Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT Command (44h)
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Medium Type Support
Report
4
The
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT
command with a
MEDIUM TYPE
field bit
set to one returns the
REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT
header (see
figure 142
)
followed by one or more medium type descriptors (see
figure 145
). The
medium type descriptors is in numerical ascending order of the medium
type value.
Figure 145 Medium Type
Descriptor — Data Format
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Byte
0
Medium Type
1
Reserved
2 — 3
(MSB)
Descriptor Length (52)
(LSB)
4
Number of Density Codes
5 — 13
(MSB)
Primary Density Codes
(LSB)
14 — 15
(MSB)
Media Width
(LSB)
16 — 17
(MSB)
Medium Length
(LSB)
18
Reserved
19
Reserved
20 — 27
(MSB)
Assigning Organization
(LSB)
28 — 35
(MSB)
Medium Type Name
(LSB)