SCS I Description

M axtor Atlas 10K III 5-135

The sense data format for error code 70h (current error) and error code 71h (deferred

error) is shown in Table 5-174; the data fields are defined in Table 5-175. The

Supported Sense Keys are described in Table 5-1 76 and the field content s in Table 5-

177. The Suppor ted Additiona l Sense Codes and S ense Code Qualifi ers are des cribed

in Table 5-178 and the Sense-Key Specific Field Contents in Table 5-179.

Sense Data Format for Error Code 70h or 71h-Data Format

Sense Data Fields (Error Code 70h)-Field Descriptions

0 Valid Error Code (70h or 71h)
1 Segment Number = 00h
2 FileMrk
= 0 EOM
= 0 ILI Rsvd Sense Key
3 - 6 Infor mation
7 Additi onal Sense Length = 0Ah
8 - 11 Co mma n d -S p e c ifi c Inf o rmat io n
12 Additional Sense Code
13 Additi onal Sense Code Qualifier
14 Field Replaceable Unit Code
15 SKSV Sense-Key Specific
16 -
17 Sense-Key Speci fi c (continued)
Valid The Valid bit, when set to 1, indicates that the Inf ormation fi eld c ontains valid informa -
tion, as defi ned below. When set to 0, it indicat es that the contents of the Inform ation
fiel d are not as defined below.
E rro r Code Eithe r 70h, in dicati ng that cu rrent er rors are t o be report ed, or 71h , indic ating def erred
errors are to be reported.
Segment
Number This fea ture is not suppor ted and wil l return a zero value.
FileMrk The File Mark f ield is reserved for sequential access devi ces This f ie ld will r eturn a zer o
value.
EOM The End-of-Medium field is reserved for sequential access and printer devices. This field
will return a zero value.
ILI
Incorrect Length Indicator. When this bit is set to 1, it indicates that the requested logical
sector le ngth did not match the logical sec tor length o f t he data on the media. This f iel d
is only set for incor rec t byte transfer lengths on a READ LONG and WRITE LONG com-
mand desc riptor block.
Sense Key
The sense key, additional sense code, and additional sense code qualifier provide a hier-
archy of information. The sense key provides the highest level of information about error
and exception conditions. The additional sense code and qualifier provided more detailed
information.
The sense keys support ed by the drive are described in Table 5-179.