Sony SDX-1100V manual

SDX-1 100V SDX-1 100V/R 5.25”Model Product Specification Manual Ve r s i o n 1 . 0 August, 2006 Copyright © 2006, Sony Corp oration. All right reserved. NOTE: This Product Specification Ma nual is applicable for AIT-5 drive.[...]

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SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table of Contents T able of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1-1 1.1. About this Product Sp ecification Ma nual ................................................................ 1-1 1.2. Introducing the Sony AIT T echno logy ...............[...]

SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table of Contents 3. INST ALLA TION .............................................................................................. 3-1 3.1. Installation Guide ...................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1. SCSI ID Num ber Jumper .............................[...]

SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table of Contents 5.3.2.3. WIDE DA T A TRANSFER RE QUEST ...................................................................... 5-8 5.4. Status Speci fication ................................................................................................ 5-12 6. COMMAND SPECIFICA TION ......................................[...]

SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table of Contents 6.22. REQUEST SENSE 03h .......................................................................................... 6-84 6.23. RESERVE (6/10) 16h and 56h ............................................................................... 6-93 6.24. REWIND 01h ....................................................[...]

SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table of Contents 14. APPENDIX G: CD-ROM DEVICE EMULA TION FOR DISASTER RECOVER Y ...................................................................................................... 14-1 14.1. Overvi ew ................................................................................................................ 14-1 1[...]

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1.Introduction SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 1-1 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive. This manual provides information about the Sony SDX-1100V series Advanced Intelligent Tape Drives which is necessary to integrate the drives into OEM products. Th [...]

1.Introduction 1-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er . 1.0 1040 Gbyte with 2.6:1 Data Compression • Sustained transfer rate 16 Mbyte/sec when using AIT -3 cassette 18 Mbyte/sec when using AIT -3 Ex cassette 24 Mbyte/sec when using AIT -4 cassette and AIT - 5 cassette • Supported Format AIT -3 (Read/Write) AIT -3Ex (Read/Write) AIT -4 (Re[...]

1.Introduction SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 1-3 1.4. Reference Please refer to the following documents for additional information: •SCSI-2 1 ANSI X3.131.-1996 Small Computer Systems Interface-2 (SCSI-2). • SCSI Parallel Int erface-2 (SPI-2) ANSI X3T10-1 142D rev 20b. ANSI X3T9.2/86-109 (Revision 10H, or above), a vailable through A[...]

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2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 2-1 2. S pecifications Physical, environmental and performance specif ications for the SDX-1 100V and SDX-1 100V/R. 2.1. Specifications 2.1.1. Dimensions The SDX-1 100V 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 m[...]

2.Specification 2-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er . 1.0 2.1.1.1. Mounting Holes Figure 2-2a gives details of the mounting holes fo r the Sony SDX-1 100V and figure 2-2b for the Sony SDX-1 100V/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[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 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 0.5m[...]

2.Specification 2-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er . 1.0 2.1.2. Weight SDX-1 100V 0.8 kg, without a cassette and a front bezel. SDX-1 100V/R 1.1 kg, without a cassette and a front bezel. 2.1.3. Connectors The SDX-1 100V has a SCSI connector with a power connecto r and Jumpers at the positions shown in Figure 2-3. All other connectors are [...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 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 1[...]

2.Specification 2-6 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er . 1.0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Figure 2-4: Mounti ng A ttitude 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 -3, AIT -3Ex, AIT-4 and AIT -5 Media Specification and[...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 2-7 2.3.2. Data transfer Rate 2.3.2.1. Sustained Data Transf er Rate to and from the Tape The sustained transfer rate to and from the tape is 24Mbyte per second with AIT -4 and AIT -5 cassette, 18Mbyte per second with AIT -3Ex cassette, 16Mbyte per second with AIT - 3 cassette. For this sust[...]

2.Specification 2-8 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er . 1.0 2.3.8. Long Erase Time Long Erase Time means the period from the beginning of the Erase (long) sequence caused by Erase Command at BOT. The data in the below table represents the aver age time for SDX-1100V. The time it may take for retrying is not reflected here. SDX3-100C (230 m) [...]

2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 2-9 2.4. Safety The SDX-1 100V conforms to the following safety standards: UL/cUL UL60950 CE (L VD) EN60950-1 CE (EMC) EN55024 + EN55022: Class B C-Tick (EMC) EN55022: Class B AS/NZS CISPR22: Class B MIC CISPR22 + CIS PR24 RPC/DoC CISPR22 IEC60950-1 CB report IEC60950-1 2.4.1. Conditions of [...]

2.Specification 2-10 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er . 1.0 2.6. Data Compression The tape capacity is increased by compressing data prior to writing it to the tape. Data compression is a well established technology for reducing the number of bits us ed to represent data in order to improve data transfer rate as well as reduce the amount of[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 3-1 3. Inst allation 3.1. Installation Guide This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT - 5 drive. Dip switch Jumpers SCSI 68 pin Connector Power Connector Figure 3-1: DIP switch & Connector[...]

