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HPLTOUltriumTapeDrivesTechnical ReferenceManual Volume3:HostInterfaceGuide LTO5drives Abstract ThisisoneoffivevolumesthatdocumentHPLTOUltrium5tapedrives(FibreChannelandSAS).Thisvolumeprovideshostinterfaceinformation.See“Supportandotherresources”(page231)fordetailsoftheotherguides. HPPartNumber:EH890-90900volume3Published:April2011Edition:Fifth

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Contents 1InterfaceImplementation...........................................................................11 TheFibreChannelinterface.....................................................................................................11 Supportedtaskmanagementfunctions..................................................................................11 TheSASinterface...................................................................................................................11 Supportedtaskmanagementfunctions..................................................................................12 Supportedcommands.............................................................................................................12 SCSIfeatures.........................................................................................................................12 Designapproach...............................................................................................................12 Power-on...........................................................................................................................12 Resetstrategy....................................................................................................................13 Aborthandling..................................................................................................................13 Linkerrorhandling(SASdrives)...........................................................................................13 Multi-initiatorsupport.........................................................................................................14 FibreChanneloperation..........................................................................................................15 FibreChanneladdressing...................................................................................................15 Names........................................................................................................................15 Addresses....................................................................................................................15 HP'simplementationofnamesandaddresses...................................................................16 Implicationsforlibraries.................................................................................................16 Fieldreplaceableunits............................................................................................................17 CD-ROMemulation(SASdrivesonly)........................................................................................17 2Messages................................................................................................18 Status....................................................................................................................................18 3Responseframesandtaskmanagementfunctions.........................................19 Responseframes.....................................................................................................................19 Taskmanagementfunctions.....................................................................................................20 4Introductiontocommands..........................................................................22 Summary...............................................................................................................................22 Commanddetails...................................................................................................................24 Pre-executionchecks...............................................................................................................24 BadLUNcheck..................................................................................................................24 DeferredErrorcheck...........................................................................................................25 DiagnosticStatuscheck......................................................................................................25 FixedBitcheck..................................................................................................................25 FlagLinkcheck..................................................................................................................25 IllegalCommandcheck......................................................................................................25 IllegalField/Requestcheck..................................................................................................25 MediaAccesscheck..........................................................................................................26 MediaInformationcheck....................................................................................................26 MediaWritecheck............................................................................................................26 ParameterListcheck...........................................................................................................27 Reservationcheck..............................................................................................................27 UnitAttentioncheck...........................................................................................................27 Commanddescriptorblock......................................................................................................27 Contents3

5Commands..............................................................................................29 Vendor-uniqueENABLETRANSPORTLAYERRETRIES(SASdrivesonly)C2h...................................29 EnhancedFIRMWAREUPGRADEDOWNLOADFIRMWARESEGMENTA4h(1Fh)........................29 EnhancedFIRMWAREUPGRADEREBOOTA4h(1Fh)................................................................30 EnhancedFIRMWAREUPGRADEREPORTIMAGEINFOA3h(1Fh)..............................................31 FIRMWAREUPGRADEREPORTIMAGEINFOreturneddata....................................................31 Firmwareimagedescriptor(version1)..............................................................................32 ERASE19h...........................................................................................................................32 ERASEspecificstatus..........................................................................................................33 FORCEDEJECTA4h(1Fh).......................................................................................................33 FORCESNAPSHOTA4h(1Fh).................................................................................................34 FORCESNAPSHOTspecificstatus........................................................................................35 FORMATMEDIUM04h..........................................................................................................35 INQUIRY12h........................................................................................................................36 INQUIRYdatapages.........................................................................................................37 INQUIRYreturneddata..................................................................................................37 StandardInquiryDataformat(LUN0)..........................................................................37 VitalProductDatapages....................................................................................................40 SupportedVitalProductDataPagespage........................................................................41 UnitSerialNumberpage...............................................................................................41 DeviceIdentificationpage..............................................................................................42 Definedidentifiers.........................................................................................................42 LogicalUnitIdentifier................................................................................................43 PortName(FCandSASdrives)..................................................................................43 PortIdentifier(FCandSASdrives)...............................................................................43 TargetPortGroupIdentifier........................................................................................43 TargetName(codeset1)..........................................................................................44 TargetName(codeset2)..........................................................................................44 ManagementNetworkAddressVPDpage........................................................................44 ExtendedINQUIRYDataVPDpage.................................................................................45 