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    Dlt ™ 7000 tape system product manual november 10, 2003 81-60000-06.

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    Quantum reserves the right to make changes and improvements to its products, without incurring any obligation to incorporate such changes or improvements in units previously sold or shipped. Quantum reserves the right to make changes to this product manual without incurring any obligation to notify ...

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    User manual statements for class a equipment (integratible tape system) this equipment generates, uses, and may emit radio frequency energy. The equipment has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a class a digital device pursuant to part 15 of fcc rules, which are designed to pro...

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    User manual statements for class a equipment (continued) user manual statements for class b equipment (tabletop version) this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasona...

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    User manual statements for class b equipment (continued).

  • Page 7: Table of Contents

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system vii table of contents revision history........................................................................................................ Xix about this manual .................................................................................................. Xxi cha...

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system viii 2.5 power on self test (post)..................................................................... 2-23 2.6 troubleshooting ................................................................................... 2-25 chapter 3: scsi description 3.1 scs...

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system ix chapter 5: scsi commands 5.1 overview of command and status processing ........................................ 5-1 5.1.1 scsi pointers................................................................................. 5-3 5.1.2 command descriptor bloc...

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system x 5.9.10 changeable parameters within mode select.............................5-104 5.10 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah)......................................5-105 5.10.1 mode sense data headers....................................................

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xi c.4 interpreting the results of a firmware update ....................................... C-4 appendix d: the tape cartridge ............................................................................. D-1 d.1 tape cartridge handling guidelines........

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xii figures figure 2–1 dlt 7000 scsi id jumper location (rackmount version shown) ............... 2-5 figure 2–2 dlt 7000 termpwr and parity check jumper locations (rackmount version shown) ..................................................................

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xiii figure 5–25 log parameters format for read/write compression ratio log sense page (parameter codes 00h and 01h).................................. 5-60 figure 5–26 log parameters format for read/ write compression ratio log sense page (parameter cod...

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xiv figure 5–60 prevent / allow medium removal command descriptor block — data format...........................................................5-131 figure 5–61 read command descriptor block — data format ..................................5-133 figure ...

  • Page 15: Tables

    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xv tables table 1–1 dlt 7000 physical dimensions................................................................. 1-2 table 1–2 dlt 7000 storage capacity..................................................................... 1-3 table 1–3 dlt 7000 perform...

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xvi table 4–5 identify message — field description .................................................... 4-7 table 4–6 ignore wide residue message — field definition.................................. 4-8 table 4–7 drive response to initiator detected err...

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xvii descriptions.......................................................................................... 5-67 table 5–34 log parameters for device status log sense parameter 0001h (cleaning related) field descriptions....................................

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    Table of contents quantum dlt 7000 tape system xviii table 5–73 reserve unit command data — field descriptions.................................5-163 table 5–74 rewind command data — field descriptions..........................................5-165 table 5–75 send diagnostic command data — field desc...

  • Page 19: Revision History

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system xix revision history this revision history provides a publications record of this manual. It lists the manual’s revision levels, release dates, and a summary of changes for each release. Manual number - revision level date of release summary of changes 81-111331-01 march...

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    Revision history quantum dlt 7000 tape system xx manual number - revision level date of release summary of changes 81-60000-04 june 9, 1999 entire manual rewritten to conform to corporate standard for product manuals. Manual updated to include scsi command updates (chapter 5); consolidation of reque...

  • Page 21: About This Manual

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system xxi about this manual “about this manual” outlines the scope and contents of this manual. It contains information about the intended audience, purpose of the manual, document organization, and document conventions. Audience this manual is written for original equipment m...

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    About this manual quantum dlt 7000 tape system xxii chapter 2 hardware implementation this chapter contains configuration and installation information for the tape drive, descriptions of the drive controls and leds, and information on running the self-test. Chapter 3 scsi description this chapter pr...

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    About this manual quantum dlt 7000 tape system xxiii appendix c updating the firmware appendix c provides a step-by-step procedure for updating a tape system’s pcba controller-resident firmware. Appendix d the tape cartridge appendix d provides tape cartridge handling and inspection procedures, info...

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    About this manual quantum dlt 7000 tape system xxiv reader comments quantum is committed to providing the best products and service. We encourage your comments, suggestions, and corrections for this manual. Please send all comments to: quantum technical publications 4001 discovery drive, suite 1100 ...

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    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-1 chapter 1 general description and specifications this chapter provides a description and gives specifications for the quantum dlt™7000 tape system. 1.1 product description the quantum dlt 7000 tape system is a high-performance, high-capacity, streaming cartridge tape...

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    General description and specifications 1-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1.2 product features the dlt 7000 tape drive offers the following product features: • 35.0 gb native, 70.0 gb compressed capacity (formatted capacity assuming a 2:1 data compression ratio. Note that actual compression ratio depe...

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    General description and specifications quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-3 1.3.2 interface type dlt 7000 tape drives are available with narrow scsi-2 fast/wide (16-bit) single-ended or differential interfaces. 1.3.3 storage capacity the following table provides the ranges of capacity (native and compre...

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    General description and specifications 1-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1.3.5 performance data the following table provides performance data for the dlt 7000 tape system. Table 1 −3 dlt 7000 performance data feature description transfer rate, user native transfer rate, raw native transfer rate, comp...

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    General description and specifications quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-5 1.3.6 environmental specifications the following tables provide the operating, non-operating, storage and shipping environmental specifications for the dlt 7000 tape system. Table 1 −4 dlt 7000 environmental specifications speci...

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    General description and specifications 1-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table 1 −6 dlt 7000 operating shock and vibration specifications specification description shock pulse shape: ½ sine pulse peak acceleration: 10 g duration: 10 ms application: x,y,z axes, once in each axis vibration type: sine s...

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    General description and specifications quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-7 table 1 −7 dlt 7000 non-operating shock and vibration specifications shock (unpackaged) pulse shape: square wave ½ sine pulse peak acceleration: 40 g (180 in/sec velocity changing) 140 g duration: 10 ms 2 ms application: x,y,z a...

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    General description and specifications 1-8 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1.3.7 power requirements the following table provides the applicable power requirements for both versions of the tape drive. Note that the tabletop version requires ac power. Table 1 −8 dlt 7000 power requirements requirement in...

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    General description and specifications quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-9 1.3.8 current requirements the following table lists current requirements for the tape drive in a variety of operating conditions. Table 1 −9 dlt 7000 current requirements volts typical maximum (includes ripple) drive operating ...

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    General description and specifications 1-10 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1.3.9 acoustic noise emissions the following tables provide the tape drive’s acoustic noise emission levels, both as noise power and sound pressure. Information about acoustic emissions is also provided in german to fulfill an ...

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    General description and specifications quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-11 1.3.11 dlttape recording media specifications table 1-13 provides specifications for tape media. Table 1-14 provides operating and storage environment limits for the tape cartridges. Table 1 −12 dlttape media specifications dlt...

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    General description and specifications 1-12 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1.3.12 electromagnetic emissions the integratible version of the drive complies with fcc class a in a standard enclosure; the tabletop version complies with the fcc class b limits. 1.3.13 electromagnetic interference (emi) susc...

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    General description and specifications quantum dlt 7000 tape system 1-13 1.3.15 radiated emissions limits of radiated interference field strength, in the frequency range from 30 mhz to 30 ghz at a test distance of 3 and 10 meters, for class b equipment are listed in the following table. Table 1-16 r...

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    General description and specifications 1-14 quantum dlt 7000 tape system.

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    Quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-1 chapter 2 hardware implementation this chapter describes how to install the integratible tape drive or “brick” into a rackmount system. This includes configuration jumper settings, connector pin assignments, installation instructions, power and signal cabling descript...

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    Hardware implementation 2-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2.1.1 safety precautions for your safety, follow all safety procedures described here and in other sections of the manual. • remove power from the computer system (or expansion unit) before installing or removing the tape drive to prevent the p...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-3 2.1.3 electrostatic discharge (esd) protection various electrical components on/within the tape drives are sensitive to static electricity and electrostatic discharge (esd). Even a static buildup or discharge that is too slight to feel can be s...

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    Hardware implementation 2-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive drive configuration for dlt 7000 tape drive includes the following: • set the scsi id for the drive (default = scsi id 5) • configure the drive to provide termpwr • set parity checking for the drive (default = parity checking enabled) if you wa...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-5 figure 2-1 dlt 7000 scsi id jumper location (rackmount version shown) table 2-1 scsi id address selections scsi id jumper across pins: 9-10 7-8 5-6 3-4 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 (default) 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 ...

