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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Storage Element
Descriptor 2
Figure 63 defines the storage element descriptor.
Figure 63 Storage Element
Descriptor
Bit
Byte 7 65 4 3210
0-1
Element Address
2
Reserved Access Except RSVD Full
3
Reserved
4
Additional Sense Code
5
Additional Sense Code Qualifier
6-8
Reserved
9
SVALID Invert Reserved
10-11
Source Storage Element Address
•••
(36 bytes)
Primary Volume Tag Information
(field omitted if PVOLTAG=0)
•••
(1 byte)
Reserved Code Set
(1 byte)
Reserved Identifier Type
(1 byte)
Reserved
(1 byte)
Identifier Length