Maxtor 10K III - page 197

SCS I Description
M axtor Atlas 10K III 5-133
Sense data is available if the initiator is responsible for an in-progress FORMAT
UNIT command (Format Progress Indication is available in the Format Progress
I ndi catio n Bytes) .
The drive returns a sense key of NO SENSE and an additional sense code of NO
ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION if it has no sense data available for the
initiator.
For Parallel SCSI disk drives, sense data i s avail able if t he previous co mmand from the
initiator terminated with a CHECK CO ND ITIO N status, or if the previous
command from the i nitiator ended with an unexpected BUS FREE error.REQUEST
Clearing Sense Data
Sense data is cleared from the drive's memory by one of the following conditions:
•Af te r b ei n g re t urned fro m a RE Q U EST SE NSE comman d .
•As soon as any other comman d is received from the initiator except
INQUIRY.