o f Parame[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-38 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.7. MODE SELECT(6/10) 15h and 55h Mode Select 6 CDB Forma t: Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (15h) 1 Obsolete PF Reserved SP (0) 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Parameter List Length 5 Control Mode Select 10 CDB Forma t: Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code [...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-39 Table 6-36: MODE SELECT parameter list Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved 1 Reserved 2 Reserved Buffered Mode (001b) Speed (00h) 3 Block Descriptor Length (08h) 4 Density Code 5 (MSB) Number of Blocks (00 00 00h) 6 7 (LSB) 8 Reserved 9 (MSB) Block Length 10 11 (LSB[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-40 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Block length: The Block Length field specifies the length in byte s of each logical block transferred over the SCSI bus. A block length of ZERO indicates that the length is va riable. Any other value indicates the number of bytes per block that the drive must handsh[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-41 6.7.1. Disconnect-Reconnect Page (02h) The drive supports the Disconnect-Reconnect Page which has the following format: Table 6-40: Disconnect-Reconnect Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS(0) Reserved Page Code (02h) 1 Page Length (0Eh) 2 Buffer Full Ratio (00h) 3 Bu[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-42 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.7.2. Control Mode Page (0Ah) Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page Code (0Ah) 1 Page Length (0Ah) 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved AUTOLOAD MODE 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Reserved 10 Reserved 11 Reserved The AUTOLOAD MODE field specif[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-43 6.7.3. Data Compression Control Page (0Fh) The drive supports the Data Compression Control Page which has the following format: Table 6-41: Data Compression Control Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page Code (0Fh) 1 Page Length (0Eh) 2 DCE DCC (1) Res[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-44 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.7.4. Device Configuration Page (10h) The drive supports the Device Configuration Page which has the following format: Table 6-42: Device Configurati on Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page Code (10h) 1 Page Length (0Eh) 2 Reserved CAP CAF (0) Reser[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-45 RBO: This field is not supported. If this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION stat us is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. REW: The Report Early-Warning End-of –Media bit is set to ZERO indicates the drive will not report the early-warning condition on reads bu[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-46 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.7.5. Medium Partitions Parameter Page (11h) The drive supports the Medium Partitions Parameter Page, which has the following format: Table 6-43: Medium Partitions Parameter Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page Code (11h) 1 Page Length (0Ah) 2 Maxim[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-47 Medium Format Recogni tion: This field is only valid on a MODE SENSE and is set to 03h to indicate that the drive is capable of format and partition recognition. This is non-changeable field. It accepts all the value, however always returns 03. Partition Sizes: This[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-48 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.7.6. Informational Exceptions Control Page (1Ch) The Informational Exceptions control page defines the met hods used by the target to control the reporting and the operations of specific informational exception conditions. Table 6-45 : Informational Exc eptions Co[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-49 6.7.7. AIT Device Configuration Page (31h) Note 1: The values set by Mode Select Page 31h become valid after the Mode Select Page 11h command is completed. Note 2: The values reported by Mode Sense Page 31h always indicate a status of the cassette. It is not a mode [...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-50 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 PONEJ This bit is recorded in drive’s EEPROM, and it effects the drive itself. (Not Supported) 0 - Power On immediate Eject disable. If this bit set to 0, then the cassette will stay in the drive when power is applied. (default) 1 - Power On immediate Eject enable[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-51 6.7.8. Append Partition (32h) (This mode page is NOT supported) The Append Partition Command is available in the AIT mode. The Append Partition Command takes effect if the current partition is the last partition. When the comm and is issued in the last partition and[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-52 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Append Partition example proc edure: Start ⇓ Mode Sense Page 11h Check Max Additional Partitions ⇓ Can I create one more new partition? IF (Max Additional Partitions) ≥ 1 THEN you can create a new partition. ⇓ Yes Log Sense (Page 3Dh; PC 0016h) Get Last Part[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-53 6.7.9. Delete Partition (33h ) (This mode page is NOT supported) Table 6-48: Delete Partition Pa ge Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code (33h ) 1 Page Length (8) 2 Indicated Partition Number 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Reserved [...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-54 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Old tape layout: Acti ve Pa rti ti o n Partition 0 Partition 1 Partition 2 Partiti on 3 Parti tion 4 Partition 5 Indicated Parti tion Number New tape layout: Acti ve Pa rti ti on Partition 0 Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Partition 4 Case 3 ; With the tape alre[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-55 Case 4; With the tape already loaded, and with partition 1 active, the Delete Partition command issued with the Indicated Partition Number set to 3 will delete partitions 4 and 5. SDX-800V will change the value of 5 in the Last Partition Number field in the Volume I[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-56 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.8. MODE SENSE (6/10) 1Ah and 5Ah Table 6-49: Mode Sense (6) CDB Forma t 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ah) 1 Reserved DBD Reserved 2 PCF Page Code 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Lengt h 5 Vendor Specific (00b) Reserved NACA (0) Flag (0) Link (0) Table 6-50: Mode Sense[...]

