User's Guide

Chapter 3 Emulated DLT7000 SCSI Commands
Mode Sense (6/10) (1Ah / 5Ah)
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Table 171 Device
Configuration Page -
Field Descriptions
Field Name Description
PS Parameters Savable. Not supported; must be 0.
Additional
Page Length
This field indicates the number of bytes in the page.
Note that this value does not include bytes 0 and 1.
The length is returned on MODE SENSE and must
subsequently be set to the same value when
performing MODE SELECT.
CAP Change Active Partition. Not supported.
CAF Change Active Format. Not supported.
Active
Format
Not supported.
Active
Partition
This field indicates the current logical partition
number in use. Only partition 0 is supported.
WRITE
Buffer Full
Ratio
Indicates how full the buffer should be before
restarting writing to the medium. The tape drive
sets this to 0 (unused) since it uses an automatic
adaptive mechanism to dynamically adjust its ratio
according to the average data rates over the SCSI
bus.
READ Buffer
Empty Ratio
Indicates how empty the buffer should be before
restarting reading from the medium. The tape drive
sets this to 0 (unused) since it uses an automatic
adaptive mechanism to dynamically adjust its ratio
according to the average data rates over the SCSI
bus.