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SDX-1100V
SDX-1100V/R
5.25"Model
Product Specification Manual
Version 1.0
August, 2006
Copyright © 2006, Sony Corporation.
All right reserved.
NOTE:
This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive.

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  • Page 1 SDX-1100V SDX-1100V/R 5.25”Model Product Specification Manual Version 1.0 August, 2006 Copyright © 2006, Sony Corporation. All right reserved. NOTE: This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive.
  • Page 2 The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. SONY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS DOCUMENT. Sony shall not be liable for errors contained herein, or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION..................... 1-1 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual..............1-1 1.2. Introducing the Sony AIT Technology ..............1-1 1.3. Features of the Drive....................1-1 1.4. Reference........................1-3 1.4.1. How to get ECMA-329 Standard Document ............1-3 2. SPECIFICATIONS ..................2-1 2.1.
  • Page 4 3. INSTALLATION ....................3-1 3.1. Installation Guide ...................... 3-1 3.1.1. SCSI ID Number Jumper ..................3-2 3.1.2. Termination Power Switch ..................3-2 3.1.3. Parity Disable Jumper....................3-3 3.1.4. Data Compression ON Switch ................. 3-3 3.1.5. Power Connector..................... 3-3 3.1.6. SCSI 68 pin Connector .................... 3-3 3.1.7.
  • Page 5 6.6.9. Drive Usage Log Page (33h) (Sony Unique) ............6-26 6.6.10. Read and Write Frame Error Counter Page (34h & 35h) ........6-27 6.6.11. Data Compression Transfer Log Page (39h) (Sony Unique) ....... 6-30 6.6.12. AIT Log Page (3Ch) (Sony Unique)..............6-31 6.6.13.
  • Page 6 8. APPENDIX A: ASC & ASCQ ALPHABETIC ORDER........8-1 9. APPENDIX B: ASC & ASCQ NUMERIC ORDER.......... 9-1 10. APPENDIX C: ASC & ASCQ FOR AIT (SONY UNIQUE)......10-1 11. APPENDIX D: SCSI COMMANDS (OP CODE ORDER) ......11-1 12. APPENDIX E: MEDIUM AUXILIARY MEMORY ATTRIBUTE ....12-1 12.1.
  • Page 7 14. APPENDIX G: CD-ROM DEVICE EMULATION FOR DISASTER RECOVERY ...................... 14-1 14.1. Overview........................ 14-1 14.2. Creating Disaster Recovery Tape ................ 14-1 14.3. Configuring The Drive For Disaster Recovery Operation........14-1 14.4. Exiting DR Mode ....................14-1 14.5. Supported CD-ROM DR Command Set ............... 14-1 14.5.1.
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  • Page 9: Introduction

    The capacity ratings listed in the next subsection are based on a 246 meter tape AIT-5 cassette. The Sony SDX-1100V drive is a high capacity data storage device using Advanced intelligent tape (AIT) technology. The Sony SDX-1100V drive achieves high data integrity through read-after-write, an additional level of Error Correction Code, and other features.
  • Page 10 • High Speed search • Random read, Append write • MIC Support (Automatic reliability and performance enhancement.) • MIC Support (Read and write capability for MIC user data area.) • Remote-MIC Support • Tape Alert SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0...
  • Page 11: Reference

    ECMA-222, available through ECMA. • 1.4.1. How to get ECMA-329 Standard Document You can get the ECMA-329 Standard Document file from the following URL. http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/standard.html ANSI (American National Standard for Industry) ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
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  • Page 13: Specifications

    2.Specification 2. Specifications Physical, environmental and performance specifications for the SDX-1100V and SDX-1100V/R. 2.1. Specifications 2.1.1. Dimensions The SDX-1100V Height 41.2 mm (1.62 in) ± 0.5 mm (0.02 in) Width 101.6 mm (4.00 in) ± 0.5 mm (0.02 in) Depth 155.0 mm (6.10 in)
  • Page 14: Mounting Holes

    2.Specification 2.1.1.1. Mounting Holes Figure 2-2a gives details of the mounting holes for the Sony SDX-1100V and figure 2-2b for the Sony SDX-1100V/R. 60.0 0.3mm [2.36" 0.01"] 21.0 0.3mm [0.83" 0.01"] 90.0 0.3mm [3.54" 0.01"] 7.4 0.6mm [0.29" 0.02"] 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] 9.8 0.6mm [0.39"...
  • Page 15 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] [0.30" 0.02"] 9.8 0.6mm [0.39" 0.02"] 70.0 0.3mm [2.76" 0.01"] 31.0 0.3mm 42.0 0.3mm [1.22" 0.01"] [1.65" 0.01"] 47.5 0.3mm 79.2 0.3mm [3.12" 0.01"] [1.87" 0.01"] Figure 2-2b: SDX-1100V/R Mounting Holes SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 16: Weight

    2.1.3.1. SCSI Cables and Terminators The Single-Ended SCSI configuration and Low-Voltage-differential SCSI configuration are supported by SDX-1100V, and SDX-1100V/R The hardware specification of this interface can be found in Clause 3. Physical Characteristics, of the X3T10/1142D (SCSI Parallel Interface2) standard. Only unshielded connectors are supported.
  • Page 17: Altitude

    Less than 20kV: No drive damage 2.2.8. Orientation The SDX-1100V can be installed in three different mounting positions as shown in the figure below. Each position has a maximum tolerance of ± 10 degrees. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 18: Performance Specification

    AIT-4 Standard Format Native 200.0 Gbyte typical When using 246 meter tape AIT-4 cassette (SDX4-200C) Capacity Format AIT-5 Standard Format Native 400.0 Gbyte typical When using 246 meter tape AIT-5 cassette (SDX5-400C) Capacity SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0...
  • Page 19: Data Transfer Rate

    SDX-1100V. The time it may take for retrying is not reflected here. SDX3-100C (230 m) SDX3X-150C (246 m) SDX4-200C (246 m) SDX5-400C (246 m) Rewind Time 105 sec 115 sec 115 sec 115 sec SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 20: Long Erase Time

