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Chapter 8 SCSI Commands
8.10.8. Device Common Attributes
The autoloader does not support this ATTRIBUTE.
8.10.9. Medium Common Attributes
These Attributes are written in the MAM at manufacture. Therefore, these
Attributes are read-only.
Table 8.10.9.1 : Medium Common Attributes
The autoloader supports MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER (0401h), MEDIUM
TYPE (0408h), and MEDIUM TYPE INFORMATION (0409h).
MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER indicates the serial number of the media. In an
autoloader where bar codes are not supported, this information is treated as a
Volume Tag.
The MEDIUM TYPE and MEDIUM TYPE INFORMATION Attributes
provide information about Non-data media and other media types. The
MEDIUM TYPE INFORMATION Attribute is interpreted depending on the
type of media indicated by MEDIUM TYPE and are defined as follows.
Table 8.10.9.2 : MEDIUM TYPE
8.10.10. Host Common Attributes
The autoloader does not support this Attribute.
ID
Attribute Name
#Byte
Format
0400h
MEDIUM MANUFACTURER
8
ASCII
0401h
MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER
32
ASCII
0402h
MEDIUM LENGTH
4
Binary
0403h
MEDIUM WIDTH
4
Binary
0404h
ASSIGNING ORGANISATION
8
ASCII
0405h
MEDIUM DENSITY CODE
1
Binary
0406h
MEDIUM MANUFACTURE DATE
8
ASCII
0407h
MAM CAPACITY
8
Binary
0408h
MEDIUM TYPE
1
Binary
0409h
MEDIUM TYPE INFOMATION
2
Binary
0402h-
07FFh
Reserved
MEDIUM
TYPE
Meaning
MEDIUM TYPE INFORMATION
00h
Data medium
Reserved
01h
Cleaning medium
Maximum number of cleaning cycles
permitted
02h - 7Fh
Reserved
Reserved
80h
Write-once medium
Reserved
81h - FFh
Reserved
Reserved