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Page 2 - Notice

Notice This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced or translated to another language without prior written consent of Sony. The information contained in this document is subject to change...

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Changing List Page Clause Title Modify Add Delete Remarks SDX-800V Series Ver. 1.0 NOVEMBER, 2005 (RELEASE) SDX-800 Series Ver. 1.1 March, 2007 (From Ver. 1.0 To 1.1) 1-1 1.3. Features of the Drive * 2-5 2.2.7. ESD * 2-5 2.2.8. EMC * 2-6 2.3. Performance Specification * 2-6 2.3.1. Data Capacity * 2-...

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Page 5 - Table of Contents; Introduction

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. About this Product Specification Manual 1- 1 1.2. Introducing the Sony AIT Technology 1- 1 1.3. Features of the Drive 1- 1 1.4. Reference 1- 3 1.4.1. How to get ECMA-222, 246, 291, 292, 329 Standard Document 1- 3 2. Spe...

Page 7 - SCSI Interface; SCSI BUS Operation; Command Specification; LOG SELECT 4Ch

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 5. SCSI Interface 5.1. Introduction 5- 1 5.1.1. Overview of the SCSI Interface 5- 1 5.1.2. Supported Messages 5- 1 5.1.3. Supported Commands 5- 2 5.2. SCSI BUS Operation 5- 3 5.2.1. Typical SCSI Operation 5- 3 5.2.2. Disconnect 5- 3 5.3. Message Specificatio...

Page 10 - Reset Handling; Appendix H: GLOSSARY

SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table of Contents 14.5.4. Read TOC (0x43) 14- 2 14.5.5. Mode Sense/Select Page Code 0x3C 14- 2 14.6. Reset Handling 14- 2 15. Appendix H: GLOSSARY 15- 1

Page 13 - Reference

1.Introduction SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 1-3 • Random read, Append write • MIC Support (Automatic reliability and performance enhancement.) • MIC Support (Read and write capability for MIC user data area.) • Remote-MIC Support • Tape Alert 1.4. Reference Please refer to the followin...

Page 20 - Figure 2-4: Mounting Attitude and Tolerance; Performance Specification

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-6 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-E Turbo, AI...

Page 24 - Safety; Conditions of Acceptability

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-10 2.4. Safety The SDX-800V conforms to the following safety standards: • UL/cUL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.) CAN/CSA C22.2 No.60950-1-03/UL 60950-1, First Edition. Safety of Information Technology Equipment. • TUV EN60950-1: 2001 Saf...

Page 25 - Power Requirements; Voltage Max; Data Compression

2.Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 2-11 2.5.1. Power Requirements Voltage Max Ripple Current Typical Maximum 5V ± 5% 100 mV p-p 1.5A 2.5A 12V ± 10% 150 mV p-p 0.75A 3.0A * exclude SCSI terminator power 4.75V T 10.8V 0V 0V 5V 12V -300 ms < T < 300 ms Figure 2-5: Power-up...

Page 27 - Installation Guide; Dip switch

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-1 3. Installation 3.1. Installation Guide This Product Specification Manual is applicable for AIT-3Ex drive. Dip switch Jumpers SCSI 68 pin Connector Power Connector Figure 3-1: DIP switch & Connector

Page 28 - DIP; SCSI ID Number Jumper; P a rity D is a b le

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-2 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: D...

Page 29 - Parity Disable Jumper; Parity; Data Compression ON Switch; Definition; Power Connector

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 i...

Page 32 - Attaching and Removing the Dust Cover

3.Installation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3-6 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 th...

Page 35 - Summary of LED Indications

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-1 4. Operation 4.1. Summary of LED Indications The SDX-800V have 3 LEDs. Each LED shows "Tape Motion", "Cleaning Request", and "Replace Tape" as defined. "Tape Motion" to show the tape motion in the drive. "...

Page 36 - Hard reset hole

4.Operation 4-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4.2. Operator Action 4.2.1. Powering up the SDX-800V After the initial installation of the SDX-800V has been verified, power can be applied to the unit. The +12V and +5V power must be applied simultaneously. (See Figure 2-5) The SDX-800V wil...

