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SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 1-1 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual................................................................ 1-1 1.2. Introduc...

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Page 9 - About this Product Specification Manual; This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive.; Introducing the Sony AIT Technology; employed to significantly improve access to data.; Features of the Drive; Major features of the Sony SDX-1100V include:

1.Introduction SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 1-1 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive. This manual provides information about the Sony SDX-1100V series Advanced Intelligent Tape Drives which is necess...

Page 11 - ANSI (American National Standard for Industry)

1.Introduction SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 1-3 1.4. Reference Please refer to the following documents for additional information: •SCSI-2 1 ANSI X3.131.-1996 Small Computer Systems Interface-2 (SCSI-2). • SCSI Parallel Interface-2 (SPI-2) ANSI X3T10-1142D rev 20b. ANSI X3T9.2/86-109 (R...

Page 18 - Figure 2-4: Mounting Attitude and Tolerance; Performance Specification

2.Specification 2-6 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Figure 2-4: Mounting Attitude and Tolerance 2.3. Performance Specification The data capacity, data transfer rate and data reliability specifications this chapter require the media to conform to the AIT-3, AIT-3Ex,...

Page 19 - the drive must be streaming.; The data in the below table represents the average

2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 2-7 2.3.2. Data transfer Rate 2.3.2.1. Sustained Data Transfer Rate to and from the Tape The sustained transfer rate to and from the tape is 24Mbyte per second with AIT-4 and AIT-5 cassette, 18Mbyte per second with AIT-3Ex cassette, 16Mbyte p...

Page 20 - DutyCycle

2.Specification 2-8 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0 2.3.8. Long Erase Time Long Erase Time means the period from the beginning of the Erase (long) sequence caused by Erase Command at BOT. The data in the below table represents the average time for SDX-1100V. The time it may take for retry...

Page 21 - Power Requirements; Note

2.Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 2-9 2.4. Safety The SDX-1100V conforms to the following safety standards: UL/cUL UL60950 CE (LVD) EN60950-1 CE (EMC) EN55024 + EN55022: Class B C-Tick (EMC) EN55022: Class B AS/NZS CISPR22: Class B MIC CISPR22 + CISPR24 RPC/DoC CISPR22 IEC609...

Page 22 - Data Compression; compressed and uncompressed data to reside on the same tape.

2.Specification 2-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0 2.6. Data Compression The tape capacity is increased by compressing data prior to writing it to the tape. Data compression is a well established technology for reducing the number of bits used to represent data in order to improve data ...

Page 23 - Installation Guide; Dip switch

3.Installation SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 3-1 3. Installation 3.1. Installation Guide This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-5 drive. Dip switch Jumpers SCSI 68 pin Connector Power Connector Figure 3-1: DIP switch & Connector

Page 24 - DIP; SCSI ID Number Jumper; P a ri ty D is a b le

3.Installation 3-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 1 DR (Desaster Recovery) Mode 2 Emulation Mode 3 AIT Library Interface Mode 4 Reserved 5 Terminator Power (ON) 6 Periodic Cleaning Req (ON) 7 DC Control-1 8 DC Control-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON OFF Figure 3-2: DIP Switch Positions Table 3-1: Dr...

Page 25 - Parity Disable Jumper; Parity; Data Compression ON Switch; Definition; Power Connector

3.Installation SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 3-3 3.1.3. Parity Disable Jumper Parity check function can be disabled by Jumper. Parity check is disabled while left end jumper is installed. Parity generate function is always enabled. Parity Setting Disable | Enable : : = OPEN Jumper not in...

Page 26 - DIFFSENS

3.Installation 3-4 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table 3-4: SDX-1100V SCSI Signals (Low-Voltage-Differential Type BUS P Cable Signal Assignment) Signal Name Cable Conductor Number Signal Name -DB(12) 35 1 +DB(12) -DB(13) 36 2 +DB(13) -DB(14) 37 3 +DB(14) -DB(15) 38 4 +DB(15) -DB(P1) 39 5...

Page 28 - Attaching and Removing the Dust Cover; pins, positioning them so that they bracket the pins.