3.Installation 3-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 O[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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. D[...]

3.Installation 3-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Table 3-4: SDX-1100V SCSI Signals (Low-Voltage-D ifferential Type BUS P Cable Signal Assignment) Signal Name Cable Conduct o r 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[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 3-5 Table 3-5: SDX-1100V SCSI Signals (Single-En ded Type BUS P Cable Signal Assignment) Signal Name Cable Conduct o r 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 G[...]

3.Installation 3-6 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 positio ned so that the six magnets on the cover ’s back face the drive bezel. ?[...]

3.Installation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 co ver . The dust cover hinge clips and drive bezel pins uncouple.[...]

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4.Operation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4-1 4. Operation 4.1. Summary of LED Indications The drive has 3 LEDs. Each LED shows "T ape Motion", "Cle aning Request", a nd "Replace T ape" as defined. "T ape Motion" means to show the tape motion in the drive. "Cleaning Request" to be on[...]

4.Operation 4-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4.2. Operator Action 4.2.1. Powering up the Drive After the initial installation of the drive has been verified, power can be applied to the unit. The +12V and +5V power must be applied simultaneously . (See Figure 2-5) The drive will execute a power-up diagnostic and then comes ready . [...]

4.Operation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4-3 4.3. Internal Function 4.3.1. The Load Sequence During load sequence, the following occurs: (1) The drive mechanism accepts the cassette and threads the tape. The tape is then moved to Beginning-of-T ape(BOT). If the format is not AIT -3, AIT -3Ex, AIT-4 and AIT -5, the drive rewinds the[...]

4.Operation 4-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4.3.4. Diagnostic and Normal Status Displays This clause describes LED displays while the drive is st arting up. When the power is turned on, the drive will go through its diagnostics to reach normal status. When a failure is detected during diagnostics, the LEDs show that the drive is o[...]

4.Operation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4-5 Table 4-2: Normal LED indications LED T ape Motion Cleaning Request Replace T ape Off No T ape Cleaning is Not Necessary No Media Error Occurred On T ape Loaded Cleaning Request Media Error Occurred Flash Slowly T ape Access in Progress (Write/Read) Cleaning is Not Completed Flash Fast T[...]

4.Operation 4-6 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4.6. Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Service 4.6.1. Head Cleaning In case of SDX-1 100V,a cleanin g function which prevents and recovers 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. Mes[...]

4.Operation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4-7 A tape is in the drive and will not ejec t. If the SCSI command PREVENT ALLOW MEDIA REMOV AL (with Prevent bit set to one) has been sent to the drive, the cartridge will be retained in the drive ev en after an UNLOAD command. The EJECT button is also disabled. Send an PREVENT ALLOW MEDIA[...]

4.Operation 4-8 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 [...]

4.Operation SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4-9 The drive powers up properly and loads and unl oads tapes but will not respo nd 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 [...]

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5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5-1 5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction The Sony SDX-1 100V uses the SCSI interface to c onnect to the host system. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is an industry standard interface, appr oved by th e American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is recommended that this d[...]

5.SCSI Interface 5-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5.1.3. Supported Commands The following commands are supported. They include all Mandatory and Extended commands, most Optional commands. Table 5-1: Supported SCSI Co mmands Command Name Operation Code ERASE 19h INQUIRY 12h LOAD/UNLOAD 1Bh LOCA TE 2Bh LOG SELECT 4Ch LOG SENSE 4Dh MO[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 assertin g BSY and the data line corresponding to[...]

5.SCSI Interface 5-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 4. The I/O activity fr om this point is controlled entirel y by the target. The target initiates the COMMAND phase and reads in the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) f rom the Host. If the Host has sent an Identif y message with the Disconnect permission bit set, then the target will i[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5-5 5.3.1. COMMAND COMPLETE (00h) This message is sent from a target to an initiator to indicate 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[...]

5.SCSI Interface 5-6 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 The TRANSFER WIDTH EXPONENT field de fines the tr ansfer width to be used during DA T A IN phases, and DA T A OUT phases. The transfer width that is established app lies to both SCSI devices. V alid transfer widths are 8 bits (m=00h) and 16 bits (m=01h) if all the protocol options b[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5-7 Table 5-4: Synchronous Data Transfer Rates T ransfer Period (hex) 9 0A 0C 19 1F 26 2C 32 38 T ransfer Rate (MB/s) - narrow 80 40.0 20.0 10.0 8.0 6.67 5.71 5.00 4.44 T ransfer Rate (MB/s)- wide 160 80.0 40.0 20.0 16.0 13.34 1 1.42 10.00 8.88 REQ/ACK offset: is the maximum number of R[...]

5.SCSI Interface 5-8 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 A TN and the first message out is eithe r MESSAGE P ARITY ERROR or MESSAGE REJECT . In this ca se, b[...]

5.SCSI Interface 5-10 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 integrity is not assured. A RESTORE POINTER[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5-1 1 5.3.11. BUS DEVICE RESET (0Ch) This message is sent from an initiator to direct a ta rget to clear all current commands. Upon recognizing this message, the currently executing command will be aborted and the drive will proceed to the B US FREE state. The drive will then execute a [...]

