3D Innovations DLT8000 manual

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    &RQILJXU LQJ DQG ,QV W D OO LQJ D7 DEO HWRS 7 DSH6 VWHP This section prov ides instructions for configuring and installing the tabletop version of the t[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   &RQQHF WLQJWK H6&6,%XV&DEOHV Figure 2- 9 shows the locations of the two SCSI bus connectors on the rear panel of the tabletop tape system. The SCSI[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    /RDGLQJD &DUWUL GJH 127( Because this section of the manual includes descriptions of the states of indicators on the tape system, it may be useful to rev iew se[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 2. Insert the cartridg e. Push the cartridge fully into the tape sy stem . &$87,21 To prevent failures and/or damage to the handle, assist the handle to its closed position. D o not flip[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   8QORDG LQJ D&DUWULG JH 127( Because this section of the manual includes descriptions of the states of indicators on the tape system, it may be useful to rev iew [...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,I ,WPHDQV $QG RXVKRXOG« The Use Cleaning T ape indicator continues to be illuminated steadily after you have used a cleaning cartridge to clean the recording head Your cleanin[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   2SHU DWL QJWKH 7 DSH6VWHP ±&RQWU ROV DQG ,QGL FDW RUV Operating the tape system requires use of a tape cartridge and the controls and indicators on the [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   8QOR DG% XWW RQ Use the Unload Button to unload the tape cartridge. When a user pushes the Unload Button, the tape sy stem waits until any activ e writing of data to ta[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  7RVHOHFWGHQVLWRQWKHWDSHV VWHP Load the tape cartridge into the tape sy stem. The yellow Tape in U se indicator blinks while the tape loads and calibrates. After calibr[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    3 RZHU 2 Q6H OI7 HVW 326 7DQG ,QGL FDWRU $ F WLYLW'XU LQJ3 267 When power is applied to the tape sy stem , it performs pow er- on self[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 6WDWH ,QGLFDWRU'LVSODDQG$FWLY LW A tape cartridge is present, but the handle is up (not recommended) The yellow Tape In Use indicator extinguishes. T he green Operate Handle [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    7 DSH6 VWHP2SH UD WLQJ 0RGH VD QG, QGLFD WRU $ F WLYLW Table 2-13 describes the v arious operating conditions of a tape system and what observations can be [...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  7DSHL Q8VH ,QGLF DWRU DQG0RGH V Whenever the y ellow Tape in Use indicator is illum inated steadily, the tape system and cartridg e are ready to use. When the sy stem is calib[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,I« 7KHQ« <RX6KRXOG« System does not recognize the tape system (continued) 1. SCSI bus may be too long. 2. Too many dev ices on the bus. 1. Limit bus length to ANSI SCSI standard fo[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD &RQILJXULQJ,QVWDOOLQJDQG2SHUDWLQJWKH7DSH6VWHP 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,I« 7KHQ« <RX6KRXOG« Indicators along right-hand side of front panel are blinking and the Operate Handle Light is illuminated steadily The tape leader may be dropped. Open the handl[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,'HVFULSWLRQ  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO Transfer Peri od 2 Minimum tim e allowed between the leading edges of succ essive RE Q pulses and of s ucces sive ACK pul ses while using st andard or fast s ynchronous data trans fers. The period range is 200 t o 500ns mini mum , sta[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,'HVFULSWLRQ  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO &$87,21 Any occurrence of a bus parity error (i.e., a single-bit error) should be considered serious: it implies the possibility of undetected double-bit error may ex ist on the bus. T his may cause undetected data corruption. On [...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 0HVVDJH 0HVVDJH&RGH ' LUHFWLRQ ABORT 06h Out BUS DEVICE RESET 0Ch Out COMM AND COMPLETE 00h In DISCONNECT 04h In Out EXTENDED M ESSAGE (SDTR and wide Data T ransfer Request) * 01h In O ut IDENTIFY 80h – FFh In Out IGNORE W IDE RESIDUE 23h In [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  Bit Byte 76543210 0 Ex tended Message (01h) 1 Ex tended Message Length 2 E x tended Message C ode 3 to n - 1 Extended M essage Arguments )LJXUH  ±  ([WHQGHG0HVVDJH² 'DWD)RUPDW )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q Extended M essage Leng[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   6XSSRU WHG 6&6, 0 HV VDJHV Follow ing are des criptions of each of th e m essag es supported by the drive.  $%25 70HVVDJHK This m essage is sent from the initiator to the targ et to clear the c[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   ',6&211(&70HVVDJHK The DI SCONNECT m essage is sent from the drive to inform the initiator that the present connection is going to be broken (the driv e plans to disconnect by releasing the BSY sig na[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,1,7,$725 '(7(&7('(5 525 0HVVDJHK The IN I TIA TOR D ETEC TED ERR OR m essage is sent from an initiator to inform the drive that an error has occurred that does not preclude the driv e from ret[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   /,1.