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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Logical Unit
Number
If it is valid, it provides the logical unit number within
the SCSI bus device of the primary device served by
the media changer at this element address. This field
is always 0.
SCSI BUS
Address
If valid, it provides the SCSI address of the primary
device served by the media changer at this element
address.
Code Set Set to 2 (ASCII)
Identifier
Type
Set to 0 (Serial Number only)
Identifier
Length
When set to 0, the Drive Serial Number field is
omitted. When set to 16, the Drive Serial Number
field is included.
Drive Serial
Number
A 16-byte field containing the drive serial number
padded with zeros (drive serial numbers range from
10 to 14 bytes).
NOTE: For fields not defined in this table, see table 49
on page 106.
Field Name Description