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Sony SDX-800V Product Specifications Manual

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SDX-800V
SDX-800V/R
5.25"Model
Product Specification Manual
Version 1.1
March 2007
Copyright © 2005-2007, Sony Corporation.
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This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive.

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  • Page 1 SDX-800V SDX-800V/R 5.25”Model Product Specification Manual Version 1.1 March 2007 Copyright © 2005-2007, Sony Corporation. All right reserved. NOTE: This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive.
  • Page 2 Sony. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. SONY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS DOCUMENT. Sony shall not be liable for errors contained herein, or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
  • Page 3 Changing List Page Clause Title Modify Delete Remarks SDX-800V Series Ver. 1.0 NOVEMBER, 2005 (RELEASE) SDX-800 Series Ver. 1.1 March, 2007 (From Ver. 1.0 To 1.1) 1.3. Features of the Drive 2.2.7. 2.2.8. 2.3. Performance Specification 2.3.1. Data Capacity 2.3.2.1. Sustained Data Transfer Rate to and from the Tape 2.3.4.
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  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual 1.2. Introducing the Sony AIT Technology 1.3. Features of the Drive 1.4. Reference 1.4.1. How to get ECMA-222, 246, 291, 292, 329 Standard Document Specifications 2.1. Specifications 2.1.1. Dimensions 2.1.1.1.
  • Page 6 The Condition of Cleaning Request 4.6.1.3. Usage of cleaning cassette 4.6.2. Troubleshooting Guide 4.6.2.1. Operational Problems 4.6.2.2. Read/Write Problems 4.6.2.3 Replace Tape 4.6.2.4. Media Warning 4.6.3. Clearance for Service 4.6.4. Packaging for Return to Sony SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents...
  • Page 7 Tape Log Page (Sony Unique) 6.6.8. Tape Capacity Log Page (Sony Unique) 6.6.9. Drive Usage Log Page (Sony Unique) 6.6.10. Read and Write Frame Error Counter Page 6.6.11 Data Compression Transfer Log Page (Sony Unique) SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents...
  • Page 8 6.6.12. AIT Log Page (Sony Unique) 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (Sony Unique) 6.6.14. MIC Variable Length Information Page (Sony Unique) 6.7. MODE SELECT (6/10) 15h and 55h 6.7.1. Disconnect-Reconnect Page (02h) 6.7.2. Control Mode Page (0Ah) 6.7.3. Data Compression Control Page (0Fh) 6.7.4.
  • Page 9 Diagnostics Results Reference Appendix A: ASC & ASCQ Alphabetic Order Appendix B: ASC & ASCQ Numeric Order Appendix C: SCSI Commands (OP Code Order) Appendix D: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) Appendix E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12.1. INTRODUCTION 12.2.
  • Page 10 14.5.4. Read TOC (0x43) 14.5.5. Mode Sense/Select Page Code 0x3C 14.6. Reset Handling Appendix H: GLOSSARY SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    The capacity ratings listed in the next subsection are based on a 246 meter tape AIT-3Ex cassette. The Sony SDX-800V drive is a high capacity data storage device using Advanced intelligent tape (AIT) technology. The Sony SDX-800V drive achieves high data integrity through read-after-write, an additional level of Error Correction Code, and other features.
  • Page 12 • Three levels of Error Correction Code (ECC) – AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3 • Two levels of Error Correction Code (ECC) – AIT-3Ex • High Speed search (120 times nominal Read/Write speed) SONY AIT- 3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver. 1.1...

  • Page 13: Reference

    How to get ECMA-222, 246, 291, 292, 329 Standard Document 1.4.1. You can get these ECMA Standard Document file from the following URL. http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/standard.html ANSI (American National Standard for Industry) ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
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  • Page 15: Specifications

    Note: The above dimensions do not include the front panel thickness, eject button and SCSI connector. 7.6 0.5mm [0.30" 0.02"] Height 41.2 0.5mm [1.62" 0.02"] Depth 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] Width 101.6 0.5mm [4.00" 0.02"] 7.4 0.6mm [0.29" 0.02"] Figure 2-1: Dimensions (SDX-800V) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 16: Mounting Holes

    2.Specification 2.1.1.1. Mounting Holes Figure 2-2a gives details of the mounting holes for the Sony SDX-800V and figure 2-2b for the Sony SDX-800V/R. 60.0 0.3mm [2.36" 0.01"] 21.0 0.3mm [0.83" 0.01"] 90.0 0.3mm [3.54" 0.01"] 7.4 0.6mm [0.29" 0.02"] 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] 9.8 0.6mm [0.39"...
  • Page 17 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] [0.30" 0.02"] [0.29" 0.02"] 9.8 0.6mm [0.39" 0.02"] 70.0 0.3mm [2.76" 0.01"] 31.0 0.3mm 42.0 0.3mm [1.22" 0.01"] [1.65" 0.01"] 47.5 0.3mm [1.87" 0.01"] 79.2 0.3mm [3.12" 0.01"] Figure 2-2b: SDX-800V/R Mounting Holes SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 18: Weight

    Connectors 2.1.3. The SDX-800V has a SCSI connector with a power connector and Jumpers at the positions shown in Figure 2-3. All other connectors are for use by Sony’s manufacturing and service facilities only. Jumpers Power Connector SCSI 68 pin Connector Figure 2-3: Connector Positions 2.1.3.1.

  • Page 19: Altitude

    EN55024 (1998) + A1 (2001) + A2 (2003) Orientation 2.2.9. The SDX-800V can be installed in three different mounting positions as shown in the figure below. Each position has a maximum tolerance of ± 10 degrees. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 20: Performance Specification

    Native Capacity 35.0 Gbyte typical When using 230 meter tape AIT-1 cassette (SDX1-35C) Format AIT-1 Turbo Standard Format Native When using 186 meter tape AIT-1 Turbo cassette (TAIT1-40N and 40.0 Gbyte typical Capacity TAIT1-40C) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 21: Data Transfer Rate

    The drive will respond with BUSY status until the completion of the Initialize Time. The Initialize Time does not include the time necessary for drive diagnostics to complete and the drive to become ready for tape insertion. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 22: Load Time

    SDX3X-150C (246 m) Rewind Time 105 sec 90 sec 90 sec 105 sec 115 sec 2.3.8. Error Rate The un-correctable bit error rate is expected to be less than 1 in 10 to the 17th. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 23: Retry Limits On Rewrites

    The specified life of the SDX-800V is 5 years average. 2.3.14. Durability The durability of the components in the SDX-800V will exceed the number of operations listed on the following table: Start/Stop 400,000 times Reposition 3,000,000 times Thread/Unthread 100,000 times Load/Eject 100,000 times SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 24: Safety