('&2 00 $1'&203/(7(0HVVDJH$K This m essage is sent from a target to an initiator to indicate that the execution of a linked comm and (with the FLAG bit set to zero) is com plete and that stat[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 0HVVDJHV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   6<1&+521286'$7$75$16 )(55(48( 67 0HVVDJHK 127( The tape drive supports initiating synchronous transfer negotiations with the host, but this feature is disabled by default. T o enable it, set the [...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  &RPP DQG' HVFULSW RU% ORFN An initiator com m unicates with the drive by sending a 6- or 10- byte Com mand Descriptor Block that contains the param eters for the specific command. The SCSI co mma nd ’ s op[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  Operation Code The operation code spec ifies t he comm and being requested. The list of supported S CSI com mands and their operation c odes are contai ned in Table 5 – 1. Logical Unit Number The Logic al Unit Num ber contains the number o[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO The final byte of the CD B is called the &RQWURO by te. I t s contents are defined in the next fig ure and table. In the remainder of this chapter, the Flag and Link bytes will not be redefined each time they appear as part of a com mand[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   6WDWX V(UURU5HSR UWLQJ SCSI messag e-level errors are com m unicated by m essages that are defined specifically for that purpose (for exam ple, MESSAGE PARI TY ERROR , MESSAGE REJECT). Message- level errors are also [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 127( In contrast to the BUSY status condition, the DRIVE NO T READY Sense Key is returned as part of the Sense data following a R EQUEST SENSE command and indicates that a media access command has been issued and the medium is not ready to b[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ERASE 0 INQUIRY A llocati on --- Standard Inqui ry or a Vital Product Dat a page LOAD UNLOAD 0 --- --- LOCATE 0 --- --- LOG SELECT P arameter Lis t (mus t be 0) --- --- LOG SENSE All ocation --- Log P age MODE SELECT (6) / (10) Paramet er Li[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO REPORT LUNS All ocation --- Supported LUNS LIst REQUEST SEN SE Allocation --- Sen se Data (18) RESERVE UN IT 0 (Extent List Option not supported) --- --- REW IND 0 --- --- SEND DIA GNOSTIC Param eter List Diagnos tic P age --- SPACE 0 ---[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    8QLW$WW HQWLRQ&RQGLWLRQ Queued Unit Attentions are implem ented on the Tandberg DLT8000 tape drive and are maintained separately for each valid LUN for each initiator. Unit Attentions are created in each of t[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  %HKDYLRU$W 3RZHU2 QDQG6&6,%X V5HVHW The following apply to the DLT8000 tape drive ’ s behavior at power-on and/or SCSI bus reset: • When the Tandberg DLT8000 system is powered up, all device[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   'DWD&DFKHDQG 7DSH:ULW H,QWHUDFWLRQ The Tandberg DLT8000 system tape drive contains a data cache that buffers blocks (records) until they are written to tape. This section describes when those [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   6&6, FRPPDQG 'HVF UL SWLRQV LQ 7KLV 0 DQXDO The SCSI com mands are presented in alphabetical order. Each comm and starts on a new, odd- numbered pag e. Because information about a particular comm and [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  Throughout this m anual, m ultiple bytes that contain inform ation about specific comm and parameters are portrayed as shown in the exam ple of the Param eter List Length field (by tes 7 and 8) of the Log Select com mand shown below: Bit [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  (5$ 6(&RPPDQG K The ERASE comm and causes data on the tape m edium to be erased. 127( ERASE command MUST be issued while at BO T. Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Operation Code (19h) 1 Logical Unit N umber Reser[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  (5$6(&RPPDQGK FRQWLQXHG )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q Immed Immediate. If the Immediate bit = 0, the target does not return status until the selected operation has completed. If set to 1, status is returned [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148 ,5 <&R PPDQG K The INQUI RY com mand allows the initiator to determ ine the kind of SCSI devices attached to its SCSI bus. It causes a device that is attached to a SCSI bus to return information [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148 ,5<&RP PDQGK F RQWLQXHG )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q CmdDt Command Support Data. If Cm dDt = 0 and EVPD (see below) = 0, the drive returns the Standard Inquiry Data. If CmdDt = 1 w ith EVPD = 0, the dr[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148 ,5<& RPPDQG K FRQ WLQXHG Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Peripheral Quali fier Peripheral Device Type 1 RMB Devi ce Type Modifier 2 ISO Version ECM A