3.Installation 3-6 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 3.1.7. Attaching and Removing the Dust Cover 3.1.7.1. Attaching the Dust Cover (1) Align the dust cover’s hinge clips (one on each side) with the pins of the drive bezel. • The dust cover should be positioned so that the six magnets on the...

Page 31 - Summary of LED Indications; The

4.Operation SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4-1 4. Operation 4.1. Summary of LED Indications The drive has 3 LEDs. Each LED shows "Tape Motion", "Cleaning Request", and "Replace Tape" as defined. "Tape Motion" means to show the tape motion in the drive. "...

Page 32 - read from the tape but not written to it.; Hard reset hole

4.Operation 4-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4.2. Operator Action 4.2.1. Powering up the Drive After the initial installation of the drive has been verified, power can be applied to the unit. The +12V and +5V power must be applied simultaneously. (See Figure 2-5) The drive will execute ...

Page 33 - During load sequence, the following occurs:; The Unload Sequence; Prevent Allow Media Removal command.; Power-Fail or SCSI Reset Handling

4.Operation SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4-3 4.3. Internal Function 4.3.1. The Load Sequence During load sequence, the following occurs: (1) The drive mechanism accepts the cassette and threads the tape. The tape is then moved to Beginning-of-Tape(BOT). If the format is not AIT-3, AIT-3...

Page 34 - Diagnostic and Normal Status Displays; the drive is out of order and needs to be repaired.; Front Panel Test; LED display sequence

4.Operation 4-4 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4.3.4. Diagnostic and Normal Status Displays This clause describes LED displays while the drive is starting up. When the power is turned on, the drive will go through its diagnostics to reach normal status. When a failure is detected during d...

Page 35 - Tape Alert

4.Operation SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4-5 Table 4-2: Normal LED indications LED Tape Motion Cleaning Request Replace Tape Off No Tape Cleaning is Not Necessary No Media Error Occurred On Tape Loaded Cleaning Request Media Error Occurred Flash Slowly Tape Access in Progress (Write/Rea...

Page 36 - The tape drive will not accept a tape cartridge.

4.Operation 4-6 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4.6. Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Service 4.6.1. Head Cleaning In case of SDX-1100V,a cleaning function which prevents and recovers from head contamination is built in the drive. However, to keep optimum Read/Write performance, cleaning c...

Page 38 - Detail A; Photo 2: The Initial Position of the Threading Mechanism; Otherwise the gear of the drive can be damaged.; Cartridge

4.Operation 4-8 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Detail A Photo 2: The Initial Position of the Threading Mechanism Caution: Stop rotating the motor shaft immediately, when the guide B (see detail A of Photo 2) gets to the area below the line C-C (This line is defined by 2 circular tape guid...

Page 39 - Clearance for Service; caused to an improperly packaged drive.

4.Operation SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4-9 The drive powers up properly and loads and unloads tapes but will not respond to any SCSI commands. (A) If SCSI bus reset does not cause the drive to reset (same as power-on self test): - Check the SCSI cable connectors - Check SCSI cable pin...

Page 41 - Ultra160 SCSI Interface; Supported Messages

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5-1 5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction The Sony SDX-1100V uses the SCSI interface to connect to the host system. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is an industry standard interface, approved by the American National Standards Insti...

Page 42 - Supported Commands; Command Name

5.SCSI Interface 5-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5.1.3. Supported Commands The following commands are supported. They include all Mandatory and Extended commands, most Optional commands. Table 5-1: Supported SCSI Commands Command Name Operation Code ERASE 19h INQUIRY 12h LOAD/UNLOAD 1B...

Page 43 - COMMAND COMPLETE message.; Disconnect; implemented as follows:

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5-3 5.2. SCSI Bus Operation 5.2.1. Typical SCSI Operation This example describes the typical SCSI bus sequence between the host and the drive. 1. After waiting for the bus clear time the Host arbitrates for the SCSI bus. It does this by asse...