    2.3.14. Durability The durability of the components in the SDX-1100V will exceed the number of operations listed on the following table: Start/Stop 400,000 times Reposition 3,000,000 times Thread/Unthread 100,000 times Load/Eject 100,000 times SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0...
  • Page 21: Safety

    -300 ms < T < 300 ms Figure 2-5: Power-up Sequence Note: Voltage has to increase constantly during Power-up until Maximum is reached. Do not turn off the drive while the tape is in the drive. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 22: Data Compression

    The Sony SDX-1100V has a DIP switch to disable the Data Compression/ Decompression. After power-on reset with this DIP switch set, both data compression and data decompression are disabled However, a MODE SELECT command can override the setting of this DIP switch.
  • Page 23: Installation

    3.Installation 3. Installation 3.1. Installation Guide This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive. Dip switch Jumpers Power Connector SCSI 68 pin Connector Figure 3-1: DIP switch & Connector SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 24: Scsi Id Number Jumper

    Jumper not installed | = CLOSED Jumper installed 3.1.2. Termination Power Switch Position 5 of DIP switch is used to set whether SDX-1100V provides the termination power to pin 17,18,51,52 on SCSI bus, or not. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 25: Parity Disable Jumper

    SDX-1100V supports both Low-Voltage-Differential SCSI configuration as shown table 3-4 and Single-Ended SCSI configuration as shown table 3-5. SDX-1100V detects and switches SCSI configuration between Low-Voltage-Differential and single-ended modes by monitoring DIFFSENS signal assigned pin 16 in SCSI bus. (Refer to table 3-4) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 26 TERMPWR TERMPWR RESERVED RESERVED GROUND GROUND -ATN +ATN GROUND GROUND -BSY +BSY -ACK +ACK -RST +RST -MSG +MSG -SEL +SEL -C/D +C/D -REQ +REQ -I/O +I/O -DB(8) +DB(8) -DB(9) +DB(9) -DB(10) +DB(10) -DB(11) +DB(11) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 27 TERMPWR TERMPWR RESERVED RESERVED GROUND GROUND -ATN GROUND GROUND GROUND -BSY GROUND -ACK GROUND -RST GROUND -MSG GROUND -SEL GROUND -C/D GROUND -REQ GROUND -I/O GROUND -DB(8) GROUND -DB(9) GROUND -DB(10) GROUND -DB(11) GROUND SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 28: Attaching And Removing The Dust Cover

    (2) Press down at an angle on each side in turn until you hear the hinge clips click into place. Caution: Do not press the dust cover in horizontally from the side. Doing so could cause the dust cover to break. (3) Close the dust cover. This completes attachment of the dust cover. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 29: Removing The Dust Cover

    3.Installation 3.1.7.2. Removing the Dust Cover (1) Open the dust cover. (2) Holding the dust cover at both corners, carefully raise the dust cover. The dust cover hinge clips and drive bezel pins uncouple. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 30 3.Installation This page intentionally left blank. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 31: Operation

    Cleaning is Not Completed (Write/Read) Flash Fast Tape Access in Progress (Others) All LED Flash Fast H/w Error Occurred Flash Fast (0.3sec on/ 0.3sec off) 0.3 sec Flash Slowly (0.9sec on/ 0.3sec off) 0.9sec 0.3sec SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 32: Operator Action

    4.2.5. Write-Protecting Cassettes The cassettes can be write-protected by sliding the tab on the back of the cassette open. In this state, data can be read from the tape but not written to it. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 33: Internal Function

    REQUEST SENSE. The drive will return sense data including a sense key that will indicate that the drive has been reset. (Sense Key / ASC / ASCQ = 06/29/00) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 34: Diagnostic And Normal Status Displays

    4.3.4.2. Normal Status Display After the Diagnostic Display, when no failures are detected, the drive is in the Normal Status. The LEDs show various Normal Status (No Error) indications as shown in the table below: SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 35: Tape Alert

    The information read in the Tape Alert flags shall not in itself cause the application client to stop a current backup or restore operation. 4.5. Tape Format The drive is an implementation of the Advanced Intelligent Tape format, a standard developed by Sony for 8mm data storage drives. AIT-3 - C1,C2, first and second level Error Correction Code, providing correction for random and Burst Symbol errors.
  • Page 36: Maintenance, Troubleshooting And Service

    Completed” is indicated by the Cleaning Request LED. 4.6.2. Troubleshooting Guide Problems encountered while operating the Sony SDX-1100V tape drive fall into two categories: Operational problems and Read/Write problems. Operational problems include any conditions that prevent the tape drive from operating. Operational problems usually are discovered the first time the drive is installed on a system or when the system configuration is changed or physically moved.
  • Page 37 If Tape is still in the drive after following the above procedure. the drive has a serious problem and should be returned to Sony for repair with the tape in place. Note: If it is absolutely mandatory that the tape cassette be removed prior to returning the drive for repair the...
  • Page 38 After the tape slack has been removed, continue to turn the Loading moter shaft located on the bottom of the drive clockwise by a precision screwdriver until the tape cartridge is lifted out of the drive mechanism and is ejected. Return the drive to Sony for repair. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 39: Read/Write Problems

    - Clean the drive with the AIT cleaning cartridge. - Load a new tape in the drive. - Retry the operation. Note: If these steps do not correct the problem the drive may be defective and should be returned to Sony for service. 4.6.2.3. Replace Tape When Media Error occur drive will indicate that tape is bad by turning on the Replace Tape LED.
  • Page 40 4.Operation This page intentionally left blank. 4-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 41: Scsi Interface

    5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction The Sony SDX-1100V uses the SCSI interface to connect to the host system. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is an industry standard interface, approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is recommended that this document be used along with the ANSI standard document. The ANSI specification defines the interface in general while this document describes the specific implementation for this unit.
  • Page 42: Supported Commands