Version ANSI Version 3 AENC Trm IOP Reserved Res po[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148,5<&RPPDQGK FRQWLQXHG Table 5 – 8 contains field descriptions for the data returned by the drive. Peripheral Quali fier 0 Non-zero if init iator sel ects an inval id logical uni t (see belo[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148 ,5<& RPPDQG K FRQ WLQXHG Product Revi sion Level This f ield contains 4 bytes of A SCII dat a that provides t he drive ’s firm ware revision levels. The first two bytes are the vers ion nu[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148,5<&RPPDQGK FRQWLQXHG   9HQGRU8QLTXH,QTXLU'DWD The following inform ation can be used to precisely identify the revision of subsystem com ponents. Bit Byte 76[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148 ,5<& RPPDQG K FRQ WLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Product Family This field indicates the data density of each of the D LT tape drives as follow s: 3URGXFW)DPLO%LW 'ULY H?[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    6XSSRUWH G9LWDO3U RGXFW'DWD3 DJHVD QG&RPPDQG 6XSSRUW'D WD The Supported Vital Product Data Pages pag e (Figure 5 – 7) provides a directory of the Vital Product Data Pages that are s[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148 ,5<& RPPDQG K FRQ WLQXHG 7KH8QLW6HULDO1XPEHU3DJHK Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Ty pe 1 Page Code (80h) 2 Reserved 3 Page Length ([...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148,5<&RPPDQGK FRQWLQXHG 7KH'HYLFH,GHQWLILFDWLRQ3DJHK Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Ty pe 1 Page Code (83h) 2 Reserved 3 Page Length[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148 ,5<& RPPDQG K FRQ WLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Code Set T he value in this field indicates the type of data to be found in the Identifier field. Code M eaning 1 Binary data 2 ASCII [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148,5<&RPPDQGK FRQWLQXHG 7KH)LUPZDUH%XLOG,QIRUPDWLRQ3DJH98&K Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Ty pe 1 Page Code (C0h) 2 Reserve[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148 ,5<& RPPDQG K FRQ WLQXHG 7KH6XEVVWHP&RPSRQHQWV5HYLVLRQ3DJH&K This page contains inform ation used by Tandberg Data ASA about firm ware, drive controller, [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  ,148,5<&RPPDQGK FRQWLQXHG &RPPDQG6XSSRUW'DWD An application client can request com mand support data by setting the CmdD t bit of the INQUIRY com m and to 1, and speci fying the SC[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO ,148,5<&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q Support The value of the Support field describes the type of support that the tape drive provides for Command Support D ata. 9DOXH 'HVFULSWLRQ?[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    /2$ '81/2$'&RPPDQG %K The LOAD UNLOAD command tells the t arget to load or unl oad the tape media in the tape cartri dge. If no cartridge is i n t he t ape dr ive, both LOAD a nd UNLOAD ret[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO /2$'81/2$'&RPPDQG%KFRQWLQXHG Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Operation Code (1Bh) 1 Logical Unit N umber Reserved Immed 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved EOT Re-Ten Load 5 Unused Reserved Flag Link )LJXU[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2$'81/2$'&RPPDQG%KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Immed Immediate. If this bit is set to 1, status is returned as soon as the operation is started. If set to 0, status is returned a[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  / 2&$ 7(&R PPDQG %K The LOCATE com m and is used to do hig h-speed positioning to the specified block address. The READ POSI T ION com mand can be used to obtain the block address, when writing, w he[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2&$7(&RPPDQG%KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ BT Block Type. The Block T ype bit indicates how the Block Address field is interpreted. The first recorded object (block or filemark) is at add[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(/(&7 &RPPDQ G& K The LOG SELECT com mand allows the host to manag e statisti cal information maintained by the tape driv e about its own hardware parameters or about the installed tape me[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(/(&7&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG PCR Paramet er Code Reset. I f this bi t is s et to 1 and the param eter list length is set to 0, all acc umulated val ues of page codes 2, 3, and 32 are set to 0 an[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO /2*6(/(&7&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG   /RJ'HWHFWLRQ6XPPDULQ/2*6(/( &7&RPPDQG 'HVFULSWRU%ORFN The following conditions constitute errors that are[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(/(&7&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG  /RJ 6HOHFW 3DJH )RUP DW Each log pag e begins with a 4- byte header followed by Q number of log param eter blocks (one block for each [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO /2*6(/(&7&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG /2* 3$ 5$ 0(7(56 Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 -1 (MSB) Parameter Code (LSB) 2 DU DS TSD ETC TM C Rsv ’ dL P 3 Parameter Length 4 - 7 (MSB) Parameter Value (LSB) )LJXUH?