
SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER Command (A4h) SDLT 600 SCSI Interface Guide
4-238 January 2005 81-81200-02 REV A01
The SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER parameter list contains the identifier to be set by the drive.
Figure 4-128. SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER Parameter List — Data Format
Table 4-139. SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER Command Descriptor Block — Field Descriptions
Field Name Description
Service Action Must be set to 06h. Any other value causes the drive to return CHECK
CONDITION status with Sense Key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST.
Parameter List
Length
Specifies the length in bytes of the Identifier that is transferred from the
application client to the SDLT tape drive. The maximum value for this field
is 64 bytes. A Parameter List Length of 0 indicates that no data is to be
transferred and that subsequent REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER
commands return an Identifier length of 0.
If the parameter list length exceeds 64 bytes, the drive returns CHECK
CONDITION status with Sense Key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and
Additional Sense Code set to INVALID FIELD IN CDB.
Bit
Byte
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 – n Identifier
Table 4-140. SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER Parameter List — Field Description
Field
Name
Description
Identifier The Identifier field is a vendor-specific value. This value is returned by all
subsequent REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER commands, until replaced by
another valid SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command.
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