Page 37 - The Unload Sequence

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4-3 4.3. Internal Function 4.3.1. The Load Sequence (Effective for non MIC cassette, only) Refer to 12.2.1. Fast Media Load/Unload (Effective for MIC cassette, only) During load sequence, the following occurs: (1) The drive mechanism accepts the...

Page 38 - Diagnostic and Normal Status Displays; Diagnostic Status Display; Front Panel Test; Kernel Test; Normal Status Display

4.Operation 4-4 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4.3.4. Diagnostic and Normal Status Displays This chapter describes LED displays while the SDX-800V is starting up. When power is turned on, the SDX-800V will go through its diagnostics to reach normal status. When a failure is detected duri...

Page 39 - Tape Alert

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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/Re...

Page 40 - Message When Cleaning Cassette is Necessary; Usage of Cleaning Cassette; Troubleshooting Guide; Operational Problems; The tape drive will not accept a tape cartridge

4.Operation 4-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 4.6. Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Service 4.6.1. Head Cleaning In case of SDX-800V,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 42 - Detail A; Photo 2: The Initial Position of the Threading Mechanism; Cartridge

4.Operation 4-8 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 gui...

Page 43 - Read/Write Problems; Clearance for Service

4.Operation SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 pi...

Page 46 - Supported Commands; Command Name

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-2 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 1...

Page 48 - Message Specification; Code

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-4 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 49 - TRANSFER PERIOD FACTOR FIELD

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 successfull...

Page 52 - WIDE DATA TRANSFER REQUEST; Byte Value

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-8 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 m...

Page 55 - Ignore

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-11 5.3.11. BUS DEVICE RESET (0Ch) This message is sent from an initiator to direct a target to clear all current commands. Upon recognizing this message, the currently executing command will be aborted and the drive will proceed to the BU...

Page 56 - Status Specification

5.SCSI Interface SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 5-12 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 59 - Command Specification; PARA

6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-1 6. Command Specification This clause includes all supported. Elements of this clause come from clauses 7, 8 and 9 of the T10/1236-D (SPC-2), T10/1416-D (SPC-3), ANSI NCITS.335:2000 (SSC), SCSI interface specification. There are d...

Page 60 - Bit

6.Command Specification ERASE 6-2 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.1. ERASE 19h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (19h) 1 Obsolete Reserved Immed Long 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control ERASE causes part or all of the remaining data within a partition to be erased beginni...

Page 67 - Table 6-4: LOAD UNLOAD Command Parameter Combinations

LOAD/UNLOAD 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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) co...

Page 68 - LOCATE 2Bh

6.Command Specification LOCATE 6-10 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.4. LOCATE 2Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (2Bh) 1 Obsolete Reserved BT (0) CP Immed 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) 4 Block Address 5 6 (LSB) 7 Reserved 8 Partition 9 Control LOCATE command causes the drive to position...

Page 71 - LOG SENSE 4Dh

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-13 6.6. LOG SENSE 4Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (4Dh) 1 Obsolete 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 LOG SENSE ...

Page 72 - Page Code

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-14 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 74 - TMC

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-16 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 TSD: A target save disable (TSD) bit of ZERO indicates a target-defined method for saving log parameters. This implicit saving operation shall be done frequently enough to insure that the cumulative parameter values re...

Page 75 - Summary List of Supported Pages

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-17 6.6.3.1. Summary List of Supported Pages 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 host during ...

Page 77 - Severity

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-19 6.6.6. Tape Alert Log Page 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 (0) ...

Page 83 - Table 6-24: Tape Capacity Log Parameter Codes

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-25 6.6.8. Tape Capacity Log Page (Sony Unique) The tape Capacity Log Page is used to indicate the approximate capacity of the tape currently being used. The PC field of the LOG SENSE command is ignored for this field. Whe...

Page 90 - Table 6-34: MIC Fixed Length Information Page

6.Command Specification LOG SENSE 6-32 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.6.13. MIC Fixed Length Information Page (Sony Unique) Table 6-34: 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 Descrip...

Page 95 - Table 6-35: MIC Variable Length Information Page

LOG SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-37 6.6.14. MIC Variable Length Information Page (Sony Unique) Page 3Eh is a variable length page. That is not defined by ANSI. This page is Sony Vendor Unique. Important NOTE: 1. Only one Parameter Code in Page 3Eh is tra...

