Request Volume Element Address
Julyl 2017 Command Set 233
Volume Element Address Header Definition
The Volume Element Address Header is sent once for each command.
TABLE 4-129 Volume Element Address Header
Byte
Bit
76543210
0
to
1
(MSB) First Element Address Reported
(LSB)
2
to
3
(MSB) Number of Elements Available
(LSB)
4 Reserved (0h) Send Action Code (5h)
5
to
7
(MSB) Byte Count of Report Available (all pages, n-7)
(LSB)
8
to
n
Element Status pages
Volume Element Address Header Definitions:
First Element Address
Reported
This field indicates the lowest element address found of the type specified
in the Element Type Codes and greater than/equal to the starting address.
Number of Elements
Available
This field indicates the number of elements found of the type specified in
the Element Type Codes and greater than or equal to the Starting Element
Address.
This number is adjusted to be less than or equal to the count specified in
the Number of Elements field.
Send Action Code
This field contains the value of the send action code field from the previous
Send Volume Tag command. The value is 5h.
Byte Count of Report
Available
This field indicates the number of bytes of element status data available for
all elements that meet the requirements of the Request Volume Element
Address command.
This count does not include the Element Status Data header bytes.
This value is not adjusted to match the allocation length from the
command.
Element Status Pages
The element pages returned by a Request Volume Element Address
command are the same format as returned by the Read Element Status
command.
See “Read Element Status” on page 181 for more information.