    CSA, or Safety Extra Low Voltage for BSI, VDE, and so on, of +5V and +12V DC. 2.5. Installation Requirements Note: Do not move the drive while it is operating. It may cause malfunction. 2-10 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 25: Power Requirements

    The AIT-1, AIT-2, AIT-3 and AIT-3Ex Format allows both compressed and uncompressed data to reside on the same tape. The Sony SDX-800V has a DIP switch to disable the Data Compression/Decompression. After power-on reset with this DIP switch set, both data compression and data decompression are disabled However, a MODE SELECT command can override the setting of this DIP switch.
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  • Page 27: Installation Guide

    3.Installation 3. Installation 3.1. Installation Guide This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive. Dip switch Jumpers Power Connector SCSI 68 pin Connector Figure 3-1: DIP switch & Connector SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 28: Scsi Id Number Jumper

    Jumper not installed | = CLOSED Jumper installed Termination Power Switch 3.1.2. Position 5 of DIP switch is used to set whether SDX-800V provides the termination power to pin 17,18,51,52 on SCSI bus, or not. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 29: Parity Disable Jumper

    SDX-800V supports both Low-Voltage-Differential SCSI configuration as shown table 3-4 and Single-Ended SCSI configuration as shown table 3-5. SDX-800V detects and switches SCSI configuration between Low-Voltage-Differential and single-ended modes by monitoring DIFFSENS signal assigned pin 16 in SCSI bus. (Refer to table 3-4) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 30 TERMPWR TERMPWR RESERVED RESERVED GROUND GROUND -ATN +ATN GROUND GROUND -BSY +BSY -ACK +ACK -RST +RST -MSG +MSG -SEL +SEL -C/D +C/D -REQ +REQ -I/O +I/O -DB(8) +DB(8) -DB(9) +DB(9) -DB(10) +DB(10) -DB(11) +DB(11) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 31 TERMPWR TERMPWR RESERVED RESERVED GROUND GROUND -ATN GROUND GROUND GROUND -BSY GROUND -ACK GROUND -RST GROUND -MSG GROUND -SEL GROUND -C/D GROUND -REQ GROUND -I/O GROUND -DB(8) GROUND -DB(9) GROUND -DB(10) GROUND -DB(11) GROUND SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 32: Attaching And Removing The Dust Cover

    (2) Press down at an angle on each side in turn until you hear the hinge clips click into place. Caution: Do not press the dust cover in horizontally from the side. Doing so could cause the dust cover to break. (3) Close the dust cover. This completes attachment of the dust cover. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 33: Removing The Dust Cover

    3.Installation 3.1.7.2. Removing the Dust Cover (1) Open the dust cover. (2) Holding the dust cover at both corners, carefully raise the dust cover. The dust cover hinge clips and drive bezel pins uncouple. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
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  • Page 35: Operation

    All LED Flash Fast H/w Error Occurred Flash Fast (0.3sec on/ 0.3sec off) 0.3 sec Flash Slowly (0.9sec on/ 0.3sec off) 0.9sec 0.3sec The following table shows the LED indication for each drive status/condition: SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 36: Operator Action

    It follows that the Tape Log becomes inaccurate if a cassette is used write-protected, and the media warning cannot be relied on to indicate that the cassette needs to be copied and replaced. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 37: Internal Function

    REQUEST SENSE. The drive will return sense data including a sense key that will indicate that the drive has been reset. (Sense Key / ASC / ASCQ = 06/29/00) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 38: Diagnostic And Normal Status Displays

    Normal Status Display 4.3.4.2. After the Diagnostic Display, when no failures are detected, the SDX-800V is in the Normal Status. The LEDs show various Normal Status (No Error) indications as shown in the table below: SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 39: Tape Alert

    The SDX-800V is an implementation of the Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3 and AIT-3Ex) format, a standard developed by Sony for 8mm data storage drives. AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3 - C1,C2, first and second level Error Correction Code, providing correction for random and Burst Symbol errors.

  • Page 40: Maintenance, Troubleshooting And Service

    Completed” is indicated by the Cleaning Request LED. Troubleshooting Guide 4.6.2. Problems encountered while operating the Sony SDX-800V tape drive fall into two categories: Operational problems and Read/Write problems. Operational problems include any conditions that prevent the tape drive from operating. Operational problems usually are discovered the first time the drive is installed on a system or when the system configuration is changed or physically moved.
  • Page 41 If Tape is still in the drive after following the above procedure. The drive has a serious problem and should be returned to Sony for repair with the tape in place. Note: If it is absolutely mandatory that the tape cassette be removed prior to returning the drive for repair the...
  • Page 42 After the tape slack has been removed, continue to turn the Loading moter shaft located on the bottom of the drive clockwise by a precision screwdriver until the tape cartridge is lifted out of the drive mechanism and is ejected. Return the drive to Sony for repair. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 43: Read/Write Problems

    - Clean the drive with the AIT cleaning cartridge. - Load a new tape in the drive. - Retry the operation. Note: If these steps do not correct the problem the drive may be defective and should be returned to Sony for service. Replace Tape 4.6.2.3.
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  • Page 45: Scsi Interface

    5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction The Sony SDX-800V uses the SCSI interface to connect to the host system. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is an industry standard interface, approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is recommended that this document be used along with the ANSI standard document. The ANSI specification defines the interface in general while this document describes the specific implementation for this unit.

  • Page 46: Supported Commands

    RELEASE (6) RELEASE (10) REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER REPORT LUNS REQUEST SENSE RESERVE (10) RESERVE (10) REWIND SEND DIAGNOSTIC SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER SPACE TEST UNIT READY WRITE WRITE ATTRIBUTE WRITE BUFFER WRITE FILEMARKS SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 47: Scsi Bus Operation

    Host which tells it whether or not the Host allows Disconnects for the desired logical unit on the target. If the Host does not send an Identify message, the target assumes that Disconnects are not permitted. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 48: Message Specification

    Table 5-2: Message Descriptions Code Description Direction COMMAND COMPLETE EXTENDED MESSAGE SAVE DATA POINTER RESTORE POINTERS DISCONNECT INITIATOR DETECTED ERROR ABORT MESSAGE REJECT NO OP MESSAGE PARITY ERROR BUS DEVICE RESET IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE 80-CO IDENTIFY SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 49: Command Complete (00H)