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    Hardware implementation 2-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2.2.2 configure the rackmount drive for termpwr (single-ended only) a scsi bus must be terminated at each end of the bus. At least one device must supply terminator power (termpwr). Quantum recommends that every device on the scsi bus be config...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-7 2.2.4 installing the rackmount tape drive installing the tape drive requires securing the drive in its bay or chassis and connecting scsi bus and power cables. 2.2.4.1 securing the rackmount tape drive this section describes how to mount and se...

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    Hardware implementation 2-8 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive figure 2–3 rackmount drive mounting locations – side and bottom views bottom view - inches (centimeters) side view - inches (centimeters) 9.60 (24.38) 3.40 (8.64) 1.88 (4.76) 3.13 (7.94) 0.82 (2.08) 3.25 (8.26) front panel 9.00 (22.86) 9.60 (24...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-9 2.2.4.2 connecting the rackmount drive cables the three external connectors on the dlt 7000 tape drive that are discussed in this manual are the scsi, power and optional loader connectors. Tabletop connectors are described in subsection 2.3. Sc...

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    Hardware implementation 2-10 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive table 2–2 68-pin single-ended version scsi connector signal names signal name pin number pin number signal name ground 1 35 -db(12) ground 2 36 -db(13) ground 3 37 -db(14) ground 4 38 -db(15) ground 5 39 -db(p1) ground 6 40 -db(0) ground 7 41 ...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-11 table 2–3 68-pin differential version scsi connector signal names signal name pin number pin number signal name +db(12) 1 35 -db(12) +db(13) 2 36 -db(13) +db(14) 3 37 -db(14) +db(15) 4 38 -db(15) +db(p1) 5 39 -db(p1) ground 6 40 ground +db(0) ...

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    Hardware implementation 2-12 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive table 2–4 4-pin power connector pin assignments pin number signal name 1 +12 vdc 2 ground (+12 v return) 3 ground (+5 v return) 4 +5 vdc optional loader connector (rackmount) the loader connector provides signals to be used when the tape drive...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-13 2.3 configuring and installing a tabletop drive this section provides instructions for configuring and installing the tabletop version of the tape drive. 2.3.1 configuring the tabletop drive figure 2-6 shows the location of the controls and co...

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    Hardware implementation 2-14 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2.3.2 installing the tabletop drive installing the tape drive consists of connecting scsi bus and power cables. Figure 2-6 shows the location of the two scsi bus connectors and power connector on the back of the tabletop drive. Scsi cables the...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-15 the ac power cord used with the tabletop tape unit must meet the following criteria: • the power cord should be a minimum of 18/3 awg, 60 ° c, type sjt or svt. • ul and csa certified cordage rated for use at 250 vac with a current rating that ...

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    Hardware implementation 2-16 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive note that the power supply of the tabletop unit has an auto-sensing feature; no adjustment or switch setting changes are required for different ac sources. Refer to figure 2-6. Connect one end of the power cord to the power connector on the ba...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-17 table 2–6 led functionality led led color description operate handle green on = insert/release handle can be operated. Off = do not operate insert/release handle. Blinking = close the insert/release handle and wait for operate handle led to li...

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    Hardware implementation 2-18 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive table 2–6 led functionality (continued) led led color description use cleaning tape amber on = tape drive needs cleaning or tape is bad. Remains on after cleaning tape unloads = cleaning tape attempted to clean the drive head, but the tape exp...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-19 table 2–7 density led functionality density led (amber) description 2.6 on = tape is recorded in 2.6 gb format. Blinking = tape is being forced by operator to record in this density; 2.6 gb has been selected for a write from bot. 6.0 on = tape...

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    Hardware implementation 2-20 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive table 2-8 control functionality control description density select button refer to subsection 2.4.2. Unload button use the unload button to unload the tape cartridge. When you push the unload button, the tape drive waits until any active writi...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-21 2.4.2 selecting density this subsection describes the drive’s density select features. Caution if a prerecorded tape is reused and a write from the beginning of tape (bot) executes (no append write), any data already recorded on the tape will ...

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    Hardware implementation 2-22 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive selecting density on the tape drive to select density on the tape drive: 1. Load the tape cartridge into the tape drive. The amber tape in use led blinks while the tape loads and calibrates. 2. After calibration is complete, the tape in use le...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-23 table 2–9 led activity during density selection if… then… the density select button is not used the lighted leds show the actual density when the tape is being read from and written to. The leds light steadily; density override led remains off...

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    Hardware implementation 2-24 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive table 2–10 post/media ready activity stage activity 1 the leds along the right-hand side of the front panel light in sequence from top to bottom. All leds remain lit for a few seconds. 2 the leds along the left-hand side of the front panel lig...

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    Hardware implementation quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 2-25 2.6 troubleshooting table 2-12 lists troubleshooting tips in the event that your tape drive fails its power-on self test or if it signals a problem via its front panel leds. If, after attempting the recommended actions listed in table 2-12, th...

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    Hardware implementation 2-26 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive table 2–12 troubleshooting chart (continued) if… then… you should… system does not recognize the tape drive (cont.) a device may not have been turned on and a valid scsi id may not have been configured prior to the system powering on and loadi...

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    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-1 chapter 3 scsi description this chapter provides a detailed description of the logical interfaces of the tape drive. The drive is fully compliant with the ansi scsi-2 standard for tape drive devices and implements many optional features. 3.1 scsi overview the small c...

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    Scsi description 3-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3.2 scsi commands ansi classifies scsi commands as mandatory, optional, or vendor-specific. The mandatory and optional commands implemented for the drives are summarized in table 3–1 and described fully in chapter 5, scsi commands. Table 3–1 implemen...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-3 table 3–1 implemented ansi scsi-2 command (continued) command code class description mode select (6) 15h optional provides a means for the initiator to specify device parameters. Mode sense (6)/(10) 1ah/ 5ah optional provides a means for a drive to r...

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    Scsi description 3-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table 3–1 implemented ansi scsi-2 command (continued) command code class description space 11h mandatory provides a selection of positioning functions (both forward and backward) that are determined by the code and count. Test unit ready 00h mandator...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-5 table 3–2 signal sources signals bus phase bsy sel c/d i/o msg req ack atn db(7–0) db(p) db(15-8) db(p1) bus free none none none none none none arbitration all winner none none s id s id selection i&t init none init init init reselection i&t targ tar...

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    Scsi description 3-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3.4 scsi signals the following paragraphs define scsi signals and bus timing values. 3.4.1 scsi signal definitions table 3–3 defines the scsi bus signals. Table 3–3 scsi-2 bus signal definitions signal definition ack (acknowledge) a signal driven by ...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-7 table 3–3 scsi-2 bus signal definitions (continued) signal definition i/o (input/output) a signal driven by a target that controls the direction of data movement on the data bus with respect to an initiator. True indicates input to the initiator. Als...

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    Scsi description 3-8 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table 3–4 scsi bus timing values (continued) timing description value description bus clear delay 800 ns maximum time for a scsi device to stop driving all bus signals after: 1. Bus free is detected. 2. Sel is received from another scsi device during...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-9 table 3–4 scsi bus timing values (continued) timing description value description hold time 45 ns minimum time added between the assertion of req or ack and changing the data lines to provide hold time in the initiator or drive while using standard (...

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    Scsi description 3-10 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3.5 scsi bus phases the scsi architecture includes eight distinct phases: bus free phase arbitration phase selection phase reselection phase command phase data phases (in/out) status phase message phases (in/out) the last four phases are called the ...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-11 caution any occurrence of a bus parity error (i.E., a single-bit error) should be considered serious: it implies the possibility of undetected double-bit error may exist on the bus. This may cause undetected data corruption. On properly configured s...

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    Scsi description 3-12 quantum dlt 7000 tape system if an initiator detects the release of the bsy signal by the drive at any other time, the drive is indicating an error condition to the initiator. The drive can perform this transition to the bus free phase independently of the state of the atn sign...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-13 note step 4 requires that every device complete the arbitration phase to the point of sel being asserted (for a selection or reselection phase) to avoid hanging the bus. • if a higher priority scsi id bit is true on the data bus, the scsi device los...

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    Scsi description 3-14 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3.5.3.1 selection sequence the initiator: 1. Sets the data bus to the or of its scsi id bit and the drive’s scsi id bit. 2. Asserts the atn signal (signaling that a message out phase is to follow the selection phase). 3. Waits at least two deskew de...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-15 the initiator asserts the rst signal and follows these steps: a) continues asserting the sel and atn signals and releases the data bus. B) if it has not detected the bsy signal to be true after at least a selection abort time plus two deskew delays,...

