User's Guide

Chapter 2 Emulated Medium Changer SCSI Commands
Request Volume Element Address (B5h)
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• Logical Unit Number
The Logical Unit Number is 0.
•VolTag
•The Volume Tag field (VolTag) indicates if the volume tag
information associated with each tape cartridge should be
returned as part of the status information
• The volume tag (or bar code) is updated for each tape cartridge
whenever it is moved with a Move Medium command
• The volume tag information for all tape cartridges can also be
updated using the Initialize Element Status command. Since
tape cartridges are a single-sided media, only a single-volume tag
is supported per tape cartridge
• Element Type Code
This field is used to indicate which type of element (medium
transport, storage, import/export, data transfer, or all) is to be
reported by this command.
• 0 indicates all element types reported
• 1 indicates medium transport element
• 2 indicates storage element
• 3 indicates import/export element
• 4 indicates data transfer elements
• Starting Element Address and Number of Elements
These fields are used to select the range of elements to be reported.
Within this range, no status information is reported for an undefined
element address.
• Only elements matching the indicated type are returned
• No elements with an address smaller than the Starting Element
Address is reported
Tech Tip: The DX-Series system does not support import/export
elements.