    For double transition (DT) synchronous data transfer the REQ/ACK OFFSET is the maximum number of REQ transitions allowed to be outstanding before a corresponding ACK transition is received at the target. The size of a data transfer shall be 2 bytes. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 50: Synchronous Data Transfer Request (01H)

    Transfer period is the minimum time allowed between leading edges of successive REQ pulses and of successive ACK pulses. The SDX-800V supports the following transfer periods: SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 51 If, following an initiator's responding SDTR message, the target shifts to MESSAGE IN phase and the first message in is MESSAGE REJECT, the implied agreement shall be considered to be negated and both devices shall go to asynchronous data transfer mode for data transfers between the two devices. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 52: Wide Data Transfer Request

    After successfully completing the MESSAGE OUT phase, the target shall respond with the proper WDTR message. If an abnormal condition prevents the target from returning an appropriate response, both devices shall go to eight-bit data transfer mode for data transfers between the two devices. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 53: Save Data Pointer (02H)

    The unit will support this message as an initiator. As a target, the unit supports this message and will disconnect if allowed by the initiator. When received as a target, it will be handled as an illegal message; the unit will return MESSAGE REJECT and will continue. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 54: Initiator Detected Error (05H)

    This message will not be sent by the drive, when the drive is acting as an initiator. When received as a target, the unit will enter the Status phase reporting CHECK CONDITION with the sense key set to COMMAND ABORTED. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-10...

  • Page 55: Bus Device Reset (0Ch)

    5-6. More than one IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE message may occur during an I/O process. Table 5-6: Ignore Field Ignore Invalid data bits 16-bit transfers Reserved DB (15-8) 02-FFh Reserved Even though a byte is invalid its corresponding parity bit shall be valid for the value transferred. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-11...

  • Page 56: Status Specification

    The TEST UNIT READY command is used to determine the on-line/off-line state of the drive and will, therefore, return a CHECK CONDITION status with a DRIVE NOT READY sense key set if no media is currently loaded. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-12...
  • Page 57 RESERVATION CONFLICT: This status is returned by the drive whenever the host or another SCSI device attempts to access the drive if it has been reserved via the RESERVE UNIT command. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-13...
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  • Page 59: Command Specification

    LUN: SCSI-2 states that the LUN addressed by the host should appear in the IDENTIFY message sent to the target on selection. LUN field inside of CDB is should be “obsolete”. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 60: Erase 19H

    Long: If the Long bit is set to ONE, it should be written from the current logical position until EOM/EOP. If the Long bit is set to ZERO, EOD should be written to the current logical position. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 61: Inquiry 12H

    An Allocation Length of ZERO indicates that no Inquiry data is transferred. This condition is not considered an error. The drive will terminate the DATA IN phase when Allocation Length bytes have been transferred or when all available Inquiry data have been transferred to the initiator, whichever is less. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 62 Additional length: The additional length field specifies the length in bytes of the parameters, in this case, 31 bytes. RelAdr: The drive does not support the Relative Addressing mode, so this bit is never set. Wbus16: The drive supports 16-bit wide data transfers, so this bit is set. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 63 The page length field specifies the length of the product serial number. If the allocation length is too small to transfer all of the page, the page length shall not be adjusted to reflect the truncation. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 64 IEEE EUI-64: The identifier field a Canonical form IEEE Extended Unique Identifier, 64-bit (EUI-64). (ANSI/IEEE 394:1995) - Product Revision page Byte Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Type (01h) Page Code (C0h) Reserved (00h) Page Length (08h) Product Revision Level Reserved Command support data SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 65 Reserved (00h) CDB size (m-5) CDB usage data Support: The drive supports the tested SCSI operation code in conformance with a SCSI standard. The data format conforms to the definition in table 6-3 . SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 66: Load/Unload 1Bh

    If the drive has received an UNLOAD command with the Immediate bit set and then receives either another command which would involve tape motion or TEST UNIT READY, the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status with a NOT READY sense key set. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 67 Normal Unload/Eject of cartridge after a retention operation. Logical Unit enters NOT READY (Unload) state. Immed may be ZERO or 1b. Unload of cartridge after retention operation, but MAM still accessible. Logical Unit enter NOT (Unload) READY state. Immed may be ZERO or 1b. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 68: Locate 2Bh

    Medium Partition page for additional information about partitioning. The partition is not support by the drive. If set to 1, a check condition status is returned with a ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. 6-10 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 69: Log Select 4Ch

    This condition shall not be considered as an error (see description of Parameter Code Reset and Page Control fields above). If this field is non-0 the Page Control field must be 01b. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-11...
  • Page 70 User Partition Note data then User Volume Note length may be equal to the Available Free Byte Count. There is no format to writing user data to MIC. The application is free to define MIC data for its use. 6-12 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 71: Log Sense 4Dh

    See description of individual pages/parameters below for more details. The Default Cumulative Values are the values to which each parameter gets initialized on a reset condition as described above. See description of individual pages/parameters below for more details. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-13...

  • Page 72: The Log Page Descriptor

    4-byte page header followed by ZERO or more variable-length parameter structures defined for that page. The Log Select command supports the ability to send ZERO or more log pages. The LOG SENSE command returns a single log page as specified in the Page Code field of the CDB. 6-14 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 73: The Log Parameter Descriptor

    1. If it is 0 the command will terminate with CHECK CONDITION status with sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and additional sense code of ILLEGAL FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-15...

  • Page 74: Supported Log Pages

    Last n Error Events Page Tape Alert Log Page Tape Log Page (Sony Unique) Tape Capacity Log Page Drive Usage Log Page (Sony Unique) Write Frame Error Counter Page Read Frame Error Counter Page Transfer Log Page AIT Log Page...

  • Page 75: Summary List Of Supported Pages

    LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (n-3) (MSB) Parameter Value (LSB) The Page Code is one of the following: Table 6-16: Page Code Page Code Description Write error Counter Page Read error Counter Page SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-17...

  • Page 76: Last N Error Events List

    When the log page becomes full, no more entries will be added until the log is cleared (using one of the methods described previously) or a reset occurs. The current cumulative values will be returned regardless of the page control field in the LOG SENSE CDB. 6-18 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 77: Tape Alert Log Page

    There are three types of flags, listed below in order of increasing severity: Table 6-20: Tape Alert flag types Severity Urgent User Risk of Data Loss Explanations Intervention C (Critical) W (Warning) I (Information) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-19...
  • Page 78 Read Only You have loaded a cartridge of a type that is Media loaded that is Format read-only in this drive. read-only format The cartridge will appear as write-protected 6-20 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 79 Preventive maintenance of the tape drive is The drive requires Maintenance required. preventative Check the tape drive user’s manual for device maintenance (not specific preventive maintenance tasks or call the cleaning). tape drive supplier helpline. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-21...
  • Page 80 3. If the problem persists, call the tape drive supplier helpline. Loader There is a problem with the autoloader Loader mechanism has Hardware B mechanism. a hardware fault 6-22 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 81 The start of data could not be found on the tape: Tape damaged, bulk data Check you are using the correct format tape erased, or incorrect Discard the tape or return the tape to your format supplier SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-23...

