SCSI Commands
MODE SENSE (6) / (10) Command (1Ah / 5Ah) (continued)
5.10.3
MODE SENSE Mode Pages
The illustration below depicts the variable length page descriptor.
Bit
7
Byte
0
PS
1
2
Figure 5–56 MODE SENSE Page Descriptor — Data Format
Descriptions of the MODE SENSE page descriptor fields are provided in the table below.
Detailed descriptions of each of the MODE SENSE Pages follow.
Table 5–52 MODE SENSE Page Descriptor — Field Descriptions
Field Name
PS
Additional Page Length
5-114
6
5
0
Additional Page Length
Page Defined or Vendor-Unique Parameter Bytes
Description
Parameters Savable. When 0, the supported parameters cannot be
saved (savable pages are not supported). When set to 1, it indicates
that the page can be saved in nonvolatile memory by the drive.
This field indicates the number of bytes in the page. Note that this
value does not include bytes 0 and 1. The length is returned on
MODE SENSE and must subsequently be set to the same value when
performing MODE SELECT.
Quantum DLT 8000 Tape System
4
3
Page Code
2
1
0