M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE TAPE UNIT SCSI COMMANDS
April 1997 CG00000-011503 REV. A 4-1434-3.31.3 WRITE Sense Keys
One of the following sense keys may be returned if a CHECK CONDITION was indicated:
SENSE KEY CONDITION DESCRIPTION
0h NO SENSE Tape is positioned between the Early-Warning position and End-
of-Tape.
1h RECOVERED ERROR 1. Recovery was performed when transferring data from the initia-
tor.
2. Recovery was performed when writing data to tape.
2h NOT READY Logical Unit was not ready (tape was not loaded or wasn’t ready).
3h MEDIUM ERROR 1. Writing data to tape failed due to defective tape.
2. An attempt was made to write 36-track data on 18-track format-
ted medium.
3. The tape length in the cartridge is too long or too short.
4h HARDWARE ERROR 1. Transferring data from the initiator failed due to a hardware
failure
2. Writing data to tape failed due to a hardware failure.
5h ILLEGAL REQUEST 1. Reserved bit was found set in the CDB of the WRITE com-
mand.
2. The Fixed bit was set to one, but the current mode is variable
(as set by MODE SELECT or default power on condition).
3. The Flag bit was set but the Link bit was not set.
6h UNIT ATTENTION Indicates the WRITE 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.
7h DATA PROTECT Attempting write-type operation to a write-protected cartridge.
Bh ABORTED COMMAND WRITE command was aborted.
Dh VOLUME OVERFLOW Write of buffered data prior to the WRITE operation failed
because physical End-of-Tape has been reached.