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24
(MSB)
31
32
(MSB)
51
Primary Density Code
Secondary Density Code
WRTOK
The Write OK flag indicates whether the drive can write at the density indicated by the
Density Code.
DUP
The Duplicate flag will be set to zero for every descriptor block indicating that each
density is only reported once.
The Default flag will be set for the density for which the currently mounted medium is
DEFLT
formatted and clear for all other densities.
Bits per mm
Media Width
Tracks
Capacity
Assigning Organization
Density Name
Description
7
6
5
The values reported for the Ultrium 2 format tapes are as follows:
42h
This is reported via the
42h
Not used
0
The drive does not support writing to a tape with this density.
1
The drive is capable of writing at this density to the current tape (if the
Media bit in the CDB = 1) or for some tape (if Media = 0).
3660
127
Tape width is 1/2" or 12.65 mm. The value in this field is in tenths of
millimeters rounded to the nearest 0.1 mm.
512
200,000 MB The maximum capacity for the format (or the capacity of the media if the
Media bit is set)
LTO-CVE
The CVE assigns these codes.
U-28
The format of this is:
[U/A]-[Format Generation: 1,2...][No of Tracks:
4,8,16...]
Ultrium 2/8T A longer version of the above
4
3
2
Density Name
Description
command.
MODE SENSE
1
0
(LSB)
(LSB)
Commands 125
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