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SONY SDT-10000/SDT-11000 DDS Tape Drive
6. COMMAND SPECIFICATION
MODE SENSE
Destiny Code:
The drive returns 13h for DDS-1, 24h for DDS-2, 25h for DDS-3, or 26h for DDS-4 in the Density Code field.
(Assigned by ANSI SCSI Committee X3T9.2)
Number of Blocks:
The Number of Blocks field is zero, indicating that an unspecified (or unknown) number of the remaining logical
blocks on the tape may have the media characteristics specified by the Block Descriptor.
Block Length:
The Block Length field specifies the length in bytes of each logical block transferred over the SCSI bus. A Block
Length of zero indicates that the length is variable. Any other value indicates the number of bytes per block that the
drive must handshake over the bus. This establishes Block Length such that the Transfer Length for read, write and
verify type commands will be a block count not a byte count.
Note: It is value of this field together with the Fixed Bit Field in the READ, or WRITE commands that determines
whether the drive is in Fixed or Variable block mode.
Page Descriptor:
The supported pages are fully documented in the MODE SELECT section of this Chapter.
PS: when the Page Savable bit is set, this indicates that the page contains saved parameters. This bit will never be set as
there is no non-volatile RAM on the drive into which parameter data may be saved.
All fields not supported by the drive are set to zero.
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