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Table 13 Returned Sense Data Fields:
Valid: one if byte -6 are valid, zero if not valid.
Error Code: 70h is a current error; Error Code 71h is a deferred error.
Segment Number: Always zeros.
File Mark: Always zero for a disk drive.
EOM: End Of Medium indicator. Always zero for a disk drive.
Incorrect Length Indicator:
of the data on the medium.
Indicates the general error category. These are listed in Table 14. The code in byte 12 provides additional
explanation o
Information Bytes:
associated with the Sense Key. Unless otherwise specified, the Information Bytes contain the address of the current
Additional Length:
additional bytes. If the Allocation Length of the Command Descriptor Block is too small to transfer all of the
Additional Sense Code and Additional Sense Code Qualifier:
Sense Key is valid. Error code definitions are in Table 15. If the condition is not reportable by the disk drive, the
0000)”.
Defined for Field Maintenance personnel only.
SKSV (Sense Key Specific Valid) bits and Sense Key Specific bytes:
The Additional Sense Code field may contain command- -specific data, or vendor
specific data that further defines the nature of the CHECK CONDITION status.
The Sense Key Specific field is defined by this specification when the value of the SKSV bit is one. The definition of
this field is determined by the value of the Sense Key field. This field is reserved for sense keys not described in
. If the Sense Key field is set to ILLEGAL REQUEST (5h) and the SKSV bit is set to 1, the Sense Key
Specific field is defined as shown in Table 11. These fields point to illegal parameters in command descriptor blocks
tor in the DATA OUT phase.