  • Page 82: Tape Log Page (Sony Unique)

    6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6.6.7. Tape Log Page (Sony Unique) This page is a Sony unique page which provides information on the tape currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format: Table 6-21: Tape Log Page...

  • Page 83: Tape Capacity Log Page (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification 6.6.8. Tape Capacity Log Page (Sony Unique) The tape Capacity Log Page is used to indicate the approximate capacity of the tape currently being used. The PC field of the LOG SENSE command is ignored for this field.

  • Page 84: Drive Usage Log Page (Sony Unique)

    LOG SENSE 6.6.9. Drive Usage Log Page (Sony Unique) This page is a SONY unique page which provides information on the drive currently being used. This log cannot be cleared and has the following format. Table 6-25: Drive Usage Log Page...

  • Page 85: Read And Write Frame Error Counter Page

    TMC (0) LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (4) (MSB) Parameter Value (LSB) Parameter Code: This identifies which parameter of data is being transferred. The following codes are supported for each Error Counter Page. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-27...
  • Page 86 Table 6-30: Read and Write Frame Error Counter Page Header format Byte Page Code (34h Write Frame Error Counters, 35h Read Frame Error Counters) Reserved (MSB) Page Length (88h) (LSB) The Error Counter Parameter format is shown in Table 6-31 6-28 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 87: Data Compression Transfer Log Page (Sony Unique)

    Parameter Value (LSB) 6.6.11. Data Compression Transfer Log Page (Sony Unique) The page allows the host to monitor the performance of the ALDC compression. The PC field in LOG SENSE determines whether current cumulative, or current/default threshold values are returned. The page has the following...

  • Page 88: Ait Log Page (Sony Unique)

    Uncompressed Entities: The total number of times non-ALDC entities have been encountered on the tape during read operations since the last power-on or Clear Log operation. 6.6.12. AIT Log Page (Sony Unique) This page is for the AIT original Tape Log. The AIT Tape Log of each fields are larger than legacy Tape Log Page.
  • Page 89 Maximum Absolute Frame Number shall not be changed as long as the partition size is the same. Partition Attributes: Both Log Sense and Log Select are available for this field. This field shall specify the attribute of the partition as follows. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-31...

  • Page 90: Mic Fixed Length Information Page (Sony Unique)

    6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (Sony Unique) Table 6-34: MIC Fixed Length Information Page Byte Page Code (3Dh) Reserved (MSB) Page Length (n+1) (LSB) Parameter Code: Code Description Length 0001h MIC Logical Format Type 0002h...
  • Page 91 Parameter Length (8) (MSB) Reserved (LSB) (MSB) Parameter Code (0006h) (LSB) DU (0) DS (0) TSD (1) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (1) Parameter Length (36) (MSB) Cassette Serial Number (ASCII Code) (LSB) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-33...
  • Page 92 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) (MSB) CURRENT READ RETRIES COUNT (LSB) (MSB) PREVIOUS AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) (MSB) PREVIOUS WRITE RETRIES COUNT (LSB) (MSB) PREVIOUS AMOUNT OF DATA READ (LSB) 6-34 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 93 Parameter Length (94) 4-23 Reserved (Eject Status) 24-27 Reserved (Reel Diameter) Reserved 29-31 Initialize Count Reserved SysLogAlive ULPBOT Last Partition Number (msb for Partition 0) 64 of bit array (lsb for Partition 64) 42-99 Reserved SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-35...
  • Page 94 (User Partition Note for Partition 0) (LSB) DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP (0) Parameter Length (2) (MSB) User Partition Note Size for Partition 0 (LSB) 6-36 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 95: Mic Variable Length Information Page (Sony Unique)

    6.Command Specification 6.6.14. MIC Variable Length Information Page (Sony Unique) Page 3Eh is a variable length page. That is not defined by ANSI. This page is Sony Vendor Unique. Important NOTE: 1. Only one Parameter Code in Page 3Eh is transferred at a time.

  • Page 96: Mode Select(6/10) 15H And 55H

    If this does not occur then the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. The MODE SELECT parameter list shown below, contains a four-byte header, followed by one eight-byte block descriptor. 6-38 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 97 MODE SELECT command changes those parameters. This field must be set to ZERO on a MODE SELECT otherwise a CHECK CONDITION status will be returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-39...
  • Page 98 The drive also returns a CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key if the Host sends an unsupported Page Code, a page field with values that are not supported or are not changeable. In this case, no parameters will have been changed by the command. 6-40 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 99: Disconnect-Reconnect Page (02H)

    A target shall not attempt to disconnect once the data transfer of a command has started until the command is complete. The connect time limit and bus inactivity limit are ignored once data transfer has started. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-41...

  • Page 100: Control Mode Page (0Ah)

    AUTOLOAD MODE field Value Definition 000b Medium shall be loaded for full access 001b Medium shall be loaded for medium auxiliary memory access only 010b Medium shall not be loaded (not support) 011b-111b Reserved 6-42 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 101: Data Compression Control Page (0Fh)

    A value of ZERO shall indicate that the data encountered on the medium during the most recent read operation was uncompressed. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-43...

  • Page 102: Device Configuration Page (10H)

    ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. SOCF: Stop on Consecutive File-marks function is not supported by the drive and if this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. 6-44 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 103 Data Compression. This field is not supported by the drive and if set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-45...

  • Page 104: Medium Partitions Parameter Page (11H)

    0000b: megabyte (AIT-1/2 Mode, AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1 Turbo) 0111b: 10 byte (AIT-3 Mode, AIT-2 Turbo) 1001b: 10 byte (AIT-3Ex Mode) If another value is set these fields a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. 6-46 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 105 A second way to issue Mode Select Page 11h is to set Page Length to 08h, and set bytes 8 and 9 to partition 1 size. In this method partition 0 size is not sent, but this size is still computed as defined above. In either case, Mode Sense will report partition 0 and partition 1 sizes. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-47...

