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SCSI Commands

5.28 SPACE Command (11h)

The SPACE command provides a variety of positioning functions that are determined by

Code and Count fields in the Command Descriptor Block. Both forward (toward End of

Medium/End of Partition) and reverse (toward Beginning of Medium/Beginning of

Partition) positioning are provided. Note that the DLT 8000 tape system is a single

partition device.

Logical Unit Number

Figure 5–99 SPACE Command Descriptor Block — Data Format

Table 5–99 SPACE Command Data — Field Descriptions

Operation Code (11h)

The code can be one of the following:

Count values can be from 0 to FFFFFFh.

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