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LTO SCSI Interface Manual
Contents
Introduction
1
About This Manual ...................................................................................................... 1
SCSI Interface Overview
2
ANSI SCSI Bus Standards ................................................................................... 2
Cabling and Connectors ....................................................................................... 2
SCSI Conformance ..................................................................................................... 3
General features................................................................................................... 3
Interface standards conformance ......................................................................... 3
LTO Conformance....................................................................................................... 3
Strategy....................................................................................................................... 4
Reset Condition .................................................................................................... 4
Unit Attention Condition ........................................................................................ 4
Contingent Allegiance Condition........................................................................... 4
Buffered Mode ...................................................................................................... 5
Immediate Function .............................................................................................. 5
Residual Length Function ..................................................................................... 5
Disconnect/Reconnect Function........................................................................... 6
Early Warning Function ........................................................................................ 6
Error Reporting ..................................................................................................... 6
Variable and Fixed Mode Recording .................................................................... 7
Library Features ................................................................................................... 8
SCSI Messages and Status Codes
10
SCSI Messages ........................................................................................................ 10
Inbound messages ............................................................................................. 10
Outbound messages .......................................................................................... 11
Extended messages ........................................................................................... 12
Parity errors ........................................................................................................ 12
Message exception handling .............................................................................. 14
SCSI Commands
16
Command Set ........................................................................................................... 16
Conventions........................................................................................................ 17