    RELEASE (6) RELEASE (10) REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER REPORT LUNS REQUEST SENSE RESERVE (10) RESERVE (10) REWIND SEND DIAGNOSTIC SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER SPACE TEST UNIT READY WRITE WRITE ATTRIBUTE WRITE BUFFER WRITE FILEMARKS SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 43: Scsi Bus Operation

    Host which tells it whether or not the Host allows Disconnects for the desired logical unit on the target. If the Host does not send an Identify message, the target assumes that Disconnects are not permitted. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 44: Message Specification

    Table 5-2: Message Descriptions Code Description Direction COMMAND COMPLETE EXTENDED MESSAGE SAVE DATA POINTER RESTORE POINTERS DISCONNECT INITIATOR DETECTED ERROR ABORT MESSAGE REJECT NO OP MESSAGE PARITY ERROR BUS DEVICE RESET IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE 80-CO IDENTIFY SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 45: Command Complete (00H)

    For double transition (DT) synchronous data transfer the REQ/ACK OFFSET is the maximum number of REQ transitions allowed to be outstanding before a corresponding ACK transition is received at the target. The size of a data transfer shall be 2 bytes. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 46: Synchronous Data Transfer Request (01H)

    Transfer period is the minimum time allowed between leading edges of successive REQ pulses and of successive ACK pulses. The SDX-1100V supports the following transfer periods: SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 47 If, following an initiator's responding SDTR message, the target shifts to MESSAGE IN phase and the first message in is MESSAGE REJECT, the implied agreement shall be considered to be negated and both devices shall go to asynchronous data transfer mode for data transfers between the two devices. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 48: Wide Data Transfer Request

    After successfully completing the MESSAGE OUT phase, the target shall respond with the proper WDTR message. If an abnormal condition prevents the target from returning an appropriate response, both devices shall go to eight-bit data transfer mode for data transfers between the two devices. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 49 The unit will support this message as an initiator. As a target, the unit supports this message and will disconnect if allowed by the initiator. When received as a target, it will be handled as an illegal message; the unit will return MESSAGE REJECT and will continue. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 50 This message will not be sent by the drive, when the drive is acting as an initiator. When received as a target, the unit will enter the Status phase reporting CHECK CONDITION with the sense key set to COMMAND ABORTED. 5-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 51 Table 5-6: Ignore Field Ignore Invalid data bits 16-bit transfers Reserved DB (15-8) 02-FFh Reserved Even though a byte is invalid its corresponding parity bit shall be valid for the value transferred. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5-11...
  • Page 52: Status Specification

    The TEST UNIT READY command is used to determine the on-line/off-line state of the drive and will, therefore, return a CHECK CONDITION status with a DRIVE NOT READY sense key set if no media is currently loaded. 5-12 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 53 RESERVATION CONFLICT: This status is returned by the drive whenever the host or another SCSI device attempts to access the drive if it has been reserved via the RESERVE command. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5-13...
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  • Page 55: Command Specification

    LUN: SCSI-2 states that the LUN addressed by the initiator will appear in the IDENTIFY message sent to the target on selection. LUN field inside of CDB will be “obsolete”. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 56: Erase 19H

    Long: If the Long bit is set to ONE, it will be written from the current logical position until EOM/EOP. If the Long bit is set to ZERO, EOD will be written to the current logical position. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 57: Inquiry 12H

    Inquiry data. An Allocation Length of ZERO indicates that no Inquiry data is transferred. This condition is not considered an error. The drive will terminate the DATA-IN phase when Allocation Length bytes have been transferred or when all available Inquiry data have been transferred to the initiator, whichever is less. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 58 Additional length: The additional length field specifies the length in bytes of the parameters, in this case, 31 bytes. RelAdr: The drive does not support the Relative Addressing mode, so this bit is never set. Wbus16: The drive supports 16-bit wide data transfers, so this bit is set. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 59 The page length field specifies the length of the product serial number. If the allocation length is too small to transfer all of the pages, the page length will not be adjusted to reflect the truncation. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 60 IEEE EUI-64: The identifier field a Canonical form IEEE Extended Unique Identifier, 64-bit (EUI-64). (ANSI/IEEE 394:1995) - Product Revision page Byte Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Type (01h) Page Code (C0h) Reserved (00h) Page Length (08h) Product Revision Level Not Available SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 61 Reserved (00h) CDB size (m-5) CDB usage data Support: The drive supports the tested SCSI operation code in conformance with a SCSI standard. The data format conforms to the definition in Table 6-3 . SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 62: Load/Unload 1Bh

    If the drive has received an UNLOAD command with the Immediate bit set and then receives either another command which would involve tape motion or TEST UNIT READY, the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status with a NOT READY sense key set. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 63 Normal Unload/Eject of cartridge after a retension operation. Logical unit enters NOT READY state. Immed may be ZERO or 1b. 0 (Unload) Unload of cartridge after retension operation, but MAM still accessible. Logical unit enter NOT READY state. Immed may be ZERO or 1b. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 64: Locate 2Bh

    Medium Partition page for additional information about partitioning. The multi partition is not supported by the drive. If set to non-ZERO, a check condition status is returned with a ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. 6-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 65: Log Select 4Ch

    This condition will not be considered as an error (see description of Parameter Code Reset and Page Control fields above). If this field is non-0 the Page Control field must be 01b. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-11...
  • Page 66 Note data but no User Partition Note data then User Volume Note length may be equal to the Available Free Byte Count. There is no format to writing user data to MIC. The application is free to define MIC data for its use. 6-12 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 67: Log Sense 4Dh

    See description of individual pages/parameters below for more details. The Default Cumulative Values are the values to which each parameter gets initialized on a reset condition as described above. See description of individual pages/parameters below for more details. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-13...
  • Page 68: The Log

    The Log Select command supports the ability to send ZERO or more log pages. The LOG SENSE command returns a single log page as specified in the Page Code field of the CDB. 6-14 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 69: The Log Parameter Descriptor

