Read Attribute Command
146 T10000: Interface Reference Manual August 2016
• See the Read Command description for additional notes.
Read Attribute Command
The Read Attribute command allows an application to read attribute values from
medium auxiliary memory (MAM).
TABLE 3-95 Read Attribute Command
Byte
Bit
76543210
0 Operation Code (8Ch)
1 Reserved Service Action
2
thru
4
(MSB)
Restricted (see SMC-2)
(LSB)
5 Logical Volume Number
6 Reserved
7 Partition Number
8
thru
9
(MSB)
First Attribute Identifier
(LSB)
10
thru
13
(MSB)
Allocation Length
(LSB)
14 Reserved
15 Control Byte
Parameter Value / Description
Service Action 00h Attribute Values - Return attribute values.
01h Attribute List - Return a list of available attribute identifiers,
identifiers that are not in the nonexistent state or
unsupported state.
02h Logical Volume List - Return a list of logical volume
numbers.
03h Partition List - Return partition numbers.
05h Return list of supported attributes
Logical Volume Number Only volume 0, ignored for service action 02h
Partition Number Partition for requested attributes, ignored for service actions 02h, 03h
First Attribute Identifier Identifier of first attribute to be returned, ignored for service actions 01h,
02h, 03h, and 05h
Allocation Length Maximum length of attribute data to transfer