Quantum dlt 2000 manuals

User Guide

1.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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1.2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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1.3 FAST DATA TRANSFER RATE
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1.4 HIGH-CAPACITY
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1.5 COMPACTION
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1.6 STRONG MEDIA
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1.7 COMPATIBILITY
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1.8 FIRMWARE UPDATE CAPABILITY
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1.9 EMBEDDED DIAGNOSTICS
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2.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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2.2 PREPARE FOR THE INSTALLATION
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2.2.1 Before You Start
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2.2.2 Installation Setup
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2.2.3 Site Setup
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2.2.4 Site Guidelines
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2.3 INSTALL THE SUBSYSTEM
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2.4 CONFIGURE THE DLT2000 TABLETOP
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2.4.1 Configuration Guidelines
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2.4.2 DISABLE PARITY Checking
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2.4.3 Changing the SCSI ID
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2.5 CONNECT THE CABLES
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2.5.1 Examine the DLT2000 Rear Panel
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2.5.2 Connect the SCSI Signal Cable
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2.5.3 Terminate the SCSI Bus
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2.5.4 Connect the Power Cord
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2.6 TEST THE INSTALLATION
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2.6.1 Run POST
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2.6.2 What to Do after POST
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2.7 DLT2000 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART
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3.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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3.2 BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE DLT2000 DRIVE
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3.2.1 Disabling Parity Checking
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3.2.2 Changing the SCSI ID
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3.2.3 Setting the TRM ENB (Single-ended only)/TRM PWR Jumpers
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3.2.4 Locating the SCSI Cable and Power Connectors
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3.3 SELECTING DENSITY
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3.4 OVERVIEW OF THE FRONT PANEL
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3.5 DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
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3.5.1 Beeper
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3.5.2 Unload Button
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3.5.3 Cartridge Insert/Release Handle
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3.5.4 Indicator Action during Power-On Self Test and Operation
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3.6 DESCRIPTION OF THE TAPE CARTRIDGE
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3.6.1 Cartridge Write-Protect Switch
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3.6.2 Data Protection
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3.7 LOADING A CARTRIDGE
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3.7.1 Tape in Use
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3.8 USING THE CLEANING TAPE CARTRIDGE
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3.9 UNLOADING A CARTRIDGE
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3.10 PRESERVING CARTRIDGES
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4.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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4.2 INTRODUCTION TO THE MINI-LIBRARY
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4.3 CONFIGURE THE DLT2500
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4.3.1 Configuration guidelines
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4.3.2 Connecting the SCSI Signal Cable
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4.4 INSTALLATION TESTING
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4.4.1 Run POST
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4.4.2 What to Do after POST
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4.5 OPERATOR CONTROL PANEL
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4.6 KEY LOCK
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4.6.1 OCP, locked or OCP, Disabled
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4.6.2 OCP, Unlocked or Enabled
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4.6.3 SCSI ID, setting
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4.7 SELECTING DENSITY
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4.7.1 Front panel, density select
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4.7.2 Host selection, density
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4.7.3 Native default, density
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4.8 DEFAULT OPERATING MODES
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4.8.1 Mode, normal
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4.8.2 Density Select Mode
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4.8.3 SCSI ID Select Mode
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4.8.4 Code update mode
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4.9 DESCRIPTION OF THE TAPE CARTRIDGE
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4.9.1 Tape Cartridge, positioning the write-protect switch
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4.9.2 Data protection
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4.10 DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGAZINE
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4.10.1 Insert cartridge, magazine
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4.10.2 Removing cartridge
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4.10.3 Magazine, removing from mini-library
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4.10.4 Magazine, installing
