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Response

Code:

A

value

of

70h

indicates

a

current

error

the

report

is

associated

with

the

most

recently

received

command.

Response

code

value

71h

(deferred

errors)

not

implemented.

No

other

values

are

returned.

Segment

Number:

This

byte

contains

the

number

of

the

current

segment

descriptor

if

the

Request

Sense

command

is

the

response

to

a

Copy,

Compare

or

Copy

and

Verify

command.

It

is

always

zero.

Filemark:

This

bit

is

only

used

in

sequential

access

devices.

It

is

always

set

to

zero.

EOM:

The

End

Of

Medium

bit

is

for

sequential-access

and

printer

devices.

This

bit

is

always

set

to

zero.

ILI:

An

Incorrect

Length

Indicator

indicates

that

the

requested

block

length

did

not

match

the

logical

of

the

data

on

the

medium.

This

bit

is

always

set

to

zero.

Sense

Key,

ASC,

ASCQ:

Sense

Key,

Additional

Sense

Code

and

Additional

Sense

Code

Qualifier

provide

a

hierarchy

of

information.

The

sense

key

provides

generic

categories

in

which

error

and

exception

conditions

may

be

reported.

Additional

sense

code

provide

further

detail

describing

the

sense

code.

Additional

sense

code

qualifiers

add

further

detail

to

the

additional

sense

code.

These

bytes

show

detailed

information

about

the

error

and

exception

conditions.

See

Chapter

7,

“Sense

Keys,

ASC,

and

ASCQ,”

on

page

7-1.

Information:

The

contents

of

the

information

field

is

device-type

or

command

specific.

These

bytes

are

always

zero.

Additional

Sense

Length:

This

field

specifies

the

number

of

additional

sense

bytes

to

follow.

If

the

allocation

length

of

the

command

descriptor

block

is

too

small

to

transfer

all

of

the

additional

sense

bytes,

the

additional

sense

is

not

adjusted

to

reflect

the

truncation.

SKSV:

When

the

Sense-Key

Specific

Valid

bit

is

set

to

zero

the

data

in

the

Sense

Key

Specific

field

(Bytes

15,

16,

and

17)

do

not

contain

valid

data.

When

the

SKSV

bit

is

set

to

one

bytes

15,16

and

17

contain

additional

information

regarding

the

error

condition.

C/D:

A

command

data

(C/D)

bit

of

one

indicates

that

the

illegal

parameter

is

in

the

CDB.

A

C/D

bit

of

zero

indicates

that

the

illegal

condition

is

in

the

data

parameters

send

by

the

host.

BPV:

A

bit

pointer

valid

(BPV)

bit

of

zero

indicates

that

the

value

in

the

Bit

Pointer

field

is

not

valid.

A

BPV

bit

of

one

indicates

that

the

Bit

Pointer

field

specifies

which

bit

of

the

byte

specified

in

the

Field

Pointer

field

is

in

error.

Field

Pointer:

The

Field

Pointer

field

indicates

which

byte

of

the

cdb

or

parameter

data

was

in

error.

Bytes

are

numbered

starting

from

zero,

as

shown

in

the

tables

describing

the

commands

and

parameters.

Possible

Sense

Keys

Sense

Key

Name

Description

0h

NO

SENSE

Indicates

that

there

is

no

specific

sense

key

information

to

be

reported.

1h

RECOVERED

ERROR

Indicates

that

the

last

command

completed

successfully

with

some

recovery

action

performed

by

the

device

server.

2h

NOT

READY

Indicates

that

the

logical

unit

addressed

cannot

be

accessed.

Operator

intervention

may

be

required

to

correct

this

condition.

4h

HARDWARE

ERROR

Indicates

that

the

device

server

detected

a

non-recoverable

hardware

failure

(for

example,

controller

failure,

device

failure,

parity

error,

etc.)

while

performing

the

command

or

during

a

self

test.

Chapter

3.

Supported

SCSI

Commands

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