  • Page 106: Informational Exceptions Control Page (1Ch)

    (7FFFh). Negative numbers are represented using the 2’s complement method. If the Test Flag Number is set to an invalid value, the MODE SELECT command will return CHECK CONDITION, with sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and extended sense set to Invalid Field in Parameter list. 6-48 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 107: Ait Device Configuration Page (31H)

    The tape will automatically be threaded when a media access SCSI command (Erase, Locate, Mode Select Page 11h, Read, Read Position, Seek Block, Space, Write, and Write File-mark) is received from the host. (Not Supported) WORM 0 - Normal Data cartridge 1 - WORM cartridge SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-49...
  • Page 108 This bit is effective for Mode Sense only. If this bit is 0 then MIC has not been detected in the cassette. Bit Combination Table Description Illegal Illegal Illegal AIT Mode, Unload at PBOT 6-50 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 109: Append Partition (32H) (This Mode Page Is Not Supported)

    32. Therefore, on power-up without a Mode Select Page 32h, the Current Page 32h Partition Size Descriptor should be set to the default value of 00 00. There is no relation between this field and the IDP bit in the parameter block of Mode Select Page 11h. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-51...
  • Page 110 Last Partition Number field of Volume Information on tape is not valid. Note 4: The Append Partition Page operation is not allowed when the WP tab is set. Note 5: Append Partition Page writes all buffered data to tape, before appending a partition. 6-52 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 111: Delete Partition (33H) (This Mode Page Is Not Supported)

    After the completion of this command, the Unit Attention condition will be set for other Initiators, with ASC/ASCQ set to 2A01, Mode Parameters changed, and Mode Sense Page 11h will show the following: SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-53...
  • Page 112 2A01, Mode Parameters changed, and Mode Sense Page 11h will show the following: Old tape layout: Indicated Partition Number Partition 0 Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Partition 4 Partition 5 Active Partition New tape layout: Partition 0 Active Partition 6-54 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 113 With the tape already loaded, and with partition 3 active, the Delete Partition command issued with the Indicated Partition Number set to 1 will be rejected with CHECK CONDITION. See Note 2. Indicated Partition Number Partition 0 Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Partition 4 Partition 5 Active Partition SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-55...

  • Page 114: Mode Sense (6/10) 1Ah And 5Ah

    Fields not supported by the drive are set to ZERO. Page Code: This allows the Host to select any specific or all pages supported by the drive. The page codes that are supported are: 6-56 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 115 Mode Data Length: The mode data length specifies the length in bytes of the following mode sense data that is available to be transferred during the DATA IN phase. The mode data length does not include itself but does include the total length of all requested MODE SENSE pages. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-57...

  • Page 116: Mode Sense 31H (Ait Device Configuration Page)

    Note 2: AIT-bit and DEV-bit values are changed after completing the Mode Select Page 11h. Note 3: SDX-800V reports the following status for a virgin cassette: Bits SDX-T3N MIC Cartridge ULPBOT PRTH PONEJ SysLogAlive 6-58 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 117: Persistent Reserve In 5Eh

    KEYS service action has the following format: Table 6-55: PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN parameter data for READ KEYS Byte (MSB) GENERATION (LSB) (MSB) Additional Length (LSB) Reservation Key list (MSB) First reservation key (LSB) (MSB) Last reservation key (LSB) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-59...
  • Page 118 The TYPE and SCOPE of each persistent reservation as present in the PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command that created the persistent reservation shall be returned. SCOPE-SPECIFIC Address: The drive does not support an Element reservation. This field shall be set to zero. 6-60 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 119 Write Exclusive: Any task from any initiator other than the initiator holding the supported in persistent reservation that requests a transfer from the initiator to the storage medium this drive) or cache of the logical unit shall result in a reservation conflict. 7h-Fh Reserved SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-61...

  • Page 120: Persistent Reserve Out 5Fh

    Preempts persistent reservations from another initiator and aborts the task set for ABORT the preempted initiator. 06h-1Fh Reserved The parameter list required to perform the PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command has the following format: 6-62 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 121 Valid Ignored RESERVE Logical Unit Valid Ignored Ignored RELEASE Logical Unit Valid Ignored Ignored CLEAR Ignored Ignored Ignored Ignored PREEMPT Logical Unit Valid Valid Ignored PREEMPT Logical Unit Valid Valid Ignored & CLEAR SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-63...

  • Page 122: Prevent Allow Medium Removal 1Eh

    This situation remains until the Prevent bit is set to ZERO. When this bit is set to ZERO, the drive ejects the cassette following completion of an UNLOAD. The Eject button is also re-enabled. 6-64 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 123: Read 08H

    Valid bit is set and the Sense Key field is set to BLANK CHECK. The information fields contain the residue count. The Additional Sense Code and Additional Sense Code Qualifier fields are set to EOD DETECTED. Upon termination, the media will be physically positioned before EOD and after the last block on tape. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-65...
  • Page 124 HARDWARE ERROR. BLANK CHECK: If EOD (End-of-Data) was encountered during a read, the sense key is BLANK CHECK, the Valid bit is set and the Information bytes contain the residue count. 6-66 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 125: Read Attribute 8Ch

    CHECK CONDITION status. The sense key shall be set to MEDIUM ERROR and the additional sense code shall be set to AUXILIARY MEMORY NOT ACCESSIBLE. The service actions defined for the READ ATTRIBUTE command are shown in Table 6-63. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-67...

  • Page 126: Attribute Values Service Action

    PARTION NUMBER, VOLUME NUMBER, and FIRST ATTRIBUTE INDENTIFIER fields in the CDB. The returned parameter data shall contain the requested attributes in ascending numerical order by attribute identifier value and in the format shown in table 6-65. 6-68 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 127: Attribute List Service Action

    AVAILABLE DATA field shall not be altered. An ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFIER field is returned for each attribute that is not in the unsupported state and not in the nonexistent state in specified partition and volume number. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-69...

  • Page 128: Partition List Service Action

    The AVAILABLE DATA field shall contain two. The FIRST VOLUME NUMBER field indicates the first volume available. Volume numbering should start at zero. The NUMBER OF VOLUMES AVAILABLE field indicates the number of volumes available. 6-70 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 129: Read Block Limits 05H

    GRANULARITY: This field indicates the block size granularity of the Logical Unit and the recording format. For this Logical Unit, the value is 2, indicating a granularity of 2**GRANULARITY. The maximum block length limit and minimum block length limit field values are shown in Table 6-69. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-71...