ModePagePolicyVPDpage..........................................................................................46 FCdrives:................................................................................................................47 SCSIPortsVPDpage.....................................................................................................47 FCdrives:................................................................................................................47 Protocol-SpecificLogicalUnitInformationVPDpage(SASonly)...........................................48 SequentialAccessDeviceCapabilitiespage.....................................................................49 Manufacturer-assignedSerialnumberpage......................................................................50 TapeAlertSupportedFlagspage.....................................................................................50 DriveComponentRevisionLevelspages...........................................................................51 LOAD/UNLOAD1Bh..............................................................................................................51 LOAD/UNLOADspecificstatus............................................................................................52 Loadingacartridge...........................................................................................................52 Unloadingacartridge.......................................................................................................53 LOCATE2Bh/92h.................................................................................................................53 LOCATEspecificstatus........................................................................................................55 LOGSELECT4Ch..................................................................................................................55 LOGSENSE4Dh...................................................................................................................56 Logpageformat................................................................................................................57 SupportedLogPagespage.................................................................................................58 WriteErrorCounterslogpage.............................................................................................59 ReadErrorCounterslogpage.............................................................................................59 SequentialAccessDevicelogpage......................................................................................60 Temperaturelogpage........................................................................................................60 DTDStatuslogpage..........................................................................................................61 4Contents

VeryHighFrequencydata(VHF).....................................................................................61 VeryHighFrequencypollingdelay(onlyavailableinsomevariants)....................................63 DTdeviceADCdataencryptioncontrolstatus...................................................................63 Keymanagementerrordata(onlyavailableinsomevariants).............................................64 DTDprimarystatuslogparameters..................................................................................65 SCSIparallelinterfaceportstatusdata........................................................................65 FibreChannelportstatusdata...................................................................................65 SASportstatusdata.................................................................................................66 TapeAlertResponselogpage..............................................................................................67 RequestedRecoverylogpage..............................................................................................67 Recoveryprocedures.....................................................................................................67 DeviceStatisticslogpage...................................................................................................68 DeviceStatisticslogparameters.....................................................................................68 Devicestatisticsdatacounterlogparameter.................................................................69 Devicestatisticsmediumtypelogparameter................................................................69 Devicestatisticsstringdatalogparameter....................................................................70 ServiceBuffersInformationLogpage....................................................................................70 ServiceBuffers..............................................................................................................71 TapeDiagnosticlogpage...................................................................................................71 VolumeStatisticsLogpage..................................................................................................73 DeviceStatisticslogparameters.....................................................................................73 Volumestatisticsdatacounterlogparameter................................................................74 Volumestatisticspartitionrecordlogparameter............................................................74 Volumestatisticsstringdatalogparameter...................................................................75 Protocol-SpecificPortLogpage(SASdrivesonly)....................................................................75 Protocol-specificlogparameters.....................................................................................75 TapeAlertlogpage............................................................................................................77 TapeUsagelogpage.........................................................................................................79 TapeCapacitylogpage.....................................................................................................79 DataCompressionlogpage................................................................................................79 DeviceWellnessLogpage..................................................................................................80 PerformanceDatalogpage................................................................................................81 DTDeviceErrorlogpage....................................................................................................81 HardwareErrordatalogparameter.................................................................................82 DeviceStatuslogpage.......................................................................................................83 DeviceStatusBits..........................................................................................................83 TriggersforchangesintheDeviceStatusandMediumStatusfields.................................84 MANAGEMENTARMSELF-TESTA3h(1Fh)...............................................................................85 MANAGEMENTARMSELF-TESTreturneddata......................................................................86 MODESELECT15h/55h........................................................................................................86 MODESELECTspecificstatus..............................................................................................87 Modeparameterpages......................................................................................................87 Modepagerepresentation.............................................................................................88 Modedataformat.........................................................................................................88 Modeparameterpages............................................................................................88 Modeparameterheader...........................................................................................89 Modeblockdescriptor........................................................................................................90 ModeParameterblockdescriptorfields............................................................................90 Read-WriteErrorRecoverymodepage.................................................................................91 Read-WriteErrorRecoverypagefields.............................................................................91 Disconnect-Reconnectpage.................................................................................................92 FCdrives.....................................................................................................................92 Disconnect-Reconnectpagefields...............................................................................92 SASdrives....................................................................................................................93 Disconnect-Reconnectpagefields...............................................................................93 Contents5

