Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
READ ATTRIBUTE Command (8Ch)
DLT-S4 Interface Reference Guide
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Standard Medium Type Attributes
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Medium type attributes (see
table 144
) are hard-coded into the medium
auxiliary memory at the time of manufacture. All supported medium
type attributes have a status of read only, except
MEDIUM TYPE
. A
WORM
tape can be created if the
MEDIUM TYPE
attribute (0408h) is used.
Table 144 Medium Type
Attributes (for EMAM)
Supported by the DLT-S4 Tape
Drive Firmware
MEDIUM MANUFACTURER:
Contains 8 bytes of ASCII data (see
Attribute
Format
on page 242) identifying the vendor of the media.
MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER:
Identifies the manufacturer’s serial number
for the medium.
MEDIUM LENGTH:
Specifies the length of the medium in meters. A value
of 00h specifies that the length of the medium is undefined.
Attribute
Identifier
Name
Attribute
Length
Format
Refer to
0400h
MEDIUM MANUFACTURER
8
ASCII
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0401h
MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER
32
ASCII
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0402h
MEDIUM LENGTH
4
BINARY
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0403h
MEDIUM WIDTH
4
BINARY
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0404h
ASSIGNING ORGANIZATION
8
ASCII
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0405h
MEDIUM DENSITY CODE
1
BINARY
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0406h
MEDIUM MANUFACTURE DATE
8
ASCII
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0407h
MAM CAPACITY
8
BINARY
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0408h
MEDIUM TYPE (and MEDIUM TYPE INFORMATION) 1
BINARY
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0409h
MEDIUM TYPE INFOMATION
2
BINARY
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040Ah -
07FFh
Reserved