Report Supported Operation Codes Command
August 2016 Commands 177
Report Supported Operation Codes Command
The Report Supported Operation Codes command returns information about the
commands supported by the tape drive.
TABLE 3-131 Report Supported Operation Codes Command
Byte
Bit
76543210
0 Operation Code (A3h)
1 Reserved Service Action (0Ch)
2 RCTD Reserved Reporting Options
3 Requested Operation Code
4
thru
5
Requested Service Action
6
thru
9
(MSB)
Allocation Length
(LSB)
10 Reserved
11 Control Byte
Parameter Value
RCTD: Return Command
Timeouts Descriptor
0 = Do not return timeout descriptor.
1 = Return a timeout descriptor with each command descriptor.
Reporting options 000b = Return a list of all operation codes and service actions
supported by the tape drive.
001b = Return command support data for the requested
operation code.
010b = Return command support data for the requested
operation code and service action.
Requested operation code Operation code for reporting options 1 and 2.
Requested service action Service action for reporting option 2.
Allocation length Maximum length of data to return.