User's Guide

Chapter 3 Emulated DLT7000 SCSI Commands

Erase (19h)

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Erase (19h) 3

The ERASE command causes data on the tape medium to be erased. Any

WRITE data currently held in buffer memory and not yet written to tape is

written to tape before the

ERASE command is executed. ERASE

command must be issued while at BOT.

Note that the time for a complete erase of a DLTtape IV tape cartridge can

be well over one hour.

Table 77 ERASE

COMMAND

Descriptor Block -

Data Format

Bit/Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

2-4

Operation Code (19h)

Logical Unit Number Reserved

Immed Long

(1)

Reserved

Unused

Reserved

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