User's Guide
Chapter 3 Emulated DLT7000 SCSI Commands
Log Sense (4Dh)
166 Quantum DX-Series Software Interface Guide
Read / Write 
Compression 
Page (32h)
3
This page begins with a 4-byte header followed by the log parameter 
blocks of 6 or 8 bytes, depending on the Parameter Code selected.
Table 118 Read / 
Write Compression 
Ratio LOG SENSE 
Header Format
Bit/Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0
1
2-3
31 Hardware B Critical The tape drive may have a hardware fault. Contact a 
service representative.
32 Interface Warning The tape drive may have a hardware fault. Contact a 
service representative.
34 Download 
Fail
Warning The attempted firmware download has failed.
40 Loader 
Hardware A
Critical The mechanism that loads media to the tape drive is 
experiencing problems communicating with the tape 
drive.
* Severity levels are Informational, Warning, and Critical. Informational flags provide a status-
type message, Warning flags indicate that there is the possibility of loss of data, and Critical 
flags indicate the possibility of loss of data and that user intervention is urgently required.
Tech Tip: Read/write compression page updates only the 
bytes read/write from and to the host in the DX-
Series system.
Reserved Page Code (32h)
Reserved
 (MSB)
Additional Length
(LSB)
Flag Severity Level* Meaning










