MEDIA CHANGE R COMMANDS M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE
6-22 CG00000-011503 REV. A March 1997
6-2.5.2.1 Element Status Data
The Element status data header is an 8 byte block; a diagram of this block is shown in Table6-
21 and described in Table 6-22.
None of the fields in the Element status data header are adjusted if the allocation length is insuf-
ficient to send all status data available. Note that a READ ELEMENT STATUS command can
be issued with an Allocation length of 8 to determine the allocation length needed to transfer all
element status page bytes specified by the command; the allocation length needed is the value
reported in the Byte Count of Report Available field plus 8.
Table 6-21. Element Status Data Header
BITS
BYTES 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0-
1
MSB First Element Address Reported LSB
2-
3
MSB Number of Elements Available LSB
4Reserved
5-
7
MSB) Byte Count of Report Available LSB
Table 6-22. Element Status Data Header Field Description
BYTE BIT VALUE DESCRIPTION
0-1 The First element address reported field contains the smallest element address of
those elements that meet the requirements defined in the CDB parameters. This
value is not adjusted for the allocation length.
2-3 0 The Number of elements available field indicates the number of element descriptors
that meet the requirements defined in the CDB request. This value is not changed
because of insufficient allocation length. By definition, the value in the Number of
elements available field will always be less than or equal to the Number of elements
field in the CDB. This value is not adjusted for the allocation length.
5-7 2 The Byte count of report available field indicates the total number of bytes in the
element status pages based upon the requirements of the CDB request. This value is
not adjusted for the allocation length.