Operating instructions

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SCSI REFERENCE 1012975
CHAPTER 5—INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS WITH RANGE (E7h)
 A request is made to scan a cartridge in a storage location and the operation
failed because the bar code scanner was unable to read the label on the
cartridge or if the cartridge does not have a label. The scan will not fail if the
location is empty. See Ta b l e 5 - 3 for details about how the cartridge inventory
is updated.
5.4 COMMAND STATUS
The autoloader returns a status byte after processing the INITIALIZE
ELEMENT STATUS WITH RANGE command as follows:
Good
The autoloader returns Good status when it is able to process the command
without errors.
Busy
The autoloader returns Busy status when it is processing a command for a
different initiator or when it is in the process of aborting a motion command.
Reservation Conflict
The autoloader returns Reservation Conflict status when it or the cartridge
loader is reserved by a different initiator. See Chapter 20 for more information
about the RESERVE command.
Table 5-3 Effect on the cartridge inventory when a request for a cartridge scan fails
This cartridge inventory field...
...is changed to the following when the autoloader cannot read
the cartridge label
Occupied 1
Occupied Valid 1
Label blanks
Label Valid 0
Label Scan Retries updated if retried
Source Storage Element Address no change