Dell PowerVault TL2000 - Transport Geometry Parameters Page (1 Eh)

Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Byte
0 PS (1) SPF (0) Page Code (1Dh)
1 Additional Page Length (12h)
2 - 3 First Medium Transport Element Address
4 - 5 Number of Medium Transport Elements
6 - 7 First Storage Element Address
8 - 9 Number of Storage Elements
10 -
11
First Import / Export Element Address
12 -
13
Number of Import / Export Elements
14 -
15
First Data Transfer Element Address
16 -
17
Number of Data Transfer Element
18 Reserved
19 Reserved
Field descriptions:
PS: Parameter Saveable. This field is set to 1. The media changer can save this page to non-volatile
memory.
First Medium Transport Element Address:
This field indicates the address of the accessor cartridge handler (other than the default Medium
Transport Element address of zero).
Number of Medium Transport Elements:
This field indicates the number of robotic cartridge handler within the library. The library has one
accessor cartridge handler, set to 0001h.
First Storage Element Address:
This field indicates the starting address for the cartridge storage locations.
Number of Storage Elements:
This field indicates the total number of cartridge storage locations contained within the medium
changer.
First Import/Export Element Address:
This field indicates the starting address of the first import/export element.
Number of Import/Export Elements:
This field indicates the total number of import/export elements contained within the medium
changer.
First Data Transfer Element:
This field indicates the starting address of the installed tape drives.
Number of Data Transfer Elements:
This field indicates the number of tape drives contained within the medium changer.
Transport Geometry Parameters page (1Eh)
The Transport Geometry Parameters Page is provided in the SCSI-2 command set to determine whether
each medium transport element is a member of a set of elements in a robotic subsystem, and if the
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