Device Status Page (3Eh) - Quantum DLT 8000 Product Manual

LOG SENSE Command (4Dh) (continued)

5.8.8 Device Status Page (3Eh)

The Device Status Page describes the current status of the tape drive. Figures 5-31 and
5-32 and Table 5-32 describe the following header log parameter formats for the log sense
device status page.
Code Provides
0000h Device type.
0001h Device cleaning-related status
0002h Number of "loads" over the lifetime of the tape drive.
0003h Specifies the number of cleaning sessions per cartridge.
0004h Vendor-unique
0005h Drive temperature in degrees C
LOG PAGE HEADER
Bit 7
Byte
1 Reserved
1
(MSB)
2 - 3
Figure 5–31 DEVICE STATUS LOG SENSE Header Format
Table 5–32 DEVICE STATUS LOG SENSE Header Field Descriptions
Field Name
Page Code
Page Length
6 5
Description
The Page Code echoes the page code that was specified in the LOG
SENSE command descriptor block.
The Page Length field specifies the number of bytes available and
depends on the parameters requested.
Quantum DLT 8000 Tape System
4 3
Page Code (3Eh)
Reserved
Page Length
SCSI Commands
2 1 0
(LSB)
5-67