Element Descriptors; Table 9-6: Element Status Page Header Field Values - Spectra Logic Spectra S50 User Manual

Table 9-6: Element Status Page Header Field Values

Value
Field Name Returned
01h
02h
Element Type
Code
03h
04h
0
PVolTag
1
AVolTag 0
Byte Count of
Available Varies
Descriptor Data
Element
Descriptor Varies
Length

Element Descriptors

Following each Element Status Page header are one or more Element Descriptors, one
for each element reported of the type identified by the Element Type Code in the
header. Each Element Descriptor includes the Element Address and Element Status.
The four types of Element Status Pages are:
• Medium Transport Element Descriptor Page
• See Table 9-7 on page 42 and Table 9-8 on page 43
• Storage Element Descriptor Page
• See Table 9-9 on page 44 and Table 9-10 on page 45
• Data Transfer Element Descriptor Page
• See Table 9-11 on page 46 and Table 9-12 on page 47
• Import/Export Element Descriptor Page
• See Table 9-14 on page 50 and Table 9-14 on page 50
Chapter 9. Read Element Status—B8h
Meaning
Descriptors in this page are for the medium transport element.
Descriptors in this page are for storage elements.
Descriptors in this page are for import/export elements.
Descriptors in this page are for data transfer elements.
Bar code information (primary volume tag) is omitted from the descriptors.
Bar code information (primary volume tag) is included in the descriptors.
Alternate volume tag information is not included in the descriptors. T-Series and 50-Series
libraries do not support alternate volume tags.
This value is the Descriptor Length multiplied by the number of descriptors returned.
This value represents the size of each element descriptor.
This value depends on which element type is being reported and whether the primary
volume tag is included (indicated by the PVolTag bit).
See the tables below for details on Element Descriptor blocks for each element type.
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