Operating instructions

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SCSI REFERENCE 1012975
CHAPTER 11—MOVE MEDIUM (A5h)
Note: If you use this command to move a cartridge from a tape drive and the
cartridge is still inside the tape drive, the autoloader waits 5 seconds and
retries the move operation. If the cartridge is still in the tape drive at that
point, the autoloader returns Check Condition status with the sense key
set to Illegal Request. The ASC is 3Bh and the ASCQ is 90h, as described
in Ta ble 1 1-5 . The 5-second retry allows for the slight delay that can occur
after a tape drive indicates that it has unloaded the tape, but before the
cartridge is fully unloaded.
11.2 WHAT YOU SEND TO THE AUTOLOADER
Transport Element Address – Bytes 02 and 03
This field is checked for the value set by the MODE SELECT (15h) command.
It should contain 0 or the element address of the cartridge loader.
Source Address – Bytes 04 and 05
This field specifies the element address from which the cartridge is to be taken.
This can be a storage location or the tape drive.
Destination Address – Byte 06 and 07
This field specifies the element address where the cartridge is to be placed.
This can be a storage location or the tape drive.
Invert – Byte 10, Bit 0
The autoloader does not support the Invert function. The valid value for this
field is 0.