Adaptec ACB-5500 User Manual page 120

51/4" winchester disk controller scsi to st506
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A definition of the required data in the SEARCH argument is shown
in Table 6-6.
Table 6-6.
SEARCH DATA EQUAL Argument
BYTES
PARAMETER
00 TO 03
Record Size (Bytes)
04 to 07
08 to
11
12 to 13
14 to 17
18 to 19
20 to M+19
500504-00
This must equal the blocksize or zero.
Zero will be taken to mean the format
blocksize.
First Record Offset (Bytes)
For the ACB-5580 this must be zero.
Number of Records
For ADAPTEC controllers this must be
less
than or equal
to
the
number
of
blocks
specified
in
the
command and
g rea t e r
t han
z e r o.
Th e
sea r c h
will
terminate upon a match ot when the smal-
ler of these values is encountered.
Search Argument length (Bytes)
The number of bytes
in the following
search argument.
Must equal the pattern
length + 6.
Search Field Displacement
The displacement from the beginning of
the record
to the
first byte to be
compared.
Must be zero.
Pattern Length (M Bytes)
The number of bytes
in the following
data pattern to be compared with a like
size field in each record.
The pattern
length must equal the blocksize.
Data Pattern
The block of data to be compared.
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