Open/close import/export element (1bh), Open/close, Import/export – Dell PowerVault TL2000 User Manual

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OPEN/CLOSE

IMPORT/EXPORT

ELEMENT

(1Bh)

The

OPEN/CLOSE

IMPORT/EXPORT

ELEMENT

command

allows

an

application

client

to

open

the

Import/Export

element,

also

referred

to

as

I/O

Station.

When

the

action

code

is

set

to

Open

Import/Export

Element,

the

library

will

open

the

import/export

element.

The

library

will

not

return

a

Check

Condition

status

when

the

import/export

element

was

already

open.

When

media

removal

is

prevented

and

the

I/O

Station

is

full

the

OPEN/CLOSE

IMPORT/EXPORT

ELEMENT

will

return

a

Check

Condition

with

sense

data

set

to

Medium

Removal

Prevented.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Operation

Code

(1Bh)

1

LUN

Reserved

2

(MSB)

Import/Export

Element

Address

3

(LSB)

4

Reserved

Action

Code

5

Control

Field

descriptions:

Service

Action

:

By

means

of

the

Action

Code

the

application

client

specifies

the

requested

action

for

the

I/O

Station

specified

by

the

Import/Export

Element

Address.

Action

Code

Description

00h

Open

the

Import

/

Export

element

01h

-

1Fh

Reserved

Import/Export

Element

Address:

The

Import

/

Export

Element

Address

field

specifies

the

element

address

of

the

Import

/

Export

element.

Chapter

3.

Supported

SCSI

Commands

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