Page 44 - Message Specification; Code

5.SCSI Interface 5-4 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 4. The I/O activity from this point is controlled entirely by the target. The target initiates the COMMAND phase and reads in the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) from the Host. If the Host has sent an Identify message with the Disconnect ...

Page 45 - the target goes to the BUS FREE phase by releasing BSY.; PARALLEL PROTOCOL REQUEST; TRANSFER PERIOD FACTOR; TRANSFER PERIOD FACTOR FIELD; Transfer period equals the period factor x 4

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5-5 5.3.1. COMMAND COMPLETE (00h) This message is sent from a target to an initiator to indicate that the execution of a command or a series of linked commands has completed and valid status has been sent to the initiator. After successfully...

Page 47 - Table 5-4: Synchronous Data Transfer Rates; agreement as follows:; Responding Device SDTR response; Asynchronous transfer

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5-7 Table 5-4: Synchronous Data Transfer Rates Transfer Period (hex) 9 0A 0C 19 1F 26 2C 32 38 Transfer Rate (MB/s) - narrow 80 40.0 20.0 10.0 8.0 6.67 5.71 5.00 4.44 Transfer Rate (MB/s)- wide 160 80.0 40.0 20.0 16.0 13.34 11.42 10.00 8.88 ...

Page 48 - Byte Value

5.SCSI Interface 5-8 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 The implied synchronous agreement shall remain in effect until a BUS DEVICE RESET message is received, until a hard reset condition occurs, or until one of the two SCSI devices elects to modify the agreement. The default data transfer mo...

Page 52 - Status Specification

5.SCSI Interface 5-12 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 5.4. Status Specification A Status byte is sent from the drive to the Host during the STATUS phase at the termination of each command as specified in the SCSI specification, unless the command has been cleared by an ABORT message, by a ...

Page 55 - Command Specification; PARA

6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-1 6. Command Specification This clause includes all supported SCSI Commands. Elements of this clause come from clauses 7, 8 and 9 of the ANSI NCITS 351-2001 (SPC-2), ANSI NCITS 408-2005 (SPC-3), ANSI NCITS.335:2000 (SSC), SCSI inter...

Page 56 - Bit

6.Command Specification ERASE 6-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.1. ERASE 19h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (19h) 1 Reserved Immed Long 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The ERASE command causes part or all of the remaining data within a partition to be erased at th...

Page 57 - Specification

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-3 6.2. INQUIRY 12h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (12h) 1 Reserved CmdDT EVPD 2 Page or Operation Code 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Length 5 Control The INQUIRY command requests that the drive send information regardin...

Page 61 - Command support data; Peripheral Quaifier

INQUIRY 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-7 Command support data If the drive implements the requested SCSI operation code, it will return the data defined in Table 6-3. If the device does not implement the requested SCSI operation code it will return the peripheral...

Page 63 - Table 6-4: LOAD UNLOAD Command Parameter Combinations

LOAD/UNLOAD 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-9 When the drive receives the UNLOAD, the tape is rewound to BOM and ejected. The operator must reload the drive manually. If, however, the drive has previously received a PREVENT MEDIA REMOVAL (with prevent bit set) com...

Page 64 - LOCATE 2Bh

6.Command Specification LOCATE 6-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.4. LOCATE 2Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (2Bh) 1 Reserved BT (0) CP Immed 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) 4 Block Address 5 6 (LSB) 7 Reserved 8 Partition (0) 9 Control The LOCATE command causes the drive to position t...

Page 65 - LOG SELECT 4Ch

LOG SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-11 6.5. LOG SELECT 4Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Ch) 1 Reserved PCR SP (0) 2 PC Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Parameter List Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The LOG SELECT command...

Page 67 - LOG SENSE 4Dh

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-13 6.6. LOG SENSE 4Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Dh) 1 Reserved PPC (0) SP (0) 2 PC Page Code 3 (MSB) 4 Reserved 5 6 Parameter Pointer (LSB) 7 (MSB) 8 Allocation Length (LSB) 9 Control The LOG SENSE comman...