MODE SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-57 Table 6-52: Supported M ODE SENSE Page Codes Page Code Description 00h 02h 0Ah 0Fh 10h 11h 1Ch 31h 32h 33h 3Fh Standard Sense Disconnect-Reconnect Control Mode Page Data Compression Control Device Configuration Medium Partitions Parameter Informational Exception Cont[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-58 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Media Type: The media value will be ZERO as only one media type is supported. WP: A Write Protected bit of ZERO indicates that the tape is write enabled. A Write Protected bit of o ne indicates that the tape is write protected. Buffered Mode: if this bit is set to ZE[...]

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6. Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-59 6.9. PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (5Eh) 1 Logical Unit Number Reserved SERVICE ACTION 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Unused (00b) Reserved Flag Link The PER[...]

6.Command Specificatio n PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6-60 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 GENERATION: This field shall contain a 32-bit counter maintai ned by the drive that shall be incremented every time a PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command requests a REGI STER, a CLEAR, a PREEMPT , or a PREEMPT AND ABORT service action. The counter shall not be[...]

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6. Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-61 SCOPE: The value in this field indicates whether a persistent reservation applies to an entire logical unit to an element. The value in this filed are defined in table 6-58. Table 6-58: PERSISTENT RESERVATION SCOPE Codes Code Name Description 0h Logical U[...]

6.Command Specification PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6-62 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.10. PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 5Fh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (5Fh) 1 Reserved SERVICE ACTION 2 SCOPE TYPE 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Parameter List Length (18h) 8 (LSB) 9 Unused (00b) Reserved Flag Link The PERSISTEN[...]

PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6. Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-63 Table 6-61: PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT par ameter list Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) Reservation Key 7 (LSB) 8 (MSB) SERVICE ACTION Reservation Key 15 (LSB) 16 (MSB) SCOPE-SPECIFIC Address 19 (0 0 0 0) (LSB) 20 Reserved APTPL 21 Reserved 22 Obsolete 23 Re[...]

6.Command Specification PREVEN T ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 6-64 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.11. PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 1Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Eh) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved Prevent 5 Control The PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL command requests that the target enable or disable the re[...]

READ 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-65 6.12. READ 08h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (08h) 1 Obsolete Reserved SILI Fixed 2 (MSB) 3 Transfer Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control READ transfers one or more data blocks to the init iator starting with the next block on the drive. Fixed: This bit specifies the meani[...]

6.Command Specification READ 6-66 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 The meaning of EOM is different for READ than for a WRITE type of command. EOM is only reported when the physical EOM/P is encountered. The drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status. The EOM and Valid bits are set and the Information fields contain the residue count. If EO D [...]

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-67 6.13. READ ATTRIBUTE 8Ch The READ ATTRIBUTE command allows an application client to read attribute values from the Medium Auxiliary memory (MAM). Table 6-63: READ ATTRIBUTE command Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (8Ch) 1 Reserved (0) Service Ac tion 2 R[...]

