MEDIA CHANGER COMMANDS

M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE

6-2.4.3 MOVE MEDIUM Sense Keys

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

SENSE KEY

CONDITION

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

2h

NOT READY

Logical Unit is not ready (magazine not set or if set, then START button

 

 

not pressed or magazine not loaded via host command).

3h

MEDIUM ERROR

1. Medium exchange failed due to synchronization failure.

 

 

2.

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

 

 

 

medium.

4h

HARDWARE ERROR

Medium move failed due to hardware failure.

5h

ILLEGAL REQUEST

1. If this command is received and the XCL (ACL or FACL) is not

 

 

 

attached, the target shall return CHECK CONDITION status and set

 

 

 

the sense key to ILLEGAL REQUEST.

 

 

2.

If this command is received and the XCL (ACL or FACL) is not in

 

 

 

SYSTEM MODE, the target shall return CHECK CONDITION sta-

 

 

 

tus and set the sense key to ILLEGAL REQUEST.

 

 

3.

If this command is received and the source element is empty or the

 

 

 

destination element (if different from the source element) is full, the

 

 

 

target shall return CHECK CONDITION status and set the sense key

 

 

 

to ILLEGAL REQUEST.

 

 

4.

The transport element address specifies the medium transport element

 

 

 

that is to be used in executing this command. The default medium

 

 

 

transport element address of zero may be used if this functionality is

 

 

 

supported by the medium changer device. If the address specified has

 

 

 

not been assigned or has been assigned to an element other than a

 

 

 

medium transport element, the target shall return CHECK CONDI-

 

 

 

TION status and the set the sense key to ILLEGAL REQUEST.

 

 

5.

The source address and the destination address may represent a stor-

 

 

 

age element, an import export element, a data transfer element, or a

 

 

 

medium transport element. If the address specified has not been

 

 

 

assigned to a specific element of the medium changer, the target shall

 

 

 

return CHECK CONDITION status and set the sense key to ILLE-

 

 

 

GAL REQUEST.

 

 

6.

Reserved bit was found set in the CDB.

 

 

7.

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

6h

UNIT ATTENTION

Indicates the MOVE MEDIUM command was not performed due to one

 

 

of the following:

 

 

1. A NOT READY TO READY transition has occurred.

 

 

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

MOVE MEDIUM command was aborted.

Dh

VOLUME OVERFLOW

Write of buffered data prior to the MOVE MEDIUM operation failed

 

 

because physical End-of-Tape has been reached.

 

 

 

 

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CG00000-011503 REV. A

March 1997

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