
MODE SENSE (6) / (10) Command (1Ah / 5Ah) SDLT 600 SCSI Interface Guide
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Table 4-72. Port Control MODE SENSE Page — Field Descriptions
Field Name Description
PS Parameters Savable. Not supported. Always set to 0.
SPF SubPage Format. Always set to 0. Indicates that the drive uses the page_0
page format.
Page Code Identifies the type of MODE SENSE page being transferred. A value of
19h identifies this as the Port Control page.
Page Length Indicates the number of bytes in the page, excluding bytes 0 and 1. The
length is returned on MODE SENSE and must subsequently be set to the
same value when performing MODE SELECT.
Protocol
Identifier
A value of 1h indicates that this mode page applies to an SPI device. For
details, see SCSI Primary Commands – 3 (SPC–3).
Synchronous
Transfer Timeout
Indicates the maximum amount of time, in 1 msec increments, that the
drive waits before generating an error by performing an unexpected bus
free operation. The drive enters the BUS FREE phase only if one of the
following events causes the timer, after it is started, not to reset or reload
before it expires.
• If there is a REQ transition when there are no outstanding REQs
waiting for an ACK, load and start the timer.
• If there is a REQ transition when there are any outstanding REQs
waiting for an ACK, there is no effect on the timer.
• If there is an ACK transition when there are outstanding REQs waiting
for an ACK, load and start the timer.
• If, after an ACK transition, there are no outstanding REQs waiting for
an ACK, stop the timer.
A value of 0000h indicates that this functionality is disabled. A value of
FFFFh indicates an unlimited timeout period.
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