5.SCSI Interface 5-12 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5.4. Status Specification A Status byte is sent from the drive to the Host during the ST A TUS 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[...]

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 5-13 10h INTERMEDIA TE GOOD: This status is returned for 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 RESERV A TION CO NFLICT status to be set. If this status is not returned,[...]

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6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-1 6. Command S p ecification This clause includes all supported SCSI Commands. Elements of this clause come from clauses 7, 8 and 9 of the ANSI NCITS 351-2001 (SPC-2), ANSI NCITS 408-2005 ( SPC-3 ), ANSI NCITS.335:2000 (SSC), SCSI interface specification. The following is a lis[...]

6.Command Specification ERASE 6-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.1. ERASE 19h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (19h) 1 Reserved Immed Long 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The ERASE command causes part or all of the remaining data within a partition to be erased at the current logical position. Any write data tha[...]

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-3 6.2. INQUIRY 12h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (12h) 1 Reserved CmdDT EVPD 2 Page or Operation Code 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Length 5 Control The INQUIRY command requests that the drive send informat ion regarding the drive parameters to the initiator . Cmd[...]

6.Command Specification INQUIR Y 6-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Table 6-2: Standard INQUI RY Data Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device T ype (01h) 1 RMB(1) Device-T ype Modifier (0) 2 ISO V ersion (0) ECMA V ersion (0) ANSI-Approved V ersion (3) 3 AENC (0) T rmIOP Reserved(0) Response Data Format (2) [...]

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 HAR[...]

6.Command Specification INQUIR Y 6-6 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 The product serial number field contains ASCII data that is vendor-specific. The least signi ficant ASCII character of the number will 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 Qualifie[...]

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-7 Command support data If the drive implements the requested SCSI operation code, it will return the data defined in Table 6-3. If the device does not implement the requested SCSI operation code it will return the peripheral qualifier and type and 001b in the Support fi[...]

6.Command Specification LOAD/UNLOAD 6-8 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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) RETEN LOAD 5 Control The LOAD/UNLOAD command requests that the drive enable or disable the media for further operations. This comman[...]

LOAD/UNLOAD 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 re ceived a PREVENT MEDIA REMOV AL (with prevent bit set) command, the tape is retained in the drive. A [...]

6.Command Specification LOCATE 6-10 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.4. LOCATE 2Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (2Bh) 1 Reserved BT (0) CP Immed 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) 4 Block Address 5 6 (LSB) 7 Reserved 8 Partition (0) 9 Control The LOCA TE command causes the drive to position the logi cal unit to the specified block addre[...]

LOG SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-1 1 6.5. LOG SELECT 4Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Ch) 1 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 initiator to manage[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SELECT 6-12 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 within log pages is not supported and so initiator is restricted to r[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-13 6.6. LOG SENSE 4Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Dh) 1 Reserved PPC (0) SP (0) 2 PC Page Code 3 (MSB) 4 Reserved 5 6 Parameter Pointer (LSB) 7 (MSB) 8 Allocation Lengt h (LSB) 9 Control The LOG SENSE command provides a means for the initiator to retri[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-14 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 ASC of INV ALID FIELD IN CDB.[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-15 Table 6-10: Log Page For mat Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code 1 Reserved 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 dat[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-16 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 TSD: A target save disable (TSD) bit of ZERO indicates a target-defined method for saving log parameters. This implicit saving operation will be done frequently enough to insu re that the cumulative parameter values retain statistical significance (i.e. across powe[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-17 6.6.3. Summary List of Su pported Pag es (00h) 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 initiator during a Log Select command will cause term[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-18 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 T otal Errors Corrected (S oft Errors) 4 0 FFFFFFFFh [...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-19 6.6.6. Tape Alert Log Page (2Eh) 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 V alue of [...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-20 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 T ape Alert Log Page Parameter Codes Code Flag Flag T ype Recommended a pplication client message Probable cause 01h Read W arning 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 tape[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-21 Code Flag Flag T ype Recommended a pplication client message Probably cause 12h T ape Directory Corrupted on Load 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 th[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-22 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Code Flag Flag T ype Recommended a pplication client message Probable cause 1Eh Hardware A 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 reco[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-23 Code Flag Flag T ype Recommended a pplication client message Probable ca use 2Bh Loader Door 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 -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.6.7. Tape Log Page (30h) (Sony Unique) This page is a Sony unique page which provides information on the tape currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format: Table 6-22: Tape Log Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code (3[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-25 6.6.8. Tape Capacity Log Page (31h) (Sony Unique) The tape Capacity Log Page is used to indicate the approxim ate capacity of the tape currently being used. The PC field of the LOG SENSE command is ignored for this field. Table 6-24: Tape Capacity Log Page Bit Byte[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-26 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.6.9. Drive Usage Log Page (33h) (Sony Unique) This page is a SONY unique page which provides informat ion on the drive currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format. Table 6-27: Drive Usage Log Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reser[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-27 All board revision number is 8 bytes long and has a following format: Table 6-29: 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 for[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-28 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 0006[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-29 The Error Counter Parameter format is shown in T able 6-33 Table 6-33: 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 Lengt[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-30 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.6.11. Data Compression Transfer Log Page (39h) (Sony Unique) The page allows the initiator to monitor the performance of the ALDC compression. The PC field in LOG SENSE determines whether current cumulative or current/def ault threshold values are returned. The p[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-31 6.6.12. AIT Log Page (3Ch) (Sony Unique) This page is for the AIT original T ape Log. The AIT T ape Log of each field s are larger than legacy T ape Log Page. The legacy T ape Log Page ret urns the part of AIT original. This page indicates the Partition Information[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-32 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 T otal Rewritten Frames: This is the total number of frames on the tape or within the partition that were needed to be rewritten since the tape or partition was first written. It is incremented by 1 each time a frame is repeated following error detection by the Rea[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-33 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (3Dh) (Sony Unique) Table 6-36: 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 Ty[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-34 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Parameter Code 0017h Drive Element Address d ata field is re served. The drive always returns ZERO for this field. Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 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 (4) 4 (MSB[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-35 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0006h) 1 (LSB) 2 DU (0) DS (0) TSD (1) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (1) 3 Parameter Length (32) 4 (MSB) Cassette Serial Number (ASCII Code) 35 (LSB) Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0007h – 0013h) 1[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-36 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 28 33 (MSB) PREVIOUS AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTE N (LSB) 34 39 (MSB) PREVIOUS WRITE RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 40 45 (MSB) PREVIOUS AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) 46 51 (MSB) PREVIOUS READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 52 57 (MSB) TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) 58 63 (MSB) TOTAL WRITE RET[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-37 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) Parameter Code (0016h) 1 (Volume Information) (LSB) 2 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) 3 Parameter Length (96) 4-23 Reserved (Eject Status) 24-27 Reserved (Reel Diameter) 28 Reserved 29-31 Initialize Count 32 R[...]

