Reference Guide

Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
READ ATTRIBUTE Command (8Ch)
DLT-S4 Interface Reference Guide 256
Standard Medium Type Attributes 4
Medium type attributes (see table 144) are hard-coded into the medium
auxiliary memory at the time of manufacture. All supported medium
type attributes have a status of read only, except
MEDIUM TYPE. A WORM
tape can be created if the
MEDIUM TYPE attribute (0408h) is used.
Table 144 Medium Type
Attributes (for EMAM)
Supported by the DLT-S4 Tape
Drive Firmware
MEDIUM MANUFACTURER: Contains 8 bytes of ASCII data (see Attribute
Format on page 242) identifying the vendor of the media.
MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER: Identifies the manufacturer’s serial number
for the medium.
MEDIUM LENGTH: Specifies the length of the medium in meters. A value
of 00h specifies that the length of the medium is undefined.
Attribute
Identifier Name
Attribute
Length Format Refer to
0400h MEDIUM MANUFACTURER 8 ASCII page 255
0401h MEDIUM SERIAL NUMBER 32 ASCII page 255
0402h MEDIUM LENGTH 4 BINARY page 255
0403h MEDIUM WIDTH 4 BINARY page 256
0404h ASSIGNING ORGANIZATION 8 ASCII page 256
0405h MEDIUM DENSITY CODE 1 BINARY page 256
0406h MEDIUM MANUFACTURE DATE 8 ASCII page 256
0407h MAM CAPACITY 8 BINARY page 256
0408h MEDIUM TYPE (and MEDIUM TYPE INFORMATION) 1 BINARY page 256
0409h MEDIUM TYPE INFOMATION 2 BINARY page 256
040Ah -
07FFh
Reserved