User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- Theory of Operation
- Media Changer Commands
- Overview of Command and Status Processing
- Media Changer Command Descriptions
- Initialize Element Status Command (07h)
- Inquiry Command (12h)
- Load Unload Command (1Bh)
- Log Sense Command (4Dh)
- Mode Select (6) / (10) Command (15h / 55h)
- Mode Sense (6) / (10) Command (1Ah/ 5Ah)
- Move Medium Command (A5h)
- Persistent Reserve In Command (5Eh)
- Persistent Reserve Out Command (5Fh)
- Position to Element Command (2Bh)
- Prevent/Allow Medium Removal (1Eh)
- Read Buffer Command (3Ch)
- Read Element Status Command (B8h)
- Release Element (10) Command (57h)
- Release Unit (6) Command (17h)
- Report Device Identifier Command (A3h)
- Report LUNS Command (A0h)
- Request Sense Command (03h)
- Reserve Element (10) Command (56h)
- Reserve Element (6) Command (16h)
- Send Diagnostic Command (1Dh)
- Set Device Identifier Command (A4h)
- Test Unit Ready Command (00h)
- Write Buffer Command (3Bh)
- Index
Chapter 2 Media Changer Commands
Read Element Status Command (B8h)
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Read Element Status Command (B8h)
The READ ELEMENT STATUS command requests that the target report the
status of its internal elements to the initiator.
Figure 58 Read Element
Status Descriptor
Bit
Byte765 4 32 1 0
0
Operation Code (B8h)
1
Logical Unit Number VOLTAG Element Type Code
2-3
(MSB)
Starting Element Address
(LSB)
4-5
(MSB)
Number Of Elements
(LSB)
6
Reserved CURDATA DVCID
7-9
(MSB)
Allocation Length
(LSB)
10
Reserved
11
Unused Reserved Flag Link