M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS
April 1997 CG00000-011503 REV. A 4-31
4-3.8.2 LOCATE CHECK CO NDITION Stat us
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 Ke ys
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.