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Read-WriteErrorRecoverymodepage TheRead-WriteErrorRecoverymodepagehasthefollowingformat: 01234567 PageCode{01h}Rsvd(0)PS(0)0 AdditionalPageLength{0Ah}1 DCR(0)DTE(0)PER[0]EER(1)Res(0)TB(0)Reserved(0)2 ReadRetryCount3 Reserved(0)4–7 WriteRetryCount8 Reserved(0)9–11 Read-WriteErrorRecoverypagefields TransferBlockTB Alwayssetto0,meaningthatanunrecoverabledatablockwillnotbetransferredto thehost. 0 EnableEarlyRecoveryEER Thedriveshouldattempterrorcorrectionbeforeperformingretries.1 PostError.Althoughthisbitischangeable,thedrive’sinternalbehavioralwayscorrespondsto PER=0. PER ThedrivedoesnotreportCHECKCONDITIONforrecoverederrors.TheDTEbitmust alsobezero. 0 ThedrivereportsCHECKCONDITIONforrecoverederrors.1 DisableTransferonErrorDTE Alwayssetto0,meaningthatthedrivewillnotterminatethetransferforerrors recoveredwithinthelimitsestablishedbytheread-writeerrorparameters. 0 DisableCorrectionDCR Alwayssetto0,meaningthattheuseoferrorcorrectioncodesforerrorrecoveryis allowed. 0 Thenumberoftimesthedrivewillattemptitsrecoveryalgorithmduringareadoperationbefore reportinganunrecoverableerror. ReadRetryCount Thedrivewillnotuseitsrecoveryalgorithmduringreadoperations.0 Thedrivewillattempt21retries.15h Thenumberoftimesthedrivewillattemptitsrecoveryalgorithmduringawriteoperationbefore reportinganunrecoverableerror. WriteRetryCount Thedrivewillnotuseitsrecoveryalgorithmduringreadoperations.0 ThevalueforallLTOUltriumdrives,giving10retries.0Ah MODESELECT15h/55h91

Disconnect-Reconnectpage FCdrives TheDisconnect-ReconnectpagehasthefollowingformatforFCdrives: 01234567 PageCode{02h}Rsvd(0)PS(0)0 AdditionalPageLength{0Eh}1 BufferFullRatio(0)2 BufferEmptyRatio(0)3 BusInactivityLimit(0)(MSB)4 (LSB)5 DisconnectTimeLimit[0](MSB)6 (LSB)7 ConnectTimeLimit(0)(MSB)8 (LSB)9 MaximumBurstSize[0](MSB)10 (LSB)11 Reserved(0)FAC(1)FAB(1)FAA[1]EMDP(0)12 Reserved(0)13–15 Disconnect-Reconnectpagefields Buffermanagementiscontrolledbythedrive,sothisshouldalwaysbezero.0BufferFullRatio Buffermanagementiscontrolledbythedrive,sothisshouldalwaysbezero.0ConnectTimeLimit Thisparameterisnotsupportedandshouldbezero.0BusInactivityLimit Thisparameterisnotsupportedandshouldbezero.0DisconnectTimeLimit Thisparameterisnotsupportedandshouldbezero.0ConnectTimeLimit Themaximumamountofdatathatwillbetransferredduringadata-inordata-out phasebeforedisconnecting.Thisfieldisinunitsof512bytes.Themaximumburst sizethatthedrivesupportsis127(7Fh)blocksof512bytes,thatis,64KBless 512bytes. >0MaximumBurstSize Thedrivemaysendburstsofanysize.Thisisthedefaultvalue.0 EnableModifyDataPointersisnotfacilitatedbythedrive.Thedrivewillalways havecontinuallyincreasingandcontiguousdatarelativeoffsetvaluesforFCP_DATA. 0EMDP Thisbit,togetherwithFABandFAC,indicatewhetherthedrivewillusefairnessarbitration tosendframestotheinitiator. FAA ThedrivewillnotusefairnesswhenarbitratingtosendFCP_DATAframes.0 ThedrivewillusefairnesswhenarbitratingtosendFCP_DATAframes.1 ThedrivewillusefairnesswhenarbitratingtosendFCP_XFER_RDYframes.1FAB ThedrivewillusefairnesswhenarbitratingtosendanFCP_RSPframe.1FAC 92Commands

