M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS

4-3.30.3 TEST UNIT READY 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 while writing buffered data before the

 

 

TEST UNIT READY occurred.

2h

NOT READY

Logical unit is not ready (tape is not inserted, or the drive is not

 

 

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.

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

Write of buffered data failed due to a hardware failure.

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the TEST UNIT

 

 

 

READY command.

 

 

2.

Flag bit was set and link bit was not set.

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the TEST UNIT READY 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.

Dh

VOLUME OVERFLOW

Write of buffered data prior to the TEST UNIT READY operation

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

April 1997

CG00000-011503 REV. A

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