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5Interface Specifications
SCSI Commands
The
Note: Tapes written and read in 8200 format use the
Table 5-2 SCSI-2 command set
Command | OP Code | Description |
ERASE | 19h | Causes the tape drive to erase all tape from the |
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| current tape position to the physical end of tape. |
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INQUIRY | 12h | Requests that information about the tape drive |
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| parameters be sent to the initiator. |
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LOAD/UNLOAD | 1Bh | Causes the tape drive to load or unload the data |
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| cartridge. |
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LOCATE | 2Bh | Allows you to position the tape at a specified logical |
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| block address. Used in conjunction with the READ |
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| POSITION command. |
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LOG SELECT | 4Ch | Allows you to manage the counters that the tape drive |
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| maintains about its write and read error recovery |
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| operations. |
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LOG SENSE | 4Dh | Allows you to retrieve statistical information about the |
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| tape drive’s read and write error recovery operations. |
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MODE SELECT | 15h | Allows you to specify medium, logical unit, and device |
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| parameters. |
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MODE SENSE | 1Ah | Enables the tape drive to report medium, logical unit, |
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| or device parameters. |
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PREVENT/ALLOW MEDIUM | 1Eh | Allows or disallows the removal of the data cartridge |
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| from the tape drive. |
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READ | 08h | Transfers one or more bytes or blocks of data from the |
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| tape to the initiator. |
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READ BLOCK LIMITS | 05h | Requests that the tape drive return data identifying the |
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| maximum and minimum logical block lengths |
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| supported. |
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