REQUEST SENSE
6.Command Specification
SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0
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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), Additional Sense Codes (Byte 12), and the Additional Sense
Code Qualifiers (Byte 13) supported by the SDX-1100V are listed in a table beginning on the following page.
The following Table shows the REQUEST Sense Keys and the Additional Sense Key (Byte 12) and the Additional
Sense Key Qualifier (Byte 13) supported by the SDX-1100V:
Table 6-90: Sense Key Descriptions
Sense
Key
Bytes
12 13
Description
NO
SENSE
: Indicates that there is no specific sense key information to be reported
for the designated logical unit. This would be the case for a successful command or a
command that received a CHECK CONDITION or a COMMAND TERMINATED
status because one of the Filemark, EOM, or ILI bits is set to one. For Filemark or
Setmark detected the drive will be positioned on the EOM side of the mark if the drive
direction was forward and on the BOM side of the mark if the direction was reverse.
00
00 NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION
00 01 FILEMARK
DETECTED
00 02 END-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM
DETECTED
00 03 SETMARK
DETECTED
00 04 BEGINNING-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM
DETECTED
00h
00 05 END-OF-DATA
DETECTED
RECOVERED ERROR.
01h
5D 00 FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED
NOT READY
. Indicates that the addressed logical unit cannot be accessed. Operator
intervention may be required to correct this condition. Typically this indicates that
there is no tape loaded. This status is also returned if the drive is currently rewinding
following REWIND with Immediate bit set and another command is received (except
for INQUIRY and READ BLOCK LIMITS which return GOOD status).
04 00
LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY - Media is present within the drive.
This status is returned to any tape motion command following UNLOAD with
Immediate bit set or if the Eject button has been pressed by the operator. Also can be
caused by the command sequence, PREVENT ALLOW MEDIA REMOVAL with
Prevent bit set followed by UNLOAD. Tape motion commands such as READ,
WRITE or SPACE are not allowed but Diagnostics which do not access the tape are
permitted.
04 01 LOGICAL UNIT IS IN PROCESS OF BECOMING READY - This status is returned
following a LOAD command with the IMMED bit set for any tape motion command
before the tape is loaded. Also during the auto load following a tape insertion.
30 03 CLEANING CARTRIDGE INSTALLED
3A 00 MEDIUM NOT PRESENT - This status is returned for all tape motion commands
when there is no media within the tape.
02h
3A 04 MEDIUM NOT PRESENT MAM ACCESSIBLE
