Product manual

46 Barracuda 9 Product Manual, Rev. C
[1] The drive can format to any even number of bytes per sector from 180 to 4096.
[2] Table 9 shows how individual bits are set that are changeable by the host.
[3] Warning: A power loss during flash programming can result in firmware corruption. This usually makes
the drive inoperable.
Search data equal 31h N
Search data high 30h N
Search data low 32h N
Seek 0Bh Y
Seek extended 2Bh Y
Send diagnostics 1Dh Y
Supported diagnostics pages (00h) Y
Translate page (40h) Y
Set limits 33h N
Start unit/stop unit (start/stop spindle) 1Bh Y
Synchronize cache 35h Y
Test unit ready 00h Y
Verify 2Fh Y
DPO bit supported Y
BYTCHK bit supported Y
Write 0Ah Y
Write and verify 2Eh Y
DPO bit supported Y
BYTCHK bit supported Y
Write buffer (modes 0, 2 supported) 3Bh Y
Firmware download option (modes 5, 7 supported) [3] Y
Write extended 2Ah Y
DPO bit supported Y
FUA bit supported Y
Write long 3Fh Y
Write same 41h Y
XD read 52h Y
XD write 50h Y
XD write extended 80h N
XP write 51h Y
Table 7: Commands supported by Barracuda 9 family drive (continued)
Command Name Command Code
Supported by
ESP SCSI-2/3