SCSI-2 Drive Command Set
Erase (Group 1) Command (2CH)
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ERA
An Erase All bit of 1 indicates that all remaining blocks
are erased, starting from the logical block address to the
end of the disk. The transfer length must be set to 0.
An ERA bit of 0 indicates that all blocks are erased,
starting from the logical block address to the end of the
specified transfer length.
Rel Adr
A relative address bit of one indicates that logical block
address specified is a two’s complement offset from the
last logical block address accessed.
A value of 0 indicates that the logical block address is an
absolute address.
Transfer
Length
The Transfer Length field specifies the number of
contiguous logical blocks of data to be erased. A value of
0 indicates that no blocks will be erased and is not
considered an error.
PBA
A Physical Block Address bit of 1 indicates that physical
block addressing is used.
A PBA bit of 0 indicates that logical block addressing is
used.
NOTE
If this command is executed for write-once disks, the drive returns a
CHECK CONDITION status with the Sense Key/Additional Sense Code
set to Illegal Request/Invalid Command Operation Code.
NOTE
When this command is executed with 14X 512 or 1024 byte/sector media,
the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status. The sense key/
additional sense code will be set to ILLEGAL REQUEST/INVALID
COMMAND.
Summary of Contents for SureStore Optical 2600fx
Page 1: ...optical drive and library SCSI 2 command reference for models fx ex and mx ...
Page 11: ...Contents x ...
Page 20: ...Chapter 1 1 1 SCSI Command Overview 1 SCSI Command Overview ...
Page 38: ...Chapter 2 2 1 Drive Commands SCSI 2 Drive Commands 2 SCSI 2 Drive Command Set ...
Page 187: ...SCSI 2 Drive Command Set Write Long Command DFH Chapter 2 2 150 ...
Page 188: ...Chapter 3 3 1 Jukebox SCSI 2 Commands 3 Jukebox SCSI 2 Command Set ...
Page 264: ...Appendix A A 1 Drive Error Codes A Drive Error Codes ...
Page 287: ...Drive Error Codes DSP Error Codes Appendix A A 24 ...
Page 288: ...Appendix B B 1 Autochanger Error Codes B Autochanger Error Codes ...
Page 339: ...Autochanger Error Codes Jukebox Micro Move Error Codes Appendix B B 52 ...
Page 340: ...Appendix C C 1 Field Replaceable Units C Field Replaceable Units FRUs ...
Page 345: ...Field Replaceable Units FRUs HP Field Replaceable Units FRUs Appendix C C 6 ...
Page 346: ...Appendix D D 1 Micro Macro Moves D Micro Macro Moves ...
Page 369: ...Micro Macro Moves HP Surestore Optical Micro Move IDs Appendix D D 24 ...
Page 370: ...Appendix E E 1 Disconnect Timeouts E Disconnect Timeout Settings ...
Page 373: ...Disconnect Timeout Settings Disconnect Timeout Settings Appendix E E 4 ...
Page 377: ...Index 4 ...