SASdrives TheDisconnect-ReconnectpagehasthefollowingformatforSASdrives: 01234567 PageCode{02h}Rsvd(0)PS(0)0 AdditionalPageLength{0Eh}1 Reserved(0)2–3 BusInactivityTimeLimit[1](MSB)4 (LSB)5 Reserved(0)6–7 MaximumConnectTimeLimit[0](MSB)8 (LSB)9 MaximumBurstSize[0](MSB)10 (LSB)11 Reserved(0)12–13 FirstBurstSize(0)(MSB)14 (LSB)15 Disconnect-Reconnectpagefields Themaximumtime,in100μSunits,thedrivewillkeepaSSPconnectionopenwithout transmittingaSSPframe. BusInactivityTimeLimit Theconnectionwillbekeptopenindefinitely.0 Themaximumtime,in100μSunits,thedrivewillkeepaSSPconnectionopenMaximumConnectTime LimitThereisnotimelimit.0 Themaximumamountofdata,in512byteunits,thatwillbetransferredbythedriveina singleSSPconnection. MaximumBurstSize Thedrivewilldeterminethemaximumamountofdatatotransferinasingle connection. 0 Thisfeatureisnotsupportedandmustbeleftat0.0FirstBurstSize Controlmodepage TheControlmodepageisdefinedasfollows: 01234567 PageCode{0Ah}SPF(0)PS(0)0 PageLength{0Ah}1 RLEC(0)GLTSD(0)D_SENSERsvd(0)TMF_ONLY(0)TST2 ObsoleteQErr(0)Rsvd(0)QueueAlgorithmModifier(0)3 ObsoleteSWP(0)UAInterlockCntrl(0)RAC(0)Rsvd(0)4 AutoloadModeReserved(0)TAS(1)ATO(0)5 Obsolete6–7 MODESELECT15h/55h93

01234567 BusyTimeoutPeriod(0)(MSB)8 (LSB)9 ExtendedSelf-TestCompletionTimeout(0)(MSB)10 (LSB)11 Controlmodepagefields Fixedformatsensedatawillbereturnedintheauto-sensesensedata.0D_SENSE Descriptorformatsensedatawillbereturnedinauto-sensesensedata.1 TheTaskSetType.1TST Ifacartridgeisinserted,thedrivepullsitinandthreadsthetapesothatprimary accessisallowed. 0AutoloadMode Whenacartridgeisinserted,thedrivepullsitinbutdoesnotthreadthetape.Inthis position,onlytheCartridgeMemoryisaccessible. 1or2 Allothervaluesareinvalid. ControlExtensionsub-page 01234567 PageCode(0Ah)SPF(1)PS(0)0 Sub-pageCode(01h)1 PageLength(1Ch)(MSB)2 (LSB)3 IALUAE(1)SCSIPTCMOSReserved(0)4 InitialPriority(0)Reserved(0)5 Reserved(0)6 TimestampChangeablebyMethodsOutsideT10StandardsTCMOS ThetimestampcannotbechangedbytheDeviceTimeModePage(3Ch).0 ThetimestampmaybeinitializedusingtheDeviceTimeModePage.1 SCSIPrecedenceSCSIP TheDeviceTimeModePage(3Ch)canchangethetimestampandtheSETTIMESTAMP commandisillegal. 0 AtimestampchangedusingaSETTIMESTAMPcommandtakesprecedenceoverthe DeviceTimeModePage. 1 ImplicitAsymmetricLogicalUnitAccessEnabledIALUAE 94Commands