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE 6-68 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table 6-64: READ ATTRIBUTE service action codes Code Name Description 00h Attribute Values Return attribute values. 01h Attribute List Returns a list of available attribut e identifiers, identifiers that are not in the nonexistent or unsupported state. 02h Volume[...]

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-69 Table 6-65: Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 (MSB) AVAILABLE DATA (n-3) (LSB) 4 .. x ATTRIBUTE 0 .. m .. n ATTRIBUTE x The AVAILABLE DATA field shall contain the number of byte s of attribute information in the parameter list. If the parameter list is truncated as a [...]

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE 6-70 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.13.3. PARTITION LIST service action The READ ATTRIBUTE command with PARTITION LIST service action returns parameter data (table 6-67) identifying the number of partitions supported in the specified volume number. The contents of PARTITION NUMBER and FIRST ATTRI[...]

READ BLOCK LIMITS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-71 6.14. READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (05h) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The READ BLOCK LIMITS command tells the drive to return its limits for Block Length. The READ BLOCK LIMITS data shown bel[...]

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER 6-72 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.15. READ BUFFER 3Ch Bit Bite 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Ch) 1 Obsolete Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) 4 Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) 7 Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control READ BUFFER is used in conjunction with WRITE BUFFER as a diagnostic function for[...]

READ BUFFER 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-73 Descriptor Mode - In this mode, a maximum of four bytes of READ BUFFER descriptor information is returned. The device server shall return the descriptor information fo r the buffer specified by the BUFFER ID field (see the description of the buffer ID). If there is [...]

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER 6-74 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table 6-74: Echo Buffer descriptor Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved EBOS (1) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved (MSB) 3 BUFFER CAPACITY (LSB) The BUFFER CAPACITY field will return the size of the echo buffer in bytes aligned to a four-byte boundary. The maximum echo buffer si[...]

READ POSITION 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-75 6.16. READ POSITION 34h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (34h) 1 Obsolete Reserved TCLP LONG BT 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Control The READ POSITION command reports the current position of the logical un[...]

6.Command Specification READ POSITION 6-76 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 BPU: A Block Position Unknown (BPU) bit of one indicates that the First and Last Block Locations are not known or cannot be obtained. A BPU bit of ZERO indicates that the First contains valid position information. Partition Number: reports the current partition nu[...]

RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-77 6.17. RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ch) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Allocation Lengt h 4 (LSB) 5 Control RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS requests error analysis data be sent to the initiator after com[...]

6.Command Specification RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 6-78 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 All error messages are of the same format. All fi elds within the error message may not be known or applicable and are cleared to ZERO. A diagnostic result of all ZEROs is returned if the diagnostic completed successfully without error. Table 6-79: RE[...]

RELEASE UNIT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-79 6.18. RELEASE UNIT (6/10) 17h and 57h Table 6-80: Release UNIT 6 CDB for mat Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (17h) 1 Reserved Obsolete 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control Table 6-81:Release UNIT 10 CDB for mat Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation C[...]

6.Command Specification RELEASE UNIT 6-80 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Third Party Device ID: If the Third Party Device ID value that is connected with the reservation release is equal to or smaller than 255, the LongID field may be 0b and the Third Party Device ID value is sent in this field. The contents of the Third Party Device ID[...]

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-81 6.19. REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 44h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (44h) 1 Reserved MEDIA 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) 8 Allocation Length (LSB) 9 Control REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT provides information regarding the [...]

6.Command Specification REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6-82 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 115 (MSB) (LSB) 116 CAPACITY 119 (LSB) 120 (MSB) 127 ASSIGNING ORGANIZATION (SONY) (LSB) 128 (MSB) 135 DENSITY NAME (AIT-3) (LSB) 136 (MSB) 155 DESCRIPTION (AdvIntelligentTape3) (LSB) 156 PRIMARY DENSITY CODE (B3h) 157 SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30h) 158 WRT[...]

