Code

Description

Explanation

3E

00h

Logical unit has not self-configured

The drive has just powered on and has not completed its

 

 

yet

self-test sequence, so it cannot process commands.

3F

01h

Firmware upgraded

The firmware in the drive has just been changed by a Write

 

 

 

Buffer command.

3F 05h

Device identifier changed

The Device ID has been changed successfully.

3F

0Fh

Echo buffer overrun

A Read Buffer command has been received with Echo

 

 

 

Buffer mode set, and the echo buffer has been overwritten

 

 

 

by a different host from that which issued the Read Buffer

 

 

 

command.

3F

11h

Media Auxiliary Memory

MAM is accessible but the cartridge is in the Hold

 

 

accessible

position. Unit Attention is generated.

40

XXh

Diagnostic failure on

A diagnostic test has failed. The Additional Sense Code

 

 

component XX

Qualifier is a vendor-specific code indicating the failing

 

 

 

component.

43

00h

Message error

A message could not be sent or received because of

 

 

 

excessive transmission errors.

44

00h

Internal target failure

A hardware failure has been detected in the drive that has

 

 

 

caused the command to fail.

45

00h

Select or reselect failure

An attempt to reselect an initiator in order to complete the

 

 

 

command has failed.

47

00h

SCSI parity error

A command failed because of an excessive number of

 

 

 

parity errors on the SCSI interface.

47

01h

Data phase CRC error detected

For parallel SCSI only in non-Information Units mode, the

 

 

 

drive has detected a CRC error during the data out phase.

47

03h

Information Unit CRC error detectedFor parallel SCSI only in Information Units mode, the drive

 

 

 

has detected a CRC error during the command IU or data

 

 

 

out phase.

48

00h

Initiator Detected Error message

A command failed because an Initiator Detected Error

 

 

received

message was received.

49

00h

Invalid message error

The command failed because an invalid message was

 

 

 

received by the drive.

4A 00h

Command phase error

A command could not be executed because too many

 

 

 

parity errors occurred in the command phase

4B

00h

Data phase error

A command could not be completed because too many

 

 

 

errors occurred during the data phase.

4B

90h

Data phase error

FCL_DL to CDB Allocation Length mis-match.

4E

00h

Overlapped commands attempted

An initiator selected the drive even though it already had a

 

 

 

command outstanding.

50

00h

Write append error

A write-type command failed because the point at which to

 

 

 

append data was unreadable.

51

00h

Erase failure

An erase command failed to erase the required area on

 

 

 

the tape.

52

00h

Cartridge fault

A command could not be completed because of a fault in

 

 

 

the tape cartridge.

53

00h

Media load or eject failed

An attempt to load or eject the tape failed because of a

 

 

 

problem with the tape.

53

02h

Medium removal prevented

An Unload command has failed to eject the tape because

 

 

 

medium removal has been prevented.

55

03h

Insufficient resources

 

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