Quantum 10K II User Manual

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SCSI Description

5–56

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

LOG SENSE Command (4Dh) (continued)

5.13.2 LOG SENSE Log Pages

The log pages that are returned from the drive have a common format that is shown
in Figure 5

22. Each page contains a 4-byte header followed by one or more log

parameters. Refer to Table 5

23.

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Reserved

Page Code

1

Reserved

2 – 3

Page Length (n-3)

4 to
x+3

Log Parameter (first)

(length x)

1

n-y+1

to n

Log Parameter (last)

(length y)

1

NOTE:

1

Length x or y is the sum of parameter header and parameter data value bytes.

Figure 5

−22 LOG SENSE Log Page Format − Data Format

Table 5

−23 LOG SENSE Log Page Format − Field Descriptions

Field

Description

Page Code

The page code as given in Table 5

20.

Page Length

The allocation length for the page minus the 4-byte header.

Log Parameter

One or more log data entities that are returned as par of a Log Page. Each
Log Parameter starts with a 4-byte header followed by one or more bytes
of value data. In most cases, the parameter value is a 4-byte longword
that contains the present value of an error or performance counter. See
Figure 5

23 for the format of a generic log parameter.

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