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-38 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.6.14. MIC Variable Length Informat ion Page (3Eh) (Sony Unique) Page 3Eh is a variable length page. That is not defined by ANSI. This page is Sony V endor Unique. Important NO TE: 1. Only one Parameter Code in Page 3Eh is transferred at a time. 2. Byte 3 of Param[...]

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-39 Note: 1. If there is no Note data in MIC for the Parameter Code specified in the CDB, a Check Condition status will be returned. 2. If the Allocation Length of the CDB is ZERO, a Good status is always returned and there is no data phase. If the Allocation Length of[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-40 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.7. MODE SELECT(6/10) 15h and 55h Mode Select (6) CDB Format: Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (15h) 1 Reserved PF Reserved SP (0) 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Parameter List Length 5 Control Mode Select (10) CDB Format: Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation [...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-41 The MODE SELECT parameter li st has the following format. Table 6-38: MODE SELECT (6) 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 (0008h) 4 Density Code 5 (MSB) Number of Bloc[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-42 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Density Code: The supported values for the density code field are defined in the following table. Table 6-40: Sequential-Access Density Codes Code V alue Code V alue 30h 31h 32h B3h 33h 34h 7Fh AIT -1 Format (not support) AIT -2 Format (not support) A I T - 3 F o[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-43 Supported page codes are: Table 6-42: Supported M ODE SELECT Page Codes Page Code Description 00h 02h 0Ah 0Fh 10h 1 1h 1Ch 31h 32h 33h 3Fh Standard Sense Disconnect-Reconnect Control Mode Page Data Compression Control Device Configuration Medium Partitions Parame[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-44 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.7.1. Disconnect-Reconnect Page (02h) The drive supports the Disconnect-Reconnect Page which has the following format: Table 6-43: 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[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-45 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 spe[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-46 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.7.3. Data Compression Control Page (0Fh) The drive supports the Data Compression Control Page which has the following format: Table 6-45: 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)[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-47 6.7.4. Device Configuration Page (10h) The drive supports the Device Configuration Page which has the following format: Table 6-46: 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) Re[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-48 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 SOCF: Stop on Consecutive Filemarks function is not s upported by the drive and if this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key . RBO: This field is not supported. If this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned w[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-49 6.7.5. Medium Partitions Parameter Page (11h) The drive supports the Medium Partitions Parameter Page, which has the following format: Table 6-47: Medium Partitions Parameter Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page Code (1 1h) 1 Page Length (0Ah) 2 M[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-50 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Medium Format Recognition: 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: Th[...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-51 6.7.6. Informational Exceptions Control Page (1Ch) The Informational Exceptions control page defines the methods used by the target to control the reporting and the operations of specific informational exception conditions. Table 6-49 : Informational Exc eptions [...]

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-52 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 1 1h command is completed. Note 2: The values reported by Mode Sense Page 31h always indica te a status of the cassette. It is not a [...]

