Reference Guide

Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
MODE SELECT (6) / (10) Command (15h / 55h)
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SOCF Stop on Consecutive Filemarks. Must be set to 0.
RBO Recover Buffer Order. Must be set to 0.
REW Report Early Warning. Must be set to 0 (do not report Early Warning EOM on
READ).
Gap Size Must be set to 0.
EOD Defined End-of-Data Defined. Must be set to 0h.
EEG Enable End-of-Data Generation. Indicates that the drive generates an EOD mark
before any change of direction following a
WRITE-type operation. Must be set to
1.
SEW Synchronize at Early Warning. When set to 1, the drive writes any unwritten
data or tape marks to the tape medium before each command completes once
the End of Medium early warning point is reached, effectively operating as if in
unbuffered mode. When set to 0, the drive continues to operate in buffered
mode, if enabled, past the End of Medium early warning point. The default
value is 1.
SWP Software Write Protection. Must be set to 0.
Buffer Size at Early
Warning
Must be set to 0.
Select Data
Compression
Algorithm
When set to 1, enables data compression. When set to 0, disables data
compression.
Field Description