DataCompressionCharacteristicspage TheDataCompressionCharacteristicsmodepageisdefinedasfollows: 01234567 PageCode{0Fh}0 PageLength{0Eh}1 Reserved(0)DCC(1)DCE[1]2 Reserved(0)RED(0)DDE(1)3 CompressionAlgorithm(1)(MSB)4 (LSB)7 DecompressionAlgorithm(1)(MSB)8 (LSB)11 Reserved(0)12 15 DataCompressionCharacteristicsmodepagefields DataCompressionEnable.Thisbitcontrolswhetherthedriveusescompressionwhen writing.Thevaluehasnomeaningwhenreading,thatis,ifthetapecontainscompressed data,decompressionwilloccurregardlessofthesettingofthisbit.Thebitisanalogous totheSelectDataCompressionAlgorithmfieldontheDeviceConfigurationmodepage (see“Changeableparameters”(page96)). DCE Compressionisdisabled Compressionisenabled 0 1 DataCompressionCapable:Readonly.Itwillhavethevalueof1,indicatingthat compressionissupported. DCC DataDecompressionEnable:Readonly.Itwillhavethevalueof1,indicatingthat compressionisenabled. DDE ReportExceptiononDecompression:Readonly.Itwillhavethevalue0,meaningthat thedrivereturnsCHECKCONDITIONstatuswhenitencountersdatathatcannotbe decompressed.Thisapplieswhendatahasbeencompressedwithanunknownor unsupportedcompressionalgorithm. RED Thisindicateswhichcompressionalgorithmwillbeusedtoprocessdatafromthehost whentheDCEbitissettoone.Ifthehostselectsanalgorithmwhichthedrivedoesnot support,CHECKCONDITIONisreturned,withasensekeyofILLEGALREQUEST.Only thedefaultalgorithm(ID1)issupported. CompressionAlgorithm Thiswillalsoalwaysbe1,indicatingthatthedefaultdecompressionalgorithmshould beused. DecompressionAlgorithm DeviceConfigurationpage ThedrivesupportstheDeviceConfigurationpage,whichhasthefollowingformat: 01234567 PageCode{10h}Rsvd(0)PS(0)0 AdditionalPageLength(0Eh)1 ActiveFormat(0)CAF(0)ObsoleteRsvd(0)2 MODESELECT15h/55h95

01234567 ActivePartition3 WriteBufferFullRatio(0)4 ReadBufferEmptyRatio(0)5 WriteDelayTime:012Ch(MSB)6 (LSB)7 REW(0)RBO(0)SOCF(00)AVC(1)RSmk(0)BIS(1)DBR(0)8 GapSize(0)9 BAM(0)BAML(0)SWP(0)SEW[0]EEG(1)EODDefined(000)10 BufferSizeatEarlyWarning(0)(MSB)11 (LSB)13 SelectDataCompressionAlgorithm[1]14 PRMWP(0)PERSWP(0)ASOCWP (0)RewindonReset[0]OIR[0]WTRE[0]15 Pre-executionchecks TheonlycheckmadewhenthispageissentinModeSelectdataisParameterList. Changeableparameters Thepartitioninwhichthecurrentlogicalpositionlies.ActivePartition Thedrivewillneverflushbuffereddatatotapeasaresultofatime-out.0WriteDelay TimeThetimein100msincrementsthatthedriveshouldwaitwithunwrittendatainthebufferand noactivityontheinterfacebeforeforcingdatatotape.Thedelayistimedfromthecompletion oftheprecedingWriteorWriteFilemarkscommand.Thedefaultvalueis12Ch,which translatestoawritedelayof30s. >0 SynchronizeatEarlyWarningflagSEW DonotsynchronizeatEarlyWarning(default)—thedrivemaybufferalllogicalobjectswhen positionedbetweenEWandEOT. 0 SynchronizeatEarlyWarning—thedriveflushesalllogicalobjectstotapebeforereturning statuswhenpositionedbetweenEWandEOT. 1 UseScheme2oftheLTO-DCalgorithm(pass-throughmode).Notethatclearingthisparameter isnotadvised. 0SelectData Compression AlgorithmUsethedefaultcompressionscheme.Thisisthedefault.1 Sameas10b.00bWTRE Thedeviceserverwillcompleteavalidlocate,read,space,orverifyoperationwithGOOD statusevenifthedeviceserverdetectscompromiseddatastoredontheWORMtape. 01b ThedeviceserverreturnsCHECKCONDITIONinresponsetoalocate,read,space,orverify operationifthedevicedetectscompromiseddataontheWORMtape.Thesensekeyis MEDIUMERROR,withadditionalsenseof300Dh(WORMmedium—integritycheckfailed). Thishasnoeffectonthecompletionofavalidlocate,read,space,orverifyoperationwhen thedevicecontainsanon-WORMtape. 10b Reserved.11b 96Commands

