SCSI Commands
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Sense
Key
Byte 2
ASC
Byte 12
ASCQ
Byte 13
Message
Explanation
0Bh
45h
00h
Select or reselect failure
An attempt to reselect an initiator in
order to complete the command
has failed.
0Bh
47h
00h
SCSI parity error
0Bh
48h
00h
Initiator detected error
message received
A command failed because an Ini-
tiator Detected Error message was
received.
0Bh
49h
00h
Invalid message error
The command failed because an
invalid message was received by
the drive.
0Bh
4Ah
00h
Command phase error
A command could not be executed
because too many parity errors oc-
curred in the Command phase
0Bh
4Bh
00h
Data phase error
A command could not be com-
pleted because too many errors oc-
curred during the Data phase.
0Bh
4Eh
00h
Overlapped commands
attempted
An initiator selected the drive even
though it already had a command
outstanding in the drive.
0Bh
5Ah
01h
Operator medium removal
request
The command was aborted be-
cause the eject button was
pressed.
0Dh Volume Overflow
0Dh
00h
02h
EOM detected
A Write or Write File Marks com-
mand failed because the physical
end of tape was encountered. The
EOM flag will be set.
Message Codes
The table in Appendix A: Message Codes, beginning on page 126, lists the vendor
unique message codes that are returned in the Field Pointer field (bytes 16-17) when
the SKSV bit is 0.
Completion Status
Code
Message
Description
00h
Good
Status
•
The drive is ready to perform any appropriate command.
•
The drive remains in any previously set mode.
•
The tape position is not changed.
02h
Check
Condition
Use the Request Sense command to retrieve status information. Possible
Sense Keys are:
Code
Message
Description
05h
Illegal Request
The Command Descriptor Block is invalid.