    DS: The DS (Disable Save) bit informs the initiator that savable parameters are disabled (i.e. not supported), and will always be 1. If it is 0 the command will terminate with a CHECK CONDITION status with sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and ASC of ILLEGAL FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-15...
  • Page 70 Note: If any of the other bit-fields in the control byte are set then the command will terminate with a CHECK CONDITION status with a sense key of ILLEGAL REQUEST and an ASC of INVALID FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST 6-16 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 71: Summary List Of Supported Pages (00H)

    LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (n-3) (MSB) Parameter Value (LSB) The Page Code is one of the following: Table 6-16: Page Code Page Code Description Write error Counter Page Read error Counter Page SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-17...
  • Page 72: Last N Error Events List (07H)

    When the log page becomes full, no more entries will be added until the log is cleared (using one of the methods described previously) or a reset occurs. The current cumulative values will be returned regardless of the page control field in the LOG SENSE CDB. 6-18 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 73: Tape Alert Log Page (2Eh)

    There are three types of flags, listed below in order of increasing severity: Table 6-21: Tape Alert flag types Severity Urgent User Risk of Data Loss Explanations Intervention C (Critical) W (Warning) I (Information) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-19...
  • Page 74 Read Only You have loaded a cartridge of a type that is Media loaded that is Format read-only in this drive. read-only format The cartridge will appear as write-protected 6-20 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 75 Preventive maintenance of the tape drive is The drive requires Maintenance required. preventative maintenance Check the tape drive user’s manual for device (not cleaning). specific preventive maintenance tasks or call the tape drive supplier helpline. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-21...
  • Page 76 3. If the problem persists, call the tape drive supplier helpline. Loader There is a problem with the autoloader Loader mechanism has a Hardware B mechanism. hardware fault 6-22 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 77 The start of data could not be found on the tape: Tape damaged, bulk Check you are using the correct format tape erased, or incorrect Discard the tape or return the tape to your format supplier SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-23...
  • Page 78: Tape Log Page (30H) (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.6.7. Tape Log Page (30h) (Sony Unique) This page is a Sony unique page which provides information on the tape currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format: Table 6-22: Tape Log Page...
  • Page 79: Tape Capacity Log Page (31H) (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification 6.6.8. Tape Capacity Log Page (31h) (Sony Unique) The tape Capacity Log Page is used to indicate the approximate capacity of the tape currently being used. The PC field of the LOG SENSE command is ignored for this field.
  • Page 80: Drive Usage Log Page (33H) (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.6.9. Drive Usage Log Page (33h) (Sony Unique) This page is a SONY unique page which provides information on the drive currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format. Table 6-27: Drive Usage Log Page...
  • Page 81: Read And Write Frame Error Counter Page (34H & 35H)

    TMC (0) LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (4) (MSB) Parameter Value (LSB) Parameter Code: This identifies which parameter of data is being transferred. The following codes are supported for each Error Counter Page. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-27...
  • Page 82 The Format of this log page is shown in Table 6-32 Table 6-32: Read and Write Frame Error Counter Page Header format Byte Page Code (34h Write Frame Error Counters, 35h Read Frame Error Counters) Reserved (MSB) Page Length (88h) (LSB) 6-28 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 83 The Error Counter Parameter format is shown in Table 6-33 Table 6-33: Read and Write Frame Error Counter Page Parameter format Byte (MSB) Parameter Code (LSB) LBIN (0b) (1b) (0b) (0b) (00b) (0b) (0b) Parameter Length (4) (MSB) Parameter Value (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-29...
  • Page 84: Data Compression Transfer Log Page (39H) (Sony Unique)

    6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6.6.11. Data Compression Transfer Log Page (39h) (Sony Unique) The page allows the initiator to monitor the performance of the ALDC compression. The PC field in LOG SENSE determines whether current cumulative or current/default threshold values are returned. The page has the...
  • Page 85: Ait Log Page (3Ch) (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification 6.6.12. AIT Log Page (3Ch) (Sony Unique) This page is for the AIT original Tape Log. The AIT Tape Log of each fields are larger than legacy Tape Log Page. The legacy Tape Log Page returns the part of AIT original. This page indicates the Partition Information at the current Partition.
  • Page 86 Valid Maximum Absolute Frame Number, because the whole data area in the partition contains valid data. The Maximum Absolute Frame Number will not be changed as long as the partition size is the same. Partition Attributes: This field is not supported and will be always set to ZERO. 6-32 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 87: Mic Fixed Length Information Page (3Dh) (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (3Dh) (Sony Unique) Table 6-36: MIC Fixed Length Information Page Byte Page Code (3Dh) Reserved (MSB) Page Length (n+1) (LSB) Parameter Code: Code Description Length 0001h MIC Logical Format Type...
  • Page 88 Parameter Length (4) (MSB) User Volume Note Size (LSB) Byte (MSB) Parameter Code (0005h) (LSB) DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (8) (MSB) Reserved (LSB) 6-34 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 89 LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (90) (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) (MSB) The CURRENT WRITE RETRIES COUNT (LSB) (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) (MSB) CURRENT READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-35...
  • Page 90 TOTAL WRITE RETRIES COUNT (LSB) (MSB) TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) (MSB) TOTAL READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) (MSB) LOAD COUNT (LSB) (MSB) TOTAL CHANGE PARTITION COUNT (LSB) (MSB) TOTAL PARTITION INITIALIZE COUNT (LSB) 6-36 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 91 (User Partition Note for Partition 0) (LSB) DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (4) (MSB) User Partition Note Size for Partition 0 (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-37...
  • Page 92: Mic Variable Length Information Page (3Eh) (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.6.14. MIC Variable Length Information Page (3Eh) (Sony Unique) Page 3Eh is a variable length page. That is not defined by ANSI. This page is Sony Vendor Unique. Important NOTE: 1. Only one Parameter Code in Page 3Eh is transferred at a time.
  • Page 93 If the Allocation Length of the CDB is non-ZERO and there is data in MIC for the Parameter Code, the user data will be returned up to the size of the MIC data, as limited by the allocation length. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-39...
  • Page 94: Mode Select(6/10) 15H And 55H

