TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

4-3.13.5 MODE SENSE 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

 

 

buffered mode operation occurred in MODE SENSE command.

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.

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

1. SCSI interface error occurred due to a hardware failure (e.g.

 

 

 

transfer of MODE SENSE data failed due to a hardware fail-

 

 

 

ure).

 

 

2.

Write of buffered data failed due to a hardware failure.

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the MODE SENSE

 

 

 

command.

 

 

2.

Flag bit in the MODE SENSE CDB was set and the Link bit

 

 

 

was not set.

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the MODE SENSE 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

MODE SENSE command was aborted.

Dh

VOLUME OVERFLOW

Write of buffered data prior to the MODE SENSE operation failed

 

 

because physical End-of-Tape has been reached.

 

 

 

 

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CG00000-011503 REV. A

April 1997

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Fujitsu M2488 manual Mode Sense Sense Keys, Sense KEY Condition Description