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-53 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 en[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-54 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.8. MODE SENSE (6/10) 1Ah and 5Ah Table 6-51: Mode Sense (6) CDB Forma t Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ah) 1 Reserved DBD Reserved 2 PCF Page Code 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Length 5 Control Table 6-52: Mode Sense (10) CDB Forma t Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 [...]

MODE SENSE 6.Command Specificati on SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-55 Supported page codes are: Table 6-54: Supported M ODE SENSE Page Codes Page Code Description 00h 02h 0Ah 0Fh 10h 1 1h 1Ch 31h 32h 33h 3Fh Standard Sense Disconnect-Reconnect Control Mode Page Data Compression Control Device Configuration Medium Partitions Paramet[...]

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-56 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Media T ype: The media value will be ZERO as only one media type is supported. WP: A Write Protected bit of ZERO indicates tha t the tape is write enabled. A Write Protected bit of one indicates that the tape is write protected. Buffered Mode: if this bit is set t[...]

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6. Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-57 6.9. PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (5Eh) 1 Reserved SERVICE ACTION 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The PERSISTENT RESER V IN command is used to obt[...]

6.Command Specificatio n PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6-58 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 GENERATION: This field will contain a 32-bit counter maintai ned by the drive that will be incremented every time a PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command requests a REGISTER, a CLEAR, a PREEMPT, or a PREEMPT AND ABORT service action. The counter will not be i[...]

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6. Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-59 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 T able 6-60. Table 6-60: PERSISTENT RESERVATION SCOPE Codes Code Name Description 0h Logic[...]

6.Command Specification PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6-60 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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 Control The PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command[...]

PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6. Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-61 Table 6-63: PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT par ameter list Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) Reservation Key 7 (LSB) 8 (MSB) SER VICE ACTION Reservation Key 15 (LSB) 16 (MSB) SCOPE-SPECIFIC Address 19 (0 0 0 0) (LSB) 20 Reserved APTPL 21 Reserved 22 Obsolete 2[...]

6.Command Specification PREVEN T ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 6-62 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.11. PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 1Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Eh) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved Prevent 5 Control The PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOV AL command requests t hat the target enable or disable the remova[...]

READ 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-63 6.12. READ 08h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (08h) 1 Reserved SILI Fixed 2 (MSB) 3 Transfer Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The READ command requests that the tar get transfer one or more data blocks to the initiator starting with the next block on the drive. Fixed[...]

6.Command Specification READ 6-64 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 the media will be physically positioned before EOD and after the last block on tape. The meaning of EOM is different for READ than for a WR ITE type of command. EOM is only reported when the physical EOM/P is encountered. The drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status. The [...]

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-65 6.13. READ ATTRIBUTE 8Ch The READ A TTRIBUTE command allows an application client to read attribute values from the Medium Auxiliary memory (MAM). Table 6-65: READ ATTRIBUTE command Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (8Ch) 1 Reserved Service Action 2 Re[...]

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-66 Table 6-66: READ ATTRIBUTE service action codes Code Name Description 00h Attribute V alues Return attribute values. 01h Attribute List Returns a list of available attribute identifiers, identifiers that are not in the nonexistent or unsupported state. 02h V o[...]

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-67 Table 6-67: READ ATTRI BUTE with ATTRIBUTE VALUES service action par ameter list format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) 3 AVAILABLE DATA (n-3) (LSB) ATTRIBUTE (s) 4 .. x ATTRIBUTE 0 .. m .. n ATTRIBUTE x The A V AILABLE DA T A field will contain the number of[...]

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-68 6.13.3. PARTITION LIST service action The READ A TTRIBUTE command with P ARTITION LIST se rvice action returns parameter data (T able 6-69) identifying the number of partitions supported in the s pecified volume number . The contents of P ARTITION NUMBER and F[...]

READ BLOCK LIMITS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-69 6.14. READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (05h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The READ BLOCK LIMITS command requests that the drive return its limits for Block Length. The READ BLOCK LIMITS data shown belo[...]

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-70 6.15. READ BUFFER 3Ch Bit Bite 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Ch) 1 Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) 4 Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) 7 Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The READ BUFFER command is used in conjunction with WRITE BUFFER as a diagnostic functi[...]

READ BUFFER 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-71 Table 6-73: READ BUFFE R Header Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved 1 (MSB) 2 Available Length 3 (LSB) A vailable Length: This field specifies the total number of data bytes that are available in the target's data buffer . This number is not reduced to refle[...]

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-72 Echo Buffer (1010b) - In this mode the drive transfer data to the app lication client from the echo buffer . The echo buffer will transfer the same data as when the WRITE BUFFER command with the mode field set to echo buffer was issued. The BUFFER ID and BUFFER O[...]

READ POSITION 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-73 6.16. READ POSITION 34h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (34h) 1 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 t he current position of the logical un it. [...]

6.Command Specification READ POSITION SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-74 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 va lid position information. Partition Number: This field reports the curre[...]

RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-75 6.17. RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ch) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Allocation Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESUL TS command requests error analysis data to be sent to the initiator [...]

