M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

4-3.27.5 SEND DIAGNOSTIC 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 buff-

 

 

ered mode operation occurred in SEND DIAGNOSTIC command.

3h

MEDIUM ERROR

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

 

 

2.

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

 

 

 

medium.

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

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

 

 

 

of SEND DIAGNOSTIC data failed due to hardware failure).

 

 

2.

Write of buffered data failed due to a hardware failure.

 

 

3.

The self-test is not successful in SEND DIAGNOSTIC command.

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the SEND DIAGNOS-

 

 

 

TIC command.

 

 

2.

Flag bit in the SEND DIAGNOSTIC CDB was set and Link bit

 

 

 

was not set.

 

 

3.

There is a parameter list error.

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the SEND DIAGNOSTIC 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

SEND DIAGNOSTIC command was aborted.

Dh

VOLUME OVERFLOW

Write of buffered data prior to the SEND DIAGNOSTIC operation

 

 

failed because physical End-of-Tape has been reached.

 

 

 

 

April 1997

CG00000-011503 REV. A

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