M2488 PRODUCT GUIDE MEDIA CHANGER COMMANDS
March 1997 CG00000-011503 REV. A 6-1
CHAPTER 6
MEDIA CHANGER SCSI COMMANDS
6-1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the medium changer commands for the M2488. The following information is
located in this chapter:
6-2 MEDIA CHANGER COMMANDS
6-3 ADDITIONAL COMMAND INFORMATION ON MEDIUM CHANGER MODE SELECT
AND MODE SENSE COMMANDS
6-4 MC (Medium Changer) Inquiry/Change Definition Vital Product Data Pages
6-2 MEDIA CHANGER COMMANDS
The media changer commands are described in Table 6-1. For more details on the commands, refer to
the paragraph listed in the table for that command.
Table 6-1. Commands for Medium Changer Devices
OP
CODE
COMMAND NAME DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH
00h TEST UNIT READY
Provides a means to check if the logical unit is
ready.
6-2.6 on page 6-30
03h REQUEST SENSE
Requests the target transfer sense data to the initi-
ator.
4-3.23 on page 4-103
12h INQUIRY
Provides a means for an initiator to request infor-
mation regarding parameters of the target and any
attached peripheral devices.
4-3.6 on page 4-18 &
5-3 on page 5-17
15h MODE SELECT
Provides a means for the initiator to specify
medium, logical unit, or peripheral device param-
eters to the target.
6-2.2 on page 6-6 &
6-3 on page 6-32
1Ah MODE SENSE
Provides a means for a target to report its medium,
logical unit, or peripheral device parameters to the
initiator.
6-2.3 on page 6-11
& 6-3 on page 6-32
1Ch
RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC
RESULTS
Requests that analysis data generated by a previ-
ous SEND DIAGNOSTIC command be sent to
the initiator.
4-3.19 on page 4-83
1Dh SEND DIAGNOSTIC
Requests the target to perform diagnostic tests on
itself, or on the attached peripheral devices.
4-3.27 on page 4-117
40h CHANGE DEFINITION
Used to modify the operating definition of the
selected target with respect to all initiators.
4-3.2 on page 4-5 &
6-4 on page 6-41
A5h MOVE MEDIUM
Requests that the target move a unit of media from
a source element to a destination element.
6-2.4 on page 6-16
A6h EXCHANGE MEDIUM
Provides a means to exchange the medium in the
source element, with the medium located at a des-
tination element.
6-2.1 on page 6-2
B8h READ ELEMENT STATUS
Requests that the target report status information
for the medium-changer elements.
6-2.5 on page 6-19
