SCSI Commands

READ BUFFER Command (3Ch) (continued)

Table 5–63 READ BUFFER Command Descriptor Block - Field Descriptions

Field Name

Description

 

 

Mode

The tape drive supports the following values within this field. If any non-supported

 

value is set, the drive terminates the command with a CHECK CONDITION status,

 

ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set.

 

Mode

Description

 

000b Combined Header and Data (see 5.14.1)

 

010b

Data (see 5.14.2)

 

011b

Descriptor (see 5.14.3)

Buffer ID

Must be 0, 1, or 2.

 

Buffer 0: This buffer is intended to be used in conjunction with the WRITE BUFFER

 

command to provide a diagnostic capability for testing the SCSI bus and/or

 

hardware integrity.

 

Buffer 1: Choosing Buffer 1 results in the tape system transferring the contents of

 

SCSI RAM and EEPROM over the SCSI bus. For DLT 7000 tape systems, a total of

 

264K is transferred (256K for RAM, 8K for EEPROM).

 

Buffer 2: Choosing Buffer 2 results in the tape system transferring the contents of

 

cache RAM over the SCSI bus. For DLT7000 tape systems, a total of either 4 or 8

 

MB is transferred.

Buffer Offset

Supported if Buffer ID is 2. The Buffer Offset field allows the host to specify where

 

the start of the data is within the buffer.

Allocation

This field specifies the maximum number of bytes that the initiator has allocated

Length

for returning data. The host uses this field to limit the size of data transfers to its

 

own internal buffer size.

 

 

 

The host should first send a READ BUFFER command, in Descriptor mode, to determine the size of the buffer being returned. In response to the READ BUFFER command, the tape system returns four bytes of data, three of which contain the size of the buffer. The host can then use this data to establish the Buffer Offset/Allocation Length fields of the CDB. Once the size of the buffer is known, Mode 2 (Data Only, see Section 5.14.2) can be used to transfer the data across the SCSI Bus.

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