Table 109. Sense Keys and Additional Sense (continued)
Sense Key | Additional Sense | Explanation |
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Medium Error | Write Error (0C00h) | A WRITE operation has failed. This is probably due |
(3h) |
| to bad media, but may be related to hardware. |
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Medium Error | Unrecovered Read | A READ operation failed. This is probably due to bad |
(3h) | Error (1100h) | media, but may be related to hardware. |
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Medium Error | Recorded Entity Not | A SPACE or LOCATE command failed because a |
(3h) | Found (1400h) | format violation prevented the target of the operation |
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| from being found. |
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Medium Error | Unknown Format | An operation could not be carried out because the |
(3h) | (3001h) | tape in the drive is of a format not supported by the |
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| drive. |
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Medium Error | Incompatible Format | An operation could not be completed because the |
(3h) | (3002h) | Logical Format is not correct. |
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Medium Error | Medium Format | Data could not be read because the format on tape |
(3h | Corrupted (3100h) | is not valid, but is a known format. A failure occurred |
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| attempting to write the FID. |
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Medium Error | Sequential | A command has failed and left the logical position at |
(3h) | Positioning Error | an unexpected location. |
| (3B00h) |
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Medium Error | Write Append Error | A |
(3h) | (5000h) | which to append data was unreadable. |
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Medium Error | Cartridge Fault | A command could not be completed due to a fault in |
(3h) | (5200h) | the tape cartridge. |
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Medium Error | Media Load/Eject | An attempt to load or eject the tape failed due to a |
(3h) | Failed (5300h) | problem with the tape. |
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Hardware | Manual Intervention | A tape is present in the drive but could not be loaded |
Error (4h) | Required (0403h) | or unloaded without manual intervention. |
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Hardware | Diagnostic Failure | A diagnostic test failed. The Additional Sense Code |
Error (4h) | (40XXh) | Qualifier is a |
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| failing component. |
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Hardware | Internal Target | A hardware failure has been detected in the drive |
Error (4h) | Failure (4400h) | and caused the command to fail. |
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Hardware | Erase Failure | An ERASE command failed to erase the required |
Error (4h) | (5100h) | area on the medium. |
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Hardware | Media Load/Eject | An attempt to load or eject the tape failed due to a |
Error (4h) | Failed (5300h) | problem with the drive. |
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Illegal | Parameter List | The amount of parameter data sent is incorrect. |
Request (5h) | Length Error (1A00h) |
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Illegal | Invalid Command | The Operation Code in the command was not valid. |
Request (5h) | Operation Code |
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| (2000h) |
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Illegal | Invalid Field in CDB | An invalid field has been detected in a Command |
Request (5h) | (2400h) | Descriptor Block. |
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Illegal | LUN Not Supported | The command was addressed to a |
Request (5h) | (2500h) | logical unit number. |
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Illegal | Invalid Field in | An invalid field has been detected in the data sent |
Request (5h) | Parameter List | during the data phase. |
| (2600h) |
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90Ultrium Internal Tape Drive and 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive: SCSI Reference