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    Scsi description 3-16 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 9. Examines the data bus to determine the scsi id of the reselecting drive. 10. Asserts the bsy signal within a selection abort time of its most recent detection of being reselected. The initiator does not respond to a reselection phase if bad parit...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-17 3.5.5 information transfer phases notes 1. The tape drive supports wide asynchronous and synchronous data transfers. 2. Both differential and single-ended versions of the tape drive are available. 3. Odd parity is generated during all information tr...

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    Scsi description 3-18 quantum dlt 7000 tape system the information transfer phases use one or more req/ack handshakes to control the information transfer. Each req/ack handshake allows the transfer of one byte of information. During the information transfer phases, the bsy signal remains true and th...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-19 table 3–5 information transfer phases msg signal c/d i/o phase name direction of transfer/ definition 0 0 0 data out initiator to drive. Allows the drive to request that data be sent from the initiator to the drive. 0 0 1 data in drive to initiator....

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    Scsi description 3-20 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3.5.5.1 asynchronous data transfer drive to initiator transfer procedure 1. The drive drives the db (0-15, p, & p1) signals to their desired values. 2. Drive delays at least one deskew delay plus a cable skew delay. 3. Drive asserts the req signal. ...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-21 3.5.5.2 synchronous data transfer synchronous data transfer is optional and is only used in data phases and only if a synchronous data transfer agreement is established. The req/ack offset specifies the maximum number of req pulses that can be sent ...

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    Scsi description 3-22 quantum dlt 7000 tape system initiator-to-drive transfer procedure initiator transfers one byte for each req pulse received. 1. Drive asserts the req signal. 2. After receiving the leading edge of the req signal, initiator drives the db (0-15, p, & p1) signals to their desired ...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-23 • when switching the data bus from in to out, the drive releases the data bus no later than a deskew delay after negating the i/o signal. • the atn and rst signals can change as defined under the descriptions for the attention condition (section 3.6...

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    Scsi description 3-24 quantum dlt 7000 tape system notes in contrast to the busy status condition, the drive not ready sense key is returned as part of the sense data following a request sense command and indicates that a media access command has been issued but that the media is not ready to be acc...

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    Scsi description quantum dlt 7000 tape system 3-25 table 3–7 drive message out phase response atn signal true in phase... The drive enters message out… command after transferring part or all of the command descriptor block bytes. Data at the drive’s earliest convenience (often on a logical block bou...

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    Scsi description 3-26 quantum dlt 7000 tape system • the tape medium is rewound to beginning of partition (bop, i.E., beginning of tape [bot]). Note that the tape drive does not implement the hard reset alternative for bus reset processing. The tape drive recognizes multiple bus resets in succession...

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    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-1 chapter 4 messages the scsi message system allows communication between an initiator and the drive for interface management and command qualification. Messages can be originated by either the initiator or the drive. This section contains a detailed description of the...

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    Messages 4-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table 4–1 message format message code message 00h one-byte message (command complete) 01h extended message 02h – 1fh one-byte message 20h – 2fh two-byte message 40h – 7fh reserved 80h – ffh one-byte message (identify) the dlt 7000 tape drive supports the mes...

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    Messages quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-3 table 4–2 supported messages message message code direction abort 06h out bus device reset 0ch out command complete 00h in disconnect 04h in out extended message (sdtr and wide data transfer request) * 01h in out identify 80h – ffh in out ignore wide residue...

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    Messages 4-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 extended message (01h) 1 extended message length 2 extended message code 3 to n-1 extended message arguments figure 4–1 extended message - data format table 4–3 extended message - field description field description extended messag...

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    Messages quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-5 4.2 supported scsi messages following are descriptions of each of the messages supported by the drive. 4.2.1 abort message (06h) this message is sent from the initiator to the target to clear the current i/o process on the selected unit. Buffered (cached) wr...

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    Messages 4-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4.2.4 disconnect message (04h) the disconnect message is sent from the drive to inform the initiator that the present connection is going to be broken (the drive plans to disconnect by releasing the bsy signal) and a later reconnect will be required to compl...

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    Messages quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-7 4.2.5 identify message (80h - ffh) the identify message is sent by either the initiator or the drive to establish or re-establish the physical connection path between an initiator and target for a particular logical unit under the conditions listed below. Fi...

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    Messages 4-8 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4.2.6 ignore wide residue message (23h) the ignore wide residue message is sent by the target to the initiator to indicate that the number of valid bytes sent during the last req/ack handshake and reqb/ackb handshake of a data in phase is less than the negot...

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    Messages quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-9 4.2.7 initiator detected error message (05h) the initiator detected error message is sent from an initiator to inform the drive that an error has occurred that does not preclude the drive from retrying the operation (a bus parity error, for example). The sou...

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    Messages 4-10 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4.2.8 linked command complete message (0ah) this message is sent from a target to an initiator to indicate that the execution of a linked command (with the flag bit set to zero) is complete and that status has been sent. The initiator then sets the pointers...

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    Messages quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-11 4.2.12 no operation (08h) if a target requests a message, the initiator sends a no operation message if it does not currently have any other valid message to send. The message is accepted when the drive is acting as a target and may be sent when it is an in...

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    Messages 4-12 quantum dlt 7000 tape system note the tape drive supports initiating synchronous transfer negotiations with the host, but this feature is disabled by default. To enable it, set the mode select vu errom parameter enainitsyncneg. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 extended message identifier (01...

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    Messages quantum dlt 7000 tape system 4-13 4.2.16 wide data transfer request message (01h) the following figure illustrates the message formats. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 extended message identifier (01h) (see figure 4-1) 1 extended message length (02h) 2 wide data transfer request 3 transfer width...

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    Messages 4-14 quantum dlt 7000 tape system the transfer width is two the transfer width exponent bytes wide. The transfer width that is established applies to all logical units. Valid transfer widths for the dlt 7000 tape drive are 8 bits (m = 00h) and 16 bits (m = 01h). Values of m greater than 01h...

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    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-1 chapter 5 scsi commands this chapter describes the scsi protocol features implemented in the dlt 7000 tape system. Note that the sections included in this chapter do not fully reiterate every ansi scsi message, option, and/or command code specification; the sections ...

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    Scsi commands 5-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table 5–1 supported scsi commands (continued) command operation code section release unit 17h 5.17 request sense 03h 5.18 reserve unit 16h 5.19 rewind 01h 5.20 send diagnostic 1dh 5.21 space 11h 5.22 test unit ready 00h 5.23 verify 13h 5.24 write 0ah 5....

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    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-3 5.1.1 scsi pointers scsi architecture provides a set of three pointers (called saved pointers) for each i/o process. The three pointers are: command, status, and data. When an i/o process becomes active, the three saved pointers are copied to the initia...

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    Scsi commands 5-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.1.2 command descriptor block an initiator communicates with the drive by sending a 6- or 10-byte command descriptor block that contains the parameters for the specific command. The scsi command's operation code is always the first byte in the command ...

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    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-5 table 5–2 command descriptor block - field descriptions field description operation code the operation code specifies the command being requested. The list of supported scsi commands and their operation codes are contained in table 5–1. Logical unit num...

  • Page 110

    Scsi commands 5-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape system bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 vendor specific reserved flag link figure 5–2 command descriptor block control field - data format table 5–3 command descriptor block control field - field descriptions field description vendor specific bits these bits must be...

  • Page 111

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-7 the status code is contained in bits 1 through 5 of the status byte. Bits 0, 6, and 7 are reserved. Table 5–4 describes the status codes returned by the drive. Note in contrast to the busy status condition, the drive not ready sense key is returned as p...

  • Page 112

    Scsi commands 5-8 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.1.4 data-phase command components many of the scsi commands cause data to be transferred between the initiator and the drive. The content and characteristics of this data are command- dependent. Table 5–5 lists the information transmitted for all of t...

  • Page 113

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-9 table 5–5 data-phase command contents command length in cdb data out (to drive) data in (to initiator) erase 0 inquiry allocation --- standard inquiry or a vital product data page load unload 0 --- --- locate 0 --- --- log select parameter list (must be...

  • Page 114

    Scsi commands 5-10 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table 5–5 data-phase command contents (continued) command length in cdb data out (to drive) data in (to initiator) rewind 0 --- --- send diagnostic parameter list diagnostic page --- space 0 --- --- test unit ready 0 --- --- verify transfer data --- wr...

  • Page 115

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-11 5.1.6 behavior at power-on and scsi bus reset the following apply to the dlt 7000 system tape drive’s behavior at power-on and/or scsi bus reset: • when the quantum dlt 7000 system is powered up, all device scsi lines are set to high impedance. • the d...