[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(/(&7&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ 127( Byte 2 of the Log Parameter Block is referred to as the Parameter Control Byte; it is made up of six control bits plus one bit th[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO /2*6(/(&7&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ TM C Threshold M et Criteria. Once the criteria specified in this field is met and the ETC bit is 1 and the RLEC bit in M ODE SENSE / [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   (UURU'HW HFWLRQ6XP PDULQ /RJ 6HOHFW 3DJHV The host issues a LOG SEN SE com m and to initialize host- resident software that allows determ ination of: • The log pag es used by the driv e • The[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(16(& RPPDQG 'K The LO G SE NSE command allows the host to retriev e statistical inform ation maintained by the tape driv e about its own hardware parameters or about the installed t ape medi[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO /2*6(16(&RPPDQG'K FRQWLQXHG DU Dis able Update. Al ways 0. DS Disable S ave. Not supported. This bit always set to 1. TSD Target Save Dis able. Not support ed. This bit always set to 1. ETC Enable[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(16(&RPPDQG'K FRQWLQXHG  'HYLFH:HOOQHVV3DJH K The Dev ice Wellness Pag e returns information about any check conditions related to Sense Keys 1, [...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  /2*6(16(&RPPDQG'K FRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Parameter Code Parameter Codes 0000h through 000Fh are supported. This provides 16 log entries for error information capture. DU Disable [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO /2*6(16(&RPPDQG'K FRQWLQXHG  'HYLFH6W DWXV 3DJH (K  The Device Status Page describes the current status of the tape driv e. Figures 5- 31 and 5-32 and T[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  02'(6(/(& 7&R PPDQG   KK The MODE SELECT command (available in either 6- or 10-byte format) enabl es the host to configure the tape drive. I[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  02'(6(/(&7 &RPPDQGKKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Media T ype T his field is ignored by the M ODE SELECT command. Buffere[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21,1&RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG The fig ure and table below illustrate and describe the data fields of R ead Key data parameters. Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3210 0 - 3 (MSB) Generation (LSB) 4 - 7 (MS[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7 ,21,1& RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Generation The v alue in this field is a 32-bit counter in the device server that is incremented each time a PERSISTENT R[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21,1&RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG The fig ure and table below illustrate and describe the data fields of Read Reservations data param eters. Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3210 0 - 3 (MSB) Generation (LSB) [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7 ,21,1& RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG The figure and table below illustrate and describe the data fields of each Read Reservations descriptor ’ s data fields. Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3210 0 - 7 (MSB)[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21,1&RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG Reservatio n Key The Reservation key fiel d contains an 8-byte value t hat identif ies the reserv ation key under whic h the persis tent reserv ation is hel d[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7 ,21,1& RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Type The value of the Type field specifies the characteristics of the persistent reservation being established for all da[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7 ,21,1& RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG 3h Exclus ive; any com mand from any initi ator other than t he initiator hol ding the persist ent reservati on that attem pts a transfer from the target re[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21,1&RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG 5h W RITE Registrant s Only READS: Shared; any applicati on client on any i nitiator m ay execute com mands t hat perform transfers from the t arget to the i [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7 ,21,1& RPPDQG(KFRQWLQXHG READ Shared LU EX WR IT E Exclu sive LU EX READ Exclu sive LU EX Exclu sive Access * LU EX Shared Access * LU EX WR IT E Exclu sive RO LU EX Exclu sive Acce[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(1 75 (6(5 9 $ 7,2128 7& RPPDQ G )K The PERSISTENT RESERVAT ION OUT com mand is a 10-byte com mand used to reserv e a logical unit or an extent within a logical unit for the exclusive or sha[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21287&RPPDQG)KFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Scope The value in this field indicates w hether a persistent reservation applies to an entire logical unit, to a part of [...]

