User's Guide

Chapter 2 Emulated Medium Changer SCSI Commands
Read Element Status (B8h)
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• Logical Unit Number
The Logical Unit Number is 0.
•VolTag
•The Volume Tag field (VolTag) indicates whether 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 (see
Initialize Element Status (07h) on page 13). Since tape cartridges
are a single-sided media, only a single volume tag is supported
per tape cartridge.
• Element Type Code
This field indicates which element type is reported:
• 0 indicates all element types reported
• 1 indicates medium transport element
• 2 indicates storage element
• 3 indicates import/export element
6
Reserved (00h)
7
(MSB)
Allocation Length
8
9
(LSB)
10
Reserved (00h)
11
Reserved (00h)
Tech Tip: The DX-Series system does not support import export
elements.
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