  • Page 116

    Scsi commands 5-12 quantum dlt 7000 tape system • when a write 0 filemarks command is issued. • when data has been in the cache longer than the maximum time specified by the value of the mode parameter “write delay time” (the default is 30 seconds). • when a non-write type media access command is re...

  • Page 117

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-13 throughout this manual, multiple bytes that contain information about specific command parameters are portrayed as shown in the example of the parameter list length field (bytes 7 and 8) of the log select command shown below: bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (...

  • Page 118

    Scsi commands 5-14 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.3 erase command (19h) the erase command causes data on the tape medium to be erased. Any write data currently held in buffer memory and not yet written to tape is written to tape before the erase command is executed. Erase command must be issued whil...

  • Page 119

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-15 5.4 inquiry command (12h) the inquiry command allows the initiator to determine the kind of scsi devices attached to its scsi bus. It causes a device that is attached to a scsi bus to return information about itself. The drive identifies itself as a di...

  • Page 120

    Scsi commands 5-16 quantum dlt 7000 tape system inquiry command (12h) (continued) table 5–7 inquiry command descriptor block - field descriptions field description evpd enable vital product data. If 0, the drive returns the standard inquiry data page. If 1, the drive returns the vital product data p...

  • Page 121

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-17 inquiry command (12h) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 peripheral qualifier peripheral device type 1 rmb device type modifier 2 iso version ecma version ansi version 3 aenc trmiop reserved response data format 4 additional length = 33h 5 reserved...

  • Page 122

    Scsi commands 5-18 quantum dlt 7000 tape system inquiry command (12h) (continued) table 5–9 contains field descriptions for the data returned by the drive. Table 5–9 standard inquiry data page - field descriptions field name value description peripheral qualifier 0 non-zero if initiator selects an i...

  • Page 123

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-19 inquiry command (12h) (continued) table 5–9 standard inquiry data page - field descriptions (continued) field name value description sync 1 the drive supports synchronous data transfers. Linked 1 linked commands are supported. Cmdque 0 the drive does n...

  • Page 124

    Scsi commands 5-20 quantum dlt 7000 tape system inquiry command (12h) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 36 product family (7) released firmware 37 firmware major version # 38 firmware minor version # 39 eeprom format major version # 40 eeprom format minor version # 41 firmware personality 42 firm...

  • Page 125

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-21 inquiry command (12h) (continued) table 5–10 vendor unique inquiry data page - field descriptions field name description product family this field indicates the data density of each of the dlt tape drives as follows: bit 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 drive density not...

  • Page 126

    Scsi commands 5-22 quantum dlt 7000 tape system inquiry command (12h) (continued) 5.4.3 supported vital product data page the supported vital product data pages page (figure 5–7) provides a directory of the vital product data pages that are supported by the drive. The pages that are supported are: •...

  • Page 127

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-23 inquiry command (12h) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 peripheral qualifier peripheral device type 1 page code (80h) 2 reserved 3 page length (0ah) 4 - 13 serial number figure 5–8 unit serial number page (80h) - data format table 5–11 unit serial...

  • Page 128

    Scsi commands 5-24 quantum dlt 7000 tape system inquiry command (12h) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 peripheral qualifier peripheral device type 1 page code (c0h) 2 reserved 3 page length (20h) 4 - 5 servo firmware checksum 6 - 7 servo eeprom checksum 8 - 11 read/write firmware checksum 12 -...

  • Page 129

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-25 inquiry command (12h) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 peripheral qualifier peripheral device type 1 page code (c1h) 2 reserved 3 page length (14h) 4 product family (8) released firmware 5 firmware major version # 6 firmware minor version # 7 eep...

  • Page 130

    Scsi commands 5-26 quantum dlt 7000 tape system inquiry command (12h) (continued) table 5–13 subsystem components revision page - field descriptions field name description product family this field indicates the data density of each of the dlt tape drives as follows: bit 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 drive density ...

  • Page 131

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-27 5.5 load unload command (1bh) the load unload command tells the target to load or unload the tape media in the tape cartridge. If no cartridge is in the tape drive, both load and unload return a check condition status with a not ready sense key set. Li...

  • Page 132

    Scsi commands 5-28 quantum dlt 7000 tape system load unload command (1bh) (continued) notes the sequential loading feature of the loader can be enabled/disabled by modifying the enaldrautold and disldrautoldmc parameters of eeprom (mode page 3eh of the mode select command). A media loader does not a...

  • Page 133

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-29 load unload command (1bh) (continued) table 5–14 load unload command descriptor block - field descriptions field name description immed immediate. If this bit is set to 1, status is returned as soon as the operation is started. If set to 0, status is r...

  • Page 134

    Scsi commands 5-30 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.6 locate command (2bh) the locate command is used to do high-speed positioning to the specified block address. The read position command can be used to obtain the block address, when writing, when particular blocks of data (a data file, for example) ...

  • Page 135

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-31 locate command (2bh) (continued) table 5–15 locate command descriptor block - field descriptions field name description bt block type. The block type bit indicates how the block address field is interpreted. The first recorded object (block or filemark...

  • Page 136

    Scsi commands 5-32 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.7 log select command (4ch) the log select command allows the host to manage statistical information maintained by the tape drive about its own hardware parameters or about the installed tape medium. The description should be read in conjunction with ...

  • Page 137

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-33 log select command (4ch) (continued) table 5–16 log select command descriptor block - field descriptions field name description pcr parameter code reset. If this bit is set to 1 and the parameter list length is set to 0, all accumulated values of page ...

  • Page 138

    Scsi commands 5-34 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log select command (4ch) (continued) 5.7.1 log detection summary in log select command descriptor block the following conditions constitute errors that are detected by the drive in relation to the cdb. The request sense data is set to illegal request, ...

  • Page 139

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-35 log select command (4ch) (continued) 5.7.3 log select page format each log page begins with a 4-byte header followed by n number of log parameter blocks (one block for each parameter code). Each block, except for parameter code 05h is comprised of 8 by...

  • Page 140

    Scsi commands 5-36 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log select command (4ch) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 -1 (msb) parameter code (lsb) 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 parameter length 4 - 7 (msb) parameter value (lsb) note: byte 2 is also referred to the parameter control byte. Figure 5–15 log...

  • Page 141

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-37 log select command (4ch) (continued) table 5–18 log select log parameters field descriptions (continued) field name description parameter code (continued) note: parameter codes 00h, 01h, and 04h always have a value of 0. Parameter value for 05h is 8 by...

  • Page 142

    Scsi commands 5-38 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log select command (4ch) (continued) table 5–18 log select log parameters field descriptions (continued) field name description tmc (continued) the current cumulative values are the values computed since the last reset of the device (either via power-c...

  • Page 143

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-39 5.8 log sense command (4dh) the log sense command allows the host to retrieve statistical information maintained by the tape drive about its own hardware parameters or about the installed tape medium. It is a complementary command to log select. Bit by...

  • Page 144

    Scsi commands 5-40 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–19 log sense command descriptor block - field descriptions field name description ppc parameter pointer control. This bit must be set to 0. A ppc of 0 indicates that the parameter data requested from the devi...

  • Page 145

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-41 log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–19 log sense command descriptor block - field descriptions (continued) field name description page code the page code field identifies which log page is being requested by the initiator. If the page is not su...

  • Page 146

    Scsi commands 5-42 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.1 error detection summary in log sense command descriptor block the following conditions constitute errors detected by the drive relating to the log sense command descriptor block. The request sense data is set t...

  • Page 147

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-43 log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.2 supported pages log page (page 00h) when page 00h is requested, the 4-byte page header is returned, followed by the pages supported in ascending order, one byte for each. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 reserved pag...

  • Page 148

    Scsi commands 5-44 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.3 read (page 03h) / write (page 02h) error log sense page each log page begins with a 4-byte header followed by a number of log parameter blocks. Each block consists of 8 bytes except for parameter code 05h. The ...

  • Page 149

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-45 log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 -1 (msb) parameter code (lsb) 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 parameter length 4 - 11 (msb) parameter value (lsb) note: byte 2 is also referred to the parameter control byte. Figure 5–19 log...

  • Page 150

    Scsi commands 5-46 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–21 log parameters for read /write error log sense page field descriptions (continued) field name description parameter code (continued) 8000h - vendor unique 9000h - vendor unique note: parameter codes 00h, 0...

  • Page 151

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-47 log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–21 log parameters for read / write error log sense page field descriptions (continued) field name description tmc (continued) the criteria for comparison are: code - basis of comparison 00b - every update of ...

  • Page 152

    Scsi commands 5-48 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.4 last n error events page (07h) this page returns one parameter at a time that contains the ascii text for the specified event log. The parameter number field in the cdb specifies the log event to return. The lo...