    Parameter List length must be a value which coincides with header, block descriptor or page boundaries. If this does not occur then the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. 6-40 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 95 ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key to be returned. Note: The block descriptor specifies the media characteristics for the SDX drive. The block descriptor contains the density code, number of blocks and block length fields. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-41...
  • Page 96 PS: when the Page Savable bit is set, this indicates that the page contains saved parameters. This bit will never be set as there is no non-volatile RAM on the drive into which parameter data may be saved. 6-42 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 97 The drive also returns a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key if the initiator sends an unsupported Page Code, a page field with values that are not supported or are not changeable. In this case, no parameters will have been changed by the command. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-43...
  • Page 98: Disconnect-Reconnect Page (02H)

    A target will not attempt to disconnect once the data transfer of a command has started until the command is complete. The connect time limit and bus inactivity limit are ignored once data transfer has started. 6-44 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 99: Control Mode Page (0Ah)

    Value D efi nition 000b Medium will be loaded for full access 001b Medium will be loaded for medium auxiliary memory access only 010b Medium will not be loaded (not support) 011b-111b Reserved SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-45...
  • Page 100: Data Compression Control Page (0Fh)

    A value of ZERO will indicate that the data encountered on the medium during the most recent read operation was uncompressed. 6-46 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 101: Device Configuration Page (10H)

    ZERO, Setmarks are NOT reported. The default is one, Setmarks reported. AVC: Automatic Velocity Control function is not supported by the drive and if this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-47...
  • Page 102 Data Compression. This field is not supported by the drive and if set, a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. 6-48 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 103: Medium Partitions Parameter Page (11H)

    0111b : 10 7 byte (AIT-3) 1001b : 10 9 byte (AIT-3Ex/AIT-4/AIT-5 Mode) If another value is set these fields, a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-49...
  • Page 104 A second way to issue Mode Select Page 11h is to set Page Length to 08h, and set bytes 8 and 9 to partition 1 size. In this method partition 0 size is not sent, but this size is still computed as defined above. In either case, Mode Sense will report partition 0 and partition 1 sizes. 6-50 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 105: Informational Exceptions Control Page (1Ch)

    (7FFFh). Negative numbers are represented using the 2’s complement method. If the Test Flag Number is set to an invalid value, the MODE SELECT command will return CHECK CONDITION with sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and extended sense set to Invalid Field in Parameter list. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-51...
  • Page 106: Ait Device Configuration Page (31H)

    The tape will automatically be threaded when a media access SCSI command (Erase, Locate, Mode Select Page 11h, Read, Read Position, Seek Block, Space, Write, and Write Filemark) is received from the initiator. (Not Supported) 6-52 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 107 WORM: If this bit is 1, then WORM cassette is detected. WC (WORM CAPABLE): If this bit is 0, then this drive does not support WORM cassette. If this bit is 1, then this drive support WORM cassette. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-53...
  • Page 108: Mode Sense (6/10) 1Ah And 5Ah

    Default Values These are the default values on power-up Saved Values Not supported by the drive Page Code: This allows the initiator to select any specific or all pages supported by the drive. 6-54 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 109 Mode Data Length: The mode data length specifies the length in bytes of the following MODE SENSE data that is available to be transferred during the DATA-IN phase. The mode data length does not include itself but does include the total length of all requested MODE SENSE pages. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-55...
  • Page 110 PS: When the Page Savable bit is set, this indicates that the page contains saved parameters. This bit will never be set as there is no non-volatile RAM on the drive into which parameter data may be saved. All fields not supported by the drive must be set to ZEROs. 6-56 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 111: Persistent Reserve In 5Eh

    KEYS service action has the following format: Table 6-57: PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN parameter data for READ KEYS Byte (MSB) GENERATION (LSB) (MSB) Additional Length (LSB) Reservation Key list (MSB) First reservation key (LSB) (MSB) Last reservation key (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-57...
  • Page 112 The TYPE and SCOPE of each persistent reservation as present in the PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command that created the persistent reservation will be returned. SCOPE-SPECIFIC Address: The drive does not support an Element reservation. This field will be set to zero. 6-58 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 113 Write Exclusive: Any task from any initiator other than the initiator holding the supported in persistent reservation that requests a transfer from the initiator to the storage this drive) medium or cache of the logical unit will result in a reservation conflict. 7h-Fh Reserved SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-59...
  • Page 114: Persistent Reserve Out 5Fh

    Preempts persistent reservations from another initiator and aborts the task set ABORT for the preempted initiator. 06h-1Fh Reserved The parameter list required to perform the PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command has the following format: 6-60 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 115 Valid Ignored RESERVE Logical unit Valid Ignored Ignored RELEASE Logical unit Valid Ignored Ignored CLEAR Ignored Ignored Ignored Ignored PREEMPT Logical unit Valid Valid Ignored PREEMPT Logical unit Valid Valid Ignored & CLEAR SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-61...
  • Page 116: Prevent Allow Medium Removal 1Eh

    This situation remains until the Prevent bit is set to ZERO. When this bit is set to ZERO, the drive ejects the cassette following completion of an UNLOAD. The Eject button is also re-enabled. 6-62 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 117: Read 08H

    Sense Key field is set to BLANK CHECK. The Information field contains the residue count. The Additional Sense Code and Additional Sense Code Qualifier fields are set to EOD DETECTED. Upon termination, SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-63...
  • Page 118 HARDWARE ERROR. BLANK CHECK: If EOD (End-of-Data) was encountered during a read, the sense key is BLANK CHECK, the Valid bit is set and the Information field contains the residue count. 6-64 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 119: Read Attribute 8Ch

    CHECK CONDITION status. The sense key will be set to MEDIUM ERROR and the additional sense code will be set to AUXILIARY MEMORY NOT ACCESSIBLE. The service actions defined for the READ ATTRIBUTE command are shown in Table 6-66. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-65...
  • Page 120: Attribute Values Service Action

    PARTITION NUMBER, VOLUME NUMBER, and FIRST ATTRIBUTE INDENTIFIER fields in the CDB. The returned parameter data will contain the requested attributes in ascending numerical order by attribute identifier value and in the format shown in Table 6-67. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-66...
  • Page 121: Attribute List Service Action

