Product Manual - Disc Drive SCSI-2/SCSI-3 Interface (Vol. 2; Ver. 2), Rev. E 147
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Mode Sense Page Descriptor Header
Table 5.2.1-21. Mode Sense Page Descriptor Header
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Byte(s)
0
PS
0
Page Code
[1]
1
Page Length
[1]
2-n
Mode Parameters
[1]
[1] Page Code
Page Description
Reference Table
01
Error Recovery
5.2.1-22
02
Disconnect/Reconnect Control
5.2.1-23
03
Format Parameters
5.2.1-24
04
Rigid Disc Drive Geometry
5.2.1-25
07
Verify Error Recovery Page
5.2.1-26
08
Caching Page
5.2.1-27
0A
Control Mode Page
5.2.1-28/29
0C
Notch and Partition Page
5.2.1-30
00
Unit Attention Page Parameters
5.2.1-31
Each page of mode parameters (for the Mode Sense command) begins with a two byte Page Descriptor
Header. The Page Code identifies the page of mode parameters that is being transferred. The Page Length
indicates the number of additional bytes of mode parameters being sent by the disc drive. The parameter bit
values are left blank herein, because they may be different for each drive model.
Note: See the individual disc drive Product Manuals (Volume 1) section 11 for a Table giving the Mode
Sense parameter values that are applicable to the disc drive model of interest. The tables in the
Volume 1 also show which parameters are changeable in the drive model of interest and which are
not.
Multiple pages of mode parameters may be transferred in one Mode Sense Data In phase (using Page Code
3Fh). If a non-supported page code is requested by the Initiator, the disc drive terminates the command with
CHECK CONDITION status, sets the sense key to 05, ILLEGAL REQUEST, and sets the additional sense
code to 24, INVALID FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST.
The Parameters Savable (PS) bit, when set to one, indicates if the page contains savable parameters. When
the PS bit is set to zero, none of the parameters within the page are savable. Since the parameters within
pages 3 and 4 are always saved during Format commands (but not via a Mode Select command with the
SMP bit set to 1), these pages return a one for the PS bit.