  • Page 153

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-49 log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 -1 (msb) parameter code (lsb) 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 parameter length 4 - n (msb) hex ascii string for event n (lsb) figure 5–21 log parameters format for last n error events log se...

  • Page 154

    Scsi commands 5-50 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.5 tapealert page (2eh) this page returns results of the tape drive’s on-going self diagnosis, so that the tape drive’s behavior can be monitored and high reliability ensured. The tapealert page is read from the t...

  • Page 155

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-51 log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 5n –1 to 5n (msb) parameter code (n) (lsb) 5n + 1 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 5n + 2 parameter length (1) 5n + 3 value of tapealert flag (flag is set when bit 0 = 1; bits 1 – 7 are reserved) f...

  • Page 156

    Scsi commands 5-52 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–26 tapealert flags, severity levels, and meanings flag severity level * meaning 1 read warning warning problems reading data. There is no loss of data, but the tape drive’s performance is reduced. 2 write war...

  • Page 157

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-53 log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–26 tapealert flags, severity levels, and meanings (continued) flag severity level * meaning 22 expired cleaning media critical the cleaning cartridge that was used has expired. Wait for all tape drive operati...

  • Page 158

    Scsi commands 5-54 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.6 read / write compression page (32h) this page begins with a 4-byte header followed by the log parameter blocks of 6 or 8 bytes, depending on the parameter code selected. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 reserved page...

  • Page 159

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-55 log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 -1 (msb) parameter code (lsb) 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 02h 4 - n (msb) compression ratio x 100 (lsb) figure 5–25 log parameters format for read / write compression ratio log sense pag...

  • Page 160

    Scsi commands 5-56 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 -1 (msb) parameter code (lsb) 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 04h 4 - 7 (msb) counter value (lsb) figure 5–26 log parameters format for read / write compression ratio log sense page (paramet...

  • Page 161

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-57 log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–29 log parameters for read / write compression ratio log sense page field descriptions (parameter codes 02h through 09h) (continued) field name description du disable update. Always 0. Ds disable save. Not su...

  • Page 162

    Scsi commands 5-58 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–29 log parameters for read / write compression ratio log sense page field descriptions (parameter codes 02h through 09h) (continued) field name description counter value (continued) parameter codes 06h and 07...

  • Page 163

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-59 log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.7 device wellness page (33h) the device wellness page returns information about any check conditions related to sense keys 1, 3, 4, and 9 logged by the tape drive. Up to 16 entries (parameter code 0000h to 000fh)...

  • Page 164

    Scsi commands 5-60 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 parameter code 1 reserved 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 - 7 (msb) time stamp (lsb) 8 - 11 (msb) media id (lsb) 12 sense key 13 additional sense key 15 additional error information figure 5...

  • Page 165

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-61 log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–31 log parameters for device wellness log sense page field descriptions field name description parameter code parameter codes 0000h through 000fh are supported. This provides 16 log entries for error informat...

  • Page 166

    Scsi commands 5-62 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) 5.8.8 device status page (3eh) the device status page describes the current status of the tape drive. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 reserved page code (3eh) 1 reserved 2 - 3 (msb) page length (lsb) figure 5–29 device st...

  • Page 167

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-63 log sense command (4dh) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 - 1 parameter code 2 du ds tsd etc tmc rsv’d lp 3 parameter length (04h) 4 - 7 (msb) parameter value (lsb) figure 5–30 log parameters format for device status log sense page (parameters 000...

  • Page 168

    Scsi commands 5-64 quantum dlt 7000 tape system log sense command (4dh) (continued) table 5–33 log parameters for device status log sense page field descriptions (continued) field name description du disable update. Always 0. Ds disable save. Not supported. This bit always set to 1. Tsd target save ...

  • Page 169

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-65 5.9 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h / 55h) the mode select command (available in either 6- or 10-byte format) enables the host to configure the tape drive. Implementing mode select and mode sense requires “handshaking” between the host and the driv...

  • Page 170

    Scsi commands 5-66 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) command descriptor block - data format bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (15h) 1 logical unit number pf reserved sp (0) 2 - 3 reserved 4 parameter list length 5 unused (00) reserved flag link mode select (10) command descriptor ...

  • Page 171

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-67 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–35 mode select (6)/(10) command descriptor block - field descriptions field name description pf page format. The page format bit indicates that the data sent by the host after the mode se...

  • Page 172

    Scsi commands 5-68 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–36 mode select mode parameter list - field descriptions field name description mode parameter header 4 bytes in length, contains information about the remainder of the parameter list and ...

  • Page 173

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-69 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–37 mode select mode parameter header - field descriptions field name description media type this field is ignored by the mode select command. Buffered mode default = 1. The drive implemen...

  • Page 174

    Scsi commands 5-70 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) /(10) command (15h) /(55h) (continued) 5.9.1.2 mode parameter block descriptor the figure and table that follow provide an illustration and description of the fields that make up the mode select command’s mode parameter block descriptor...

  • Page 175

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-71 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–38 mode select mode parameter block descriptor - field descriptions field name description density code this field should match the current tape medium density; it is set to 0 if the dens...

  • Page 176

    Scsi commands 5-72 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–38 mode select mode parameter block descriptor - field descriptions (continued) field name description number of blocks this mode sense field is sent = 0, indicating that all of the remai...

  • Page 177

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-73 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–39 mode select page descriptor - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For the mode select (6) (10) commands, this field is reserved (0). Additional page length...

  • Page 178

    Scsi commands 5-74 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–40 error recovery page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the number bytes...

  • Page 179

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-75 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.3 disconnect / reconnect page (02h) the disconnect / reconnect page controls the drive’s behavior on the scsi bus and allows an initiator to tune bus performance. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 p...

  • Page 180

    Scsi commands 5-76 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–41 disconnect / reconnect page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the numb...

  • Page 181

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-77 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–41 disconnect / reconnect page - field descriptions (continued) field name description dtdc data transfer disconnect control. This field defines further restrictions for when disconnect i...

  • Page 182

    Scsi commands 5-78 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.4 control mode page (0ah) the control mode page provides control over several features such as tagged queuing, extended contingent allegiance, asynchronous event notification, and error loggi...

  • Page 183

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-79 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–42 control mode page descriptor - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Page length the page length field indicates the num...

  • Page 184

    Scsi commands 5-80 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.5 data compression page (0fh) the data compression page specifies parameters for the control of data compression. This page allows the user to turn the tape drive’s compressed format on and o...

  • Page 185

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-81 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–43 data compression page descriptor - field descriptions field name description page code the page code identifies the type of mode select page being transferred. A value of 0fh identifie...

  • Page 186

    Scsi commands 5-82 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.6 device configuration page (10h) the device configuration page controls the drive’s behavior on the scsi bus and allows an initiator to tune bus performance. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps (0...

  • Page 187

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-83 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–44 device configuration page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the number...

  • Page 188

    Scsi commands 5-84 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–44 device configuration page - field descriptions (continued) field name description dbr data buffer recovery. Not supported, must be 0. Bis block identifiers supported. This field is sup...

  • Page 189

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-85 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.7 medium partition page (11h) the drive supports the medium partitions parameters page that is used to specify the medium partitions. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps (0) 0 page code (11h) 1 add...

  • Page 190

    Scsi commands 5-86 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–45 medium partition page descriptor - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the...

  • Page 191

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-87 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.8 tapealert page (1ch) the drive supports the tapealert page that is used to set/change the supported tapealert configuration options (use the mode sense command to read the settings of the t...

  • Page 192

    Scsi commands 5-88 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–46 tapealert page format descriptor - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the...

  • Page 193

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-89 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–46 tapealert page format descriptor - field descriptions (continued) field name description mrie method for reporting informational exceptions. The tape drive uses the contents of this fi...

  • Page 194

    Scsi commands 5-90 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.9 eeprom vendor unique page (3eh) the drive supports a vendor unique page that enables a user to modify savable parameters. Only one savable parameter may be changed per mode select command. ...

  • Page 195

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-91 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage vendorid ascii quantum 8 vendor identification field in inquiry data productid ascii dlt 7000 16 produ...

  • Page 196

    Scsi commands 5-92 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters (continued) name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage enaclngltrpt ascii binary 1 1 to report error status if cleaning indicator is on. Enagranu...

  • Page 197

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-93 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters (continued) name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage enbinqmedchgr ascii binary 0 1 0 = disable media changer bit 1 = enable media changer bit ...

  • Page 198

    Scsi commands 5-94 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters (continued) name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage hostcompsetting (continued) 0 = use default compression setting (use with perfmode set to ...