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7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21287&RPPDQG)KFRQWLQXHG 00h Regis ter When t he comm and executes a Regis ter servic e action, i t registers a reservation k ey with a device server without generating a reservat io[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7,21 287&RPPDQG) KFRQWLQXHG 02h Release A PERSISTENT RESERVATION OUT comm and with Re lease service action removes a persist ent reservation hel d by the sam e initiat or. The fields [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21287&RPPDQG)KFRQWLQXHG 04h Pre-em pt A PERSISTENT RESER VATION OUT comm and with a successful Pre-empt service ac tion rem oves all pers istent res ervations f or all init iators t[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7,21 287&RPPDQG) KFRQWLQXHG 05h Pre-empt & Clear A PERSISTENT RESER VATION OUT command with a Pre-empt & Clear service ac tion rem oves all pers istent res ervations f or all [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21287&RPPDQG)KFRQWLQXHG Table Table 5 – 68 presents the definitions of the characters of the available “ Typ e ” values from the Ty pe field of the PERSI STENT RESERVATION IN [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7,21 287&RPPDQG) KFRQWLQXHG 3h Exclusive Acc ess READS: Ex clusi ve; any com mand from any initiat or other than the initiat or holding the persi stent res ervation that at tempt s a [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21287&RPPDQG)KFRQWLQXHG 6h Exclu sive Access, Registrant s Only READS: E xclusive; any c omm and from an ini tiator that has not previous ly perform ed a Register servi ce acti on w[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 3(56,67(17 5(6(59$7,21 287&RPPDQG) KFRQWLQXHG Reservatio n Key This field c ontains an 8-byt e token that is provided by the appli cation c lient to th e device server t o identif y which initiat or is[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  3(56,67(175(6(5 9$7,21287&RPPDQG)KFRQWLQXHG The table below illustrates which fields are set by the application client and interpreted by the dev ice server for each Serv ice and Scope value. Register [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   35(9 (17  $//2:0( ',80 5(0 29 $ / &RPPDQG(K This comm and enables or disables the unloading of the tape cartridge. Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Operation Code (1Eh) 1 Logical Unit Number Res[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    5($'&RPPDQG K This com m and transfers one or mo re data blocks or by tes to the initiator starting with the next block on the tape. Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Operation Code (08h) 1 Logical Uni[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5($'&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Fixed This bit specifies whether fix ed-length or variable-length blocks are to be transferred, and gives meaning to the Transfer Length field [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($'&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG The meaning of EOM is different for a READ comm and than for a WRITE- related comm and. EOM is reported only when the physical EOM or End-of-P artition (EOP) is encounter ed.[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   5($ '%/2&. /,0 ,76 &RPPDQG  K The READ BLOCK LIMI TS comm and directs the tape drive to report its block length lim its. Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Operation Code (05h) 1 Logical Unit [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($'%/2&./,0,76&RPPDQG KFRQWLQXHG The READ BLOCK LIMITS data shown below is sent during the DATA IN phase of the comm and. The command does not reflect the currently selected block size,[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   5($ '%8))(5 &RPPDQG &K The READ BUFFER comm a nd is used in conj unction with WRI T E BUFFER as a diagnostic function for testing the drive ’ s data buffer for possible diag nostic data[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($'%8)) (5&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Mode The tape driv e supports the follow ing values w ithin this field. If any non-supported value is set, the drive terminates the co[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5($'%8)) (5&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG  &RPELQHG+ HDGHUDQG' DWD0RGH In this mode, the tape drive returns a 4- byte header followed by data by tes. The drive term [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($'%8)) (5&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG  'DW D0RGH In this m ode, the DAT A I N phase contains only buffer data.  'HVFULS WRU0RGH In this m ode, a [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($ '326,7,21&R PPDQG K The READ POSI TION com mand is used to read a position identifier or SCSI Logical B lock Address (L BA). The LO CATE comm and uses this identifier to position bac[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($'326,7,21&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 127( The drive returns CHECK CONDITION with UNIT NOT READY sense ke y with the READ POSITIO N command if the media is not ready to be accessed. ?