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Cd-rom emulation/disaster recovery mode page – HP Q153090901 User Manual

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CD-ROM Emulation/Disaster Recovery mode page

This page can be used irrespective of whether the drive is acting as a tape or a CD device.

CD-ROM Emulation/Disaster Recovery mode page fields:

Current Power-on

Count

The number of times the drive has been

powered on

Ignored

Power-on Time

The number of seconds since the drive

has been powered on

Ignored

World Time

The number of seconds from 00:00:00

on January 1, 1970

Ignored if WT = 0

UTC

0 The local timezone has been used. Ignored if WT is 0

Set to 1 if UTC World Time is being used.

1h World Time is UTC.

NTP

0 Unsure if NTP-synced

Ignored if WT is 0

Set to 1 if World Time is NTP-synced.

1h World Time is set from NTP source.

Library Time

The time in hrs:mins:secs set by the

library controller

Ignored

MODE SENSE

MODE SELECT

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Page Code {3Eh}

1

Page Length {02h}

2

Reserved (0)

Non-Auto CDmode

3

Reserved (0)

Non-Auto

When a system restarts after booting off tape, the drive detects the SCSI resets issued

during reboot and, in conjunction with knowing that more than 100 blocks have been

read in CD-ROM emulation mode, will revert back to behaving as a tape device. This is

the standard method by which the drive automatically reverts to being a tape drive in

order that a backup application can do file system recovery. The method of reversion

involves a firmware reboot, so the drive might become unavailable for a few seconds

during its “power-on” following the SCSI reset. (Note that normal SCSI reset response does

not involve a firmware reboot).
Setting this flag to 1 inhibits this automatic return to tape drive behavior; the drive will

remain in CD-ROM mode irrespective of blocks read and SCSI resets.

CDmode

MODE SENSE

0 The drive is in tape drive mode.
1 The drive is in CD-ROM emulation mode.