  • Page 130: Read Buffer 3Ch

    Allocation Length nor is it reduced to reflect the actual number of bytes written using the WRITE BUFFER command. Following the READ BUFFER header, the target will transfer data from its data buffer. Data Mode - in this mode, the DATA IN phase contains buffer data only. 6-72 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 131 Echo buffer descriptor (1011b): In this mode, a maximum of four bytes of READ BUFFER descriptor information is returned. The drive will return the descriptor information for the echo buffer. The BUFFER OFFSET field is reserved in this mode. The allocation length should be set to four or greater. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-73...
  • Page 132 4096 bytes. The drive will maintain separate echo buffer for each different initiator and will ensure echo buffer data from each initiator is the same as that previously written by the same initiator. 6-74 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 133: Read Position 34H

    An EOP bit of ZERO indicates that the current logical position is not between early-warning and end-of-partition. Note that this bit is mutually exclusive with the BOP bit. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-75...
  • Page 134 File Number: File Number reports the number of file-marks between beginning-of -partition and the current logical position. Set Number: Set Number reports the number of set-marks between beginning –of-partition and the current logical position 6-76 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 135: Receive Diagnostic Results 1Ch

    Table 6-78: RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS page header Byte Page Code (81h) Reserved (MSB) Page Length (00 05h) (LSB) The structure of the diagnostic results data is described below: SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-77...
  • Page 136 Result A and B: The content of these bytes depends on the test being run. See the Diagnostics clause. Test number: This is the test number to which the message applies (if a test fails within a sequence, the individual test number will be returned). 6-78 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 137: Release Unit (6/10) 17H And 57H

    ID of the Third Party Device ID. If the 3RDPTY bit is zero, the LONGID bit field is ignored. This is required for Fiber Channel since each Device ID is at least three bytes long. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-79...
  • Page 138 When the LongID bit = 1b, the parameter list has the format shown in Table 6-82. Table 6-82: RELEASE (10) LongID Only Parameter List — Data Format Byte (MSB) 0 - 7 Third Party Device ID (LSB) 6-80 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 139: Report Density Support 44H

    Reserved (00h) Reserved (00h) (MSB) BITS PER MM ( 00 11 D7 h ) (LSB) (MSB) MEDIA WIDTH (00 50 h) (LSB) (MSB) TRACKS ( 00 01 h ) (LSB) (MSB) CAPACITY (LSB) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-81...
  • Page 140 DESCRIPTION (AdvIntelligentTape3) (LSB) PRIMARY DENSITY CODE (B3h) SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30h) DUP(0) DEFLT(1) Reserved (00h) WRTOK(1) Reserved (00h) Reserved (00h) (MSB) BITS PER MM (00 17 9Fh) (LSB) (MSB) MEDIA WIDTH (00 50h) (LSB) 6-82 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 141 (LSB) (MSB) SSIGNING ORGANIZATION (SONY) (LSB) (MSB) DENSITY NAME (VAIT-1) (LSB) (MSB) DESCRIPTION (ValueAdvIntlTape1) (LSB) PRIMARY DENSITY CODE (3A h) SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30h) DUP(0) DEFLT(1) Reserved (00h) WRTOK(1) Reserved (00h) Reserved (00h) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-83...
  • Page 142 “good” condition, and that “normal” data and block size are used. This value is in units of megabytes (10000000 bytes). The logical unit does not guarantee that this space is actually available in all cases. 6-84 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 143: Report Device Identifier A3H

    The value of the identifier is changed only by a successful SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command. The identifier value persists through resets, power cycles, media write operations, and media replacement. If Identifier Length = 00000000h, this field is not present or has zero length. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-85...

  • Page 144: Report Luns A0H

    If the allocation length in the command descriptor block is too small to transfer information about all configured logical units, the LUN list length value shall not be adjusted to reflect the truncation. 6-86 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 145: Request Sense 03H

    Allocation Length bytes have been transferred or when all available sense data has been transferred to the Host, whichever is less. The returned sense information has the following format: SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-87...
  • Page 146 These bytes will be valid for all READ, WRITE, SPACE and VERIFY commands for which a CHECK CONDITION status has been generated. These bytes will be ZERO for MODE SELECT/SENSE, INQUIRY, READ BLOCK LIMITS and TEST UNIT READY commands. 6-88 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 147 Bytes are numbered from ZERO. When a multiple byte field is in error, the pointer points to the most significant byte of the field. If the SKSV bit is ZERO, then the Field Pointer Bytes take the Sony Unique Format as shown below: Table 6-89: Error Code and Status Bytes...
  • Page 148 CLEANING CARTRIDGE INSTALLED 30 03 MEDIUM NOT PRESENT - This status is returned for all tape motion commands when 3A 00 there is no media within the tape. MEDIUM NOT PRESENT MAM ACCESSIBLE 3A 04 6-90 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 149 WRITE APPEND ERROR - Cannot find the last frame of the Group and therefore, cannot append. CARTRIDGE FAULT DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN - ALGORITHM ID <= 255 MIC Checksum Error SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-91...
  • Page 150 PARAMETER VALUE INVALID COMMAND SEQUENCE ERROR - Write Buffer command when tape is inserted and not at BOT. SAVING PARAMETERS NOT SUPPORTED INVALID BITS IN IDENTIFY MESSAGE - Identify message was not 80h or C0h. 6-92 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 151 NOT READY TO READY TRANSITION, MEDIUM MAY HAVE CHANGED POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED Drive Failed Power-on test or Diagnostic - (SONY Unique) MODE PARAMETERS CHANGED - Issued to all other initiators after one initiator changes any Mode Parameter.
  • Page 152 BUS DEVICE RESET message directly following the IDENTIFY message. This forces the drive to do a hard reset. If the fault persists, the host should deny access to the drive. 6-94 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 153: Reserve Unit (6/10) 16H And 56H

    If this field is not ZERO, the command is terminated with CHECK CONDITION status and the Sense Key is set to ILLEGAL REQUEST. The Additional Sense Code is set to INVALID FIELD IN CDB. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-95...
  • Page 154 The Logical Unit supports superseding reservations. If a superseding reservation cannot be granted because of conflicts with a previous reservation, other than the reservation being superseded, the Logical Unit returns RESERVATION CONFLICT status. 6-96 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 155: Rewind 01H

    Immed: When this bit is set, the drive writes any remaining buffered data followed by an EOD marker to tape. It then returns status to the Host before beginning the actual rewind operation. If the Immediate bit is not set, status will be returned after the rewind has completed. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-97...

  • Page 156: Send Diagnostic 1Dh

    CHECK CONDITION status with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set. This page Code instructs the drive to execute the five bytes of diagnostic test that follow the four bytes of header. The five bytes of diagnostic test information will be of the form: 6-98 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 157 REQUEST DIAGNOSTIC command. Refer to clause 7, Drive Diagnostics for more detailed information about the supported diagnostic tests and test operations. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-99...

