6.5.2 SCSI-Sense Codes

Die SCSI-Sense Codes

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Subject: SCSI Sense Key Codes
Date: 14 Oct 1995 20:16:40 GMT
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Here are the SCSI Sense Key Codes. The sense keys provide generic information describing an error or exception condition. The sense key is located in the Least Significant four bits of the second byte of the Request Sense data returned by the target.

CODE DISCRIPTION
 

Code 0

-NO SENSE-No specific sense key information to be reported for the designated logical unit. The command was successful. NOTE: This is the normal ending sense code.
 

Code 1

-RECOVERED ERROR-The last command completed ucessfully with some recovery action performed by the target.
 

Code 2

-NOT READY-The logical unit addressed canot be accessed and operator intervention may be required.
 

Code 3

-MEDIUM ERROR-Command terminated with a non-recovery error condition, probably caused by a flaw in the recorded data.
 

Code 4

-HARDWARE ERROR-The target detacted a non recoverable hardware failure while performing the command or durning self test.
 

Code 5

-ILLEGAL REQUEST-There was an illegal parameter in the command descriptor block or in the additional parameters supplied as data.
 

Code 6

-UNIT ATTENTION-Removable medium may have been changed or the target has been reset.
 

Code 7

-DATA PROTECT-A read or write command was attempted on a protected block.
 

Code 8

-BLANK CHECK-A write once device or sequential device encountered blank medium or a format-defined end-of-data indication while reading, or a write once device encountered a non-blank medium while writing.
 

Code 9

-VENDOR SPECIFIC-Available for reporting vendor specific conditions.
 

Code A

-COPY ABORTED-A COPY, COMPARE or COPY AND VERITY command was aborted due to an error condition at either or both device(s).
 

Code B

-ABORTED COMMAND-The target aborted the command. The initator may retry the command.
 

Code C

-EQUAL-Indicated a SEARCH DATA command has satisfied an equal comparison.
 

Code D

-VOLUME OVERFLOW-The buffered peripheral data has reached the end of the end-of-partition and data may remain in the buffer that has not been written to the medium.
 

Code E

-MISCOMPARE-The source data did not match the data read from the medium.
 

Code F

-RESERVED
 

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