    AVAILABLE DATA field will not be altered. An ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFIER field is returned for each attribute that is not in the unsupported state and not in the nonexistent state in specified partition and volume number. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-67...
  • Page 122: Partition List Service Action

    The AVAILABLE DATA field will contain two. The FIRST VOLUME NUMBER field indicates the first volume available. Volume numbering will start at zero. The NUMBER OF VOLUMES AVAILABLE field indicates the number of volumes available. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-68...
  • Page 123: Read Block Limits 05H

    GRANULARITY: This field indicates the block size granularity of the logical unit and the recording format. For this logical unit, the value is 2, indicating a granularity of 2**GRANULARITY. The maximum block length limit and minimum block length limit field values are shown in Table 6-71. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-69...
  • Page 124: Read Buffer 3Ch

    The four-byte READ BUFFER header is followed by data bytes from the drive's data buffer. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-70...
  • Page 125 The initiator transmits the data using the WRITE BUFFER command with the echo buffer option and requests it back using the READ BUFFER command with echo buffer option. Note: Refer to INCITS TR-28-2002 regarding the Domain Validation. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-71...
  • Page 126 Reserved Reserved (MSB) BUFFER CAPACITY (LSB) The BUFFER CAPACITY field will return the size of the echo buffer in bytes aligned to a four-byte boundary. The maximum echo buffer size is 4096 bytes. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-72...
  • Page 127: Read Position 34H

    An EOP bit of ZERO indicates that the current logical position is not between Early-Warning and end-of-partition. Note that this bit is mutually exclusive with the BOP bit. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-73...
  • Page 128 File Number: File Number reports the number of Filemarks between beginning-of -partition and the current logical position. Set Number: Set Number reports the number of Setmarks between beginning –of-partition and the current logical position. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-74...
  • Page 129: Receive Diagnostic Results 1Ch

    All error messages are of the same format. All fields within the error message may not be known or applicable. A diagnostic result of all ZEROs is returned if the diagnostic completed successfully without error. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-75...
  • Page 130 Result A and B: The content of these bytes depends on the test being run. See the Diagnostics clause. Test number: This is the test number to which the message applies (if a test fails within a sequence, the individual test number will be returned). SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-76...
  • Page 131: Release (6/10) 17H And 57H

    The contents of the Third Party Device ID field in the CDB is ignored when LongID = 1b; Note: If the Third Party Device ID value is greater than 255 (FFh), LongID must be set to 1b. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-77...
  • Page 132 When the LongID bit is set to 1b, the parameter list has the format shown in Table 6-82. Table 6-82: RELEASE (10) LongID Only Parameter List — Data Format Byte (MSB) 0 - 7 Third Party Device ID (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-78...
  • Page 133: Report Density Support 44H

    Reserved (00h) Reserved (00h) Available Density Support Length: This field specified the number of bytes in the following data that is available to be transferred. The Available density support length does not include itself. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-79...
  • Page 134 (LSB) PROMARY DENSITY CODE (33h) SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30h) DUP (0) DEFLT (1) Reserved (00h) WRTOK (1) Reserved (00h) Reserved (00h) (MSB) BITS PER MM (LSB) (MSB) MEDIA WIDTH (LSB) (MSB) TRACKS (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-80...
  • Page 135 “good” condition, and that “normal” data and block size are used. This value is in units of megabytes (1000 X 1000 bytes). The logical unit does not guarantee that this space is actually available in all cases. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-81...
  • Page 136: Report Device Identifier A3H

    The value of the identifier is changed only by a successful SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command. The identifier value persists through resets, power cycles, media write operations, and media replacement. If Identifier Length = 00000000h, this field is not present or has zero length. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-82...
  • Page 137: Report Luns A0H

    If the allocation length in the CDB is too small to transfer information about all configured drive, the LUN list length value will not be adjusted to reflect the truncation. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-83...
  • Page 138: Request Sense 03H

    Allocation Length bytes have been transferred or when all available Sense Data has been transferred to the initiator, whichever is less. The returned sense information has the following format: SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-84...
  • Page 139 These bytes will be valid for all READ, WRITE and SPACE commands for which a CHECK CONDITION status has been generated. These bytes will be ZERO for MODE SELECT/SENSE, INQUIRY, READ BLOCK LIMITS and TEST UNIT READY commands. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-85...
  • Page 140 ZERO. When a multiple byte field is in error, the pointer points to the most significant byte of the field. If the SKSV bit is ZERO, then the Field Pointer Bytes take the Sony Unique Format as shown below: Table 6-89: Error Code and Status Bytes...
  • Page 141 Also during the auto load following a tape insertion. CLEANING CARTRIDGE INSTALLED MEDIUM NOT PRESENT - This status is returned for all tape motion commands when there is no media within the tape. MEDIUM NOT PRESENT MAM ACCESSIBLE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-87...
  • Page 142 WRITE APPEND ERROR - Cannot find the last frame of the Group and therefore, cannot append. CARTRIDGE FAULT DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN - ALGORITHM ID <= 255 MIC Checksum Error SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-88...
  • Page 143 00 COMMAND SEQUENCE ERROR - Write Buffer command when tape is inserted and not at BOT. SAVING PARAMETERS NOT SUPPORTED 00 INVALID BITS IN IDENTIFY MESSAGE - Identify message was not 80h or C0h. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-89...
  • Page 144 NOT READY TO READY TRANSITION, MEDIUM MAY HAVE CHANGED POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED Drive Failed Power-on test or Diagnostic - (SONY Unique) MODE PARAMETERS CHANGED - Issued to all other initiators after one initiator changes any Mode Parameter.
  • Page 145 END-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM DETECTED - During Write type operation. MISCOMPARE. Not supported by the SDX-1100V RESERVED. Not used by SDX-1100V The REQUEST SENSE command returns the CHECK CONDITION status only to report fatal errors for the REQUEST SENSE command. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-91...
  • Page 146 WRITE TIMEOUT RFD ERROR DT GCAL ERROR APPEND POSITION ERROR DT WHEADCAL ERROR ILLEGAL TAPE DT RHEADCAL ERROR UNDEFINED TAPE DT CLIP ERROR FIRMWARE VERIFICATION FAILURE EEPROM NG FIRMWARE TAPE FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-92...
  • Page 147: Reserve (6/10) 16H And 56H