Page 101 - Table 6-41: Data Compression Control Page

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-43 6.7.3. Data Compression Control Page (0Fh) The drive supports the Data Compression Control Page which has the following format: Table 6-41: Data Compression Control Page Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 PS (0) Reserved Pag...

Page 103 - Buffer Size at Early Warning:; Select Data Compression Algorithm:

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-45 RBO: This field is not supported. If this bit is set a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key. REW: The Report Early-Warning End-of –Media bit is set to ZERO indicates the drive will not...

Page 105 - Medium Format Recognition:

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-47 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 106 - Table 6-45 : Informational Exceptions Control Page

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-48 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 cond...

Page 108 - Bit Combination Table

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-50 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 PONEJ This bit is recorded in drive’s EEPROM, and it effects the drive itself. (Not Supported) 0 - Power On immediate Eject disable. If this bit set to 0, then the cassette will stay in the drive when power is applie...

Page 109 - Code Description

MODE SELECT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-51 6.7.8. Append Partition (32h) (This mode page is NOT supported) The Append Partition Command is available in the AIT mode. The Append Partition Command takes effect if the current partition is the last partition. Whe...

Page 110 - Append Partition example procedure:

6.Command Specification MODE SELECT 6-52 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Append Partition example procedure: Start ⇓ Mode Sense Page 11h Check Max Additional Partitions ⇓ Can I create one more new partition? IF (Max Additional Partitions) ≥ 1 THEN you can create a new partition. ⇓ Yes Log...

Page 114 - Parameter Values

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-56 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.8. MODE SENSE (6/10) 1Ah and 5Ah Table 6-49: Mode Sense (6) CDB Format 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ah) 1 Reserved DBD Reserved 2 PCF Page Code 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Length 5 Vendor Specific (00b) Reserved N...

Page 115 - Table 6-52: Supported MODE SENSE Page Codes

MODE SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-57 Table 6-52: 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 Device Configuration Medium ...

Page 116 - Block Descriptor Length:

6.Command Specification MODE SENSE 6-58 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 p...

Page 117 - PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh

PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-59 6.9. PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (5Eh) 1 Logical Unit Number Reserved SERVICE ACTION 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 (MSB) Allocation Length ...

Page 120 - PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 5Fh

6.Command Specification PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6-62 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 (LS...

Page 122 - PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 1Eh

6.Command Specification PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 6-64 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.11. PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL 1Eh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Eh) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved Prevent 5 Control The PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL command ...

Page 125 - READ ATTRIBUTE 8Ch

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-67 6.13. READ ATTRIBUTE 8Ch The READ ATTRIBUTE command allows an application client to read attribute values from the Medium Auxiliary memory (MAM). Table 6-63: READ ATTRIBUTE command Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Opera...

Page 126 - Table 6-64: READ ATTRIBUTE service action codes; ATTRIBUTE VALUES service action

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE 6-68 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Table 6-64: 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 127 - ATTRIBUTE LIST service action

READ ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-69 Table 6-65: Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 (MSB) AVAILABLE DATA (n-3) (LSB) 4 .. x ATTRIBUTE 0 .. m .. n ATTRIBUTE x The AVAILABLE DATA field shall contain the number of bytes of attribute information in the paramet...

Page 128 - PARTITION LIST service action; VOLUME LIST service action

6.Command Specification READ ATTRIBUTE 6-70 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.13.3. PARTITION LIST service action The READ ATTRIBUTE command with PARTITION LIST service action returns parameter data (table 6-67) identifying the number of partitions supported in the specified volume number...

Page 129 - READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h

READ BLOCK LIMITS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-71 6.14. READ BLOCK LIMITS 05h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (05h) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control The READ BLOCK LIMITS command tells the drive to return its limits for ...

Page 130 - READ BUFFER 3Ch

6.Command Specification READ BUFFER 6-72 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.15. READ BUFFER 3Ch Bit Bite 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Ch) 1 Obsolete Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) 4 Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) 7 Allocation Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control READ BUFFER is used in conjunct...

Page 133 - READ POSITION 34h

READ POSITION 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-75 6.16. READ POSITION 34h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (34h) 1 Obsolete Reserved TCLP LONG BT 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Control The READ POSITION comm...