Controlmodepage............................................................................................................93 Controlmodepagefields...............................................................................................94 ControlExtensionsub-page............................................................................................94 DataCompressionCharacteristicspage................................................................................95 DataCompressionCharacteristicsmodepagefields..........................................................95 DeviceConfigurationpage..................................................................................................95 Changeableparameters................................................................................................96 Unchangeableparameters.............................................................................................97 DeviceConfigurationExtensionmodepagesubpage.........................................................97 MediumPartitionsmodepage.............................................................................................98 Specifyingpartitionsizes..............................................................................................100 Protocol-SpecificLogicalUnitmodepage(FCdrives)............................................................102 Protocol-SpecificLogicalUnitmodepage(SASdrives)..........................................................102 Protocol-SpecificPortmodepage(FCdrives).......................................................................102 Protocol-SpecificPortmodepage(SASdrives)......................................................................104 PHYControlandDiscoversub-page(SASdrivesonly)......................................................105 SharePortControlmodesub-page................................................................................107 EnhancedPHYControlmodesub-page..........................................................................107 PowerConditionmodepage.............................................................................................109 InformationExceptionsmodepage....................................................................................109 MediumConfigurationmodepage....................................................................................110 SerialNumberOverridevendor-uniquemodepage..............................................................111 DeviceTimemodepage...................................................................................................112 Power-ontimedescriptor..............................................................................................112 Worldtimedescriptor..................................................................................................112 Librarytimedescriptor.................................................................................................112 Cumulativepower-ontimedescriptor..............................................................................113 Fielddescriptions........................................................................................................113 ExtendedResetvendor-uniquemodepage..........................................................................113 CD-ROMEmulation/DisasterRecoverymodepage..............................................................114 CD-ROMEmulation/DisasterRecoverymodepagefields.................................................114 MODESENSE1Ah/5Ah......................................................................................................115 PERSISTENTRESERVEIN5Eh................................................................................................116 PERSISTENTRESERVEINreturneddataforserviceactions.....................................................117 ReadKeysserviceaction..............................................................................................117 ReadReservationserviceaction....................................................................................118 ReportCapabilitiesserviceaction..................................................................................118 ReportFullStatusserviceaction.....................................................................................119 PERSISTENTRESERVEOUT5Fh.............................................................................................120 PERSISTENTRESERVEOUTparameterdata.........................................................................121 Additionalparameterdata...........................................................................................123 ParameterdatafortheRegisterandMoveserviceaction..................................................123 TransportIDs..............................................................................................................124 FibreChannelTransportID......................................................................................124 SASTransportID....................................................................................................124 PREVENT/ALLOWMEDIUMREMOVAL1Eh............................................................................124 READ08h..........................................................................................................................125 READspecificstatus.........................................................................................................127 READresidueinformation.................................................................................................127 READ6(CD-ROMmode)08h...............................................................................................127 READ6specificstatus......................................................................................................128 READresidueinformation.................................................................................................128 READ10(CD-ROMmode)28h.............................................................................................128 READ10specificstatus.....................................................................................................129 READ10residueinformation.............................................................................................129 6Contents

READATTRIBUTE8Ch..........................................................................................................129 READATTRIBUTEreturneddataforserviceactions...............................................................130 AttributeValuesserviceaction.......................................................................................130 AttributeListserviceaction............................................................................................131 PartitionListserviceaction............................................................................................131 VolumeListserviceaction.............................................................................................132 READATTRIBUTEspecificstatus.........................................................................................132 MAMattributedata.........................................................................................................132 AttributeIDvalues.......................................................................................................133 Standarddevicetypeattributes.....................................................................................134 Standardmediumtypeattributes...................................................................................135 Standardhosttypeattributes.........................................................................................136 Vendor-uniquemediumtypeattributes............................................................................137 Textlocalizationidentifiers............................................................................................138 READBLOCKLIMITS05h.....................................................................................................138 ReadBlockLimitsdata......................................................................................................138 READBUFFER3Ch..............................................................................................................139 Memorysizes..................................................................................................................140 READBUFFERreturneddata:.............................................................................................141 ReadingtheSnapshotdatabuffer......................................................................................141 READCAPACITY(CD-ROMmode)25h..................................................................................142 ReadCapacitydata.........................................................................................................143 READFIRMWARETRACELOGA3h(1Fh)...............................................................................143 READFIRMWARETRACELOGreturneddata......................................................................144 READLOGGED-INHOSTTABLEA3h(1Fh).............................................................................145 READLOGGED_INHOSTTABLEreturneddata....................................................................145 READMEDIASERIALNUMBERABh(01h)..............................................................................147 