Page 68 - Page Code; page the requested data will begin.; The Log Page Descriptor

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-14 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Page Code: The Page Code field identifies which log page is being requested by the initiator. If the page is not supported then the command will terminate with a CHECK CONDITION status with the sense key set to ILLEGAL ...

Page 69 - The Log Parameter Descriptor

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-15 Table 6-10: Log Page Format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) 3 Page Length (n-3) (LSB) Log Parameters (s) 4 x+3 The First Log Parameter (Length x) . . . n-y n The Last Log Parameter (Leng...

Page 70 - TMC; Any update of the parameter

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-16 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 TSD: A target save disable (TSD) bit of ZERO indicates a target-defined method for saving log parameters. This implicit saving operation will be done frequently enough to insure that the cumulative parameter values reta...

Page 71 - Write and Read Error Counters Pages (02h or 03h)

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-17 6.6.3. Summary List of Supported Pages (00h) The summary list of supported log pages returns the list of page codes supported by the target. This page is only valid for the Log Sense command and if sent to the initiator...

Page 73 - Reserved; Severity

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-19 6.6.6. Tape Alert Log Page (2Eh) Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reserved Page Code (2Eh) 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) Page Length (140h) 3 (LSB) 5n-1 (MSB) Parameter Code (n) 5n 5n+1 DU (0) DS (1) TSD (0) ETC (0) TMC (00) LBIN (0) LP...

Page 87 - Table 6-36: MIC Fixed Length Information Page

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-33 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (3Dh) (Sony Unique) Table 6-36: MIC Fixed Length Information Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Page Code (3Dh) 1 Reserved 2 (MSB) Page Length (n+1) 3 (LSB) Parameter Code: Code De...

Page 97 - Table 6-42: Supported MODE SELECT Page Codes; performing MODE SELECT.

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-43 Supported page codes are: Table 6-42: Supported MODE SELECT Page Codes Page Code Description 00h 02h 0Ah 0Fh 10h 11h 1Ch 31h 32h 33h 3Fh Standard Sense Disconnect-Reconnect Control Mode Page Data Compression Control D...

Page 99 - efi; nition

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-45 6.7.2. Control Mode Page (0Ah) Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page Code (0Ah) 1 Page Length (0Ah) 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved AUTOLOAD MODE 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Reserved 10 Re...

Page 100 - Table 6-45: Data Compression Control Page

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-46 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.7.3. Data Compression Control Page (0Fh) The drive supports the Data Compression Control Page which has the following format: Table 6-45: Data Compression Control Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Page...

Page 102 - Buffer Size at Early Warning:; returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key set.; Select Data Compression Algorithm:

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-48 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 SOCF: Stop on Consecutive Filemarks function is not supported by the drive and if this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. RBO: This field is not supported. If this bit i...

Page 104 - Medium Format Recognition:; to reallocate the capacity of previously partitioned tapes.

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-50 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Medium Format Recognition: This field is only valid on a MODE SENSE and is set to 03h to indicate that the drive is capable of format and partition recognition. This is non-changeable field. It accepts all the value, ...

Page 105 - Informational Exceptions Control Page (1Ch); Table 6-49 : Informational Exceptions Control Page

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-51 6.7.6. Informational Exceptions Control Page (1Ch) The Informational Exceptions control page defines the methods used by the target to control the reporting and the operations of specific informational exception condi...

Page 106 - Table 6-50: AIT Device Configuration Page

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-52 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.7.7. AIT Device Configuration Page (31h) Note 1: The values set by Mode Select Page 31h become valid after the Mode Select Page 11h command is completed. Note 2: The values reported by Mode Sense Page 31h always ind...

Page 109 - Table 6-54: Supported MODE SENSE Page Codes

MODE SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-55 Supported page codes are: Table 6-54: Supported MODE SENSE Page Codes Page Code Description 00h 02h 0Ah 0Fh 10h 11h 1Ch 31h 32h 33h 3Fh Standard Sense Disconnect-Reconnect Control Mode Page Data Compression Control Dev...

Page 110 - Block Descriptor Length:

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-56 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Media Type: The media value will be ZERO as only one media type is supported. WP: A Write Protected bit of ZERO indicates that the tape is write enabled. A Write Protected bit of one indicates that the tape is write pr...

