TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

4-3.21.4 RECOVER BUFFERED DATA Sense Keys

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

SENSE KEY

CONDITION

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

0h

NO SENSE

1. SILI and Fixed bits are both zero and the actual length of the

 

 

 

block transferred is different from the specified Transfer length

 

 

 

field of the CDB.

 

 

2.

Filemark encountered during the recover buffered data opera-

 

 

 

tion.

 

 

3.

More blocks are requested to be transferred than are contained

 

 

 

in the buffer

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

Transfer of data to initiator failed due to hardware failure

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB.

 

 

2.

The Fixed bit was set to one, but the current mode is variable

 

 

 

(as defined by the current Mode Select state).

 

 

3.

The SILI and Fixed bits are both set to one.

 

 

4.

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

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the RECOVER BUFFERED DATA 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

RECOVER BUFFERED DATA command was aborted

Dh

VOLUME OVERFLOW

Write of buffered data prior to the RECOVER BUFFERED

 

 

DATA operation failed because physical End-of-Tape has been

 

 

reached.

 

 

 

 

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CG00000-011503 REV. A

April 1997

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