Commands 125
Commands
The values reported for the Ultrium 2 format tapes are as follows:
24
(MSB)
Density Name
31
(LSB)
32
(MSB)
Description
51
(LSB)
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Primary Density Code 42h This is reported via the MODE SENSE command.
Secondary Density Code 42h Not used
WRTOK The Write OK flag indicates whether the drive can write at the density indicated by the
Density Code.
0 The drive does not support writing to a tape with this density.
1 The drive is capable of writing at this density to the current tape (if the
Media bit in the CDB = 1) or for some tape (if Media = 0).
DUP The Duplicate flag will be set to zero for every descriptor block indicating that each
density is only reported once.
DEFLT The Default flag will be set for the density for which the currently mounted medium is
formatted and clear for all other densities.
Bits per mm 3660
Media Width 127 Tape width is 1/2” or 12.65 mm. The value in this field is in tenths of
millimeters rounded to the nearest 0.1 mm.
Tracks 512
Capacity 200,000 MB The maximum capacity for the format (or the capacity of the media if the
Media bit is set)
Assigning Organization LTO-CVE The CVE assigns these codes.
Density Name U-28 The format of this is:
[U/A]-[Format Generation: 1,2...][No of Tracks:
4,8,16...]
Description Ultrium 2/8T A longer version of the above