Page 111 - PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-57 6.9. PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (5Eh) 1 Reserved SERVICE ACTION 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The...

Page 114 - PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 5Fh

6.Command Specification PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6-60 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.10. PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 5Fh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (5Fh) 1 Reserved SERVICE ACTION 2 SCOPE TYPE 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Parameter List Length (18h) 8 (LSB...

Page 116 - PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 1Eh

6.Command Specification PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 6-62 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.11. PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 1Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Eh) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved Prevent 5 Control The PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL command requests t...

Page 119 - READ ATTRIBUTE 8Ch

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-65 6.13. READ ATTRIBUTE 8Ch The READ ATTRIBUTE command allows an application client to read attribute values from the Medium Auxiliary memory (MAM). Table 6-65: READ ATTRIBUTE command Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operat...

Page 120 - Table 6-66: READ ATTRIBUTE service action codes; ATTRIBUTE VALUES service action

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-66 Table 6-66: READ ATTRIBUTE service action codes Code Name Description 00h Attribute Values Return attribute values. 01h Attribute List Returns a list of available attribute identifiers, identifiers that are not in ...

Page 121 - ATTRIBUTE LIST service action

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-67 Table 6-67: READ ATTRIBUTE with ATTRIBUTE VALUES service action parameter list format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 (MSB) 3 AVAILABLE DATA (n-3) (LSB) ATTRIBUTE (s) 4 .. x ATTRIBUTE 0 .. m .. n ATTRIBUTE x The AVAILAB...

Page 122 - PARTITION LIST service action; VOLUME LIST service action

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-68 6.13.3. PARTITION LIST service action The READ ATTRIBUTE command with PARTITION LIST service action returns parameter data (Table 6-69) identifying the number of partitions supported in the specified volume number....

Page 123 - READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h

READ BLOCK LIMITS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-69 6.14. READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (05h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The READ BLOCK LIMITS command requests that the drive return its limits for Block...

Page 124 - READ BUFFER 3Ch

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-70 6.15. READ BUFFER 3Ch Bit Bite 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Ch) 1 Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) 4 Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) 7 Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The READ BUFFER command is used in conjun...

Page 126 - Reserved EBOS

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-72 Echo Buffer (1010b) - In this mode the drive transfer data to the application client from the echo buffer. The echo buffer will transfer the same data as when the WRITE BUFFER command with the mode field set to echo b...

Page 127 - READ POSITION 34h

READ POSITION 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-73 6.16. READ POSITION 34h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (34h) 1 Reserved TCLP LONG BT 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Control The READ POSITION command report...

Page 128 - First block location:

6.Command Specification READ POSITION SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-74 BPU: A Block Position Unknown (BPU) bit of one indicates that the First and Last Block Locations are not known or cannot be obtained. A BPU bit of ZERO indicates that the First contains valid position information. P...

Page 129 - RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch

RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-75 6.17. RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ch) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Allocation Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS command requests err...

Page 130 - Table 6-81: RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS results data

6.Command Specification RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-76 Table 6-81: RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS results data Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Reset Error Time Re-Sync (0) Reserved Error Set 1 Error Code 2 Result A 3 Result B 4 Test Number Reset error: This bit is set when...

Page 132 - Parameter List Length:; transferred from the initiator to the logical unit.; Third Party Device ID

6.Command Specification RELEASE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-78 Parameter List Length: The contents of this field specify the length, in bytes, of the parameter list that will be transferred from the initiator to the logical unit. If the 3rdPty bit is ZERO, the PARAMETER LIST LENGTH f...

Page 133 - REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 44h

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-79 6.19. REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 44h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (44h) 1 Reserved MEDIA 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) 8 Allocation Length (LSB) 9 Control The REPOR...

Page 134 - Table 6-84: REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT data block descriptor

6.Command Specification REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-80 Table 6-84: REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT data block descriptor Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PRIMARY DENSITY CODE (32 h) 1 SECONDARY DENSITY CODE (30 h) 2 WRTOK (1) DUP (0) DEFLT (1) Reserved (00h) 3 Reserved (00h) ...

