M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

4-3.8.2 LOCATE CHECK CONDITION Status

If CHECK CONDITION status is reported for a LOCATE command with the Immediate bit set to 1, then the locate operation is not performed.

4-3.8.3 LOCATE 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

 

 

locate occurred.

2h

NOT READY

Logical Unit was not ready. (Tape cartridge was not loaded or log-

 

 

ical 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 format-

 

 

 

ted medium.

 

 

3.

The tape length in the cartridge is too long or too short.

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

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

 

 

2.

The locate operation was not completed because of a hardware

 

 

 

failure.

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the LOCATE com-

 

 

 

mand.

 

 

2.

Block address field contains an illegal address.

 

 

3.

Change Partition bit was set to 1 and the Partition field was not

 

 

 

0.

 

 

4.

Format code field of the Device Specific Block Address con-

 

 

 

tains an illegal value.

 

 

5.

The Flag bit was set but the Link bit was not set.

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the LOCATE 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

 

 

 

downloaded).

 

 

5.

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

 

 

 

short.

Bh

ABORTED COMMAND

LOCATE command was aborted. The LOCATE command can be

 

 

reissued.

 

 

 

 

April 1997

CG00000-011503 REV. A

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Fujitsu M2488 manual Locate Check Condition Status, Locate Sense Keys