Page 134 - First block location:

6.Command Specification READ POSITION 6-76 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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. ...

Page 135 - RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch

RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-77 6.17. RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Ch) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Allocation Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS requests error...

Page 136 - Table 6-79: RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS results data

6.Command Specification RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 6-78 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 All error messages are of the same format. All fields within the error message may not be known or applicable and are cleared to ZERO. A diagnostic result of all ZEROs is returned if the diagnostic com...

Page 138 - Third Party Device ID:

6.Command Specification RELEASE UNIT 6-80 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Third Party Device ID: If the Third Party Device ID value that is connected with the reservation release is equal to or smaller than 255, the LongID field may be 0b and the Third Party Device ID value is sent in thi...

Page 139 - REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 44h

REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-81 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 REPORT D...

Page 142 - Primary Density Code:

6.Command Specification REPORT DENSITY SUPPORT 6-84 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 317 (MSB) BITS PER MM (00 17 D6 h) 319 (LSB) 320 (MSB) MEDIA WIDTH (00 50 h) 321 (LSB) 322 (MSB) TRACKS (00 01 h) 323 (LSB) 324 (MSB) CAPACITY 327 (LSB) 328 (MSB) SSIGNING ORGANIZATION (SONY) 335 (LSB) 336...

Page 143 - REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER A3h

REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-85 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 IDENTIFI...

Page 144 - REPORT LUNS A0h

6.Command Specification REPORT LUNS 6-86 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 reques...

Page 145 - REQUEST SENSE 03h

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-87 6.22. REQUEST SENSE 03h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (03h) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Allocation Length (1Ch) 5 Control The REQUEST SENSE command requests that the target transfer sens...

Page 146 - Table 6-87: Error Codes 70h and 71h Sense Data Format

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-88 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 File-mark EOM ILI Reserved Sense Key 3 (MSB) Information Bytes 6 (LSB) 7 Additional ...

Page 149 - MEDIUM ERROR

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-91 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 ...

Page 150 - HARDWARE ERROR

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-92 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 dur...

Page 151 - UNIT ATTENTION

REQUEST SENSE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-93 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 capa...

Page 152 - ABORTED COMMAND

6.Command Specification REQUEST SENSE 6-94 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 Sta...

Page 154 - Parameter List Length:

6.Command Specification RESERVE UNIT 6-96 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 3 rd Party: Third Party Release allows an initiator to reserve a logical for third party operations. If the value in this field is 0b, a Logical Unit reserve is requested. If 3rdPty = 1b, the Logical Unit reserves t...

Page 156 - SEND DIAGNOSTIC 1Dh

6.Command Specification SEND DIAGNOSTIC 6-98 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.25. SEND DIAGNOSTIC 1Dh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (1Dh) 1 Obsolete PF Reserved Self Test DevOfl(0) UnitOfl 2 Reserved 3 (MSB) Parameter List Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control SEND DIAGNOSTIC tells the dr...

Page 158 - SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h

6.Command Specification SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER 6-100 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.26. SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER A4h Table 6-96: 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 Reser...

Page 161 - CHECK CONDITION

SPACE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-103 6.27.1. CHECK CONDITION NO SENSE: If a File-mark occurs while spacing over blocks, the File-mark and Valid bits in extended sense are set to one. The Information bytes are set to the difference (residue) between the reque...

Page 162 - TEST UNIT READY 00h; Drive Status

6.Command Specification TEST UNIT READY 6-104 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6.28. TEST UNIT READY 00h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (00h) 1 Obsolete Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Control TEST UNIT READY checks if the drive is ready. This is not a request for a ...

Page 163 - WRITE 0Ah

WRITE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-105 6.29. WRITE 0Ah Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (0Ah) 1 Obsolete Reserve Fixed 2 (MSB) 3 Transfer Length 4 (LSB) 5 Control WRITE transfers one or more blocks from the Host to the tape beginning at the current lo...

Page 164 - WRITE ATTRIBUTE 8Dh

6.Command Specification WRITE ATTRIBUTE SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-106 6.30. WRITE ATTRIBUTE 8Dh The WRITE ATTRIBUTE command (table 6-101) allows an application client to write attributes to medium auxiliary memory. Application clients should issue the READ ATTRIBUTE command prior ...

