Tape, Alert, 1ch) – Dell PowerVault TL2000 User Manual

Page 47: Element, Address, Assignment, 1dh), Page

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IALUAE:

An

implicit

asymmetric

logical

unit

access

enabled

(IALUAE)

bit

set

to

zero.

The

media

changer

does

not

allow

implicit

asymmetric

logical

unit

access

state

changes.

Tape

Alert

page

(1Ch)

By

means

of

this

page

the

host

can

retrieve

the

tape

alerts

logging

method.

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

PS

(0)

SPF

(1)

Page

Code

(0Ah)

1

Additional

Page

Length

(0Ah)

2

Perf

(0)

Reserved

DExcpt

(1)

Test

(0)

Reserved

LogErr

3

Reserved

MRIE

(0)

4

-

7

Interval

Timer

8

-

11

Report

Count

/

Test

Flag

Number

Field

descriptions:

PS:

Parameters

Savable.

This

field

is

set

to

zero.

The

media

changer

cannot

write

this

page

to

non-volatile

memory.

Perf:

When

this

bit

is

set

to

0,

this

indicates

that

informational

exception

operations

that

can

cause

delays

are

acceptable.

This

bit

is

always

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

Tape

Alert

log

page).

Currently

only

MRIE

mode

0

is

supported,

so

this

bit

is

ignored.

Test:

Test

modes

are

not

supported,

therefore

this

field

is

set

to

0.

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:

This

field

indicates

the

method

used

by

the

media

changer

to

report

informational

exception

conditions.

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

library

does

not

report

Tape

Alert

conditions

as

Informational

Exception

conditions,

therefore

this

field

is

set

to

zero.

Report

Count

/

Test

Flag

Number:

Since

test

modes

are

not

supported,

this

field

reports

Report

Count

only.

But

the

library

does

not

support

Informational

Exception

conditions,

therefore

this

field

is

set

to

zero.

Element

Address

Assignment

page

(1Dh)

The

Element

Address

Assignment

Page

is

used

to

assign

addresses

to

the

elements

of

the

medium

changer

(via

the

Mode

Select

command)

and

to

report

those

assignments

(Mode

Sense).

This

page

also

defines

the

number

of

each

type

of

element

present

in

the

subsystem

configuration.

Chapter

3.

Supported

SCSI

Commands

3-33

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