Page 135 - Primary Density Code:; indicates this density is the default density of the logical unit.

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-81 116 (MSB) CAPACITY (LSB) 119 120 (MSB) 127 ASSIGNING ORGANIZATION (SONY) (LSB) 128 (MSB) 135 DENSITY NAME (AIT-4) (LSB) 136 (MSB) 155 DESCRIPTION (AdvIntelligentTape4) (LSB) 156 PROMARY DENSITY CODE (34h) 1...

Page 136 - REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER A3h

6.Command Specification REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-82 6.20. REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER A3h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A3h) 1 Reserved Service Action (05h) 2 - 5 Reserved 6 - 9 Allocation Length 10 Reserved 11 Control The REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIE...

Page 137 - REPORT LUNS A0h

REPORT LUNS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-83 6.21. REPORT LUNS A0h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A0h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 (MSB) 7 8 9 Allocation Length (LSB) 10 Reserved 11 Control The REPORT LUNS command request...

Page 138 - REQUEST SENSE 03h

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-84 6.22. REQUEST SENSE 03h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (03h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Length (1Ch) 5 Control The REQUEST SENSE command requests that the target transfer Sense Data to ...

Page 139 - Table 6-87: Error Codes 70h and 71h Sense Data Format

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-85 Table 6-87: Error Codes 70h and 71h Sense Data Format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Valid Error Code (70h or 71h) 1 Segment Number 2 Filemark EOM ILI Reserved Sense Key 3 (MSB) Information 6 (LSB) 7 Additional Sense Le...

Page 142 - MEDIUM ERROR

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-88 MEDIUM ERROR . Indicates that the current command or a previously acknowledged write-type operation terminated with a non-recovered error condition that was probably caused by a flaw in the medium, an error in the r...

Page 143 - HARDWARE ERROR

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-89 HARDWARE ERROR . Indicates that the drive detected a non-recoverable hardware failure not related to the tape (for example, controller failure, device failure, parity error, etc).While performing the command or duri...

Page 144 - UNIT ATTENTION

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-90 55 04 INSUFFICIENT REGISTRATION RESOURCES (attempt to register more than 1 key) 83 02 No MIC Detected 83 04 MIC out of Memory 83 05 No Data Body Detected in the MIC 83 0C MIC format type is undefined 83 0D MIC capac...

Page 145 - ABORTED COMMAND

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-91 ABORTED COMMAND 43 00 MESSAGE ERROR – Unexpected Message phase. 45 00 SELECT OR RESELECT FAILURE - SCSI Selection/ Re-selection error. 47 00 SCSI PARITY ERROR - SCSI Parity Error detected and drive proceeded to Stat...

Page 146 - Runtime Error Code

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-92 Table 6-91 ： Runtime Error Code 00h NO ERROR 01h NO TAPE 02h OFF-LINE WITH TAPE 04h ILLEGAL COMMAND 06h WRITE OPERATION INHIBIT 07h WRITE PROTECTED 08h PARTITION SIZE ERROR 0Eh CLEANING EOM ENCOUNTERED 10h INVALID T...

Page 149 - Reserved Immed

REWIND 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-95 6.24. REWIND 01h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (01h) 1 Reserved Immed 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The REWIND command requests the drive to position the media at the beginning of the currently act...

Page 150 - SEND DIAGNOSTIC 1Dh

6.Command Specification SEND DIAGNOSTIC SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-96 6.25. SEND DIAGNOSTIC 1Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Dh) 1 Reserved PF Reserved Self Test DevOfl(0) UnitOfl 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Parameter List Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The SEND DIAGNOSTIC command r...

Page 152 - SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h

6.Command Specification SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-98 6.26. SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h Table 6-97: SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (A4h) 1 Reserved Service Action(06h) 2 – 5 Reserved 6 – 9 Parameter List Length 10 Rese...

Page 155 - CHECK CONDITION; and the actual number of blocks or Filemarks spaced over.