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-83 166 (MSB) TRACKS (00 01h) (LSB) 167 168 (MSB) CAPACITY (LSB) 171 172 (MSB) 179 ASSIGNING ORGANIZATION (SONY) (LSB) 180 (MSB) 187 DENSITY NAME (AIT-3 Ex) (LSB) 188 (MSB) 207 DESCRIPTION (AdvIntelligentTape3E) (LSB) 208 PRIMARY DENSITY CODE (38h) 209 SECOND[...]

6.Command Specification REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6-84 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 317 (MSB) BITS PER MM (00 17 D6 h) 319 (LSB) 320 (MSB) MEDIA WIDTH (00 50 h) 321 (LSB) 322 (MSB) TRACKS (00 01 h) 323 (LSB) 324 (MSB) CAPACITY 327 (LSB) 328 (MSB) SSIGNING ORGANIZATION (SONY) 335 (LSB) 336 (MSB) DENSITY NAME (VAIT-2) 343 (LSB) 344 (MSB) D[...]

REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-85 6.20. REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER A3h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A3h) 1 Reserved Service Act ion (05h) 2 - 5 Reserved 6 - 9 Allocation Length 10 Reserved 11 Control The REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER command requests that t he Logical Unit send d[...]

6.Command Specification REPORT LUNS 6-86 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.21. REPORT LUNS A0h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A0h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 (MSB) 7 8 9 Allocation Length (LSB) 10 Reserved 11 Control The REPORT LUNS command requests that the peripheral dev ice logical unit number[...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-87 6.22. REQUEST SENSE 03h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (03h) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Lengt h (1Ch) 5 Control The REQUEST SENSE command requests that the target transfer sense data to the initiator. The Sense Data will be v[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-88 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table 6-87: Error Codes 70h and 71h Sense Data Format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Valid Error Code (70h or 71h) 1 Segment Number 2 File-mark EOM ILI Reserved Sense Key 3 (MSB) Information Bytes 6 (LSB) 7 Additional Sen se Length (14h) 8 (MSB) Command-Specific Infor[...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-89 Additional Sense Length: This specifies the number of additional sense bytes that are to follow. If the Allocation Length of the Command Descriptor Block is too small to trans fer all of the additional sense bytes, the Addit ional Sense Length is not adjusted to r[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-90 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 CLN: When this bit is set, it indicates drive request cleaning . Refer to the clause 4.5.1 MEW: When this bit is set, it indicates Media Wa rning. Refer to the clause 4.5.2.3 A description of the different Sense Keys (Byte 2), Additional Sense Codes (Byte 12), and[...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-91 MEDIUM ERROR . Indicates that the current command or a previously acknowledged write-type operation terminated with a non-re covered error condition that was probably caused by a flaw in the medium, an error in the recorded data or the cleanliness of the head. Thi[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-92 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 HARDWARE ERROR . Indicates that the drive detected a non-recoverable hardware failure not related to the tape (for example, controller failure, device failure, parity error, etc).While performing the command or during a self-test. If a previously acknowledged writ[...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-93 55 04 INSUFFICIENT REGISTRATION RESOURCES (attempt to register more than 1 key) 83 02 No MIC Detected 83 04 MIC out of Memory 83 05 No Data Body Detected in the MIC 83 0C MIC format type is undefined 83 0D MIC capacity field indicates illegal value. 83 80 Partitio[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-94 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 ABORTED COMMAND 43 00 MESSAGE ERROR – Unexpected Message phase. 45 00 SELECT OR RE SELECT FAILURE - SCSI Selection/ Re-selection error. 47 00 SCSI PARITY ERROR - SCSI Parity Error detected and drive proceeded to Status phase. 48 00 INITIATOR DETECT ED ERROR MESS[...]