[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5($'326,7,21&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ BOP Beginning of Partition. W hen set to 1, indicates that the logical unit is at the beginning of partition in the current partitio[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5($'326,7,21&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG   7RWDO&XUUHQW/RJLFDO3RVLWLRQ When TCLP and Long bits are both set to 1, the data tak es the following form at: Bit Byte 76543210[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(&(,9(' ,$ *1267,&5(68 / 76&RPPDQG &K The RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS command fetches the r esults of the l ast SEND DIAGNOSTIC com mand sent to the t ape drive. Bit Byte 7654321 0[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(&(,9(',$*1267,&5(68 /76&RPPDQG&KFRQWLQXHG The following data is returned by the drive as a result of the RECEI VE DIAGNOSTI C comm and. Note that a REQUEST SENSE command should be[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(/($ 6(81,7&RPPDQ GK  The RELEASE UNIT (6) comm and is a 6-byte comm and that releases the drive if it is currently reserv ed by the requesting initiator. I t is not an error to [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(/($6(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ 3rdPty The third party release option for RELEASE UNIT allow s an initiator to release a logical unit that was prev iously res[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(/($ 6(81,7&R PPDQG K The RELEASE UNIT and the RESERVE UNIT comm ands are used for cont enti on resolution in m ultiple- initiator system s. T he RELEASE (10) com m and is a 1[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(/($6(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q 3rdPty Third Party Release allow s an initiator to release a logical unit that was prev iously reserved. If the value in this fiel[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(325 7' (16,7 < 6833257& RPP DQG K  The REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT command is a 10- byte comm and used to request that inform ation about the densities supported by the log ical unit [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(3257'(1 6,7<6833257&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Media W hen this bit = 0, it indicates that the device server w ill return density support data blocks for densities[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(3257'(1 6,7<6833257&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Available Density Support Length This value w ithin this field specifies the number of bytes in the data that follow[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(3257'(1 6,7<6833257&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3210 0 Primary Density Code 1 Secondary Density Code 2 WR TO K DUP DEFLT Reserve d 3 - 4 Reserved 5 – 7 ( MSB) Bits Per MM (LSB) 8 ?[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(3257'(1 6,7<6833257&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Primary Density Code This field contains the value returned by a M ODE SENSE command for the density described in th[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(3257'(1 6,7<6833257&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 'DWD)LHOG 'HVFULSWLRQ Bit Per MM Bits per millimeter. The value in this field indicates the number of bits per millimeter per track as rec[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   5(32 57/816 &RPPDQG $ K The REPORT LUNS com mand requests that the peripheral device log ical unit numbers of k nown logical units in the target be sent to the applications client. The comm and[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(3257/81 6&RPPDQG$K FRQWLQXHG Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3210 0 - 3 (MSB) LUN List Length (n – 7) (LSB) 4 - 7 Reserved 8 - 15 (MSB) LUN (first LUN) (LSB) • • • • • • n-7 – n LUN (last LUN, if mo[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48 (676(16(& RPPDQ GK The REQUEST SENSE command causes the tape driv e to transfer detailed sense data to the initiator. Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Operation Code (03h) 1 Logical Unit Number Rese[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG The REQU EST SENSE comm and causes the tape drive to transfer detailed sense data to the initiator. The s ense data is valid f or a CHECK CONDITION or RESERVAT ION CONF[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG Bit Byte 7654321 0 0 Valid Error Code 1 Segment Number (0) 2 Filemark EOM ILI Reserved Sense Key 3 - 6 (MSB) Information Bytes (LSB) 7 Additional Sense Length 8 - 11 (M[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Valid W hen set to 1, this field indicates that the information bytes contain valid information as defined in the ANSI SCSI-2 specificati[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Additional Sense Length This field specifies the number of additional sense bytes to follow . If the Allocation Length of the Command Des[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Tape M otion Hours This field reports the number of tape motion (i.e., head wear) hours. Format is given as a hex adecimal word (2 by tes[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 6HQVH.H 'HVFULSW LRQ 0h NO SE NSE. Check the Filem ark/EOM/I LI bits and t he Additional S ense Code/Addit ional Sense Code Quali fier bytes. 