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4.10.5 Selecting a Cartridge from the Magazine
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4.10.6 Loading cartridge into the Drive
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4.10.7 Unloading cartridge from the drive
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4.10.8 Opening the Magazine Door
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4.11 WHEN TO USE THE CLEANING TAPE CARTRIDGE
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5.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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5.2 INTRODUCTION TO THE MINI-LIBRARY
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5.3 CONFIGURING THE DLT2700
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5.3.1 Configuration Guidelines
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5.3.2 Disable Parity Checking
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5.3.3 Change the SCSI ID
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5.4 MODE SELECT KEY
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5.4.1 OCP Disabled Mode
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5.4.2 Automatic Mode
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5.4.3 Manual Mode
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5.4.4 Service Mode
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5.5 SELECTING DENSITY
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5.6 OPERATOR CONTROL PANEL
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5.7 POWER-ON PROCESS
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5.8 SLOT SELECT, LOAD/UNLOAD
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5.8.1 Selecting a Cartridge
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5.8.2 Loading the Cartridge
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5.8.3 Unloading the Cartridge
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5.8.4 Opening the Receiver
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5.9 MAGAZINE
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5.9.1 Inserting a Cartridge
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5.9.2 Removing a Cartridge from the Magazine
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5.9.3 Removing the Magazine from the Receiver
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5.9.4 Installing the Magazine into the Receiver
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6.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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6.2 CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR BUTTON OPERATION
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6.3 BACKUP OPERATION FAILURE
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6.4 AVOIDING BASIC PROBLEMS
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6.5 DLT2500 ERROR CONDITIONS
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6.5.1 DLT2500 Magazine Error
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6.5.1.1 DLT2500 Clearing a Magazine
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6.5.2 DLT2500 Loader Error Description
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6.5.3 DLT2500 Drive Error Description
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6.5.4 DLT2500 Controller Error Description
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6.5.5 DLT2500 Unknown Error Description
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6.5.5.1 DLT2500 Clearing a Loader, Drive, Controller, or Unknown
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6.6 DLT2700 ERROR CONDITIONS
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6.6.1 DLT2700 Magazine Fault Cases
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6.6.2 DLT2700 Loader Fault Description
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6.7 POWER PROBLEMS
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7.1 IN THIS CHAPTER
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7.2 DLT2000 FIRMWARE UPDATE OVERVIEW
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7.2.1 Before Doing the Procedure
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7.3 CREATING A FIRMWARE UPDATE TAPE
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7.3.1 On UN*X Systems
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7.4 FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE
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7.4.1 Updating the Firmware on DLT2000 (Drive Only Configuration)
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7.4.2 Updating the Firmware on the DLT2500 (Drive and Loader Configuration)
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7.4.3 Updating the Firmware on the DLT2700 (Drive and Loader Configuration)
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8.1 OVERVIEW
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8.2 GENERAL SCSI BUS OPERATIONS
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8.2.1 Data Transfer
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8.2.2 Initiator/Target Operations
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8.2.3 SCSI IDs and Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
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8.2.4 Unit Attention Condition
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8.2.5 Behavior Around Power-On and SCSI Bus Reset
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8.2.6 Data Cache and Tape Write Interaction
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8.2.7 Other SCSI Functionality
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8.2.8 Bus Phases
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8.2.9 ATTENTION Signal Response
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8.2.10 STATUS phase
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8.2.11 BUS FREE
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8.2.12 BUS PARITY ERRORS
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8.3 SCSI MESSAGE SYSTEM
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8.4 TAPE DRIVE SCSI COMMANDS
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8.4.1 Control Byte - Flag and Link Bits
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8.4.2 Summary of Supported Sequential-Access Device Commands
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8.4.3 ERASE (19h)
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8.4.4 INQUIRY (12h)
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8.4.4.1 Drive Inquiry Response
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8.4.4 2 Vendor Unique Inquiry
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8.4.4.3 Vital Product Data Pages
