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Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
READ ATTRIBUTE Command (8Ch)
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Total Write
Retries Count
Indicates the total number of times the drive performed a Write retry in the
partition specified by the Partition Number field in the CDB since the last medium
format.
Total Amount of
Data Read
Indicates the amount of data physically read from the medium in the partition
specified by the Partition Number field in the CDB since the last medium format.
This value is expressed in increments of 1,048,576 bytes; that is, a value of 1 means
1,048,576 bytes, 2 means 2,097,152 bytes, and so on.
Total Read
Retries Count
Indicates the number of times the drive performed a Read retry in the partition
specified by the Partition Number field in the CDB since the last medium format.
Load Count
Indicates the number of loads in the partition specified by the Partition Number
field in the CDB since the last medium format. This count accumulates over the life
of the medium but it is reset to 0 after a medium format.
Total Change
Partition Count
Indicates the number of times that switches to the partition specified by the
Partition Number field in the CDB have been performed on the medium. Must be
set to 0. Super DLTtape media comprises a single volume.
Total Partition
Initialize Count
Indicates the number of times that the partition specified by the Partition Number
field in the CDB has been initialized. This count accumulates over the life of the
medium but it is reset to 0 after a medium format.
Field
Description