6.Command Specification RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-76 Table 6-81: RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS results data Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reset Error Tim e Re-Sync (0) Reserved Error Set 1 Error Code 2 Result A 3 Result B 4 T est Number Reset error: This bit is set when an erro r occurs during power-on self-test.[...]

RELEASE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-77 6.18. RELEASE (6/10) 17h and 57h RELEASE( 6) CDB format 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 RELEASE (10) CDB format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (57h) 1 Reserved 3rdPty Reserved L[...]

6.Command Specification RELEASE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-78 Parameter List Length: The contents of this field specify the length, in bytes, of the parameter list that will be transferred from the initiator to the logical unit. If the 3rdPty bit is ZERO, the PARAME TER LIST LENGTH field is ignored. This field value must be 000[...]

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-79 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 The REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT command provides in formatio[...]

6.Command Specification REPORT DENS ITY SUPPORT SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-80 Table 6-84: REPORT DENSITY SU PPORT data block descriptor Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PRIMARY DENSITY CODE (32 h) 1 SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30 h) 2 WRTOK (1) DUP (0) DEFL T (1) Reserved (00h) 3 Reserved (00h) 4 Reserved (00h) 5 (MSB) 7 BITS PER MM (LSB[...]

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-81 1 16 (MSB) CAP ACITY (LSB) 1 19 120 (MSB) 127 ASSIGNING ORGANIZA TION (SONY) (LSB) 128 (MSB) 135 DENSITY NAME (AIT -4) (LSB) 136 (MSB) 155 DESCRIPTION (AdvIntelligentT ape4) (LSB) 156 PROMARY DENSITY CODE (34h) 157 SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30h) 158 WRTO[...]

6.Command Specification R EPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-82 6.20. REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER A3h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A3h) 1 Reserved Service Action (05h) 2 - 5 Reserved 6 - 9 Allocation Length 10 Reserved 11 Control The REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER comm and requests that the logical unit sen[...]

REPORT LUNS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-83 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 device logical unit n um[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-84 6.22. REQUEST SENSE 03h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (03h) 1 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 valid [...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-85 Table 6-87: Error Codes 70h and 71h Sense Data Format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 V alid Error Code (70h or 71h) 1 Segment Number 2 Filemark EOM ILI Reserved Sense Key 3 (MSB) Information 6 (LSB) 7 Additional Sense Length (14h) 8 (MSB) Command-Specific Informati[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-86 Additional Sense Length: This field specifies the number of additional sense bytes that are to follow . If the Allocation Length of the CDB is too small to transfer all of the additional sense bytes, the Additional Sense Length is not adjusted to reflect the tr[...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-87 CLN: When this bit is set, it indicates drive request cleaning . MEW: When this bit is set, it indicates Media Warning. A description of the different Sense Keys (Byte 2), A dditional Sense Codes (Byte 12), and the Additional Sense Code Qualifiers (Byte 13) sup[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-88 MEDIUM ERROR . Indicates that the current command or a previ ously acknowledged write-type operation terminated with a non-recovered error condition that was probably caused by a flaw in the medium, an error in the recorded data or the cleanliness of the head. [...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-89 HARDW ARE 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[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-90 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 Parti[...]

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-91 ABORTED COMMAND 43 00 MESSAGE ERROR – Unexpected Message phase. 45 00 SELECT OR RESELECT F AILURE - SCSI Selection/ Re-selection error . 47 00 SCSI P ARITY ERROR - SCSI Parity E rror detected and drive proceeded to Status phase. 48 00 INITIA TOR DETECTED ERRO[...]

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-92 Table 6-91 ： Runtime Error Code 00h NO ERROR 01h NO T APE 02h OFF-LINE WITH T APE 04h ILLEGAL COMMAND 06h WRITE OPERA TION INHIBIT 07h WRITE PROTECTED 08h P ARTITION SIZE ERROR 0Eh CLEANING EOM ENCOUNTERED 10h INV ALID TEST NUMBER 1 1h INV ALID P ARAME TER 12[...]

RESERVE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-93 6.23. RESERVE (6/10) 16h and 56h Table 6-92: RESERVE (6) CDB 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 6-93: RESERVE (10) CDB format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (56h) 1 Re[...]

6.Command Specification RESERVE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-94 3rdPty: Third Party Release allows an initiator to reserve a logical unit for third party operations. If the value in this field is 0b, a logical unit reserve is requested. If the 3rdPty bit is set to 1b, the logical unit reserves the specified logical unit, but only[...]

REWIND 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-95 6.24. REWIND 01h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (01h) 1 Reserved Immed 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The REWIND command requests the drive to position the m edia at the beginni ng of the currently active partition. Before rewinding, the drive w[...]

6.Command Specification SEND DIAGNOSTIC SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-96 6.25. SEND DIAGNOSTIC 1Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Dh) 1 Reserved PF Reserved Self T est DevOfl(0) UnitOfl 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Parameter List Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The SEND DIAGNOSTIC command requests the dr ive to perform diagnostic test[...]

SEND DIAGNOSTIC 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-97 For Page Code 81h, the Page Length must be five and the Parameter List Lengt h must be set to nine otherwise the drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. This page Code instructs the drive to execute the five bytes of diag[...]