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8.4.4.4 Media Loader Inquiry Response
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8.4.5 LOAD-UNLOAD (1Bh)
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8.4.6 LOCATE (2Bh)
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8.4.7 LOG SELECT (4Ch)
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8.4.7.1 Operation of LOG SELECT
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8.4.8 LOG SENSE (4Dh)
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8.4.8.1 Supported Pages Page Format
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8.4.8.2 Read/Write Error Log SENSE Page Format (Page 2 and 3)
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8.4.8.3 Last n Error Events Page (07h)
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8.4.8.4 Read/Write Compression Ratio Page Format (32h)
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8.4.9 MODE SELECT (15h)
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8.4.9.1 MODE SELECT Parameter List
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8.4.9.2 MODE SELECT Pages
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8.4.9.3 Control Mode Page (0Ah)
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8.4.9.4 Data Compression Page (0Fh)
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8.4.9.5 Device Configuration Page (10h)
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8.4.9.6 Disconnect/Reconnect Page
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8.4.9.7 Medium Partition Page (11h)
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8.4.9.8 Read/Write Error Recovery Page (01h)
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8.4.9.9 EEROM Vendor Unique Page (3Eh)
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8.4.9.10 MODE SELECT Changeable Parameters
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8.4.10 MODE SENSE (1Ah /5Ah)
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8.4.10.1 MODE SENSE Parameter List
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8.4.10.2 MODE SENSE Pages
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8.4.10.3 Control Mode Page (0Ah)
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8.4.10 4 Device Configuration Page (10h)
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8.4.10 5 Data Compression Page (0Fh)
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8.4.10 6 Disconnect/Reconnect Page
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8.4.10 7 Medium Partition Page (11h)
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8.4.10 8 Read/Write Error Recovery Page
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8.4.10 9 EEROM Vendor Unique Page (3Eh)
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8.4.11 PREVENT/ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL (1Eh)
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8.4.12 READ (08h)
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8.4.13 READ BLOCK LIMITS (05h)
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8.4.14 READ BUFFER (3Ch)
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8.4.14.1 Combined Header and Data Mode
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8.4.14.2 Data Mode
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8.4.14.3 Descriptor Mode
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8.4.15 READ POSITION (34h)
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8.4.15.1 READ POSITION Data Format
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8.4.16 RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS RESULTS (1Ch)
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8.4.17 RELEASE UNIT (17h)
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8.4.17.1 Medium Changer Considerations
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8.4.18 REQUEST SENSE (03h)
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8.4.18 1 Sense Information Format
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8.4.19 RESERVE UNIT (16h)
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8.4.19.1 Medium Changer Considerations
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8.4.20 REWIND (01h)
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8.4.21 SEND DIAGNOSTIC (1Dh)
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8.4.22 SPACE (11h)
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8.4.23 TEST UNIT READY (00h)
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8.4.23.1 Medium Changer Considerations
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8.4.24 VERIFY (13h)
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8.4.25 WRITE (0Ah)
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8.4.26 WRITE BUFFER (3Bh)
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8.4.26.1 Header and Data Mode
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8.4.26.2 Write Data
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8.4.26.3 Download Microcode
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8.4.26.4 Download Microcode and Save
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8.4.27 WRITE FILEMARKS (10h)
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8.5 SUPPORTED SCSI-2 MEDIUM CHANGER DEVICE COMMANDS
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8.5.1 INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS (07h)
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8.5.2 READ ELEMENT STATUS (B8h)
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8.5.2.1 Element Status Data Header
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8.5.2.2 MEDIUM TRANSPORT ELEMENT STATUS PAGE
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8.5.2.3 Storage Element Status Page
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8.5.2.4 Data Transfer Element Status Page
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8.5.3 MODE SENSE/SELECT (1Ah/15h)
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8.5.3.1 Device Capabilities Page (1Fh)
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8.5.3.2 Element Address Assignment Page (1Dh)
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8.5.3.3 Transport Geometry Parameters Page (1Eh)
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8.5.4 MOVE MEDIUM (A5h)
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2-1 DRIVE FRONT PANEL
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2-2 CHANGING THE SCSI ID VIA THE PUSHBUTTON SWITCHPACK (LATER MODEL)
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2-3 REAR PANEL COMPONENTS
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3-1 DLT2000 DRIVE CONNECTORS
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3-2 SCSI ID CONNECTOR PINS