RESERVE UNIT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-95 6.23. RESERVE UNIT (6/10) 16h and 56h Table 6-91: RESERVE UNIT (6) CD B format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (16h) 1 Reserved Obsolete 2 Obsolete 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control Table 6-92: RESERVE UNIT (10) CDB format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operati[...]

6.Command Specification RESERVE UNIT 6-96 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3 rd Party: Third Party Release allows an initiator to re serve a logical for third party operations. If the value in this field is 0b, a Logical Unit reserve is requested. If 3rdPty = 1b, the Logical Unit reserves the specified logical unit, but only if the in iti[...]

REWIND 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-97 6.24. REWIND 01h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (01h) 1 Obsolete Reserved Immed 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control REWIND tells the drive to position the media at the beginning of th e currently active partition. Before rewinding, the drive writes any [...]

6.Command Specification SEND DIAGNOSTIC 6-98 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.25. SEND DIAGNOSTIC 1Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Dh) 1 Obsolete PF Reserved Self Test DevOfl(0) UnitOfl 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Parameter List Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control SEND DIAGNOSTIC tells the drive to perform diagnostic tests on itself. PF: The[...]

SEND DIAGNOSTIC 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-99 Table 6-95: Diagnostic Test informati on Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Diagnostic Test Number 1 Break Loop Count Identifier 2 Parameter A 3 Parameter B 4 Parameter C Diagnostic Test Number: Number identifying which test to execute Break: Indicates how to terminate [...]

6.Command Specification SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER 6-100 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.26. SET DEVICE IDENTIFI ER A4h Table 6-96: SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A4h) 1 Reserved Service Action (06h) 2 – 5 Reserved 6 – 9 Parameter List Length 10 Reserved 11 Control The SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER comm[...]

SPACE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-101 6.27. SPACE 11h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (11h) 1 Obsolete Reserved Code 2 (MSB) 3 Count 4 (LSB) 5 Control SPACE provides a variety of positioning functions t hat ar e determined by the Code and Count fields in the Command Descriptor Block. Both forward ([...]

6.Command Specification SPACE 6-102 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table 6-99: SPACE CHECK CONDITION results Sense Data Spacing Event Detected Valid Mark EOM Sense Key ASC/ASCQ Note Blocks File-marks Set-marks EOD File-mark Set-mark EOD BOT Phy EOT Set-mark EOD BOT Phy.EOT EOD BOT Phy.EOT BOT Phy.EOT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 [...]

SPACE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-103 6.27.1. CHECK CONDITION NO SENSE: If a File-mark occurs while spacing o ver blocks, the File-mark and Valid bits in extended sense are set to one. The Information bytes are set to the differenc e (residue) between the requested count and the actual number of blocks space[...]

6.Command Specification TEST UNIT READY 6-104 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.28. TEST UNIT READY 00h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (00h) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control TEST UNIT READY checks if the drive is ready. This is not a request for a self-test. If the drive has a tape loaded, this co[...]

WRITE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-105 6.29. WRITE 0Ah Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (0Ah) 1 Obsolete Reserve Fixed 2 (MSB) 3 Transfer Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control WRITE transfers one or more blocks from the Host to the tape beginning at the current logical position. Fixed: The Fixed Bit specifies bot[...]

6.Command Specification WRITE ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-106 6.30. WRITE ATTRIBUTE 8Dh The WRITE ATTRIBUTE command (table 6-101) allows an applicat ion client to write attributes to medium auxiliary memory. Application clients should issue the READ ATTR IBUTE command prior to using this command to discover device server [...]

WRITE ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-107 Table 6-102: WRITE ATTRIBUTE parameter li st format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 (MSB) PARAMETER DATALENGTH (n-3) (LSB) 4 . . ATTRIBUTE 0 … . . n ATTRIBUTE x The PARAMETER DATA LENGTH field should contain the number of bytes of attribute data and should be ig[...]

6.Command Specification WRITE BUFFER SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-108 6.31. WRITE BUFFER 3Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Bh) 1 Obsolete Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) Parameter List Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control WRITE BUFFER is used in conjunction with the READ BUFFER command as a diagnost[...]

