
Commands: Mode Sense (1Ah) Page 93
Density
Code
0
The values for the Density Code field are as follows:
25h DDS-3 format
26h DDS-4 format
47h DAT-72
NOTE: Although the above values are approved by the ANSI X3T9 Technical
Committee, the values are not published in the SCSI-2 standard.
Block
Length
5-7
This field indicates the size of a fixed-length logical block. Byte 5 is the Most-
Significant-Byte (MSB); byte 7 is the Least-Significant-Byte (LSB). The default
fixed-block size for the drive is 512 bytes (200h). Block Length may be set in a
range from 1 to 224-1 bytes (as specified in the READ BLOCK LIMITS
command.)
When this field is 0, the Block Length bytes indicate variable-block mode.
Mode Page Format
The following table shows the generic Mode Page format.
Byte
Bits
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 0 | Page Code
1 Page Length
2
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Mode Parameters
The following table explains the page layout fields
Field Name Bytes Description
Page Code 0 The Page Code field identifies the format and parameters for this page as
follows:
Hex Code Page Name
02 Disconnect/reconnect
0A Control mode
0F Data Compression Control
10 Device configuration
11 Medium partition
1D Element Address Assignment
1F Drive Capabilities
Page
Length
1 The Page Length field specifies the length (in bytes) of the mode parameters
that follow the Page Length field.
Mode
Parameters
2-n The mode parameters are described in the following subsections.
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