User's Manual

DLT4000 SCSI Interface
8-106 DLT4000/DLT4500/DLT4700 Cartridge Tape Subsystem
Table 8-6 Sense Keys Used
Sense
Key
Description
0h No Sense. Check the Filemark/EOM/ILI bits and the ASC/Q bytes.
1h
Parameters on a Mode Select, or to report that R/W error rates are
reaching subsystem specification limits for optimal operation.
without any unrecovered errors for a long period of time.
2h
Media might not be present in the drive, or may be in the process
of loading or calibrating.
Medium Error. An unrecoverable write, read, or positioning error
has occurred. Detailed device specific information may be
4h Hardware Error. The Additional Sense Code/Qualifier fields may
5h Illegal Request. The CDB or supplied parameter data had an
17.
6h
the media asynchronously becomes ready to this initiator, if
another initiator changes Mode Parameters, and if the firmware is
7h Data Protected. The current media is write-protected. This can be
media is not DLTtape III, DLTtape IIIxt or DLTtape IV.
8h