MODE SELSECT
6.Command Specification
SONY AIT-1 Turbo drive SDX-450V series Ver.1.0
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Case 2 (with PRTH=0);
With the tape already loaded, and with partition 4 active, the Delete Partition command issued with the Indicated
Partition Number set to 4 will delete partition 5. SDX-450V will change the value of 5 in the Last Partition Number
field in the Volume Information in MIC to 4. No tape motion will take place. The new last partition - partition 4 - will
become open-ended, spanning up to the OEM.
After the completion of this command, the Unit Attention condition will be set for other Initiators, with ASC/ASCQ set
to 2A01, Mode Parameters changed, and Mode Sense Page 11h will show the following:
Old tape layout:
Active Partition
Partition 0
Partition 1
Partition 2
Partition 3
Partition 4
Partition 5
Indicated Partition Number
New tape layout:
Active Partition
Partition 0
Partition 1
Partition 2
Partition 3
Partition 4
Case 3 (with PRTH=0)
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With the tape already loaded, and with partition 0 active, the Delete Partition command issued with the Indicated
Partition Number set to 0 will delete partitions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. SDX-450V will change the value of 5 in the Last
Partition Number field in the Volume Information in MIC to 0. No tape motion will take place.
After the completion of this command, the Unit Attention condition will be set for other Initiators, with ASC/ASCQ set
to 2A01, Mode Parameters changed, and Mode Sense Page 11h will show the following:
Old tape layout:
Active Partition
Partition 0
Partition 1
Partition 2
Partition 3
Partition 4
Partition 5
Indicated Partition Number
New tape layout:
Active Partition
Partition 0
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