  • Page 199

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-95 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters (continued) name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage maxburstsize ascii binary 0080h 2 the value in this field specifies the maximum amount of ...

  • Page 200

    Scsi commands 5-96 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters (continued) name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage protectdironwp ascii binary 0 1 to protect tape directory if the cartridge write-protect s...

  • Page 201

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-97 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) table 5–47 eeprom vendor unique page parameters (continued) name value rep. Default length (bytes) usage scsireselretries ascii decimal 10 1 the number of reselection retries the drive makes befo...

  • Page 202

    Scsi commands 5-98 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) as an example of an eeprom vendor unique page, the figure below shows a page that will modify the vendorid parameter to “xxxyy.” 0 0 0 page code (3eh) 1 page length (0fh) 2 “v” (76h) 3 “e” (65h) ...

  • Page 203

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-99 mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) an example follows that illustrates an eeprom vendor unique page that modifies the forcedensity parameter to 4. 0 0 0 page code (3eh) 1 page length (0fh) 2 “f” (46h) 3 “o” (4fh) 4 “r” (52h) 5 “c”...

  • Page 204

    Scsi commands 5-100 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode select (6) / (10) command (15h) / (55h) (continued) 5.9.10 changeable parameters within mode select the table below lists the mode select command’s changeable parameters and their default, minimum, and maximum values. Descriptions of the various ...

  • Page 205

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-101 5.10 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) the mode sense command allows the drive to report its media type, and current, or changeable configuration parameters to the host. It is a complementary command to mode select. The command descriptor bloc...

  • Page 206

    Scsi commands 5-102 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (5ah) 1 logical unit number rsv’d dbd reserved 2 pc page code 3 - 6 reserved 7 - 8 (msb) allocation length (lsb) 9 unused reserved flag link figure 5–48 mo...

  • Page 207

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-103 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–49 mode sense control descriptor block - field descriptions field name description dbd disable block descriptors. If 0, device returns the block descriptor data. If set to 1, block descript...

  • Page 208

    Scsi commands 5-104 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.1 mode sense data headers the mode sense (6) and mode sense (10) headers are illustrated in the following figures. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 mode sense data length 1 media type 2 wp buffered ...

  • Page 209

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-105 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–50 mode sense data header - field descriptions field name description mode sense data length this field specifies the length (in bytes) of the mode sense data that is available to be transf...

  • Page 210

    Scsi commands 5-106 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.2 mode sense block descriptor the following figure describes the mode sense block descriptor that follows the mode sense header. Descriptions of the mode sense blocks are provided in table 5-5...

  • Page 211

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-107 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–51 mode sense block descriptor - field descriptions field name description density code the contents of this field match the density of the media, or 0 if the density is unknown: density co...

  • Page 212

    Scsi commands 5-108 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–51 mode sense block descriptor - field descriptions (continued) field name description number of blocks this field is sent as 0, indicating that all of the remaining logical blocks on the t...

  • Page 213

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-109 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–52 mode sense page descriptor - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. When 0, the supported parameters cannot be saved (savable pages are not supported). When set...

  • Page 214

    Scsi commands 5-110 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.1 read / write error recovery page (01h) the tape drive supports the error recovery page for read and write operations. The format for the page is illustrated in the following figure. Bit by...

  • Page 215

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-111 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–53 read / write error recovery page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. Must be 0, the supported parameters cannot be saved (savable pages are not supported)....

  • Page 216

    Scsi commands 5-112 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.2 disconnect / reconnect page (02h) the tape drive supports the disconnect / reconnect page. The format for the page is illustrated in the following figure. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps 0 p...

  • Page 217

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-113 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–54 disconnect / reconnect page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. When 0, the supported parameters cannot be saved (savable pages are not supported). When se...

  • Page 218

    Scsi commands 5-114 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.3 control mode page (0ah) the control mode page allows the user to determine whether the tape drive returns a check condition status when one of the write and read counters has reached a spe...

  • Page 219

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-115 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–55 control mode page - field descriptions field name description page length the value in this field indicates the number of bytes in the control mode page being transferred. The value for ...

  • Page 220

    Scsi commands 5-116 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.4 data compression page (0fh) the data compression page specifies parameters for the control of data compression. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps (0) rsv’d page code (0fh) 1 page length (0e) 2...

  • Page 221

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-117 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–56 data compression page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. Not supported; must be 0. Page length the value in this field indicates the number of bytes in th...

  • Page 222

    Scsi commands 5-118 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.5 device configuration page (10h) the tape drive supports the device configuration page. The format for the page is illustrated in the following figure. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps (0) 0 p...

  • Page 223

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-119 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–57 device configuration page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. Not supported; must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the number of bytes in ...

  • Page 224

    Scsi commands 5-120 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–57 device configuration page - field descriptions (continued) field name description socf stop on consecutive filemarks. Set to 0. Rbo recover buffer order. Set to 0. Rew report early warni...

  • Page 225

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-121 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.6 medium partition page (11h) the tape drive supports the medium partition page. The format for the page is illustrated in the following figure. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps (0) 0 page code...

  • Page 226

    Scsi commands 5-122 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–58 medium partition page - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. Not supported; must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the number of bytes in the ...

  • Page 227

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-123 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.7 tapealert page (1ch) the tapealert configuration settings can be read via the mode sense command’s tapealert page. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 ps (0) 0 page code (1ch) 1 additional page len...

  • Page 228

    Scsi commands 5-124 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–59 tapealert page format descriptor - field descriptions field name description ps parameters savable. For mode select, this bit must be 0. Additional page length this field indicates the n...

  • Page 229

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-125 mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) table 5–59 tapealert page format descriptor - field descriptions (continued) field name description mrie method for reporting informational exceptions. The tape drive uses the contents of this fiel...

  • Page 230

    Scsi commands 5-126 quantum dlt 7000 tape system mode sense (6) / (10) command (1ah / 5ah) (continued) 5.10.3.8 eeprom vendor unique page (3eh) the tape drive supports the eeprom vendor unique page (3eh). All the eeprom parameters that are set via the mode select eeprom vendor unique page are return...

  • Page 231

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-127 5.11 prevent / allow medium removal command (1eh) this command enables or disables the unloading of the tape cartridge. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (1eh) 1 logical unit number reserved 2 - 3 reserved 4 reserved prevent 5 unused reserved ...

  • Page 232

    Scsi commands 5-128 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.12 read command (08h) this command transfers one or more data blocks or bytes to the initiator starting with the next block on the tape. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (08h) 1 logical unit number reserved sili fixed 2 - 4 (msb) transfer l...

  • Page 233

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-129 read command (08h) table 5–61 read command descriptor block - field descriptions (continued) field name description fixed this bit specifies whether fixed-length or variable-length blocks are to be transferred, and gives meaning to the transfer length...

  • Page 234

    Scsi commands 5-130 quantum dlt 7000 tape system read command (08h) the meaning of eod is different for a read command than for a write-related command. Eom is reported only when the physical eom or end-of-partition (eop) is encountered. The drive returns a check condition status. The eom and valid ...

  • Page 235

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-131 5.13 read block limits command (05h) the read block limits command directs the tape drive to report it’s block length limits. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (05h) 1 logical unit number reserved 2 - 4 reserved 5 unused reserved flag link fig...

  • Page 236

    Scsi commands 5-132 quantum dlt 7000 tape system read block limits command (05h) (continued) in scsi-3 configurations, byte 0 appears as shown below: 0 reserved granularity the granularity field is described in the table below. Table 5–62 read block limits data - field descriptions field name descri...

  • Page 237

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-133 5.14 read buffer command (3ch) the read buffer command is used in conjunction with write buffer as a diagnostic function for testing the drive’s data buffer for possible diagnostic data and for checking the integrity of the scsi bus. In addition, by u...

  • Page 238

    Scsi commands 5-134 quantum dlt 7000 tape system read buffer command (3ch) (continued) table 5–63 read buffer command descriptor block - field descriptions field name description mode the tape drive supports the following values within this field. If any non-supported value is set, the drive termina...

  • Page 239

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-135 read buffer command (3ch) (continued) 5.14.1 combined header and data mode in this mode, the tape drive returns a 4-byte header followed by data bytes. The drive terminates the data in phase when the allocation length bytes of header and data have bee...

  • Page 240

    Scsi commands 5-136 quantum dlt 7000 tape system read buffer command (3ch) (continued) 5.14.3 descriptor mode in this mode, a maximum of four bytes of read buffer descriptor information is returned. The tape drive returns the descriptor information for the buffer specified by the buffer id. In this ...

  • Page 241

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-137 5.15 read position command (34h) the read position command is used to read a position identifier or scsi logical block address (lba). The locate command uses this identifier to position back to this same logical position in a high-performance fashion....

