August 2016 3
Table of Contents
Figures ........................................................................................................................................9
List of Tables .......................................................................................................................... 11
Preface ......................................................................................................................................15
Access to Oracle Support .......................................................................................................... 15
What’s New .............................................................................................................................. 17
1 General Information ............................................................................................................. 19
Overview ................................................................................................................................20
Tape Drive Description ........................................................................................................... 22
Specifications........................................................................................................................... 25
2 Operations ...............................................................................................................................29
Connections ............................................................................................................................. 29
Arbitrated Loop ................................................................................................................. 29
Fabric Attachment .............................................................................................................. 29
Direct N_Port Attachment........................................................................................................ 30
Addressing ............................................................................................................................. 30
SCSI Features........................................................................................................................... 31
Auto Contingent Allegiance ................................................................................................ 31
Asynchronous Event Notification ........................................................................................ 31
Command Linking .............................................................................................................. 31
Status Byte ............................................................................................................................... 31
Busy ....................................................................................................................................32
Check Condition ................................................................................................................. 32
Good ................................................................................................................................... 32
Reservation Conflict ........................................................................................................... 32
Task Set Full ....................................................................................................................... 32
Device Reservations................................................................................................................. 33
3 Commands ..............................................................................................................................37
Overview ................................................................................................................................37
Commands ............................................................................................................................. 37
Implementation Requirements ................................................................................................ 39
Command Descriptor Block ..................................................................................................... 40