    If, after honoring the reservation, any other initiator then attempts to perform any command except INQUIRY, REQUEST SENSE, REPORT LUNS or RELEASE, then the command is rejected with a RESERVATION CONFLICT status. A RELEASE command issued by another initiator will be ignored by that reserved logical unit. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-93...
  • Page 148 When the LongID bit is set to 1b, the parameter list has the format shown in Table 6-94. Table 6-94: RESERVE (10) LongID Only Parameter List — Data Format Byte (MSB) 0 - 7 Third Party Device ID (LSB) SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-94...
  • Page 149: Rewind 01H

    Immed: When this bit is set, the drive writes any remaining buffered data followed by an EOD to tape. It then returns status to the initiator before beginning the actual rewind operation. If the Immediate bit is not set, status will be returned after the rewind has completed. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-95...
  • Page 150: Send Diagnostic 1Dh

    CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. This Page Code requests that the drive return a list of the supported pages in the DATA -IN phase of RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-96...
  • Page 151 REQUEST DIAGNOSTIC command. Refer to clause 7, Drive Diagnostics for more detailed information about the supported diagnostic tests and test operations. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-97...
  • Page 152: Set Device Identifier A4H

    On successful completion of a SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command a unit attention will be generated for all initiators except the initiator that issued the SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command with service action 06h. When reporting the unit attention condition the additional sense code will be set to DEVICE IDENTIFIER CHANGED. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-98...
  • Page 153: Space 11H

    CONDITION status on any occurrence of Filemark, Setmark, EOD, BOM/P or EOM/P. SPACE N Filemarks will halt on the Nth Filemark or on any occurrence of Setmark, EOD, BOM/P or EOM/P, and so on. Within the Sense Data, the fields will be set as described on the following table. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-99...
  • Page 154 Setmark will be transparent to the nitiator. Note e: The tape is physically positioned at BOM/P. Note f: EOM is only reported when the physical EOM/P is encountered. The tape is physically positioned at EOM/P. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-100...
  • Page 155: Check Condition

    If the BOT is detected while spacing over blocks or marks in the reverse direction, the EOM bit is set in extended sense. The Valid bit is set to one and the Information field to the difference (residue) between the requested count and the actual number of blocks or Filemarks spaced over. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-101...
  • Page 156: Test Unit Ready 00H

    04 01 LOGICAL UNIT IS BECOMING READY Tape Unloading 02 Not Ready 04 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY Tape Unloaded (but retained in drive) 02 Not Ready 04 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-102...
  • Page 157: Write 0Ah

    The buffer can be maintained through the following media commands, assuming that no other flush condition has been met, for example, write hold-off time-out. WRITE WRITE FILEMARKS (except count field of 0) The write hold-off time limit is exceeded. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-103...
  • Page 158: Write Attribute 8Dh

    If the parameter list length results in the truncation of an attribute, the WRITE ATTRIBUTE command will be terminated with a CHECK CONDITION status. The sense key will be set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and the ASC will be set to PARAMETER LIST LENGTH ERROR. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-104...
  • Page 159 If the parameter data attempts to change an attribute in the read only state. If the parameter data contains an attribute with INCORRECT ATTRIBUTE LENGTH field contents; or If the parameter data contain an attribute with unsupported ATTRIBUTE VALUE field contents. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-105...
  • Page 160: Write Buffer 3Bh

    Write Group Buffer 0x02000000 - 0x03000000 Write Group Buffer 0x03000000 - 0x03700000 If an unsupported Buffer ID code is requested, the drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. 6-106 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 161 Parameter List Length must be greater than four and be aligned to a four-byte boundary (except in data only mode), Otherwise, the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-107...
  • Page 162: Write Filemarks 10H

    Within the Sense Data, the EOD and Valid bits are set and the Sense Key field is set to VOLUME OVERFLOW. The Information field contains the residue count and the Additional Sense Code and Additional Sense Code Qualifier fields are set to EOM/P Detected. The tape is physically positioned at EOM/P. 6-108 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 163: Drive Diagnostics

    The following 3 tests are initiated automatically after power-up and therefore would be executing in parallel with the tests listed above. Front Panel Check Buffer RAM Test DMA Test If a failure occurs with any of the power-on diagnostic tests, the drive will halt with the Status LED flashing. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 164: Send Diagnostic Command - Self Test

    The Page Format (PF) bit is ZERO and the Parameter List Length is 5, the Parameter List in this case is 5 bytes long and will be of the form: Table 7-1: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameter If PF bit is ZERO Byte Diagnostic Test number Break Loop Count Parameter A Parameter B Parameter C SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 165: Diagnostic Test Number Summary

    3. Exercisers - Verification of a major function of the drive such as Read, Write, Search, etc. The Diagnostic Test Number for each Test, Sequence or Exerciser is shown in the first column. Test Availability Codes P ─ Power–on Self–test H ─ Host Diagnostics PH ─ both SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 166: Receive Diagnostic Result Command

    Time Re-Sync: This bit indicates that the time stamp saved with the error log has no relation to that of the previous entry. It is only set by the logging routine within the data buffer as an error is logged. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 167 Note: Diagnostic test 30 (Front Panel Check) will light each of the front panel LEDs so that the operator can verify that the LEDs are functioning. There is no error detection within the drive for this test and therefore the Error Code, Result A and Result B will always be ZERO. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 168 7.Drive Diagnostics This page intentionally left blank. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 169: Appendix A: Asc & Ascq Alphabetic Order

