Rewind Command; Table 3-151 Rewind Command - Oracle StorageTek T10000 Reference Manual

Rewind Command

The Rewind command causes the device to rewind the media to the beginning-of-
tape (BOT). The device writes any buffered write data on tape before the rewind
starts.

TABLE 3-151 Rewind Command

Byte 7
0
1
2 (MSB)
thru
4
5
Parameter Value
Immed Immediate bit:
0 = Return status when rewind completes
1 = Return status after all buffered data is written on tape and rewind starts.
August 2016
Caution – If the drive is in Buffered Mode and a previous
command terminated with Check Condition status (such as,
buffered data unwritten to tape and the condition was not cleared
or otherwise recovered), the drive will discard any unwritten
buffered data and filemarks before this operation starts.
6 5
Operation Code (01h)
Reserved
Note – Issuing a Test Unit Ready command after a Rewind
command with the Immed bit set returns Busy status until the
rewind completes.
Bit
4 3 2
Reserved
Control Byte
Rewind Command
1 0
Immed
(LSB)
Commands 201