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AVolTag:

Alternate

Volume

Tag.

The

library

does

not

support

dual

sided

media.

Therefore

the

Alternate

Volume

Tag

label

is

always

set

to

zero

even

when

the

VolTag

bit

is

set

in

the

CDB.

Data

Transfer

Element

Address:

This

field

provides

the

address

of

the

data

transfer

element

of

this

changer

device

whose

status

is

reported

by

this

element

descriptor

block.

Access:

When

1

indicates

that

access

to

the

data

transfer

element

by

a

medium

transport

element

is

allowed.

If

0

access

to

the

data

transfer

element

by

a

medium

transport

element

is

denied.

Note

that

a

value

of

1

in

this

bit

may

not

be

sufficient

to

ensure

a

successful

operation.

Access

is

set

to

0

if

the

drive

has

an

error

that

would

prevent

it

from

being

used.

For

example,

if

there

is

a

communication

failure

between

the

medium

changer

and

the

tape

drive

Access

is

set

to

0.

Except:

An

Except

bit

of

0

indicates

the

data

transfer

element

is

in

a

normal

state;

When

set

to

1

indicates

an

abnormal

state

(information

about

an

abnormal

state

may

be

available

in

the

additional

sense

code

and

additional

sense

code

qualifier

bytes).

Full:

A

Full

bit

value

of

1

indicates

that

the

data

transfer

element

of

the

changer

device

contains

a

tape

cartridge.

A

value

of

0

indicates

the

data

transfer

element

is

empty.

Additional

Sense

Code:

This

field

may

provide

specific

information

about

the

abnormal

data

transfer

element

state.

Additional

Sense

Code

Qualifier:

This

field

may

provide

more

detail

about

an

abnormal

data

transfer

element

state.

IDValid:

The

IDValid

bit

is

set

to

one,

the

SCSI

Bus

Address

field

reports

the

SCSI

address

of

the

Data

Transfer

Element.

SCSI

Bus

Address:

This

field

returns

the

SCSI

Bus

Address

of

the

Data

Transfer

Element.

SValid:

Source

Valid.

When

set

to

1,

indicates

that

the

Source

Storage

Element

Address

field

and

the

Invert

bit

fields

are

valid.

When

0,

indicates

that

the

values

in

these

fields

are

not

valid.

Invert:

The

library

uses

single

sided

media

and

does

not

support

inverting

of

the

media.

The

value

reported

for

this

field

is

0.

ED:

An

ED

bit

of

one

indicates

the

element

is

disabled

(e.g.

the

tape

drive

is

not

installed

or

has

been

logical

disabled).

An

ED

bit

value

of

zero

indicates

the

element

is

enabled.

Medium

Type:

The

Medium

Type

field

provides

the

type

of

medium

currently

present

in

the

data

transfer

element.

The

next

table

describes

the

values

for

the

Medium

Types

:

0h

Unspecified

1h

Data

Medium

2h

Cleaning

Medium

3h

Diagnostics

Medium

4h

WORM

Medium

5h

-

7h

Reserved

Chapter

3.

Supported

SCSI

Commands

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