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SCSI REFERENCE 1014826
CHAPTER 19—REQUEST VOLUME ELEMENT ADDRESS (B5h)
If the descriptor being returned is for a data transfer element (a tape drive),
the element descriptor length changes depending on the setting of the
DVCID, VolTag, and S/N Req bits, as shown in Table 19-1.
Byte Count of Descriptor Data Available – Bytes 05 through 07
This field indicates the total number of bytes of element descriptor data
available for the elements of this element type that meet the CDB
requirements. This value is not adjusted to match the value that you specified
for the Allocation Length field. This value is the Element Descriptor Length
multiplied by the number of element descriptors.
19.3.3 ELEMENT DESCRIPTORS
The following sections contain the field definitions for the types of elements in
the library:
Medium transport element: The cartridge loader
Storage elements: The cartridge cells
I/E port element: The cartridge access port
Data transfer element: The tape drives
Each element descriptor includes the element address and status flags. Each
element descriptor may also contain sense code information as well as other
information, depending on the element type.
Notes:
The element descriptors for the types of elements are very similar, with the
exception of a few of the fields. Note the differences in bytes 06 and 07.
The library does not support alternate volume tags. This information is not
included in any of the element descriptors.
Table 19-1 Element descriptor length for the data transfer element
VolTag Element Descriptor Length (bytes)
016
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