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3-3 JUMPER POSITIONS
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3-4 JUMPER SETTINGS FOR TRM PWR/TRM ENB CONNECTOR
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3-5 DLT2000 REAR CONNECTORS
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3-6 DLT2000 INDICATORS
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3-7 TAPE CARTRIDGE
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3-8 LOADING A CARTRIDGE
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3-9 UNLOADING A CARTRIDGE
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4-1 LOOSENING THE SHIPPING SCREW
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4-2 ROTATE THE LOCKING LEVER
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4-3 MINI-LIBRARY REAR PANEL COMPONENTS
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4-4 FRONT OF THE DLT2500
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4-5 MINI-LIBRARY OPERATOR CONTROL PANEL
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4-6 WRITE-PROTECT SWITCH ON A CARTRIDGE
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4-7 DLT2500 MAGAZINE
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4-8 INSERTING A CARTRIDGE INTO THE MAGAZINE
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4-9 REMOVING A CARTRIDGE FROM THE MAGAZINE
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5-1 CHANGING THE SCSI ID VIA THE PUSHBUTTON SWITCH
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5-2 DLT2700 OPERATOR CONTROL PANEL
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5-3 WRITE-PROTECT SWITCH ON A CARTRIDGE
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5-4 INSERTING A CARTRIDGE INTO THE MAGAZINE
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5-5 REMOVING A CARTRIDGE FROM THE FRONT OF THE MAGAZINE
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5-6 RECEIVER OPENED
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6-1 OPENING THE CARTRIDGE DOOR TO CHECK THE TAPE LEADER
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7-1 DLT2700 SUBSYSTEM CONNECTORS
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7-2 JUMPER SETTINGS FOR TRM PWR/TRM ENB CONNECTOR
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8-1 EXTENDED MESSAGE FORMAT
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8-2 SDTR EXTENDED MESSAGE FORMAT
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8-3 ERASE CDB
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8-4 INQUIRY CDB
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8-5 INQUIRY RESPONSE DATA
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8-6 INQUIRY VENDOR UNIQUE BYTES DEFINITION
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8-7 SUPPORTED VITAL PRODUCT DATA PAGES
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8-8 UNIT SERIAL NUMBER PAGE
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8-9 FIRMWARE BUILD INFORMATION PAGE
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8-10 LOAD-UNLOAD CDB
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8-11 LOCATE CDB
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8-12 LOG SELECT CDB
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8-13 LOG PAGE CONTROL DEFINITIONS
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8-14 CLEARABLE LOG PAGES
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8-15 READ/WRITE ERRROR LOG SELECT PAGE FORMAT
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8-16 PARAMETER CODES SUPPORTED
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8-17 LOG SENSED CDB
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8-18 LOG PAGE CONTROL DEFINITIONS
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8-19 LOG SENSE PAGES SUPPORTED
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8-20 SUPPORTED PAGES PAGE FORMAT
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8-21 READ/WRITE ERROR LOG SENSE PAGE FORMAT
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8-22 PARAMETER CODES SUPPORTED
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8-23 THRESHOLD MET CRITERIA
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8-24 LAST N ERROR EVENTS PAGE
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8-25 PARAMETER CODES SUPPORTED
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8-26 READ/WRITE COMPRESSION RATIO PAGE HEADER
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8-27 READ/WRITE COMPRESSION RATIO LOG SENSE PAGE FORMAT
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8-28 READ/WRITE BYTES TRANSFERRED LOG SENSE PAGE FORMAT
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8-29 MODE SELECT CDB
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8-30 MODE SELECT PARAMETER LIST
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8-31 MODE SELECT PAGES SUPPORTED
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8-32 CONTROL MODE PAGE (0AH)
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8-33 DATA COMPRESSION PAGE
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8-34 DEVICE CONFIGURATION PAGE FORMAT
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8-35 DISCONNECT/RECONNECT PAGE FORMAT
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8-36 DATA TRANSFER DISCONNECT CONTROL
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8-37 MEDIUM PARTITION PAGE FORMAT
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8-38 ERROR RECOVERY PAGE FORMAT
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8-39 EEROM VENDOR UNIQUE PAGE FORMAT
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8-40 EEROM VENDOR UNIQUE PAGE EXAMPLE 1
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8-41 EEROM VENDOR UNIQUE PAGE EXAMPLE 2
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8-42 MODE SENSE CDB (6)
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8-43 MODE SENSE CDB (10)
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8-44 MODE SENSE PAGE CONTROL DEFINITION
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8-45 MODE SENSE (6) DATA HEADER
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8-46 MODE SENSE (10) DATA HEADER
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8-47 MODE SENSE BLOCK DESCRIPTOR
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8-48 MODE SENSE PAGE DESCRIPTOR
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8-49 MODE SENSE PAGES SUPPORTED
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8-50 CONTROL MODE PAGE (0AH)
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8-51 DEVICE CONFIGURATION PAGE FORMAT
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8-52 DATA COMPRESSION PAGE)
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8-53 DISCONNECT/RECONNECT PAGE FORMAT
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8-54 MEDIUM PARTITION PAGE FORMAT
