Sony SDX-1100V/R manual Appendix F AIT based Worm system, Important Notice

13.Appendix F: AIT based WORM system

13. APPENDIX F: AIT based WORM system

13.1.Important Notice

(1)AIT WORM cartridges come equipped with Remote MIC.

(2)A new AIT WORM cartridge can be initialized to use either AIT native mode.

(3)WORM features are supported in AIT tape drives with firmware revision level 0103 or later.

13.2.Write-Protected (WP) Bit in Mode Sense Data

If the AIT-5 WORM cartridge that the write-protected tab set to “Rec” is inserted, the WP bit is not used in WORM mode. The WP bit will be set to ZERO.

If the AIT-5 WORM cartridge the write-protected tab set to “Safe” is inserted, the SDX-1100V can not write to the tape. The WP bit will be set to ONE.

When the AIT-3 WORM or AIT-4 WORM cartridge is inserted, the SDX-1100V can not write to these tapes. The WP bit will be set to ONE.

13.3.How to detect a WORM cartridge.

The WORM bit of AIT Device Configuration Page (31h) is used to indicate the presence of a WORM media.

Page 31h: AIT Device Configuration Page

Bit	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		0
Byte
0	Reserved				Page Code (31h)
1				Page Length (8)
2	AIT	DEV	ABS	ULP	PRT	PNJ		SYSLOG
3				SPAN	(0Ah)
4	MIC	WORM			Reserved
5				Reserved					WORM
									Capable
6				Reserved
7				Reserved
8				Reserved
9				Reserved

13.4.How to initialize a WORM cartridge.

A new WORM cartridge can be initialized in two ways:

1.Mode Select Operation

2.Write Operation

Note: when using Write Operation (option 2), a new WORM cartridge will be initialized as one partition AIT native mode.

SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 13-1