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01234567
ParameterLength(MSB)12
(LSB)13
Reserved(0)14
Control15
CDBfields
TheCodefieldindicateswhatistobespacedto:Code
Blocks—ThenumberofblockscrossedisdictatedbyCount.000
Filemarks—ThenumberoffilemarkscrossedisdictatedbyCount.001
EOD—Spacetotheendofdatainthecurrentactivepartition.011
•Whenspacingoverblocksorfilemarksthisfieldindicateshowmanyblocksormarks
shouldbecrossed.Spacingisforward(towardsEOM)unlessCountisnegative(twos
complement)whenthespacingistowardsBOM.
•WhenspacingtoEODtheCountfieldisignored....

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GOODstatustoarequesttospacetoEOD,andwithCHECKCONDITIONtoanyother
forwardspacingrequest.Additionalsenseissetto1403h(Endofdatanotfound).
•Earlywarningendofmediuminformationisnotreported.
•Ifaspacerecordsorspacefilemarkscommandfailsthenthesensedatainformationbytes
willbesettotheabsolutevalueofthedifferencebetweentherequestednumberof
marks/recordsandtheactualnumberofmarks/recordsspacedoverandtheValidbitset.
TheresidueforaprematurelyterminatedSpacetowardsBOMwillalwaysbeapositivevalue....

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Pre-executionchecks
DeferredErrorReservationIllegalField
MediaInformationMediaAccessUnitAttention
Commanddescriptorblock
01234567
OperationCode(00h)0
Reserved(0)1
4
Control5
TESTUNITREADYspecificstatus
Ifallthepre-executioncheckspass,GOODstatusisreported.
VERIFY13h
VERIFYverifiesoneormoreblocksbeginningwiththenextblockonthetape.Theverificationis
mediaverificationonly.Itreadsdatafromthetapeasitwouldforareadbutthenimmediately
discardsit.Nodataistransferredbetweenthehostanddrive....

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CDBfields
TheImmediateReportingoptionisnotsupported,sothisbitmustbe0.0Immed
TheBytecompareoptionisnotsupported,sothisbitmustbe0.0BCmp
TheVerificationLengthfieldspecifiesthelengthofthedatatobeverifiedinbytes.0Fixed
TheVerificationfieldspecifiesthelengthofthedatatobeverifiedinblocks.Thesizeofeach
block(inbytes)isspecifiedbythecurrentblocklengthspecifiedintheModeParameterblock
descriptor.
1
Nodataisverified.Thisisnotconsideredanerrorandthecurrentlogicalpositionwillbe
unchanged.
0Verification
Length...

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CDBfields
TheTransferLengthfieldspecifiesthelengthofthetransferinbytes.0Fixed
TheTransferLengthfieldspecifiesthelengthofthetransferinblocks.Thesizeofeachblock
(inbytes)isdeterminedbythecurrentBlockLengthgivenintheModeSelectParameterblock
descriptor.
1
Nodataistransferred.Thecurrentlogicalpositionwillbeunchanged.0TransferLength
Theamountofdatatobetransferred,inbytesorblocksasdeterminedbytheFixedfield.>0
WRITEspecificstatus
Seealsothe“AdditionalSensecodes”(page191)foravarietyofpossibleharderrors....

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WRITEATTRIBUTE8Dh
TheWRITEATTRIBUTEcommandallowsanapplicationclienttowriteattributevaluestoMAM
(MediumAuxiliaryMemory).ApplicationclientsshouldissueREADATTRIBUTEcommandsbefore
usingthiscommandtodiscoverwhatsupportthedeviceserverhasforMAM.
Pre-executionchecks
MediaAccessUnitAttentionDeferredErrorIllegalField
Forthiscommandtobeexecuted,theremustbeatapeinthedrive,evenifitisonlypartially
loaded.
Commanddescriptorblock
01234567
OperationCode(8Dh)0
Reserved(0)1–4
VolumeNumber(0)5
Reserved(0)6
PartitionNumber7...

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01234567
::
Attributexm
n
Thisisnotmandatoryandwillbeignoredbythedeviceserverbecauseitduplicatesthe
ParameterListLength.
ParameterDataLength
IftheparameterdatacontainsanattributewithanAttributeLengthofzero,oneofthefollowing
actionswilloccur:
•Iftheattributeisread-onlyorunsupported,noattributesarechanges.Thecommandfails,
returningCHECKCONDITIONwithILLEGALREQUESTsenseandadditionalsenseof2600h
(invalidfieldinparameterlist).
•Iftheattributecanbewrittento,itisdeletedandwillnotbereturnedafterasubsequentREAD...

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WRITEBUFFER3Bh
WriteBufferisusedtotransferdataintomemoryonthedriveforthepurposesofdiagnostics,tests
orfirmwareupgrade.ThedataisplacedintooneofthedrivebuffersdependingontheModeand
BufferIDfieldsofthecommand.
CAUTION:Donotattempttousethebuffermodifyingfunctionsofthiscommandunlessyoureally
knowwhatyouaredoing.Thebuffermodifyingfunctionsareintendedasadiagnosticaidtobe
usedinconjunctionwiththeReadBuffercommand.Itisnotpossibletomodifydatainthebuffer...

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Thismodeisusedtoindicatethatthecompletefirmwareimagehasbeensenttothe
drive.ThisisthesignalforenteringtheFLASHreprogrammingstageofthefirmware
upgradeprocess.
Oncethiscommandhasbeenreceived,andtheassociateddatastoredinthebuffer,
theresidentfirmwarechecksthevalidityoftheimagethathasbeenreceived.Ifthis
seemstobecorrect,theFirmwareUpgradeoperationwillcommence.Ifanyfaultsare
detectedintheformatoftheimage,thedrivewillreportCHECKCONDITIONtothe
host.ThesensekeyisABORTEDCOMMAND,andtheadditionalsenseissetto2600h...

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Mainprocessormemory
NotalltheProcessormemoryspaceisaccessible.Takecarewhenwritingtoanyaddresseswithin
thisbuffer.
SCSIburstbuffer
Addressablerangefrom00000hthrough3F8000h.
PCAEEPROM
Thewriterangeislimitedto500hbytes,startingat100h(TapeToolsarea).
WRITEFILEMARKS10h
WRITEFILEMARKScausesthespecifiednumberoffilemarkstobewrittenbeginningatthecurrent
logicalpositionontape.
IftheImmedbitisset,GOODstatusmaybereportedandthemarksleftinthedatabuffer....
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