Technical information

HGST Ultrastar C15K600 Hard Disk Drive Specification
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18.4.1
Parameter List Header
Following is the format of the Parameter List Header sent during the data out phase when FmtData is set to one.
Table 61 Format of the Short Parameter List Header
Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
Reserved = 0 Protection Field Usage
1
FOV DPRY DCRT STPF =1 IP
Obsolete
Immed
Vendor-specific
2 -3
(MSB) Defect List Length(LSB)
4-n
Initialization Pattern Descriptor
(n+1) - m
Defect Descriptor
Table 62 Format of the Long Parameter List Header
Byte
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
Reserved = 0 Protection Field Usage
1
FOV DPRY DCRT STPF =1 IP
Obsolete
Immed
Vendor-specific
2
Reserved
3
P_I_INFORMATION = 0
PROTECTION INTERVAL EXPONENT = 0
4
(MSB)
DEFECT LIST LENGTH
(LSB)
...
7
8-n
Initialization Pattern Descriptor
(n+1) - m
Defect Descriptor
- Protection Field Usage: in combination with the format protection information (FMTPINFO) field in the CDB
specifies whether or not the drive enables or disables the use of protection information:
Table 63 Format of the Long Parameter List Header
FMTPINFO
Protection
Field Usage
Description
00h 000h
The drive will be formatted to type 0 protection
01h xxxh
Check Condition status will be returned with the sense key set to Illegal Request
and the additional sense code set to Invalid Field in the CDB.
10h 000h
The drive will be formatted to type 1 protection
11h 000h
The drive will be formatted to type 2 protection
11h 001h
Type 3 protection is not supported - Check Condition status will be returned with
the sense key set to Illegal Request and the additional sense code set to Invalid
Field in the Parameter List
All other combinations of FMTPINFO and Protection Field Usage will result in Check Condition status to be returned
with the sense key set to Illegal Request and the additional sense code set to Invalid Field in the Parameter List.