READMEDIASERIALNUMBERreturneddata......................................................................147 Nobarcodestored......................................................................................................147 Barcodestored...........................................................................................................148 READPOSITION34h...........................................................................................................148 ShortFormBlockID..........................................................................................................149 READPOSITIONreturneddatafields—shortblockform...................................................149 LongBlockFormID..........................................................................................................149 READPOSITIONreturneddatafields—longblockform....................................................150 ExtendedBlockFormID....................................................................................................150 READSNAPSHOTLOGA3h(1Fh).........................................................................................150 READSNAPSHOTLOGreturneddata................................................................................151 READSNAPSHOTLOGspecificstatus................................................................................154 READSTTFLOGA3h(1Fh)...................................................................................................154 READTOC(CD-ROMmode)43h..........................................................................................155 ReadTOCdata...............................................................................................................155 RECEIVEDIAGNOSTICRESULTS1Ch.....................................................................................156 RECEIVEDIAGNOSTICSRESULTSspecificstatus..................................................................157 RECEIVEDIAGNOSTICSRESULTSreturneddata...................................................................157 Pagecode70h—Self-Test(Read/Write)........................................................................157 RELEASEUNIT17h/57h.......................................................................................................157 RELEASEUNITspecificstatus.............................................................................................158 REPORTDENSITYSUPPORT44h...........................................................................................159 REPORTDENSITYSUPPORTheader...................................................................................159 DensitySupportdescriptorblocks.......................................................................................160 MediumTypedescriptorblocks..........................................................................................161 REPORTDEVICEIDENTIFIERA3h(05h)..................................................................................162 REPORTDEVICEIDENTIFIERreturneddata..........................................................................163 REPORTIPCONFIGURATIONA3h(1Fh)................................................................................163 Contents7

REPORTIPCONFIGURATIONparameterdata....................................................................163 Descriptortypes..........................................................................................................165 IPv4Addressdescriptor...........................................................................................165 IPv6Addressdescriptor...........................................................................................165 Descriptortype0:Control........................................................................................165 Descriptortype1:MACAddress...............................................................................166 Descriptortype2:MTUSize....................................................................................167 REPORTLUNSA0h..............................................................................................................167 Datareturned..................................................................................................................168 REPORTNETWORKSTATISTICSA3h(1Fh)..............................................................................168 Interfacestatistics.............................................................................................................169 IPlayerstatistics...............................................................................................................169 ICMPv4statistics..............................................................................................................170 ICMPv6statistics..............................................................................................................171 TCPstatistics....................................................................................................................171 UDPstatistics...................................................................................................................171 REPORTSNAPSHOTCOMMANDSA3h(1Fh).........................................................................171 REPORTSNAPSHOTCOMMANDSspecificstatus................................................................172 Parameterdata................................................................................................................172 REPORTSNAPSHOTCONFIGURATIONA3h(1Fh)..................................................................172 Parameterdata................................................................................................................173 REPORTEnhancedSNAPSHOTCONFIGURATIONA3h(1Fh)...................................................173 REPORTSNAPSHOTSAVAILABLEA3h(1Fh)............................................................................173 Parameterdata................................................................................................................174 REPORTSUPPORTEDOPCODESA3h(0Ch)............................................................................175 REPORTSUPPORTEDOPCODESreturneddata....................................................................176 All-commandsformat...................................................................................................176 One-commandformat..................................................................................................177 Timeoutsdescriptor......................................................................................................177 REPORTSUPPORTEDTASKMANAGEMENTFUNCTIONSA3h(0Dh)........................................178 REPORTSUPPORTEDTASKMANAGEMENTFUNCTIONSreturneddata................................178 REPORTTARGETPORTGROUPSA3h....................................................................................179 Datareturned..................................................................................................................179 PrimaryTargetPortGroupdescriptor.............................................................................180 TargetPortdescriptor...................................................................................................180 ADCTargetPortGroupdescriptor.................................................................................180 REPORTTIMESTAMPA3h(0Fh).............................................................................................181 REPORTTIMESTAMPparameterdata..................................................................................181 REQUESTSENSE03h..........................................................................................................182 REQUESTSENSEdata......................................................................................................183 Fixedformat...............................................................................................................183 ReturnedSensedatafields.......................................................................................184 Descriptorformat........................................................................................................185 ReturnedSensedatafields.......................................................................................185 InformationSensedatadescriptor.............................................................................186 SenseKeySpecificSensedatadescriptor..................................................................186 StreamCommandsSensedatadescriptor..................................................................187 DriveErrorCodeSensedatadescriptor(VendorSpecific)............................................187 CleaningNeededSensedatadescriptor(VendorSpecific)...........................................187 Sensedatamanagement..................................................................................................187 Currentsense..............................................................................................................187 Clearingcurrentsense.............................................................................................188 UNITATTENTIONsense..............................................................................................188 DEFERREDERRORsense..............................................................................................189 Write-behinddeferrederrors....................................................................................189 8Contents

