Seagate STT8000A, Product Manual

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Table of Contents
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Loading and unloading cartridges ................................................................... 24
Setting the write–protect switch ...................................................................... 25
Loading revised firmware via Seagate firmware cartridge ...................................... 26
Care and maintenance of the drive and cartridges................................................. 27
Caring for tape cartridges ............................................................................... 27
Caring for the drive ......................................................................................... 27
Cleaning the drive read/write head............................................................ 28
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 29
ATAPI interface 31
Introduction........................................................................................................... 31
ATA-2 Interface .................................................................................................... 31
ATA-2 Signals ................................................................................................ 31
DASP-...................................................................................................... 31
PDIAG- .................................................................................................... 31
ATA registers ................................................................................................. 32
Status Register......................................................................................... 32
Error Register........................................................................................... 33
Feature Register ...................................................................................... 33
Supported ATA Commands ............................................................................ 34
Execute Drive Diags (90h)........................................................................ 34
Idle Immediate (E1h) ................................................................................ 34
Standby Immediate (E0h) ......................................................................... 34
Check Power Mode (E5h)......................................................................... 34
Sleep (E6h) .............................................................................................. 34
Set Features (EFh)................................................................................... 35
ATAPI Identify Device (A1h) ..................................................................... 36
ATAPI Packet Command (A0h) ................................................................ 37
ATAPI Soft Reset (08h)............................................................................ 37
ATAPI interface .................................................................................................... 38
Erase command.................................................................................................... 39
Inquiry command .................................................................................................. 40
Load/Unload command ......................................................................................... 41
Locate command .................................................................................................. 42
Log Select command ............................................................................................ 43
Log Sense command ............................................................................................ 44
Error Counter Page (Read)............................................................................. 45
Tape Capacity Page Code .............................................................................. 46
Mode Select command ......................................................................................... 47
Mode Sense command ......................................................................................... 48