Fujitsu M2488 manual Sense Information Bytes, Format 0 Sense Information Description for SIC

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8-3.2 Sense Information Bytes 20-43

Refer to the correct sense information format in the following paragraphs.

8-3.2.1 Format 0 Sense Information Description for SIC

All bytes are 00h.

8-3.2.2 Format 01h Sense Information for FMT

The Format 01h Sense Information for FMT is shown in Table 8-6 and described in Table 8-7 and Table 8-8.

Table 8-6. Format 01h Sense Information, FMT

						BITS
BYTES	7	6	5		4		3	2		1	0
20					FMT ERPA Code
21	MC error	MTU error	0		1				Retry Count
22-23				First Fault Symptom Code
24-25				Second Fault Symptom Code
26-27				Last Fault Symptom Code
28					Error Command Code
29-39			Additional Format Error Information Type
40-43					RBID (Block ID)

Table 8-7. Format 01h Sense Information, FMT Field Description

BYTE	BIT	VALUE	DESCRIPTION
20	0-7		The FMT ERPA codes are the same as the ERPA codes defined for sense byte 19 in
			Appendix C.
21	0-3		The Retry Count is incremented by one each time a re-read or re-write is performed in
			the original direction of the command being processed.
21	6		The MTU Error bit is set when the error is known to be in the MTU.
21	7		The MC Error bit is set when the error is know to be in the Medium Changer.
22-27			The first symptom code represents the initial error condition detected, the second symp-
			tom code represents the secondary error condition detected, and the third symptom code
			represents the last error condition detected. See Appendix D for the fault symptom
			codes.
28	0-7		This is the command code of the command being processed when the error was
			detected.
29-39			The value in byte 29 determines the register for bytes 30-39. See Table 8-8.
40-43			The tape position at which the error was detected as expressed in the physical (byte 40)
			and logical (bytes 41-43) Block ID.

April 1997 CG00000-011503 REV. A 8-9