6.Command Specification SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-98 6.26. SET DEVICE IDENTIFI ER A4h Table 6-97: 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[...]

SPACE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-99 6.27. SPACE 11h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1 1h) 1 Reserved Code 2 (MSB) 3 Count 4 (LSB) 5 Control The SP ACE command provides a variety of positioning func tions that are determined by the Code and Count fields in the CDB. Both forward (toward EOM/P) a[...]

6.Command Specification SPACE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-100 Table 6-100: SPACE CHECK CONDITION results Sense Data Spacing Event Detected V alid Mark EOM Sense Key ASC/ASCQ Note Blocks Filemarks Setmarks EOD Filemark Setmark EOD BOT Phy EOT Setmark 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[...]

SPACE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-101 6.27.1. CHECK CONDITION NO SENSE: If a Filemark is encountered while spacing over blocks, the Filemark and V alid bits in extended sense are set to one. The Information field in the Sense Data is set to the difference (residue) between the requested count and the actu[...]

6.Command Specification TEST UNIT READY 00h SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-102 6.28. TEST UNIT READY 00h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (00h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The TEST UNI T READY command provides a means to check if the drive is ready . This is not a request for a self-test. If the d[...]

WRITE 0Ah 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-103 6.29. WRITE 0Ah Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (0Ah) 1 Reserved Fixed 2 (MSB) 3 Transfer Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The WRITE command requests that the drive write the data t hat is transferred from the initiator to the logical position. Fixed: The Fixed [...]

6.Command Specification WRITE ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-104 6.30. WRITE ATTRIBUTE 8Dh The WRITE A TTRIBUTE command (T able 6-102) allows an applicati on client to write attributes to medium auxilia ry memory . Application clients will issue the READ A TTRIB UTE command prior to using this comm and to discover device [...]

WRITE ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6-105 The parameter list will have the format shown in T able 6- 103. Attributes will be sent in ascending numerical order . If the attributes are not in order , no attributes will be changed and the WRITE A TTRIBUTE command will be terminated with a CHECK CONDITI[...]

6 . C o m m a n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n W R I T E B U F F E R 6-106 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.31. WRITE BUFFER 3Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Bh) 1 Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) Buf fer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) Parameter List Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The WRITE BUFFER command is used in conjunction with t[...]

W R I T E B U F F E R 6 . C o m m a n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-107 Buffer Offset : The buffer offset field contains the byte offset within the specified buffer from which data will be transferred to. The initiator will conform to the of fset boundary requirements returned in the WRITE BUFFER descriptor[...]

6 . C o m m a n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n W R I T E F I L E M A R K S 6-108 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.32. WRITE FILEMARKS 10h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (10h) 1 Reserved WSmk Immed 2 (MSB) 3 Number of Filemarks or Setmarks 4 (LSB) 5 Control The WRITE FILEMARKS command causes the specified numbe r of Filemarks [...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 7-1 7. Drive Diagnostics This clause deals with the diagnostics supported by the dr ive. Each diagnostic is described in detail and possible error codes are discussed. 7.1. Overview The diagnostic firmware for this product is des igned to achieve the following objectives: - Isolate hardw[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er.1.0 If an error is detected during power-up, the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status to the host on the command received first. The host shall issue a REQUEST SENSE command to determine the cause of th e CHECK CONDITION status. The Sense data returned by the drive will have a S[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 7-3 The Page Format (PF) bit is ONE, and the Parameter List Length is 9, the Parameter List in this case is 9 byte s long and will be of the form: Table 7-2: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Pa rameters If PF bit is ONE Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Page Code (81h) 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) Page Length (00 05h) 3 [...]

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er.1.0 Sequence T est 00 Reset Sequence (61, 62, 71,72, 30) H Main Processor Kernel T est 61 Main Pr ocessor ROM checksum P 62 Main Pr ocessor Destructive RAM T est P Drive T est 71 Buffer RAM T est PH 72 DMA T est PH 7.2.5. RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULT command Whenever a diagnostic test is[...]

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 7-5 Error set: T wo 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 6.22. Result A: T ypically this byte indi cates[...]

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8.APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 8-1 8. APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order ASC and ASCQ Assignments Alphabetic Order BYTE 12 13 DESCRIPTION 55 06 AUXILIARY ME MORY OUT OF SP ACE 1 1 12 AUXILIARY ME MORY READ ERROR 0C 0B AUXILIARY MEMOR Y WRITE ERROR 00 04 BEGINNING-OF-P ARTITION/MEDIUM[...]

8.APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order 8-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er.1.0 04 10 LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY , AUXILIARY MEMORY NOT ACCESSIBLE 04 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY , CAUSE NOT REPOR T ABLE 25 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT SUPPORTED 15 01 MECHANICAL POSITIONING ERROR 3F 1 1 MEDIUM AUXILIARY MEMORY ACCESIBLE 31 00 MEDIUM FORMA T CORRUPTE[...]