  • Page 242

    Scsi commands 5-138 quantum dlt 7000 tape system read position command (34h) (continued) data from read position takes the following format: bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 bop eop reserved bpu (0) reserved 1 partition number 2 - 3 reserved 4 - 7 (msb) first block location (lsb) 8 - 11 (msb) last block l...

  • Page 243

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-139 read position command (34h) (continued) table 5–66 read position data - field descriptions field name description bop beginning of partition. When set to 1, indicates that the logical unit is at the beginning of partition in the current partition. Whe...

  • Page 244

    Scsi commands 5-140 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.16 receive diagnostic results command (1ch) the receive diagnostic results command fetches the results of the last send diagnostic command sent to the tape drive. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (1ch) 1 logical unit number reserved 2 reser...

  • Page 245

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-141 receive diagnostic results command (1ch) (continued) the following data is returned by the drive as a result of the receive diagnostic command. Note that a request sense command should be used to obtain more detailed information following a check cond...

  • Page 246

    Scsi commands 5-142 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.17 release unit command (17h) the release unit command releases the drive if it is currently reserved by the requesting initiator. It is not an error to release the tape drive if it is not currently reserved by the requesting initiator. If the tape ...

  • Page 247

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-143 release unit command (17h) (continued) media changer considerations the optional element reservation feature defined for medium changer devices in the scsi-2 ansi specification is not supported. The release command is defined the same as for the tape ...

  • Page 248

    Scsi commands 5-144 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.18 request sense command (03h) the request sense command causes the tape drive to transfer detailed sense data to the initiator. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (03h) 1 logical unit number reserved 2 - 3 reserved 4 allocation length 5 unus...

  • Page 249

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-145 request sense command (03h) (continued) the request sense command causes the tape drive to transfer detailed sense data to the initiator. The sense data is valid for a check condition or reservation conflict status returned on the previous command. Th...

  • Page 250

    Scsi commands 5-146 quantum dlt 7000 tape system request sense command (03h) (continued) bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 valid error code 1 segment number (0) 2 filemark eom ili reserved sense key 3 - 6 (msb) information bytes (lsb) 7 additional sense length 8 - 11 (msb) command-specific information byte...

  • Page 251

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-147 request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–70 request sense data - field descriptions field name description valid when set to 1, this field indicates that the information bytes contain valid information as defined in the ansi scsi-2 specificatio...

  • Page 252

    Scsi commands 5-148 quantum dlt 7000 tape system request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–70 request sense data — field descriptions (continued) field name description additional sense code this field (and the field for additional sense code qualifier) provide additional information about the...

  • Page 253

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-149 request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–71 supported sense keys sense key description 0h no sense. Check the filemark/eom/ili bits and the additional sense code/additional sense code qualifier bytes. 1h recovered error. This can be caused by r...

  • Page 254

    Scsi commands 5-150 quantum dlt 7000 tape system request sense command (03h) (continued) the following table provides the additional sense codes (ascs) and additional sense code qualifiers (ascqs) that may be reported. Additional information, explanations, or suggestions for action are included in s...

  • Page 255

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-151 request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–72 supported asc / ascq in hex (continued) sense key asc ascq description medium error (cont.) 14 00 recorded entity not found (logical dlt block not found) 15 02 position error detected by read of mediu...

  • Page 256

    Scsi commands 5-152 quantum dlt 7000 tape system request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–72 supported asc / ascq in hex (continued) sense key asc ascq description 04h 44 c3 both eerom copy areas bad hardware error 47 00 scsi parity error (cont.) 48 00 ide message received 51 00 erase failure...

  • Page 257

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-153 request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–72 supported asc / ascq in hex (continued) sense key asc ascq description 06h 28 00 not ready to ready transition unit attention 29 00 reset occurred 2a 01 mode parameters changed 2a 02 log parameters ch...

  • Page 258

    Scsi commands 5-154 quantum dlt 7000 tape system request sense command (03h) (continued) table 5–72 supported asc / ascq in hex (continued) sense key asc ascq description 0bh 48 00 ide message error command 49 00 invalid message error aborted 4b 00 data phase error (cont.) 4e 00 overlapped commands ...

  • Page 259

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-155 5.19 reserve unit command (16h) the reserve unit command reserves the specified tape drive for exclusive use by the requesting initiator or for another specified scsi device. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (16h) 1 logical unit number 3rdpty...

  • Page 260

    Scsi commands 5-156 quantum dlt 7000 tape system reserve unit command (16h) (continued) a reservation via the reserve unit command remains in effect until one of the following conditions is met: • the initiator that made the reservation sends another reserve unit command. • the tape drive is release...

  • Page 261

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-157 5.20 rewind command (01h) the rewind command directs the tape drive to position the tape at the beginning of the currently active partition (for dlt drives, this is bom). Before rewinding, the tape drive writes any write data that is in the buffer to ...

  • Page 262

    Scsi commands 5-158 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.21 send diagnostic command (1dh) the send diagnostic command directs the tape drive to perform its self- diagnostic tests. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (1dh) 1 logical unit number pf (0) rsv’d selftst devofl unitofl 2 - 4 reserved 5 unu...

  • Page 263

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-159 send diagnostic command (1dh) (continued) two levels of unit-resident diagnostic tests can be accessed: electronics self-test (level 1 test) to invoke this level of diagnostic test, a major portion of the controller hardware and software must be funct...

  • Page 264

    Scsi commands 5-160 quantum dlt 7000 tape system send diagnostic command (1dh) (continued) the following table illustrates the possible settings of the selftst, devofl, and unitofl bits and the effects of each setting on the resulting self-test: table 5–76 send diagnostic cdb bits selftst, devofl, a...

  • Page 265

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-161 send diagnostic command (1dh) (continued) table 5–77 send diagnostic parameter list - field descriptions field name description pattern number indicates the type of data pattern to be used during the diagnostic tests. Pattern 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (defa...

  • Page 266

    Scsi commands 5-162 quantum dlt 7000 tape system send diagnostic command (1dh) (continued) note because of data generation and verification, this test only streams the tape for short periods of time. If block count is set very high, the test can take many minutes or even many hours to complete. If t...

  • Page 267

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-163 5.22 space command (11h) the space command provides a variety of positioning functions that are determined by code and count fields in the command descriptor block. Both forward (toward end of medium/end of partition) and reverse (toward beginning of ...

  • Page 268

    Scsi commands 5-164 quantum dlt 7000 tape system space command (11h) (continued) table 5–80 space command data - field descriptions (continued) field name description count when spacing over blocks or marks, the count field is interpreted as follows: a positive value n causes forward motion over n b...

  • Page 269

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-165 5.23 test unit ready command (00h) the test unit ready command checks the tape drive to ensure that the unit is ready for commands involving tape movement. If the drive has a tape loaded, the command returns a good status. Otherwise, check condition i...

  • Page 270

    Scsi commands 5-166 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.24 verify command (13h) the verify command directs the tape drive to verify one or more blocks beginning with the next block on the tape. Both crc and edcs are validated. Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 operation code (13h) 1 logical unit number reserved...

  • Page 271

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-167 verify command (13h) (continued) table 5–81 verify command data - field descriptions field name description immed immediate. When set to 1, the verify command completes before any tape medium movement is done (that is, when the processing has been ini...

  • Page 272

    Scsi commands 5-168 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.25 write command (0ah) the write command transfers one or more blocks from the host to the current logical position. When in buffered mode (the dlt tape drive default mode), the tape drive reports good status on write commands as soon as this data b...

  • Page 273

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-169 write command (0ah) (continued) table 5–82 write command data — field descriptions (continued) field name description fixed (cont.) when the fixed bit is 1, the transfer length field specifies the number of blocks to be transferred to the host beginni...

  • Page 274

    Scsi commands 5-170 quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5.26 write buffer command (3bh) the write buffer command is used with read buffer as a diagnostic function for testing the device data buffer, dma engine, scsi bus interface hardware, and scsi bus integrity. It is also used for downloading and updatin...

  • Page 275

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-171 write buffer command (3bh) (continued) table 5–83 write buffer command data - field descriptions field name description mode the tape drive supports the following values within the field. If any other value is set, the drive terminates the command wit...

  • Page 276

    Scsi commands 5-172 quantum dlt 7000 tape system write buffer command (3bh) (continued) 5.26.3 download microcode mode (100b) using buffer offsets, the host can download the firmware image into the target’s buffer in pieces. These commands do not cause the new image to become active. A download and ...

