Operating instructions

15-8
SCSI REFERENCE 1012975
CHAPTER 15—READ ELEMENT STATUS (B8h)
Full – Byte 02, Bit 0
This field indicates if the cartridge loader contains a cartridge. The possible
values for this field are as follows:
0 – The cartridge loader does not contain a cartridge.
1 – The cartridge loader contains a cartridge.
Additional Sense Code (ASC) – Byte 04
If the cartridge loader is in an abnormal state, this field contains the value 83h.
Refer to Table 15-3 on page 15-16 for the corresponding ASCQ values and a
corrective action for each abnormal state.
Additional Sense Code Qualifier (ASCQ) – Byte 05
The values for this field are listed in Table 15-3 on page 15-16, along with the
corrective action to take for each abnormal state.
SValid – Byte 09, Bit 7
The values for this bit indicate the following:
0 – The Source Storage Element Address field (bytes 10 and 11) is invalid.
1 – The Source Storage Element Address field (bytes 10 and 11) is valid.
Invert – Byte 09, Bit 6
The autoloader uses single-sided media and does not support inverting of the
media. The information reported for this field is 0.
Source Storage Element Address – Bytes 10 and 11
This field shows the address of the last storage element from which the
cartridge was moved.
Primary Volume Tag Information – Bytes 12 through 47
When the PVolTag field (in the Element Status page described on page 15-5) is
set to 1, this field contains the volume tag (bar code label) information of the
cartridge in the cartridge loader. The autoloader supports only eight bytes of
volume tag information, so only the first eight bytes reported are valid.