  • Page 158: Set Device Identifier A4H

    On successful completion of a SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command a unit attention shall be generated for all initiators except the initiator that issued the SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command with service action 06h. When reporting the unit attention condition the additional sense code shall be set to DEVICE IDENTIFIER CHANGED. 6-100 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 159: Space 11H

    File-mark, Set-mark, EOD, BOM/P or EOM/P. SPACE N File-marks will halt on the Nth File-mark or on any occurrence of Set-mark, EOD, BOM/P or EOM/P, and so on. Within the Sense data, the fields will be set as described on the following table. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-101...
  • Page 160 EOD. Note f: The tape is physically positioned at BOM/P. Note g: EOM is only reported when the physical EOM/P is encountered. The tape is physically positioned at EOM/P. 6-102 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 161: Check Condition

    If BOT is detected while spacing over blocks or marks in the reverse direction, the EOM bit is set in extended sense. The Valid bit is set to one and the Information bytes to the difference (residue) between the requested count and the actual number of blocks or File marks spaced over. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-103...

  • Page 162: Test Unit Ready 00H

    04 01 LOGICAL UNIT IS BECOMING READY Tape Unloading 02 Not Ready 04 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY Tape Unloaded (but retained in drive) 02 Not Ready 04 00 LOGICAL UNIT NOT READY 6-104 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 163: Write 0Ah

    The buffer can be maintained through the following media commands, assuming that no other flush condition has been met, for example, write hold-off time-out. WRITE WRITE FILE MARKS with Immediate bit set The write hold-off time limit is exceeded. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-105...

  • Page 164: Write Attribute 8Dh

    If the attributes are not in order, no attributes shall be changed and the WRITE ATTRIBUTE command shall be terminated with a CHECK CONDITION status. The sense key shall be set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and the additional sense code shall be set to INVALID FIELDIN PARAMETER LIST. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-106...
  • Page 165 If the parameter data attempts to change an attribute in the read only state. If the parameter data contains an attribute with INCORRECT ATTRIBUTE LENGTH field contents; or If the parameter data contain an attribute with unsupported ATTRIBUTE VALUE field contents. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-107...

  • Page 166: Write Buffer 3Bh

    If the target is unable to accept the specified buffer offset, it shall return CHECK CONDITION status, shall set the Sense Key to ILLEGAL REQUEST, and set the Additional Sense Code to ILLEGAL FIELD IN CDB. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-108...
  • Page 167 The BUFFER CAPACITY field in the READ BUFFER echo buffer descriptor determines the capacity of the echo buffer. If the PARAMETER LIST LENGTH field exceeds the buffer capacity, the drive will return CHECK CONDITION status with a Request Sense Key of ILLEGAL REQUEST. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-109...

  • Page 168: Write Filemarks 10H

    Within the Sense data, the EOD and Valid bits are set and the Sense Key field is set to VOLUME OVERFLOW. The Information fields contain the residue count and the Additional Sense Code and Additional Sense Code Qualifier fields are set to EOM/P Detected. The tape is physically positioned at EOM/P. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-110...

  • Page 169: Drive Diagnostics

    Mechanism Controller Microprocessor Test Front Panel Check Data Compression Functions DMA Line Test Buffer RAM Test If a failure occurs with any of the power-on diagnostic tests the drive will halt with the Status LED flashing. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 170: Send Diagnostic Command - Self Test

    In the SCSI-1 mode, the Page Format (PF) bit is ZERO and the Parameter List Length is 5, the Parameter List in this case is 5 bytes long and will be of the form: Table 7-1: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameter - SCSI-1 Byte Diagnostic Test number Break Loop Count Parameter A Parameter B Parameter C SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 171: Diagnostic Test Number Summary

    3. Exercisers - Verification of a major function of the drive such as Read, Write, Search, etc. The Diagnostic Test Number for each Test, Sequence or Exerciser is shown in the first column. Test Availability Codes P ─ Power–on Self–test H ─ Host Diagnostics PH ─ both SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 172: Receive Diagnostic Result Command

    Time Re-Sync: This bit indicates that the time stamp saved with the error log has no relation to that of the previous entry. It is only set by the logging routine within the data buffer as an error is logged. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 173 Note: Diagnostic test 30 (Front Panel Check) will light each of the front panel LEDs so that the operator can verify that the LEDs are functioning. There is no error detection within the drive for this test and therefore the Error Code, Result A and Result B will always be ZERO. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 174: Diagnostics Results Reference

    ALDC ERROR APPEND TIME-OUT ILLEGAL DMA COMPLETION APPEND OVER POSITION DMA IS ABORTED ATF UNLOCK FMK ENCOUNTERED APPEND DBP NG SMK ENCOUNTERED FORMAT TIMEOUT BOP ENCOUNTERED WRITE FRAME OVER EOD ENCOUNTERED WRITE TIMEOUT DMA ERROR SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 175 BUFFER RAM TEST FAILURE ILLEGAL FIRMWARE UNDEFINED TAPE INTERNAL MESSAGE BUS TEST FAILURE FIRMWARE MISCELLANEOUS ERROR DATA COMPRESSION DMA LINE TEST FIRMWARE VERIFICATION FAILURE FAILURE FIRMWARE TAPE FAILURE MECHANISM CONTROLLER FIRMWARE REPROGRAMMING FAILURE MICROPROCESSOR TEST FAILURE SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 176 7.Drive Diagnostics This page intentionally left blank. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 177: Appendix A: Asc & Ascq Alphabetic Order

    CLEANING CARTRIDGE INSTALLED COMMAND PHASE ERROR COMMAND SEQUENCE ERROR DATA PHASE ERROR DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN DRIVE FAILED POWER-ON TEST OR DIAGNOSTIC - (SONY Unique) END-OF-DATA DETECTED END-OF-DATA NOT FOUND END-OF-PARTITION/MEDIUM DETECTED FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED FILEMARK DETECTED...
  • Page 178 POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED REGISTRATION PREEMPTED RESERVATION PREEMPTED REPOSITION ERROR SAVING PARAMETER NOT SUPPORTED SELECT OR RESELECT FAILURE SETMARK DETECTED TAPE LENGTH ERROR UNRECOVERED READ ERROR WRITE APPEND ERROR WRITE ERROR WRITE PROTECTED SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 179: Appendix B: Asc & Ascq Numeric Order

