Request sense command (03h) (continued) – Quantum 10K II User Manual

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SCSI Description

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Quantum Atlas 10K II Ultra160/m SCSI Hard Disk Drives

REQUEST SENSE Command (03h) (continued)

Table 5–89 NOT READY Sense Key - Progress Indication Bytes — Field Descriptions

Field

Description

SKSV

Sense-Key Specific Valid

Progress Indication

Indication of percent complete for the FORMAT UNIT command. The
returned value is the numerator of a fraction that has 65536 (10000h) as the
denominator (Progress Indication/10000h = percent complete).

The data format of the Retry Count bytes associated with the MEDIUM ERROR or
RECOVERED ERROR sense key is shown in Figure 5-88; the description of the data
is contained in Table 5-90.

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

15

SKSV = 1

Reserved

16 - 17

Retry Count

Figure 5–88 MEDIUM ERROR or RECOVERED ERROR Sense Key - Retry Count

— Data Format

Table 5–90 MEDIUM ERROR or RECOVERED ERROR Sense Key - Retry Count

— Field Descriptions

Field

Description

SKSV

Sense-Key Specific Valid

Retry Count

The number of times an I/O operation was retried

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