Mode select parameter list, Parameter list header, Mode – Dell PowerVault TL2000 User Manual

Page 36: Select, Parameter, List, Header, Parity, 00h), Page

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1Fh

00h

Device

Capabilities

page

No

Provides

a

means

to

set

the

media

changers

capabilities.

(not

changeable).

20h

00h

Event

Filter

page

(Vendor

Specific)

Yes

This

page

provides

a

means

to

mask

certain

error

event

types

from

the

event

logging

of

the

SCSI

controller.

Mode

Select

Parameter

List

The

Mode

Select

parameter

list

shown

below,

contains

a

4-byte

header,

followed

by

an

optional

8

byte

block

descriptor

after

which

the

Mode

Select

pages

are

specified.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

-

3

Parameter

List

Header

4

-

n

Mode

Select

page(s)

Parameter

List

Header

If

you

send

any

page(s)

using

the

Mode

Select

command

to

the

media

changer

you

must

first

send

the

Parameter

List

Header,

followed

by

the

requested

Mode

Select

page(s).

The

Parameter

List

Header

has

the

following

format:

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Reserved

1

Reserved

2

Reserved

3

Block

Descriptor

Length

(0)

If

no

Block

Descriptor

is

to

be

sent

to

the

media

changer

specify

zero

as

Block

Descriptor

Length

in

the

Parameter

Header.

After

the

Parameter

List

Header

the

application

client

can

send

zero,

one

or

more

Mode

Select

Pages

to

the

media

changer

to

configure

any

required

parameter.

Parity

page

(00h)

By

means

of

the

Parity

page

the

host

can

enable

Parity

retries

and

select

the

maximum

number

of

retries.

Note

this

page

will

be

stored

in

non

volatile

memory

when

the

Host

enables

the

SP

bit

in

the

CDB.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Reserved

SPF

(0)

Page

Code

(00h)

1

Additional

Page

Length

(02h)

2

Reserved

Parity

Reserved

3

Maximum

Parity

retries

Field

descriptions:

3-22

TL2000

and

TL4000

SCSI

Reference

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