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
Mode Sense (6) / (10) Command (1Ah/ 5Ah)
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Mode Sense (6) / (10) Command (1Ah/ 5Ah)
The MODE SENSE command allows the media changer to report its
current or changeable configuration parameters to the host. It is a
complementary command to
MODE SELECT.
The command descriptor block for the 6-byte
MODE SENSE (1Ah) is
shown below. An illustration of the command descriptor block for the 10-
byte
MODE SENSE (5Ah) follows on the next page.
Figure 33 Mode Sense (6)
Command Descriptor Block
The MODE SENSE (10) command returns descriptor data in a different
format than
MODE SENSE (6).
Bit
Byte76543210
0
Operation Code (1Ah)
1
Logical Unit Number Rsv’d DBD Reserved
2
PC Page Code
3
SubPage
4
Allocation Length
5
Unused Reserved Flag Link