Move Medium (A5H); Read Element Status (B8H); Figure 5-3. Move Medium (A5H) - Data Format - Quantum DLT 1 Interface Manual

Chapter 5: Supported SCSI-2 Medium Changer Device Commands
5.3

MOVE MEDIUM (A5h)

The MOVE MEDIUM command moves data cartridges from the tape drive to the magazine slot it
came from or from any magazine slot to the tape drive.
The Transport Element Address field must be 0 or 1.
command.
Bit
Byte
0
1
2 – 3
4 – 5
6 – 7
8 – 10
11
Figure 5-3. MOVE MEDIUM (A5h) — Data Format
5.4

READ ELEMENT STATUS (B8h)

The SCSI-2 specification defines the format of Element Status data. The following sections show the
information returned for the medium changer. The Element Status data consists of a header and one or
more Status Pages for each element type. The Status Pages consist of a header and one or more
element descriptors, one for each element address. The data shown assumes the CDB was specified in
such a way that all descriptors for a given element type would be returned.
5-4
7 6
Logical Unit Number
(MSB)
(MSB)
(MSB)
Unused
Figure 5-3
5 4
Operation Code (A5h)
Transport Element Address
Source Address
Destination Address
Reserved
Reserved
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3 2
Reserved
Flag
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1 0
(LSB)
(LSB)
(LSB)
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