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8-55 ERROR RECOVERY PAGE FORMAT
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8-56 PREVENT/ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL CDB
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8-57 READ CDB
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8-58 READ BLOCK LIMITS CDB
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8-59 READ BLOCK LIMITS
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8-60 READ BUFFER CDB
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8-61 READ BUFFER MODES SUPPORTED
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8-62 READ BUFFER DATA HEAD
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8-63 READ BUFFER DESCRIPTOR
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8-64 READ POSITION CDB
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8-65 READ POSITION DATA FORMAT
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8-66 RECEIVE DIAGNOSTICS RESULTS CDB
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8-67 RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULT DATA FORMAT
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8-68 RELEASE UNIT CDB
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8-69 REQUEST SENSE CDB
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8-70 REQUEST SENSE DATA
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8-71 RESERVE UNIT CDB
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8-72 RESERVE UNIT CDB
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8-73 SEND DIAGNOSTIC CDB
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8-74 SEND DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER LIST FORMAT
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8-75 SPACE CDB
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8-76 SPACE CODE DEFINITION
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8-77 TEST UNIT READY CDB
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8-78 VERIFY CDB
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8-79 WRITE CDB
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8-80 WRITE BUFFER CDB
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8-81 WRITE BUFFER MODES SUPPORTED
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8-82 WRITE FILEMARKS CDB
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8-83 INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS
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8-84 READ ELEMENT STATUS CDB
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8-85 ELEMENT TYPE CODE DEFINITIONS
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8-86 ELEMENT STATUS DATA HEADER
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8-87 MEDIUM TRANSPORT ELEMENT STATUS PAGE
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8-88 STORAGE ELEMENT STATUS PAGE
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8-89 DATA TRANSFER ELEMENT STATUS PAGE
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8-90 DEVICE CAPABILITIES PAGE FORMAT
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8-91 ELEMENT ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT PAGE FORMAT
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8-92 TRANSPORT GEOMETRY PAGE FORMAT
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8-93 MOVE MEDIUM CDB
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2-1 ADDING A TERMINATOR
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2-3 AFTER POST
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2-4 DLT2000 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART
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3-1 RESULTS OF DENSITY SELECTION
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3-2 POST SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
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3-3 DETERMINING THE DRIVE'S OPERATING CONDITION
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3-4 BEFORE LOADING THE CARTRIDGE
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3-4 AFTER LOADING THE CARTRIDGE AND OPERATING
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3-5 WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING CARTRIDGE USE (RIGHT SIDE LIGHTS
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3-6 WHEN TO USE THE CLEANING CARTRIDGE
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4-1 MINI-LIBRARY OPERATOR CONTROL PANEL
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4-2 DISPLAY MESSAGES
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4-3 DENSITY SELECT MODE
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4-4 CARTRIDGE, BEFORE LOADING
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4-5 AFTER LOADING THE CARTRIDGE
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4-6 WHEN TO USE THE CLEANING CARTRIDGE
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5-1 RESULTS OF DENSITY SELECTION USING A COMPACTAPE III TAPE
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5-2 DLT2700 OPERATOR CONTROL PANEL
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5-3 LOADER POWER-ON SHELF-TEST
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5-4 LOAD/UNLOAD FUNCTIONS
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6-1 DLT2500 OCP BUTTON CONDITIONS
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6-2 DLT2700 OCP BUTTON CONDITIONS
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7-1 RESULTS (DLT2000 CODE UPDATE)
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7-2 RESULTS (DLT2500 CODE UPDATE)
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7-3 RESULTS (DLT2700 CODE UPDATE)
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8-1 SUPPORTED SCSI MESSAGES
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8-2 DLT2000 SUPPORTED SCSI COMMANDS
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8-3 EEROM VENDOR UNIQUE PAGE PARAMETERS
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8-4 CHANGEABLE MODE PARAMETERS
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8-5 SENSE KEYS USED
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8-6 ADDITIONAL SENSE CODES/QUALIFIERS USED
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8-7 SEND DIAGNOSTICS PARAMETERS
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8-8 DEFINITION OF PATTERN NUMBERS DEFINITION OF PATTERN NUMBERS
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8-9 SENSE KEYS USED
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8-10 ADDITIONAL SENSE CODES
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8-11 MEDIUM CHANGER COMMANDS
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8-12 MEDIUM CHANGER ELEMENT ADDRESSES
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