User's Manual

DLT4000 SCSI Interface
DLT4000/DLT4500/DLT4700 Cartridge Tape Subsystem 8-75
Bit
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 Density Code
Byte 1
(MSB)
2 Number of Blocks (000000h)
3
(LSB)
4 Reserved
5
(MSB)
6 Block Length
7
(LSB)
Figure 8-47 MODE SENSE Block Descriptor
Bit
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 PS 0 Page Code
Byte 1 Additional Page Length
2 Page Defined or Vendor-Unique Parameter Bytes
Figure 8-48 MODE SENSE Page Descriptor
Data Length
The Sense Data Length specifies the length in bytes of the following MODE SENSE
data that is available to be transferred during DATA IN phase. The Sense Data Length
does not include itself.
Media Type
The media type determined by the drive is as follows:
00h: Unknown or media not present
81h: Cleaning Tape
82h: DLTtape I or DLTtape II
83h: DLTtape III
84h: DLTtape IIIxt
85h: DLTtape IV