1h RECOV ERED ERR[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG The following table provides the additional sense codes (ASCs) and additional sense code qualifiers (ASCQs) that may be reported. Additional inform ation, explanations,[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 02h NOT READY 04 00 Unit Not Ready, Cause Nonreport able 04 01 Unit Not Ready, Calibrati on in Proces s 04 02 Unit Not Ready, LOAD Com mand Needed 04 03 Unit Not Ready,[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 04h HARDW ARE E RROR 08 00 LUN Com muni cation Failure 08 01 LUN Communi cation Tim eout Failure 0C 80 W rite SCS I FIFO CRC E rror 11 80 Read SCSI FIF O CRC error 11 8[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 04h HARDW ARE E RROR (cont .) 51 00 Erase Failure 53 00 Media Load/Ejec t Failure 53 01 Unload Tape Failure 84 01 BHC Test Fai led 05h ILLEGAL RE QUEST 1A 00 P arameter[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 05h ILLEGAL RE QUEST (cont .) 3B 0D Media Dest ination El ement Full 3B 0E Media Source E lement Empty 3D 00 Invalid Bits in ID Me ssage 53 02 Media Rem oval Prevented [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(48(676(16(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG 0Bh COMMAND ABORTED 43 00 Message Error 44 80 Unexpected Selec tion Int errupt 44 82 Com mand Com plete Sequence Fai lure 44 83 SCSI Chip, Gross Error/ Ill egal – Com[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  )LOHPDUN(QGRI0HGLXP(2 0DQG,QFRUUHFW/HQJWK,QGLFDWRU,/,%LWV )LOHPDUNEWH ELW  (20 EWH ELW DQG ,/, EWH?[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(6(5 9(81,7&RPPDQG K The RESERVE UNIT (6) comm and is a 6-by te comm and that reserves the specified tape driv e for exclusive use by the requesting initiator or for another spec[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(6(59(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ 3rdPty The third party reservation option for RESERVE UNIT (6) allow s an initiator to reserve a logical unit for another SCSI[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(6(59(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG An initiator that holds a current reserv ation may modify that reservation (for example, to switch third parties) by issuing another RESERVE UNI T (6) comm a[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   5(6(5 9(81,7&RPPDQG K The RESERVE UNIT and the RELEASE UNIT comm ands are used for cont enti on resolution in multiple- initiator systems. The R ESER VE UNI T (10) comm and is [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(6(59(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q 3rd Pty W hen set to 1, it indicates that the Third Party Dev ice ID field is valid. LongID W hen 0, indicates that the third party d[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(6(59(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG 'HVFULSWLR Q Extent If 0, requests that the entire logical unit be reserv ed for use only by the initiator until the request is supplanted by another val[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 5(6(59(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG RelAdr is always 0: The DLT8000 tape drive does not support relativ e addressing. The Reservation Type field defines the ty pe of reservation in effect for t[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  5(6(59(81,7&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG If the Long ID bit = 1 and the Ex tent bit = 0, then the parameter list leng th is eight and the parameter list has the form at shown below. Bit Byte 765 43 [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   5(:,1' &RPPDQG K The REWI ND com m and directs the tape driv e to position the tape at the beginning of the currently active partition (for DLTtape driv es, this is BOM). B efore rewinding[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    6(1' ',$ *126 7,&& RPPDQG 'K The SEND DIAGNOSTIC comm and direct s the ta pe drive to perform it s sel f- diagnostic tests. I t can also be used to invok e the Basic Health C[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 6(1'',$*1267,&&RPPDQG'KFRQWLQXHG Two levels of unit- resident diagnostic tests can be accessed: (OHFWURQLFV6HOI7HVW/HYHO7 HVW To invok e this level of diag[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  6(1'',$*1267,&&RPPDQG'KFRQWLQXHG The following table illustrates the possible setting s of the Selftst, DevOfl, and UnitOfl bits and the effects of each setting on the resulting self[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 6(1'',$*1267,&&RPPDQG'KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Pattern Number Indicates the type of data pattern to be used during the diagnostic test. Pattern Name Data in Hex 0h R[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  6(1'',$*1267,&&RPPDQG'KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Block Count This field specifies how many blocks to W RITE / READ to and from starting on track 0, then moving to trac[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 6(1'',$*1267,&&RPPDQG'KFRQWLQXHG If the specif ied diagnostic t est passe s, a GOOD status is re turned. Otherwise, a CHECK CONDITI ON is g enerated and the Sense Data contai ns info[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   63 $ &(&RPPDQG  K The SPACE com mand provides a variety of positioning functions that are determined by Code and Count fields in the Com mand Descriptor Block. Both forward (toward End of[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 