Element, Address, Assignment – Dell PowerVault TL2000 User Manual

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Field

descriptions:

Perf:

When

this

bit

is

set

to

0,

this

indicates

that

informational

exception

operations

that

can

cause

delays

are

acceptable.

This

bit

should

be

set

to

zero.

Dexcpt:

When

this

bit

is

set

to

zero

the

reporting

method

indicated

by

the

MRIE

field

is

used.

When

this

bit

is

set

to

one

this

indicates

that

the

media

changer

shall

disable

all

information

exception

operations,

ignoring

the

MRIE

field

(In

this

mode

the

initiator

must

the

poll

the

Tape

Alert

log

page).

Currently

only

MRIE

mode

0

is

supported,

so

this

bit

is

ignored.

Test:

Test

modes

are

not

supported,

this

field

must

be

set

to

zero.

LogErr:

When

this

bit

is

set

to

0,

the

media

changer

shall

not

log

any

Tape

Alert

events.

When

this

bit

is

set

to

1,

the

media

changer

shall

log

Tape

Alert

events.

MRIE:

With

this

field

the

initiator

can

specify

the

method

used

by

the

media

changer

to

report

informational

exception

conditions

(Tape

Alert

events).

Currently

only

mode

0

is

supported.

This

means

that

Tape

Alert

flags

can

only

be

read

by

polling

with

the

LOG

SENSE

command

to

the

Tape

Alert

page.

Interval

Timer:

The

media

changer

does

not

report

Tape

Alert

conditions

as

Informational

Exception

conditions,

therefore

this

field

must

be

set

to

zero.

Report

Count

/

Test

Flag

Number:

Since

test

modes

are

not

supported,

this

field

reports

Report

Count

only.

But

the

media

changer

does

not

report

Tape

Alert

events

as

Informational

Exception

conditions,

therefore

this

field

must

be

set

to

zero.

Element

Address

Assignment

page

(1Dh)

The

Element

Address

Assignment

Page

is

used

to

assign

new

addresses

to

the

elements

of

the

medium

changer

(via

the

Mode

Select

command)

and

to

report

those

assignments

(Mode

Sense).

When

requested

the

media

changer

can

store

new

element

addresses

in

NVRAM.

When

stored

in

NVRAM

these

addresses

will

automatically

become

the

default

addresses

after

every

power

up.

The

format

of

the

element

address

assignment

page

is

shown

in

the

next

table.

Note

this

page

will

only

be

stored

in

non

volatile

memory

when

the

Host

sets

the

SP

bit

in

the

CDB.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Reserved

SPF

(0)

Page

Code

(1Dh)

1

Additional

Page

Length

(12h)

2

First

Medium

Transport

Element

Address

3

Number

of

Medium

Transport

Elements

4

First

Storage

Element

Address

5

Number

of

Storage

Elements

6

First

Import

/

Export

Element

Address

7

Number

of

Import

/

Export

Elements

8

First

Data

Transfer

Element

Address

9

Number

of

Data

Transfer

Elements

10

Reserved

11

Reserved

3-24

TL2000

and

TL4000

SCSI

Reference

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