M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

4-3.7.3 LOAD UNLOAD Sense Keys

One of the following sense keys may be returned if a CHECK CONDITION was indicated:

SENSE KEY

CONDITION

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

1h

RECOVERED ERROR

Recovery was performed when writing buffered data before the load

 

 

or unload operation occurred.

2h

NOT READY

Logical Unit was not ready. (Tape cartridge was not loaded or logical

 

 

unit was not made ready)

3h

MEDIUM ERROR

1. Write of buffered data failed due to a defective tape.

 

 

2.

An attempt was made to write 36-track data on 18-track formatted

 

 

 

medium.

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

1. Write of buffered data failed due to a hardware failure.

 

 

2.

The load or unload operation was not completed because of a hard-

 

 

 

ware failure.

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the LOAD UNLOAD

 

 

 

command.

 

 

2.

Medium Changer is attached but it was in System Mode when the

 

 

 

LOAD UNLOAD command was issued.

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the LOAD UNLOAD command was not performed due to

 

 

one of the following:

 

 

1.

The tape cartridge may have been changed.

 

 

2.

The target has been reset.

 

 

3.

The Mode parameters have been changed by another initiator.

 

 

4.

The version of the microcode has been changed (microcode down-

 

 

 

loaded).

 

 

5.

A cartridge was loaded with a tape length that is too long or too

 

 

 

short.

Bh

ABORTED COMMAND

LOAD UNLOAD command was aborted. The LOAD UNLOAD

 

 

command can be reissued.

 

 

 

 

April 1997

CG00000-011503 REV. A

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