    CLEANING CARTRIDGE INSTALLED COMMAND PHASE ERROR COMMAND SEQUENCE ERROR DATA PHASE ERROR DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN DRIVE FAILED POWER-ON TEST OR DIAGNOSTIC - (SONY Unique) END-OF-DATA DETECTED END-OF-DATA NOT FOUND END-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM DETECTED FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED FILEMARK DETECTED...
  • Page 170 POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED REGISTRATION PREEMPTED RESERVATION PREEMPTED REPOSITION ERROR SAVING PARAMETER NOT SUPPORTED SELECT OR RESELECT FAILURE SETMARK DETECTED TAPE LENGTH ERROR UNRECOVERED READ ERROR WRITE APPEND ERROR WRITE ERROR WRITE PROTECTED SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 171: Appendix B: Asc & Ascq Numeric Order

    PERSISTENT WRITE PROTECT NOT READY TO READY TRANSITION (MEDIUM MAY HAVE CHANGED) POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED DRIVE FAILED POWER-ON TEST OR DIAGNOSTIC - (SONY Unique) PARAMETERS CHANGED MODE PARAMETERS CHANGED SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 172 OVERLAPPED COMMANDS ATTEMPTED WRITE APPEND ERROR CARTRIDGE FAULT INSUFFICIENT REGISTRATION RESOURCES AUXILIARY MEMORY OUT OF SPACE FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN BROKEN MIC IS LOADED IN AIT MODE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 173: Appendix C: Asc & Ascq For Ait (Sony Unique)

    10.APPENDIX C: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) 10. APPENDIX C: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) ASC and ASCQ Assignments for AIT drive (Sony Unique) Numeric Order BYTE DESCRIPTION Reserved MIC Header Error No MIC Detected MIC Checksum Error...
  • Page 174 10.APPENDIX C: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) This page intentionally left blank. 10-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 175: Appendix D: Scsi Commands (Op Code Order)

    6.23 RESERVE (10) 6-93 6.18 RELEASE (10) 6-77 MODE SENSE (10) 6-54 PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6-57 6.10 PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6-60 6.13 READ ATTRIBUTE 6-65 6.30 WRITE ATTRIBUTE 6-104 6.21 REPORT LUNS 6-83 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 11-1...
  • Page 176 11.APPENDIX D: SCSI Commands (OP Code Order) 6.26 SET DEVICE ID 6-98 6.20 REPORT DEVICE ID 6-82 11-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 177: Appendix E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute

    Serial during manufacture. Number Device Maintained by the drive Load Count Host Maintained by the Backup application client. date Depending on that attribute type, attributes have the states shown in Table 12-1 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-1...
  • Page 178: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute Data

    Table 12-3: MAM ATTRIBUTE Format Byte (MSB) ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFIER (LSB) READ Reserved FORMAT ONLY (MSB) ATTRIBUTE LENGTH (n-4) (LSB) (MSB) ATTRIBUTE VALUE (LSB) The ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFIER field contains a code value identifying the attribute . 12-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 179: Attribute Identifier Values

    Device types attributes (Table 12-6) will be maintained and updated by the drive when the medium and associated medium auxiliary memory are present. All supported medium type attributes will have a status of read only. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-3...
  • Page 180 In the absence of a formal registration procedure, T10 maintains a list of known vendor identification codes in use. Vendors are requested to voluntarily submit their identification codes to T10 to prevent duplication of codes. 12-4 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 181 0340h MEDIUM USAGE HISTORY: This attribute value provides statistical counters (Table 12-8) for the entire medium. The value in each field is the sum for all partitions. If a field is not used, it should be set to zero. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-5...
  • Page 182 The exact definition of the error counters is not part of this standard. This counter should not be used to compare products because the products may define errors differently. 12-6 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 183 0341h PARTITION USAGE HISTORY: This attribute value provides statistical counters (Table 12-9) for the partition specified by the PARTITION NUMBER field in the CDB. If a field is not used, it will be set to ZERO. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-7...
  • Page 184 The PARTITION INITIALIZE COUNT field indicates the number of times that the partition specified by the PARTITION NUMBER field in the CDB has been initialized. This count accumulates over the life of the medium but it is reset to zero after a medium format. 12-8 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 185: Standard Medium Type Attributes

    The MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER identifies the manufacturer’s serial number for the medium. The MEDIUM DENSITY CODE is the same numeric DENSITY CODE as reported in the SCSI Mode Block Descriptor. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-9...
  • Page 186: Standard Host Type Attributes

    0800h APPLICATION VENDOR: This attribute value contains eight bytes of ASCII data identifying the manufacturer of the application client (e.g. class driver or backup program) that most recently sent a WRITE ATTRIBUTE command to the drive while this medium auxiliary memory was accessible. 12-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 187 PARTITION is disabled, then loads and unloads are performed at the beginning of the media instead of at the specified partition. If this attribute is in the nonexistent state then the default action will be to load/unload at the beginning of media. This field is not supported. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-11...
  • Page 188 12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute This page intentionally left blank. 12-12 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 189: Appendix F: Ait Based Worm System

    A new WORM cartridge can be initialized in two ways: 1. Mode Select Operation 2. Write Operation Note: when using Write Operation (option 2), a new WORM cartridge will be initialized as one partition AIT native mode. SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 13-1...
  • Page 190: How To Handle The Worm Cartridge In The Drive

    ● Space to EOD (space code 3) ● Space to last record (could be a block, File-mark, Set-mark) ● Locate to last block ● Read until EOD For example: Space EOD Write Write End 13-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...
  • Page 191: Appendix G: Cd-Rom Device Emulation For Disaster Recovery

    Disaster Recovery 14.1. Overview This chapter will outline the Disaster Recovery Specifications for Sony AIT drive and autoloader. While in Disaster Recovery mode, the drive behaves as a bootable CD-ROM device. Using the DR tape image, users will be able to do a complete restore of the system.
  • Page 192: Read Toc (0X43)

    While in DR mode, a SCSI reset shall not take the drive out of DR mode. A powered cycle will take the drive out of DR mode and return the drive to normal operation. 14-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0...

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