User's Guide

Chapter 3 Emulated DLT7000 SCSI Commands
Mode Sense (6/10) (1Ah / 5Ah)
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Perf Performance bit. Not supported.
DExcpt Disable Information Exception Operations. When
this bit = 0, the reporting method specified by the
contents of MRIE is selected. When this bit = 1, all
information exception operations are disabled and
the contents of the MRIE field are ignored. When in
this mode, the TapeAlert Log page is polled by the
software. To enable CHECK CONDITION mode,
DExcpt should = 0.
Test Not Supported.
LogErr Error Log. Not supported
MRIE Method for Reporting Informational Exceptions.
The tape drive uses the contents of this field to
report information about exception conditions.
Three methods are available:
Value
00h
Method
No reporting of Informational Exception
Conditions. The device server does not report
information exception conditions.
03h Conditionally Generate Recovered Error. The
device server reports informational exception
conditions, if such reports of recovered errors is
allowed, by returning CHECK CONDITION status
on the next SCSI command (except INQUIRY and
REQUEST SENSE commands) following detection
of the condition. The Sense Key is set to
RECOVERED ERROR with an additional sense
code of 5D 00 (TapeAlert Event). The SCSI
command with CHECK CONDITION completes
without error prior to the report of any exception
condition, and does not need to be repeated.
Field Name Description