Fujitsu M2488 manual Space Sense Keys, Sense KEY Condition Description

M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

4-3.29.3 SPACE 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. A filemark was encountered while spacing over blocks.
		2.	Beginning-of-Tape was encountered while spacing backward.
8h	BLANK CHECK	End-of-Data was encountered while spacing forward.
1h	RECOVERED ERROR	1. Recovery was performed when writing buffered data before the
			positioning occurred.
		2.	Retries were needed to complete the positioning.
2h	NOT READY	Logical Unit was not ready (tape was not loaded or wasn’t ready).
3h	MEDIUM ERROR	1. Write of buffered data failed due to defective tape.
		2.	End-of-Tape was encountered while spacing forward.
		3.	An attempt was made to write 36-track data on 18-track format-
			ted medium.
		4.	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 spacing operation was not completed because of a hard-
			ware failure.
5h	ILLEGAL REQUEST	1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the SPACE com-
			mand.
		2.	Illegal Code field specified for SPACE command.
		3.	The Flag bit was set but the Link bit was not set.
6h	UNIT ATTENTION	Indicates the SPACE 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	Space command was aborted.
Dh	VOLUME OVERFLOW	Write of buffered data prior to the SPACE operation failed
		because physical End-of-Tape has been reached.

April 1997 CG00000-011503 REV. A 4-137