Page 165 - Table 6-102: WRITE ATTRIBUTE parameter list format

WRITE ATTRIBUTE 6.Command Specification SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-107 Table 6-102: WRITE ATTRIBUTE parameter list format Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 (MSB) PARAMETER DATALENGTH (n-3) (LSB) 4 . . ATTRIBUTE 0 … . . n ATTRIBUTE x The PARAMETER DATA LENGTH field should contain the num...

Page 166 - WRITE BUFFER 3Bh

6.Command Specification WRITE BUFFER SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-108 6.31. WRITE BUFFER 3Bh Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (3Bh) 1 Obsolete Reserved Mode 2 Buffer ID 3 (MSB) Buffer Offset 5 (LSB) 6 (MSB) Parameter List Length 8 (LSB) 9 Control WRITE BUFFER is used in conj...

Page 168 - WRITE FILEMARKS 10h

6.Command Specification WRITE FILEMARKS SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 6-110 6.32. WRITE FILEMARKS 10h Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 Operation Code (10h) 1 Obsolete Reserved WSmk Immed 2 (MSB) 3 Number of File-marks or Set-marks 4 (LSB) 5 Control WRITE FILEMARKS causes the specified number ...

Page 169 - Drive Diagnostics; Overview

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7-1 7. Drive Diagnostics This clause deals with the diagnostics supported by the SDX-800V. Each diagnostic is described in detail and possible error codes are discussed. 7.1. Overview The diagnostic firmware for this product is designed ...

Page 171 - Diagnostic Test Number Summary

7.Drive Diagnostics SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7-3 In SCSI-2 mode, 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 - SCSI-2 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 P...

Page 172 - RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULT command

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-4 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 Sequence Test 00 Reset Sequence (61, 63, 71,72, 77-79, 80, 81, 30) H Mechanism Controller Kernel Test 20 Mechanism Controller Microprocessor Test P Main Processor Kernel Test 61 Main Processor ROM checksum P 62 Main Processor Destruc...

Page 174 - Diagnostics Results Reference

7.Drive Diagnostics 7-6 SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 7.2.6. Diagnostics Results Reference The following list of error codes are supported by the drive. Error Sets - Error Code Error Set 0 - Runtime Errors 00h NO ERROR 01h NO TAPE 02h OFF-LINE WITH TAPE 04h ILLEGAL COMMAND 05h BOT ENCOU...

Page 185 - APPENDIX E: Medium Auxiliary Memory Attribute; INTRODUCTION

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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. OVERVIEW An increasing number of ...

Page 186 - NEW COMMANDS

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-2 Note: The above information has been taken from an unofficial version of the SCSI-3 Stream Commands. In case of any conflict, the published ANSI standard prevails . Table 12-1 Bit Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 OPERATION CODE ( 1Bh) 1 Reserved I...

Page 187 - MEDIUM AUXILIARY MEMORY ATTRIBUTE DATA

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-3 Table 12-3: 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 or change the attribute using the...

Page 196 - Table 12-14: TEXT LOCALISATION IDENTIFIER

12. Appendix E SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 12-12 Note: It is intended that this field provide a unique vendor identification of the vendor who wrote the Host Common attributes. In the absence of a formal registration procedure, T10 maintains a list of vendor identification codes in us...

Page 197 - Page 31h: AIT Device Configuration Page; How to initialize a WORM cartridge

13. Appendix F SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 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 or DDS emulation mode. (3) WORM features ar...

Page 199 - How to handle the WORM cartridge in the drive

13. Appendix F SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 13-3 (ii)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. DATA READ: There is n...

Page 201 - Exiting DR Mode; Supported CDROM DR Command Set; Length

14. Appendix G SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 14-1 14. APPENDIX G: DISASTER RECOVER 14.1. Overview This chapter will outline the Disaster Recovery Firmware Specifications for Sony AIT drive and autoloader. This is applicable only to Windows NT/2000 Operating System. While in Disaster Rec...

Page 202 - Mode Sense/Select Page Code 0x3C; DR Mode Entry/Exit Page

14. Appendix G SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 14-2 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 Page Code 0x3C DR Mode Entry/Exit Page Bit 7 B...

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