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MODE SELECT

6.Command Specification

The MODE SELECT parameter list has the following format.

Table 6-38: MODE SELECT (6) parameter list

 

Bit

7

 

6

 

5

 

4

 

3

 

 

2

1

0

 

Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Reserved

 

Buffered Mode (001b)

 

 

 

 

Speed (00h)

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Descriptor

Length (0008h)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Density Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

Number of Blocks (00 00 00h)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

Table 6-39:MODE SELECT (10) parameter list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

 

7

 

6

 

5

 

4

 

3

 

 

2

 

1

 

0

 

Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Reserved

 

Buffered Mode

 

 

 

 

Speed (00h)

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONGLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A (0)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Descriptor Length (08h)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Density Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

Number of Blocks (00 00 00h)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

(MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(LSB)

Buffered Mode: Buffered Mode is the mechanism by which the drive implements Immediate Reporting on WRITE commands.

If the field is ZERO, then the drive does not report a GOOD status on WRITE commands until the data blocks are actually written to tape (not support).

If the Buffered Mode field is one, then the drive reports GOOD status on WRITE commands as soon as the data block has been transferred to the buffer. This field will be set to ONE.

Speed: The drive only supports one speed, the default speed. Because of this, this field must be set to ZERO. Any other value will cause a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key to be returned.

Block Descriptor Length: This specifies the length in bytes of all the block descriptors. Since the drive only allows one block descriptor, this value must be eight. Any other value will cause a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key to be returned.

Note: The block descriptor specifies the media characteristics for the SDX drive. The block descriptor contains the density code, number of blocks and block length fields.

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

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