Move medium (a5h), Move, Medium – Dell PowerVault TL4000 User Manual

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MOVE

MEDIUM

(A5h)

The

Move

Medium

command

is

used

to

move

tape

cartridges

from

one

element

address

to

another

specific

element

address.

The

library

can

transfer

cartridges

between

Storage

Elements,

Import/Export

Elements,

and

Data

Transfer

Elements.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Operation

Code

(A5h)

1

LUN

Reserved

2

(MSB)

Medium

Transport

Address

3

(LSB)

4

(MSB)

Source

Address

5

(LSB)

6

(MSB)

Destination

Address

7

(LSB)

8

Reserved

9

Reserved

10

Reserved

Invert

11

Control

Field

descriptions:

Medium

Transport

Address:

This

field

specifies

the

medium

transport

element

used

to

execute

the

Move

Medium

command.

This

value

can

be

set

to

either

0

or

the

currently

valid

Medium

Transport

Element

address.

Source

Address:

Element

address

from

which

the

tape

cartridge

is

being

moved.

This

can

be

a

Storage

Element

address,

Import/Export

Element

address

or

a

Data

Transfer

Element

address.

Destination

Address:

Element

address

to

which

the

tape

cartridge

is

being

moved.

This

can

be

a

Storage

Element

address,

Import/Export

Element

address

or

a

Data

Transfer

Element

address.

Invert:

An

Invert

bit

of

one

specifies

that

the

medium

should

be

inverted

or

rotated

prior

to

depositing

the

medium

into

the

destination

element.

The

library

does

not

support

medium

rotation.

Therefore

this

field

must

be

set

to

zero.

Chapter

3.

Supported

SCSI

Commands

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