ThedeviceserveronlyprocessescommandsfromanI_Tnexusifthelogicalunitholdsa (persistent)reservation.Ifitisnotreserved,thecommandreturnsCHECKCONDITIONwith asensekeyofILLEGALREQUESTandadditionalsenseof2C0Bh(notreserved).Notethat somecommandsarealwaysallowed. 1OIR TheRewindonResetfunctionalityisdefinedaspositioningtoBOPinPartition0,regardlessofthe partitionactiveatthetimethattheresetoccurred. Rewindon Reset ALogicalUnitResetdoesnotalterthelogicalposition.00b ALogicalUnitResetwillcausethetapetoberewoundtoBOPforPartition0.01b ALogicalUnitResetdoesnotalterthelogicalposition.10b Reserved11b Unchangeableparameters 0PS TheChangeActiveFormatflagshouldbezerosincechangingformatsisnotsupported.0CAF Changingformatsisnotsupported.0ActiveFormat Buffermanagementisdonebythedrive.0WriteBufferFull Ratio Buffermanagementisdonebythedrive.0ReadBufferEmpty Ratio TheDataBufferRecoveryflagshouldbeclearsincethisfeatureisnotsupported.0DBR TheBlockIdentifiersSupportedflagshouldbesetsinceblockidentifiersaresupported.1BIS TheReportSetMarksflagshouldbeclearsincethisfeatureisnotsupported.0Rsmk TheAutomaticVelocityControlflagshouldbeclearsincevelocitycontrolismanagedby thedrive. 0AVC TheStopOnConsecutiveFilemarksflagshouldbeclearsincethisfeatureisnotsupported.0SOCF TheRecoverBufferOrderflagshouldbeclearsincethisfeatureisnotsupported.0RBO TheReportEarlyWarningonreadflagshouldbeclearsincethisfeatureisnotsupported.0REW Thereisnoconceptofinter-blockgapsintheformat.0GapSize 0EOCDefined TheEnableEODGenerationflagshouldbesetsinceEODgenerationisalwaysenabled.0EEG TheBufferSizeatEarlyWarningfieldshouldbezeroasthiscannotbeset.0BufferSizeatEarly Warning DeviceConfigurationExtensionmodepagesubpage 01234567 PageCode(10h)SPF(1)PS(0)0 SubpageCode(01h)1 PageLength(1Ch)2 3 TAPSLD[0]TARCP[0]TASER[1]TARPF[1]Reserved(0)4 ShortEraseMode(02h)Reserved(0)5 MODESELECT15h/55h97

01234567 Reserved(0)6 31 TapeAlertRespectParameterFieldsTARPF ThedeviceserverignoresthePPCandParameterPointerfieldsandallTapeAlert parametersarereported. 0 ThedeviceserverreportsparametervaluesusingthevaluespecifiedinthePPCand ParameterPointerfieldsoftheLOGSENSEcommandfortheTapeAlertlogpage. 0 ActivationofaTapeAlertflagresultsinaninformationalexceptioncondition.0TASER ActivationofaTapeAlertflagdoesnotresultinaninformationalexceptioncondition.1 TapeAlertRespectPageControlTARCP ThePCfieldisignoredandthevaluesreturnedwillalwaysbethecumulativevalues.0 ThedeviceserverreportsparametervaluesusingthevaluespecifiedinthePCfieldofthe LOGSENSEcommandfortheTapeAlertlogpage. 1 TapeAlertPreventLogSenseDeactivationRsmk ProcessingaLOGSENSEcommandfortheTapeAlertlogpageclearsallTapeAlertflags.0 Theflagsarenotcleared.1 SpecifiestheactiontobetakenwhenreceivinganERASEcommandwiththeLongbitsettozero.ShortEraseMode ThedeviceserverrecordsanEODindicationatthespecifiedlocationonthemedium.02h MediumPartitionsmodepage TheMediumPartitionsmodepagehasthefollowingformat. ExecutingMODESELECTwhenincompatiblemediaisloaded(suchasLTO5WORMorLTO4) willresultinCHECKCONDITIONstatuswithasensekeyofILLEGALREQUESTandadditional sense2600h(invalidfieldinparameterlist). 01234567 PageCode(11h)SPF(0)PS(0)0 PageLength1 MaximumAdditionalPartitions2 AdditionalPartitionsDefined3 ADDP(0)CLEAR(0)POFM(1)PSUM(11b)IDPSDPFDP4 MediumFormatRecognition(3)5 PartitionUnits(9)Reserved(0)6 Reserved(0)7 PartitionSize(MSB)8 (LSB)9 :: PartitionSize(n–1)– n 98Commands