WRITE BUFFER 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-109 Parameter List Length: specifies the maximum number of bytes that will be transferred during the Data Out phase. The initiator should attempt to ensure that the Parameter List Leng th does not exceed the buffer capacity. If this does occur, the drive returns a CHE[...]

6.Command Specification WRITE FILEMARKS SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-110 6.32. WRITE FILEMARKS 10h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (10h) 1 Obsolete Reserved WSmk Immed 2 (MSB) 3 Number of File-marks or Set-marks 4 (LSB) 5 Control WRITE FILEMARKS causes the specified number of File-mar ks or Set-marks to be written, beginni[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7-1 7. Drive Diagnostics This clause deals with the diagnostics supported by the SDX-800V. Each diagnostic is described in detail and possible error codes are discussed. 7.1. Overview The diagnostic firmware for this product is designed to achieve the following objectives: - Isolate har[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 If an error is detected during power-up, the drive will return CHECK CONDITION status to the host on the first command received. The host shall issue a REQUEST SENSE command to determine the cause of the CHECK CONDITION status. The Sense data returned by the driv e will have a Sense[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7-3 In SCSI-2 mode, the Page Format (PF) bit is one, and the Parameter List Length is 9, the Parameter List in this case is 9 bytes long and will be of the form: Table 7-2: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameters - SCSI-2 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Page Code (81h) 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) Page Length (00 [...]

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-4 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Sequence Test 00 Reset Sequence (61, 63, 71,72, 77-79, 80, 81, 30) H Mechanism Controller Kernel Test 20 Mechanism Controller Microprocessor Test P Main Processor Kernel Test 61 Main Processor ROM checksum P 62 Main Processor Destructive RAM Test P Drive Test 71 Buffer RAM Test PH 7[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7-5 Error set: Two set of error codes exist. The definition of the error is dependent upon when set is taken from as follows: 0 - Runtime errors 2 - Drive diagnostic errors Error code: Error codes for each error set are described in clause 7.2.6 Result A: Typically this byte indicates t[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7.2.6. Diagnostics Results Reference The following list of error codes are supported by the drive. Error Sets - Error Code Error Set 0 - Runtime Errors 00h NO ERROR 01h NO TAPE 02h OFF-LINE WITH TAPE 04h ILLEGAL COMMAND 05h BOT ENCOUNTERED 07h WRITE PROTECTED 08h PARTITION SIZE ERRO[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7-7 Error set 2 - Diagnostic error 02h MAIN PROCESSOR ROM CHECK SUM TEST FAILURE 06h MAIN PROCESSOR DESTRUCTIVE RAM TEST FAILURE 07h MAIN PROCESSOR NON DESTRUCTIVE RAM TEST FAILURE 12h BUFFER RAM TEST FAILURE 14h INTERNAL MESSAGE BUS TEST FAILURE 15h DATA COMPRESSION DMA LINE TEST FAILU[...]

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8. APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 8-1 8. APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order ASC and ASCQ Assignments Alphabetic Order BYTE 12 13 DESCRIPTION 55 06 AUXILIARY MEMORY OUT OF SPACE 11 12 AUXILIARY MEMORY READ ERROR 0C 0B AUXILIARY MEMORY WRITE ERROR 00 04 BEGINNING-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM DE [...]

8. APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 8-2 25 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT SUPPORTED 15 01 MECHANICAL POSITIONING ERROR 3F 11 MEDIUM AUXILIARY MEMORY ACCESIBLE 31 00 MEDIUM FORMAT CORRUPTE D 3A 00 MEDIUM NOT PRESENT 3A 04 MEDIUM NOT PRESENT_MEDIUM AUXILIARY MEMORY ACCESIBLE 43 00 MESSAGE ERROR 3F 01 MICROCO[...]

9. APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 9-1 9. APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order ASC and ASCQ Assignments Numeric Order BYTE 12 13 DESCRIPTION 00 00 NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION 00 01 FILEMARK DETECTED 00 02 END-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM DETECTED 00 03 SETMARK DETECTED 00 04 BEGINNING-OF-PARTITION/[...]

9. APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 9-2 2A 05 REGISTRATION PREEMPTED 2C 00 COMMA ND SEQUENCE ERROR 30 00 INCOMPATIBLE MEDIUM INSTALLED 30 02 CANNOT READ MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT 30 03 CLEANING CARTRIDGE INS TALLED 30 05 CANNOT WRITE MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT 30 07 CLEANING FAILURE 31 00 MEDI[...]

10.Appendix C SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 10-1 10. APPENDIX C: SCSI Commands (Op Code Order) The following is a list of the supported SCSI Commands and page index: PARA SCSI COMMAND OP CODE PAGE 6.28 TEST UNIT READY 00h 6-104 6.24 REWIND 01h 6-97 6.22 REQUEST SENSE 03h 6-87 6.14 READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h 6-71 6.12 READ 08h 6-65 6.29 WRIT[...]

10.Appendix C 10-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.26 SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h 6-100 6.20 REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER A3h 6-85[...]

11.Appendix D SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 11-1 11. APPENDIX D: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) ASC and ASCQ Assignments fo r AIT drive (Sony Unique) Numeric Order BYTE 12 13 DESCRIPTION 83h 00h Reserved 83h 01h MIC Header Error 83h 02h No MIC Detected 83h 03h MIC Checksum Error 83h 04h MIC out of memory 83h 05h No Data Body Dete[...]

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12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-1 12. APPENDIX E: Medium Au xiliary Memory Attribute 12.1. INTRODUCTION This section will outline the design specifications for the implementation of selected Medium Auxiliary Memory (MAM) attributes. 12.2. OVERVIEW An increasing number of media types are incorporating small memory compon[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-2 Note: The above information has been taken from an unofficial version of the SCSI-3 Stream Commands. In case of any conflict, the published ANSI standard prevails . Table 12-1 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 OPERATION CODE ( 1Bh) 1 Reserved IMMED 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved HOLD EOT RET[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-3 Table 12-3: MAM Attribute sta tes Attribute Type Attribute State Description Read Only An application server may read the contents of the attribute with the READ ATTRIBUTE command, but an attempt to clear or change the attribute using the WRITE ATTRIBUTE command shall result in the comm[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-4 The READ ONLY bit indicates whether the attribut e is in the read only state. If the READ ONLY bit is one, the attribute is in the re ad only state. If the READ ONLY bit is zero, the at tribute is in the read/write state. The FORMAT field (table 12-5) specifies the form at of the data i[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-5 Table 12-7: Device Common Attributes ID Attribute Name #Bytes Forma t 0000h REMAINING CAPACITY IN PARTITION 8 Binary 0001h MAXIMUM CAPACITY IN PARTITION 8 Binary 0002h TAPEALERT FLAGS 8 Binary 0003h LOAD COUNT 8 Binary 0004h MAM SPACE REMAINING 8 Binary 0005h ASSIGNING ORGANISATION 8 AS[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-6 0007h INITIALIZATION COUNT: Indicates the number of ti mes that a device server has logically formatted the medium. This figure is cumulative over the life of the medium and shall never be reset. 020Ah, 020Bh, 020Ch, 020Dh DEVICE VENDOR/SERIAL NUM BER AT LAST LOAD, DEVICE VENDOR/SERIAL [...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-7 Table 12-9: Medium USAGE H ISTORY attribute forma t Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 5 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) 6 11 (MSB) The CURRENT WRITE RETRIES COU NT (LSB) 12 17 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) 18 23 (MSB) CURRENT READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 24 29 (MSB) PREVIOUS A[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-8 The CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA READ field indicates the amount of data physically read from the medium during this load of the medium. This value is expressed in in crements of 1048576 bytes (e.g., a value of one means 1048576 bytes, two means 2097152 bytes, etc.). The CURRENT READ RETRIES [...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-9 Table 12-10: PARTITION USAG E HISTORY attribute format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) 4 7 (MSB) CURRENT WRITE RETIES COUNT (LSB) 8 11 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) 12 15 (MSB) CURRENT READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 16 19 (MSB) PREVIOUS AMOUNT[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-10 COUNT fields are as defined for MEDIUM USAGE HISTORY exc ept that they refer to the partition identified by th e CDB PARTITION NUMBER field rather than the whole medium. The CHANGE PARTITION COUNT field indicates the number of times that switches to the partition specified by the PARTI[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-11 Note: The Formatted Density Code ID 0006h, which is in the Device Common Attribute sectio n and the Medium Density Code ID 0405h, which is located in the Medium Common Attributes section, will need to be use in some cases in conjunction in determining the media format. The MEDIUM MANUF[...]

