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7 Move Medium—A5h
Command Description
The
MOVE MEDIUM
command asks the library to move media from one element location to
another. The locations are identified by their element addresses.
The
MODE SENSE
data contains a matrix with the valid element source-destination
combinations for the
MOVE MEDIUM
command, described on page 22. Send a
READ ELEMENT
STATUS
command to the Spectra 2K library to find out current element addresses and
which elements contain media.
The table below shows the CDB for the
MOVE MEDIUM
command. Values and meanings of
field names in bold are further described in Table 7-2.
Table 7-1: Move Medium Command—A5h
Byte
Bit
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
00
Operation code—A5h
01
Logical Unit Number—0h
Reserved
02
(MSB)
Transport Element Address
03
(LSB)
04
(MSB)
Source Address
05
(LSB)
06
(MSB)
Destination Address
07
(LSB)
08-09
Reserved
10
Reserved
Invert
11
0
Clean
Reserved
0
0