  • Page 277

    Scsi commands quantum dlt 7000 tape system 5-173 5.27 write filemarks command (10h) the write filemarks command directs the tape drive to write the specified number of filemarks beginning at the current logical position on tape. If the immediate bit is not set, any data or filemarks in the write cac...

  • Page 278

    Scsi commands 5-174 quantum dlt 7000 tape system write filemarks command (10h) (continued) the write filemarks command may be used to force the tape drive to write any buffered write data to the tape medium. If the tape drive is in buffered mode, and write filemarks is received, the requested filema...

  • Page 279: Appendix A

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system a-1 appendix a definition of vendor unique sense data information this appendix lists the internal status codes with their descriptions. The internal status code is located at byte offset 18 of the request sense data and may be available for certain types of failures. No...

  • Page 280

    Appendix a: definition of vendor unique sense data information a-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system table a–1 internal status codes (continued) decimal hexadecimal description 11 0b gap within object (missing block in record) 12 0c record on tape larger than requested 13 0d compare error 14 0e successiv...

  • Page 281

    Appendix a: definition of vendor unique sense data information quantum dlt 7000 tape system a-3 table a–1 internal status codes (continued) decimal hexadecimal description 35 23 edc error found by “fez” asic – fecc ram ok 36 24 timeout on command to medium changer 37 25 medium changer uart error (ov...

  • Page 282

    Appendix a: definition of vendor unique sense data information a-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system bit 7 bit 6 (rsv’d) bit 5 (rsv’d) bit 4 (rsv’d) bit 3 (rsv’d) bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 figure a-1 internal status bits table a–2 internal status bit flags bit no. Description 0 if set to 1, cleaning light is ill...

  • Page 283: Appendix B

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system b-1 appendix b eeprom-resident bugcheck and event logs this appendix provides an explanation of the event logs (information packets) stored in semi- permanent, non-volatile memory of the tape drive. These packets can be retrieved via the scsi log sense command with page ...

  • Page 284

    Appendix b: eeprom-resident bugcheck and event logs b-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system b.2 bugcheck packets bugchecks are the result of some software-detected errors. For example, a hardware failure or an internal system consistency failure may cause a bugcheck. These events cause bugcheck packets to ...

  • Page 285

    Appendix b: eeprom-resident bugcheck and event logs quantum dlt 7000 tape system b-3 b.2.2 event log packets event log packets are non-fatal and can occur to log information about significant events. Refer to table b-2 for a listing of the existing error codes that are found within event log packets...

  • Page 286

    Appendix b: eeprom-resident bugcheck and event logs b-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system b.2.3 directory failure event log packets directory failure event logs are written when a directory read or directory write request fails for any reason. Table b-3 provides the description of important fields within...

  • Page 287: Appendix C

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape system c-1 appendix c updating the firmware this chapter explains how to update the tape drive’s pcba-resident firmware. C.1 overview using the tape drive’s front panel and a tape with the updated firmware image, you can update the tape drive’s pcba-resident firmware. Caution i...

  • Page 288

    Appendix c: updating the firmware c-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape system notes on un*x systems, use the ftp utility to transfer the binary firmware image. Be sure to specify “type image” before using the “get” or “put” commands, otherwise extra characters may be added to the file, causing it to be invalid...

  • Page 289

    Appendix c: updating the firmware quantum dlt 7000 tape system c-3 note if the write protect indicator does not blink, check that: 1. The power-on self test passed. 2. The drive is unloaded. 3. The drive handle is in its down position. C) release the unload button, then press the unload button again...

  • Page 290

    Appendix c: updating the firmware c-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape system if the firmware image is valid, the tape drive’s pcba controller’s flash eeprom is updated with the new firmware image. The write protect and tape in use indicators flash again during the controller firmware update. C.4 interpreting ...

  • Page 291

    Appendix c: updating the firmware quantum dlt 7000 tape system c-5 table c-2 results of firmware update if... Then... The image is valid 1. The flash eeprom containing the current firmware is erased. 2. The new image is programmed into flash eeprom (approximately 2 minutes). Then: the tape drive res...

  • Page 292

    Appendix c: updating the firmware c-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape system.

  • Page 293: Appendix D

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d-1 appendix d the tape cartridge this appendix covers: • tape cartridge handling guidelines (subsection d.1) • tape cartridge inspection procedure (subsection d.2) • tape cartridge write-protect switch (subsection d.3) • loading a tape cartridge (subsection d.4) • unload...

  • Page 294

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge d-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive • always observe the proper environmental conditions for the storage of tape cartridges. Refer to the cartridge reference card supplied with each cartridge. The ambient operating environment for the tape cartridge is: temperature 10 ° c ...

  • Page 295

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d-3 • do not expose the tape cartridge to moisture or direct sunlight. • do not insert any cartridge that has been dropped into the dlttape drive without at least a thorough visual inspection as described in this paper. A dropped cartridge m...

  • Page 296

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge d-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d.2 tape cartridge inspection procedure ensure that your tape backup solution performs reliably by following the visual mechanical inspection (vmi) procedures described in this subsection. These steps will help you identify any potential...

  • Page 297

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d-5 5. Look at the bottom of the tape cartridge, holding it as shown in figure d-2. Figure d-2 location of reel lock opening and spring-loaded hub on bottom of dlttape cartridge check the opening indicated in figure d-2 and ensure that the s...

  • Page 298

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge d-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 6. Ensure that the tape leader within the tape cartridge is in the correct position. To do this, you must open the tape cartridge door. Refer to figure d-3. Figure d-3 opening the door on a dlttape cartridge showing tape leader loop in i...

  • Page 299

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d-7 7. Figure d-4 shows three different tape cartridge loop problems. No tape cartridge that exhibits the problems shown in the examples in figure d-4 should be used in a dlt tape system. Example 1:“swallowed” tape cartridge leader example 2...

  • Page 300

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge d-8 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive 8. Finally, check for proper operation of the tape cartridge’s write-protect switch (figure d-5). This sliding switch, located on the end of the tape cartridge used for the tape label, should snap smartly back and forth, and the orange t...

  • Page 301

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d-9 • move the write-protect switch to the right to disable write protection (existing data on the tape can be overwritten, and/or additional data can be appended to the media unless the cartridge is write-protected via software). When write...

  • Page 302

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge d-10 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d.4 loading a tape cartridge complete this subsection to load a tape cartridge into the front panel (chapter 2, figure 2-10) of the tape drive. Because this subsection of the manual refers to some of the front panel leds and controls, i...

  • Page 303

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d-11 d.5 unloading a tape cartridge complete this subsection to unload a tape cartridge. Because this subsection of the manual refers to some of the front panel leds and controls (chapter 2, figure 2-10) of the tape drive. Because this subse...

  • Page 304

    Appendix d: the tape cartridge d-12 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive d.6 using a cleaning tape cartridge this subsection contains information on how and when to use a cleaning tape cartridge. Because this subsection of the manual refers to some of the front panel leds and controls (chapter 2, figure 2-10...

  • Page 305

    Quantum dlt 7000 tape drive index-1 index a asc/ascq codes, request sense, 5-157 send diagnostic, 5-171 abort message, 4-5 acoustic noise emissions, 1-10 altitude specification, 1-5 attention condition, 3-24 b beeper, 2-16, 2-20 bugcheck packets, b-2 bus device reset message, 4-5 bus free, 3-10 bus ...

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    Index index-2 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive e eeprom event log error codes, b-3 packets (last n error events), b-1 resident bugcheck packets, b-2 vendor unique page parameters, 5-95 electromagnetic emissions, 1-12 emi regulations and certifications, 1-12 environmental specifications, 1-5 erase command...

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    Index quantum dlt 7000 tape drive index-3 n non-operating shock, 1-5 non-operating vibration, 1-6 no operation message, 4-11 o operation codes, 5-1 p parity checking rackmount, 2-6 tabletop, 2-13 performance data, 1-4 physical specifications, 1-3 pin assignments loader, 2-12 power, 2-12 scsi differe...

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    Index index-4 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive erase (19h), 5-15 inquiry (12h), 5-17 load unload (1bh), 5-29 locate (2bh), 5-33 log select (4ch), 5-35 log sense (4dh), 5-43 mode select (15h/55h), 5-69 mode sense (1ah/5ah), 5-105 prevent/allow medium removal (1eh), 5-131 read (08h), 5-133 read block limit...

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    Index quantum dlt 7000 tape drive index-5 u unit attention condition, 5-10 unloading a cartridge, d-11 updating firmware, c-1 v vendor unique page parameters for eeprom, 5-95 vendor unique sense data request sense status codes, a-1 verify command, 5-177 vibration requirements non-operating, 1-7 oper...

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    Index index-6 quantum dlt 7000 tape drive.

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