SPACE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-101 6.27.1. CHECK CONDITION NO SENSE: If a Filemark is encountered while spacing over blocks, the Filemark and Valid bits in extended sense are set to one. The Information field in the Sense Data is set to the difference (resi...

Page 156 - TEST UNIT READY 00h

6.Command Specification TEST UNIT READY 00h SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-102 6.28. TEST UNIT READY 00h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (00h) 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The TEST UNIT READY command provides a means to check if the drive is ready. Thi...

Page 157 - WRITE 0Ah

WRITE 0Ah 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-103 6.29. WRITE 0Ah Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (0Ah) 1 Reserved Fixed 2 (MSB) 3 Transfer Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control The WRITE command requests that the drive write the data that is transferred from the initiat...

Page 158 - WRITE ATTRIBUTE 8Dh

6.Command Specification WRITE ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-104 6.30. WRITE ATTRIBUTE 8Dh The WRITE ATTRIBUTE command (Table 6-102) allows an application client to write attributes to medium auxiliary memory. Application clients will issue the READ ATTRIBUTE command prior to ...

Page 159 - Table 6-103: WRITE ATTRIBUTE parameter list format

WRITE ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-105 The parameter list will have the format shown in Table 6-103. Attributes will be sent in ascending numerical order. If the attributes are not in order, no attributes will be changed and the WRITE ATTRIBUTE comman...

Page 160 - Command Specification WRITE BUFFER; WRITE BUFFER 3Bh

6.Command Specification WRITE BUFFER 6-106 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.31. WRITE BUFFER 3Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Bh) 1 Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) Parameter List Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control The WRITE BUFFER command is used in co...

Page 161 - WRITE BUFFER 6.Command Specification

WRITE BUFFER 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6-107 Buffer Offset: The buffer offset field contains the byte offset within the specified buffer from which data will be transferred to. The initiator will conform to the offset boundary requirements returned in the WRIT...

Page 162 - Command Specification WRITE FILEMARKS; WRITE FILEMARKS 10h; Reserved WSmk; Number of Filemarks or Setmarks:; CONDITION status in each case.

6.Command Specification WRITE FILEMARKS 6-108 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 6.32. WRITE FILEMARKS 10h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (10h) 1 Reserved WSmk Immed 2 (MSB) 3 Number of Filemarks or Setmarks 4 (LSB) 5 Control The WRITE FILEMARKS command causes the specified number ...

Page 163 - Drive Diagnostics; Overview

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 7-1 7. Drive Diagnostics This clause deals with the diagnostics supported by the drive. Each diagnostic is described in detail and possible error codes are discussed. 7.1. Overview The diagnostic firmware for this product is designed to a...

Page 164 - Table 7-1: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameter If PF bit is ZERO

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 If an error is detected during power-up, the drive will return a CHECK CONDITION status to the host on the command received first. The host shall issue a REQUEST SENSE command to determine the cause of the CHECK CONDITION status. The ...

Page 165 - Diagnostic Test Number Summary

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 7-3 The Page Format (PF) bit is ONE, and the Parameter List Length is 9, the Parameter List in this case is 9 bytes long and will be of the form: Table 7-2: SEND DIAGNOSTIC Parameters If PF bit is ONE Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Page Code ...

Page 166 - RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULT command

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-4 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Sequence Test 00 Reset Sequence (61, 62, 71,72, 30) H Main Processor Kernel Test 61 Main Processor ROM checksum P 62 Main Processor Destructive RAM Test P Drive Test 71 Buffer RAM Test PH 72 DMA Test PH 7.2.5. RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESUL...

Page 177 - APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute; APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory; INTRODUCTION; Attribute Type

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-1 12. APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12.1. INTRODUCTION This section will outline the design specifications for the implementation of selected Medium Auxiliary Memory (MAM) attributes. 12.2. ...

Page 178 - MEDIUM AUXILIARY MEMORY ATTRIBUTE DATA

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table 12-2: MAM Attribute states Attribute Type Attribute State Description Read Only An application server may read the contents of the attribute with the READ ATTRIBUTE command, but an attempt to clear ...

