IEC ISO SO/EC14776-333 Edition 1.0 2013-09 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Information technology - Small Computer System Interface (ScSl) - Part 333: SCSI Stream Commands -3 (SSC-3) ISO/IEC 14776-333:2013(E) onal Organization for Standardization without license from IHS Not for Resale THISPUBLICATIONISCOPYRIGHTPROTECTED Copyright @ 2013 ISO/lEC, Geneva, Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form eitherIEC orIEC's memberNational Committee inthe countryoftherequester. publication, please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further information. IEC Central Office Tel.: +41 22 919 02 11 3, rue de Varembé Fax: +4122 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 [email protected] Switzerland www.iec.ch About the IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC. Please make sure that you have the latest edition, a corrigenda or an amendmentmight have been published. Useful links: IECpublications search-www.iec.ch/searchpub Electropedia - www.electropedia.org The advanced search enables you to find IEC publications The world's leading online dictionary of electronic and by a variety of criteria (reference number, text, technical electrical terms containing more than 30 000 terms and committee....). definitions in English and French, with equivalent terms in It also gives information on projects, replaced and additional languages. Also known as the International withdrawn publications. Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) on-line. IECJust Published-webstore.iec.ch/justpublished CustomerServiceCentre-webstore.iec.ch/csc Stay up to date on all new IEC publications. Just Published If you wish to give us yourfeedback on this publication details all new publications released. Available on-line and orneedfurtherassistance, please contactthe also once a month by email. Customer Service Centre: [email protected]. Copyright International Organizationfor Standardization vided by IHS under lic nse from IHS Not for Resale IEC ISO SO/IEC14776-333 Edition 1.02013-09 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Informationtechnology-Small Computer System Interface (ScSl)- Part333: SCSIStream Commands-3 (SSC-3) INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION PRICECODE XC ICS 35.200 ISBN 978-2-8322-1128-1 Warning! Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor. Copyright International Organization for Standardization Not for Resale - 2 - 14776-333 @ISO/IEC:2013(E) CONTENTS FOREWORD .9 INTRODUCTION 11 1 Scope 12 2 Normative references 3 Terms, definitions, acronyms, keywords and conventions 3.1 Terms and definitions... .14 3.2 Acronyms... 22 3.3 Keywords ... 3.4 Editorial conventions... 23 3.5 Notation conventions - State diagrams.. .24 4 General concepts ...... 4.1 Overview.... .26 4.2 Sequential-access device model ...... .26 4.2.1 Sequential-access device model overview .... .26 4.2.2F ..26 4.2.3 Removable volumes .. 29 4.2.4 Device entity ... 29 4.2.5 Early-warning. 4.2.6 Programmable early warning.. 32 4.2.7 Partitions within a volume .... .33 4.2.8 Logical objects .... .34 4.2.9 Logical files............... 4.2.10 Object buffering 35 4.2.11 Synchronize operation behavior ... 36 4.2.12 Direction and position definitions. .36 4.2.13 Error reporting.. 37 4.2.14 Write protection... 4.2.15 Progress indication.. .41 4.2.16 Tagged command queuing ... 42 4.2.17 Block address mode .. 43 4.2.18 TapeAlert application client interface..... 52 4.2.19 READ ATTRiBUTE and WRITE ATTRIBUTE command support .58 4.2.20 Reservations.. 59 4.2.21 WORM volume and WORM mode.... 4.2.22 Logical block encryption .... .61 4.2.23 External data encryption control 72 4.2.24 Logical block encryption key protection... .78 4.2.25 Appending data