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-12 Note: It is intended that this field provide a unique vendor i dentification of the vendor who wrote the Host Common attributes. In the absence of a formal registration procedure, T10 maintains a list of vendor identification codes in use. Vendors are requested to voluntarily submit th[...]

13. Appendix F SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 13-1 13. APPENDIX F: AIT based WORM system 13.1. Important Notice (1) AIT WORM cartridges come equipped with Remote MIC. (2) A new AIT WORM cartridge can be initialized to use either AIT native mode or DDS emulation mode. (3) WORM features are supported in AIT tape driv es with firmware revi[...]

13. Appendix F SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800 series Ver.1.1 13-2 (i)How to initialize a WORM cartridge to DDS emulation mode. 1Partition AIT=0 All other bits and bytes are the same as returned with Mode Sense Page 31. Set IDP bit to 1. Additional Partition=0. All other bits and bytes are the same as returned with Mode Sense Page 11. 2Parition AIT=0 Al[...]

13. Appendix F SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 13-3 (ii)How to initialize a WORM cartridge to AIT Native mode. 1Partition AIT=1, DEVICE=1, ABS=1, SysLogAlive=11, Span=0Ah Set IDP bit to 1. Additional Partition=0. 13.5. How to handle the WORM cartridge in the drive 1. DATA READ: There is no restriction when reading data in WORM mode. 2. D[...]

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14. Appendix G SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 14-1 14. APPENDIX G: DISASTER RECOVER 14.1. Overview This chapter will outline the Disaster Recovery Firmware Specifications for Sony AIT drive and autoloader. This is applicable only to Windows NT/2000 Operating System. While in Disaster Recovery mode, the drive behaves as a bootable CDROM [...]

14. Appendix G SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 14-2 14.5.4. Read TOC (0x43) This command shall only be supported in DR mode. 5.4.1. Returned Data (20 bytes) 00 12 01 01 00 14 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 AA 00 00 04 B0 00 14.5.5. Mode Sense/Select Page Code 0x3C DR Mode Entry/Exit Page Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Byte 0 Re[...]

15. Appendix H SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 15-1 15. APPENDIX H: GLOSSAR Y This glossary includes many terms that are useful when working with the SONY DDS tape drive. Not all terms are used within this manual. Amble: A frame used to separate groups. It has a Logical Fram e Number of ZERO. The Main Data Area contains only a valid head[...]

15. Appendix H SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 15-2 Group: A fixed capacity set of frames written onto or read from the tape. A group contains one index and can contain several records, partial records, File-marks and Set-marks. Hard Error: A Hard Error is an un-correctable data error. During writing, this is defined as being uncorrected[...]

15. Appendix H SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 15-3 Tape Log: The Tape Log contains details of the history of a tape, the total number of groups written, of RAW retries, of groups read, of C3 ECC retries, and of loads. The log is copied into RAM when the tape is loaded into the SDX-800V, updated as the tape is used, and written back into[...]

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