User's Guide

Chapter 2 Media Changer Commands
Read Element Status Command (B8h)
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Table 50 Storage Element
Descriptor
Import/Export Element
Descriptor 2
Figure 64 defines the import/export element descriptor.
Figure 64 Import/Export
Element Descriptor
Field Name Description
Access Indicates that access to the element by a medium
transport element is allowed. An
Access bit of zero
indicates that access to the element by the medium
transport element is denied. When a magazine is
removed from the SuperLoader 3, the corresponding
storage elements shall have an
Access bit of 0. Access
will also be denied if the storage element is
configured as the location of a cleaning tape when
auto clean is enabled. When the
Except bit is one, the
value of the
Access bit is not valid.
Source
Storage
Element
Address
Provides the address of the last storage element this
unit of media occupied. This element address value
may or may not be the same as this element. This
field is valid only if the
SVALID bit is one.
NOTE: For fields not defined in this table, see table 49
.
Bit
Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0-1
Element Address
2
Reserved INENAB
(1)
EXENAB
(1)
Access Except IMPEXP Full
3
Reserved
4
Additional Sense Code
5
Additional Sense Code Qualifier