Informational Exceptions Tapealert Control - Sun Microsystems storagetek sl500 Reference Manual

Informational Exceptions TapeAlert Control Page
The following table shows the format of the Mode Sense (10) Informational
Exceptions TapeAlert Control page.
TABLE 6-51 Informational Exceptions TapeAlert Control Page
Byte 7
0 PS (0)
1
2 Perf (0)
3
4 (MSB)
to
7
8 (MSB)
to
11
Informational Exceptions TapeAlert Control Page Definitions:
PS
SPF
Perf
EBF
EWasc
DExcpt
Test
LogErr
MRIE
Interval Timer
Report Count
96122 • Revision: F
6 5
SPF (0)
Page Length (0Ah)
Rsvd (0) EBF (0)
Reserved (0h)
The Parameters Saveable bit is set to 0.
The library returns a value of 0 for the SubPage Format bit, indicating page_0
format is being used.
The performance bit is 0, which indicates acceptance of informational
exception operations that cause delays.
Enable Background Functions bit will always be 0.
Enable Warning bit will always be 0.
The exception bit is 1, which indicates that the library disables all information
exception operations ignoring the MRIE field.
Note: In this mode the software must poll the TapeAlert Log page.
The test operations bit is 0, which requests that the library not generate any
false/test informational exception conditions.
The log information exception conditions bit is 0, which indicates that logging
of informational exception conditions is vendor-specific.
This field indicates the method the tape library uses to report informational
exception conditions.
The field is set to 3h but is ignored because the DExcpt bit is on.
Bytes 4 through 7 are set to 00h, which indicates that the library will only
report the informational exception condition one time.
Bytes 8 through 11 are set to the current report counter value.
Bit
4 3
Page Code (1Ch)
EWasc DExcpt
(0) (1)
Interval Timer
Report Count
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Mode Sense (10)
2 1
Test Rsvd (0) LogErr
(0)
MRIE (3h)
(LSB)
(LSB)
0