Busreleasedeferrederrors.......................................................................................189 Sensekeys......................................................................................................................189 AdditionalSensecodes....................................................................................................191 Errorcodes.....................................................................................................................196 RESERVEUNIT16h/56h.......................................................................................................197 REWIND01h......................................................................................................................198 REWINDspecificstatus....................................................................................................198 SECURITYPROTOCOLINA2h..............................................................................................198 SECURITYPROTOCOLINreturneddata..............................................................................199 Securityprotocolinformation........................................................................................199 Supportedsecurityprotocollist:................................................................................199 Certificatedata:.....................................................................................................200 TapeDataEncryptionsecurityprotocol...........................................................................200 TapeDataEncryptionInSupportpage......................................................................200 TapeDataEncryptionOutSupportpage...................................................................201 DataEncryptionCapabilitiespage...........................................................................201 SupportedKeyFormatspage...................................................................................202 DataEncryptionManagementCapabilitiespage........................................................203 DataEncryptionStatuspage....................................................................................203 NextBlockEncryptionStatuspage...........................................................................204 SECURITYPROTOCOLOUTB5h...........................................................................................205 SECURITYPROTOCOLOUTreturneddata..........................................................................205 TapeDataEncryptionsecurityprotocolinformation..........................................................205 SetDataEncryptionpage........................................................................................206 KeyDescriptorformat..............................................................................................208 SECURITYPROTOCOLOUTspecificstatus..........................................................................208 SEEK(CD-ROMmode)2Bh...................................................................................................209 SENDDIAGNOSTIC1Dh.....................................................................................................209 SENDDIAGNOSTICdatarequired....................................................................................210 SENDDIAGNOSTICspecificstatus....................................................................................210 Standardself-test..............................................................................................................211 SETCAPACITY0Bh..............................................................................................................211 SETDEVICEIDENTIFIERA4h(06h)........................................................................................212 SETDEVICEIDENTIFIERreturneddata................................................................................213 SETIPCONFIGURATIONA4h(1Fh)......................................................................................213 SETSNAPSHOTCOMMANDSA4h(1Fh)...............................................................................213 SETSNAPSHOTCOMMANDSparameterdata...................................................................214 SETSNAPSHOTCOMMANDSspecificstatus......................................................................215 SETSNAPSHOTCONFIGURATIONA4h(1Fh)........................................................................215 SETSNAPSHOTCONFIGURATIONparameterdata............................................................216 SETEnhancedSNAPSHOTCONFIGURATIONA4h(1Fh).........................................................217 SETTIMESTAMPA3h(1Fh)...................................................................................................219 SETTIMESTAMPparameterdata........................................................................................220 SPACE11h/91h..................................................................................................................220 SPACEspecificstatus........................................................................................................221 START/STOP(CD-ROMmode)1Bh........................................................................................222 TESTUNITREADY00h.........................................................................................................222 TESTUNITREADYspecificstatus........................................................................................223 VERIFY13h.........................................................................................................................223 WRITE0Ah.........................................................................................................................224 WRITEspecificstatus........................................................................................................225 Residueinformation..........................................................................................................225 WRITEATTRIBUTE8Dh.........................................................................................................226 WRITEATTRIBUTEparameterlistformat..............................................................................226 WRITEATTRIBUTEspecificstatus........................................................................................227 Contents9

WRITEBUFFER3Bh.............................................................................................................228 Memorysizes..................................................................................................................229 Mainbuffermemory....................................................................................................229 Mainprocessormemory..............................................................................................230 SCSIburstbuffer.........................................................................................................230 PCAEEPROM.............................................................................................................230 WRITEFILEMARKS10h........................................................................................................230 WRITEFILEMARKSspecificstatus.......................................................................................230 6Supportandotherresources....................................................................231 Relateddocuments................................................................................................................231 DocumentsspecifictoHPLTOUltriumdrives........................................................................231 Documentationmap.........................................................................................................231 Drives—general..........................................................................................................231 Installationandconfiguration........................................................................................231 Operation..................................................................................................................232 Cartridges..................................................................................................................232 Interface....................................................................................................................232 Maintenanceandtroubleshooting.................................................................................233 Dealingwitherrors......................................................................................................233 LTOUltriumfeatures.....................................................................................................233 Generaldocumentsandstandardization.............................................................................233 Glossary..................................................................................................235 Index.......................................................................................................237 10Contents