    PERSISTENT WRITE PROTECT NOT READY TO READY TRANSITION (MEDIUM MAY HAVE CHANGED) POWER ON, RESET, OR BUS DEVICE RESET OCCURRED DRIVE FAILED POWER-ON TEST OR DIAGNOSTIC - (SONY Unique) PARAMETERS CHANGED MODE PARAMETERS CHANGED RESERVATION PREEMPTED SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 180 OVERLAPPED COMMANDS ATTEMPTED WRITE APPEND ERROR CARTRIDGE FAULT INSUFFICIENT REGISTRATION RESOURCES AUXILIARY MEMORY OUT OF SPACE FAILURE PREDICTION THRESHOLD EXCEEDED DECOMPRESSION EXCEPTION SHORT ALGORITHM ID OF NN BROKEN MIC IS LOADED IN AIT MODE SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 181: Appendix C: Scsi Commands (Op Code Order)

    RESERVE UNIT (10) 6-95 6.18 RELEASE UNIT (10) 6-79 MODE SENSE (10) 6-56 PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6-59 6.10 PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6-62 6.13 READ ATTRIBUTE 6-67 6.30 WRITE ATTRIBUTE 6-106 6.21 REPORT LUNS 6-86 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 10-1...
  • Page 182 10.Appendix C 6.26 SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER 6-100 6.20 REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER 6-85 10-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 183: Appendix D: Asc & Ascq For Ait (Sony Unique)

    11.Appendix D 11. APPENDIX D: ASC & ASCQ for AIT (Sony Unique) ASC and ASCQ Assignments for AIT drive (Sony Unique) Numeric Order BYTE DESCRIPTION Reserved MIC Header Error No MIC Detected MIC Checksum Error MIC out of memory No Data Body Detected in the MIC...
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  • Page 185: Appendix E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute

    The default value for the hold bit has been zero, since it was reserved in the prior specifications. In order to have the medium threaded, another load command must be issued. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-1...

  • Page 186: New Commands

    Serial during manufacture. Number Device Maintained by the Load device server Count Host Maintained by the Backup application client. date Depending on that attribute type, attributes have the states shown in table 12-3 12-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 187: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute Data

    Table 12-4: MAM ATTRIBUTE Format Byte (MSB) ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFIER (LSB) READ Reserved FORMAT ONLY (MSB) ATTRIBUTE LENGTH (n-4) (LSB) (MSB) ATTRIBUTE VALUE (LSB) The ATTRIBUTE IDENTIFIER field contains a code value identifying the attribute. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-3...
  • Page 188 Device types attributes (table 12-7) shall be maintained and updated by the device server when the medium and associated medium auxiliary memory are present. All supported medium type attributes shall have a status of read only. 12-4 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 189 In the absence of a formal registration procedure, T10 maintains a list of known vendor identification codes in use. Vendors are requested to voluntarily submit their identification codes to T10 to prevent duplication of codes. 0006h FORMATTED DENSITY CODE provides information about the tape format for the user. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-5...
  • Page 190 0340h MEDIUM USAGE HISTORY: Provides statistical counters (table 12-9) for the entire medium. The value in each field is the sum for all partitions. If a field is not used it should be set to zero. 12-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 191 The CURRENT WRITE RETRY COUNT field indicates the total number of write retry was performed during this load of the medium. The exact definition of the error counters is not part of this standard. This counter should not be used to compare products because the products may define errors differently. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-7...
  • Page 192 PARTITION USAGE HISTORY: Provides statistical counters (table 12-10) for the partition specified by the PARTITION NUMBER field in the CDB. If a field is not used it should be set to zero. 12-8 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 193 DATA READ, CURRENT READ RETRIES COUNT, PREVIOUS AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN, PREVIOUS WRITE RETRIES COUNT, PREVIOUS AMOUNT OF DATA READ, PREVIOUS READ RETRIES COUNT, TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN, TOTAL WRITE RETRIES COUNT, TOTAL AMOUNT OF DATA READ, TOTAL READ RETRIES COUNT, LOAD SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-9...
  • Page 194 The MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER identifies the manufacturer’s serial number for the medium. The MEDIUM DENSITY CODE is the same numeric DENSITY CODE as reported in the SCSI Mode Block Descriptor. 12-10 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...
  • Page 195 APPLICATION VENDOR: Contains eight bytes of ASCII data identifying the manufacturer of the application client (e.g. class driver or backup program) that most recently sent a WRITE ATTRIBUTE command to the device server while this medium auxiliary memory was accessible. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-11...
  • Page 196 Note: The 0809h Partition User Text label and 080Ah Load/Unload at Partition Host attributes are optional. Supported, if the ISV supports multi partitions. 12-12 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 197: Appendix F: Ait Based Worm System

    A new WORM cartridge can be initialized in two ways: 1. Mode Select Operation 2. Write Operation Note: when using Write Operation (option 2), a new WORM cartridge will be initialized as one partition DDS emulation mode. SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 13-1...
  • Page 198 Mode Select (Page 11h) Mode Select (Page 11h) Set IDP bit to 1. Additional Partition=1. Partition Size=non zero value All other bits and bytes are the same as returned with Mode Sense Page 11. 13-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800 series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 199: How To Handle The Worm Cartridge In The Drive

    ● Space to EOD (space code 3) ● Space to last record (could be a block, File-mark, Set-mark) ● Locate to last block ● Read until EOD For example: Space EOD Write Write End SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 13-3...
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  • Page 201: Appendix G: Disaster Recover

    14. APPENDIX G: DISASTER RECOVER 14.1. Overview This chapter will outline the Disaster Recovery Firmware Specifications for Sony AIT drive and autoloader. This is applicable only to Windows NT/2000 Operating System. While in Disaster Recovery mode, the drive behaves as a bootable CDROM device.

  • Page 202: Mode Sense/Select Page Code 0X3C

    While in DR mode, a SCSI reset shall not take the drive out of DR mode. A powered cycle will take the drive out of DR mode and return the drive to normal operation. 14-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1...

  • Page 203: Appendix H: Glossary

    15. Appendix H 15. APPENDIX H: GLOSSARY This glossary includes many terms that are useful when working with the SONY DDS tape drive. Not all terms are used within this manual. Amble: A frame used to separate groups. It has a Logical Frame Number of ZERO. The Main Data Area contains only a valid header.
  • Page 204 Load: To insert a cassette into the drive. The drive automatically threads the tape and goes online. LUN: Logical Unit Number, by which a device is identified on the SCSI bus. The Sony SDX-800V has an LUN of 0 fixed in the firmware.
  • Page 205 Under Length: The incorrect length condition that exists after executing a read command when the requested transfer length in the command descriptor block exceeds the length of the actual block read. Volume: A recording medium together with its physical carrier. (a single tape cassette) SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 15-3...
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