Theminimumvalueis08h.ItreflectshowmanyPartitionSizedescriptorsarespecified. Partition-incapablecartridgeswillreportonlyonePartitionSizedescriptor. PageLength 0forpartition-incapablecartridges.Otherwise,itissettothemaximumnumberofadditional partitionssupportedbythedrive-cartridgecombination.ForLTO5cartridges,itissetto01h. MaximumAdditional Partitions ForMODESELECT,thenumberofadditionalpartitionstobecreated. ForMODESENSE,thenumberofadditionalpartitionsinthecartridge. See“Specifyingpartitionsizes”below. AdditionalPartitions Defined FixedDataPartitions.Partitionswillbecreatedaccordingtothedrive'sdefaultvalues.Foran LTO5drive-cartridgecombination,Partition0sizeis1425GB,andPartition1is37.5GB.If thisbitisset,thenSDPandIDPmustbe0. See“Specifyingpartitionsizes”below. FDP SelectDataPartition.PartitionsarecreateduptothenumberspecifiedintheAdditionalPartitions Definedfield.Theirsizesarechosenbythedrive.ForanLTO5drive-cartridgecombination, ifonepartitioniscreated,thesizeis1.5TB.Iftwopartitionsarecreated,Partition0sizeis 750GB,andPartition1is712.5GB.Ifthisbitisset,FDPandIDPmustbe0. See“Specifyingpartitionsizes”below. SDP Initiator-definedDataPartitions.Partitionsarecreateduptothenumberspecifiedinthe AdditionalPartitionsDefinedfield.ThepartitionsizesarespecifiedinthePartitionSize descriptors.Ifthisbitisset,thenFDPandSDPmustbe0.ThisbitisalwayssetforMODE SENSEafteraFORMATMEDIUMcommandhasbeenexecutedsuccessfully. See“Specifyingpartitionsizes”below. IDP PartitionSizeUnitofMeasure:Thevalueof11bindicatesthattheunitsof measureforthePartitionSizedescriptoraredefinedbythePartitionsUnitsfield: 10(PartitionUnits)bytes. 3PSUM PartitionsonFormatMedium.ThedrivesupportstheFORMATMEDIUMcommand throughwhichthetapecanbepartitioned. ForMODESELECT,thePOFMbitmustbesetto1sincepartitionconfiguration isonlysupportedviatheFORMATMEDIUMcommand.IfthePOFMbitissetto 0,thecommandwillbeterminatedwithCHECKCONDITION,sensekeyof ILLEGALREQUEST,andadditionalsense2600h(invalidfieldinparameterlist). 1POFM SettozeroindicatingSCSI-2compatibility.0CLEAR SettozeroindicatingSCSI-2compatibility.0ADDP Thisindicatesthatthedriveiscapableofformatandpartitionrecognition.3MediumFormat recognition PartitionSizeUnitofMeasure:Thevalueof11bindicatesthattheunitsof measureforthePartitionSizedescriptoraredefinedbythePartitionsUnitsfield: 10(PartitionUnits)bytes. 3PSUM ThisdefinestheunitsofthePartitionSizefieldas109bytes,inotherwordsin gigabytes. 9PartitionUnits MODESELECT15h/55h99

ForMODESELECT,thevalueinthisfieldmustbemultipleof37.5GB.IfFFFFhisreceivedfor onepartition,themaximumremainingcapacityisassignedtothatpartitionafterallocating thespecifiedcapacityfortheotherpartition,ifthereisone.See“Specifyingpartitionsizes” below. NOTE:Theremustbeaphysicalgapbetweenpartitions,a“guardarea”,whereno writing/readingisallowed.Thisamountstoalossof37.5GBintotalcapacity.Asaresult, thesumofthevaluesspecifiedinthePartitionSizedescriptorsplus37.5isroughlyequalto themaximumcapacityofthecartridge. ForMODESENSE,thefollowingaresomeofthevaluesthatmaybereturned. NOTE: ThepartitionsizeswillbescaledapproriatelyifaSETCAPACITYcommandexecutedpreviously. PartitionSize TapeTypePartition Size LTO-3tapeloaded