9.APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 9-1 9. APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order ASC and ASCQ Assignments Numeric Order BYTE 12 13 DESCRIPTION 00 00 NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMA TION 00 01 FILEMARK DETECTED 00 02 END-OF-P ARTITION/MEDIUM DETECTED 00 03 SETMARK DETECTED 00 04 BEGINNING-OF-P ARTITION[...]

9.APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order 9-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er.1.0 2A 03 RESERV A T ION PREEMPTED 2A 05 REGISTRA TION PREEMPTED 2C 00 COMMAND SEQUENCE ERR OR 30 00 INCOMP A TIBLE MEDIUM INST ALLED 30 02 CANNOT READ MEDIUM - I NCOMP A TIBLE FORMA T 30 03 CLEANING CARTRIDGE INST ALLED 30 05 CANNOT WRITE MEDIUM - I NCOMP A TIB[...]

10.APPENDIX C: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique ) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 10-1 10. APPENDIX C: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) ASC and ASCQ Assignments for 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 ou[...]

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11.APPENDIX D: SCSI Commands (OP Code Order) SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 1 1-1 11. APPENDIX D: SCSI Commands (Op Code Order) The following is a list of the supported SCSI Commands and page index: P ARA SCSI COMMAND OP CODE P AGE 6.28 TEST UNIT READY 00h 6-102 6.24 REWIND 01h 6-95 6.22 REQUEST SENSE 03h 6-84 6.14 READ BLOCK LIMITS [...]

11.APPENDIX D: SCSI Commands (OP Code Order) 1 1-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 6.26 SET DEVICE ID A4h 6-98 6.20 REPORT DEVICE ID A3h 6-82[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 12-1 12. APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary 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 a[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Table 12-2: MAM Attribute sta tes Attribute T ype Attribute State Description Read Only An application server may read the content s of the attribute with the READ A TTRIBUTE command, but an attempt to clear or change the attribute using the WRITE A [...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 12-3 The READ ONL Y bit indicates whether t he attribute is in the read only state. If the READ ONL Y bit is one, the attribute is in the read only state. If the READ ONL Y bi t is zero, the attribute is in t he read/write state. The FORMA T field (T able[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-4 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Table 12-6: Device Common Attributes ID Attribute Name #Bytes Format 0000h REMAINING CAP ACITY IN P ARTITION 8 Binary 0001h MAXIMUM CAP ACITY IN P ARTITION 8 Binary 0002h T APEALERT FLAGS 8 Binary 0003h LOAD COUNT 8 Binary 0004h MAM SP ACE REMAINING [...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 12-5 0006h FORMA TTED DENSITY CODE: This attribute value provides information about the tape format for the user . 0007h INITIALIZA TION COUNT : This attribute value indicates the number of times that a drive has log ically formatted the medium. This figu[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-6 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Table 12-8: Medium USAGE H I STORY 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 RETR[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 12-7 The CURRENT AMOUNT OF DA T A READ field indicates the amount of data physically read fr om the medium during this load of the medium. This value is expressed in increments of 1048576 bytes (e.g., a value of one means 1048576 bytes, two means 2097152 [...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-8 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 Table 12-9: PARTITION USAGE 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 CO U[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 12-9 12.4.4. Standard Medium Type Attributes Medium type attributes (T able 12-10) are hard c oded into the medium auxiliary memory at manufacture time. All supported medium type attribute will have a status of read only . Table 12-10: Medium Common Attri[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-10 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series Ve r .1.0 Note: The Formatted Density Code ID 0006h, which is in the Device Common Attribute sect ion and the Medium Density Code ID 0405h, which is located in the Medium Common Attributes section, will need to be used in some cases in conjunction in determin[...]

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 12-1 1 Note: It is intended that this field provide a unique vendor i dentification of the vend or who wrote the Host Common attributes. In the absence of a formal registration procedure, T10 maintains a list of vendor identification codes in use. V endor[...]

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13.Appendix F: AIT based WORM system SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 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. (3) WORM features are supported in AIT tape drives with firmware re[...]

13.Appendix F: AIT base d WORM system 13-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series Ve r .1.0 How to initialize a WORM cartridge to AIT Native mode. 1Partition AIT=1, DEVICE=1, ABS=1, SysLogAlive=1 1, Span=0Ah Set IDP bit to 1. Additional Partition=0. 13.5. How to handle the WORM cartridge in the drive. 1. DA T A READ: There is no restriction when readi[...]

14.Appendix G: CD-ROM Device Emulation for Disaster Recovery SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series V er .1.0 14-1 14. APPENDIX G: CD-ROM Device Emulation for Disaster Recovery 14.1. Overview This chapter will outline the Disaster Recovery Specifications for Sony AIT drive and autoloader . While in Disaste r Recovery mode, the drive behaves as a boota[...]

14.Appendix G: CD-ROM Devic e Emulation for Disaster Rec overy 14-2 SONY AIT -5 drive SDX-1 100V series Ve r .1.0 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 Table 14-1: DR Mode Entry/Exi [...]