User's Manual

DLT2000 SCSI Interface
8-70 DLT2000/DLT2700 Cartridge Tape Subsystem
8.4.10 MODE SENSE (1Ah /5Ah)
MODE SENSE allows the drive to report its media, current or changeable configuration
parameters to the host. It is a complementary command to MODE SELECT.
Bit
765 3210
0 Operation Code (1Ah)
Logical Unit Number Reser. DBD Reserved
Byte PC Page Code
Reserved
Allocation Length
Unused Flag Link
4
1
Reserved
2
3
4
5
Figure 8-42 MODE SENSE CDB (6)
The DLT2000 products also support the 10-byte MODE SENSE, which is required to
request the VU EEROM Parameter page because of the large amount of data that needs
to be passed back. MODE SENSE (10) can be used to retrieve the other pages as well.
Note that MODE SENSE (10) returns a different format of descriptor data.