63$&(&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Count W hen spacing over blocks or marks, the Count field is interpreted as follows: A positive value N causes forw ard motion over N blocks or[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    7(67 81,75( $ '<&RPPDQG  K The T EST UNIT READY command checks the ta pe dri ve to e nsu re t ha t t he uni t is ready for com mands involv ing tape m ovement. I f the drive has a[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   9 (5,)<&RPPDQG  K The VERI FY com m and directs the tape drive to v erify one or m ore blocks beginning with the next block on the tape. Both CRC and EDCs are validated. Bit Byte 7654321 0 0[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO   :5 ,7(&RPP DQ G $ K The WRITE com mand transfers one or m ore blocks from the host to the current logical position. When in Buffered Mode (see MODE SELECT), the t ape drive reports GOOD statu[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO :5,7(&RPPDQG$KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Fixed The fix ed bit specifies both the meaning of the Transfer Length field and whether fix ed-length or variable-length blocks are to be transfe[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  :5,7(&RPPDQG$KFRQWLQXHG If the tape driv e encounters the physical End of Medium (EOM) when attempting WRITE, a CHECK CONDITION status is returne d. Within t he sense da ta, th e EOM and Valid bits are[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    :5,7( %8))(5 &RPPDQG % K The WRI TE BUFFER comm and is used with READ BUFFER as a diagnostic function for testing the dev ice data buffer, DMA engine, SCSI bus interface hardware, and SCSI [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO  :5,7(%8)) (5&RPPDQG%KFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ Buffer ID For all of the modes described for the Mode field, only a Buffer ID of 0 is supported. If the Buffer ID field is a value other th[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO :5,7(%8)) (5&RPPDQG%KFRQWLQXHG The tape drive m ust be em pty of tape medium to allow downloading of an imag e. This is a safeguard ag ainst accidentally starting a firm ware update. I f a tape cartrid[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO    :5, 7(), /(0 $ 5.6 &RPPD QG K The WRI TE FILEMA RKS com m and directs the tape drive to write the specified number of Filem arks beginning at the current log i cal position on tape. I f the [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV  7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO :5,7(),/(0$5.6&RPPDQGKFRQWLQXHG )LHOG1DPH 'HV FULSWLRQ W Smk W rite Setmark. Must be 0. T his tape drive does not support Setmarks. Immed Immediate. W hen this bit is set to 1, the tape driv[...]

7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO $ A. Definition of V endor Unique Sense Data Information 7KLVDSSHQGL[OLVWVWKHLQWHUQDOVWDWXVFRGHVZ LWKWKHLUGHVFULSWLRQV The internal status code is located at byte offset 18 of the REQUEST SENSE data and may be available for certain types of failures. 127( Byte 18[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD $SSHQGL[$ $ 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO 'HFLPDO +H[DGHFLPDO ' HVFULSWLRQ 14 0E Successive Blocks M issing Across O bjects 15 0F Drive State Not Valid for Command 16 10 Drive Error 17 11 Driv e Communication T imeout Error 18 12 Driv e Unloaded 19 13 Unable to W RITE – No CRC 20 14 [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO $ 'HFLPDO +H[DGHFLPDO ' HVFULSWLRQ 41 29 Invalid Destination Slot 42 2A Source Slot Empty 43 2B Destination Slot Full 44 2C Medium Changer M otion Error 45 2D Medium Changer/Driv e Interface Error 46 2E Medium Changer/Slot Interface Er[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD $SSHQGL[$ $ 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO Bit 7 %LW 5VY¶G %LW 5VY¶G %LW 5VY¶G %LW 5VY¶G Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 %LW1R ' HVFULSWLRQ  If set to 1, Cleaning Light is Illuminated, otherwise Light is off.  Tape Directory Statu[...]

7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO % B. EEPROM-resident Bugcheck and Event Logs 7KLVDSSHQGL[SURYLGHVDH[SODQDWLRQRIWKHHYHQWORJVLQIRUPDWLRQSDFNHWVVWRUHGLQVHPL SHUPDQHQWQRQYRODWLOHPHPRU RIWKHWDSHGULYH7KHVHSDFNHWVFDQEHUHWU LHYHGYLDWKH [...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD $SSHQGL[% % 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO % %XJFK HFN3DFNHWV Bugcheck s are the result of some firm ware-detected errors. For exam ple, a hardware failure or an internal system consistency failure may cause a bugcheck . These events cause bug check pack ets to be written to EEPR O[...]

7DQGEHUJ'DWD 6&6,&RPPDQGV 7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO % % 3267 )DLO XUH3DFNHW V POST failure pack ets are stored whenev er the Power On Self Test logic detects a failure of any kind. Each failure is encoded as a 4-byte v ector. In som e cases, multiple v ectors may be stored. I[...]

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7DQGEHUJ'/73URGXFW0DQXDO & C. Updating the Firmware 7KLVFKDSWHUH[SODLQVKRZWRXSGDWHWKHWDSHVVWHP¶V3&%$U HVLGHQWILUPZDUH &  2YHUYLHZ Using the tape driv e ’ s front panel and a tape with the updated firmware imag e, you can update the tape drive ’ s PC BA[...]

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