Page 179 - Attribute Identifier Values; attribute is standard or vendor unique (; Standard Device Type Attributes

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-3 The READ ONLY bit indicates whether the attribute is in the read only state. If the READ ONLY bit is one, the attribute is in the read only state. If the READ ONLY bit is zero, the attribute is in the rea...

Page 180 - 005h ASSIGNING ORGANISATION:

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-4 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table 12-6: Device Common Attributes ID Attribute Name #Bytes Format 0000h REMAINING CAPACITY IN PARTITION 8 Binary 0001h MAXIMUM CAPACITY IN PARTITION 8 Binary 0002h TAPEALERT FLAGS 8 Binary 0003h LOAD C...

Page 182 - Table 12-8: Medium USAGE HISTORY attribute format

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-6 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table 12-8: Medium USAGE HISTORY attribute format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 5 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) 6 11 (MSB) The CURRENT WRITE RETRIES COUNT (LSB) 12 17 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DAT...

Page 183 - 341h PARTITION USAGE HISTORY:

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-7 The CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA READ field indicates the amount of data physically read from the medium during this load of the medium. This value is expressed in increments of 1048576 bytes (e.g., a value of ...

Page 184 - Table 12-9: PARTITION USAGE HISTORY attribute format

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-8 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Table 12-9: PARTITION USAGE HISTORY attribute format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA WRITTEN (LSB) 4 7 (MSB) CURRENT WRITE RETIES COUNT (LSB) 8 11 (MSB) CURRENT AMOUNT OF DATA RE...

Page 185 - Standard Medium Type Attributes; ID Attribute

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 12-9 12.4.4. Standard Medium Type Attributes Medium type attributes (Table 12-10) are hard coded into the medium auxiliary memory at manufacture time. All supported medium type attribute will have a status of ...

Page 186 - 406h MEDIUM MANUFACTURE DATE:; Standard Host Type Attributes

12.APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute 12-10 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 Note: The Formatted Density Code ID 0006h, which is in the Device Common Attribute section and the Medium Density Code ID 0405h, which is located in the Medium Common Attributes section, will need to be ...

Page 189 - Page 31h: AIT Device Configuration Page; How to initialize a WORM cartridge.

13.Appendix F: AIT based WORM system SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 13-1 13. APPENDIX F: AIT based WORM system 13.1. Important Notice (1) AIT WORM cartridges come equipped with Remote MIC. (2) A new AIT WORM cartridge can be initialized to use either AIT native mode. (3) WORM features are...

Page 190 - How to handle the WORM cartridge in the drive.

13.Appendix F: AIT based WORM system 13-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 How to initialize a WORM cartridge to AIT Native mode. 1Partition AIT=1, DEVICE=1, ABS=1, SysLogAlive=11, Span=0Ah Set IDP bit to 1. Additional Partition=0. 13.5. How to handle the WORM cartridge in the drive. 1. DAT...

Page 191 - Appendix G: CD-ROM Device Emulation for Disaster Recovery; do a complete restore of the system.; Creating Disaster Recovery Tape; and will not take the drive out of DR mode.; Exiting DR Mode; once the drive exits from DR mode.; Supported CD-ROM DR Command Set; LOCATE command and READ 6 (0x08) command executing in sequence.; Length

14.Appendix G: CD-ROM Device Emulation for Disaster Recovery SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 14-1 14. APPENDIX G: CD-ROM Device Emulation for Disaster Recovery 14.1. Overview This chapter will outline the Disaster Recovery Specifications for Sony AIT drive and autoloader. While in Disaster...

Page 192 - Mode Sense/Select Page Code 0x3C; Reset Handling

14.Appendix G: CD-ROM Device Emulation for Disaster Recovery 14-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver.1.0 14.5.4. Read TOC (0x43) This command shall only be supported in DR mode. 5.4.1. Returned Data (20 bytes) 00 12 01 01 00 14 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 AA 00 00 04 B0 00 14.5.5. Mode Sense/Select P...