User Manual
Table Of Contents
- SATA Product Manual
- 1.0 Introduction
 - 2.0 Drive Specifications
- 2.1 Specification summary tables
 - 2.2 Formatted capacity
 - 2.3 Default logical geometry
 - 2.4 Recording and interface technology
 - 2.5 Physical characteristics
 - 2.6 Start/stop times
 - 2.7 Power specifications
 - 2.8 Environmental specifications
 - 2.9 Acoustics
 - 2.10 Electromagnetic immunity
 - 2.11 Warranty
 - 2.12 Agency and Safety Certifications
 - 2.13 Environmental protection
 - 2.14 Corrosive environment
 
 - 3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive
 - 4.0 SATA Interface
 
 
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4.3 Supported ATA commands
The following table lists SATA standard commands that the drive supports.
For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization:
Serial ATA Revision 3.0 (http://www.sata-io.or
g).
See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 30 for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.
Table 8 SATA standard commands
Command name Command code (in hex)
Check Power Mode E5
H
Device Configuration Freeze Lock B1
H
 / C1
H
Device Configuration Identify B1
H
 / C2
H
Device Configuration Restore B1
H
 / C0
H
Device Configuration Set B1
H
 / C3
H
Device Reset 08
H
Download Microcode 92
H
Download Microcode DMA 93
H
Execute Device Diagnostics 90
H
Flush Cache E7
H
Flush Cache Extended EA
H
Format Track 50
H
Identify Device EC
H
Idle E3
H
Idle Immediate E1
H
Initialize Device Parameters 91
H
Read Buffer E4
H
Read Buffer DMA E9
H
Read DMA  C8
H
Read DMA Extended 25
H
Read DMA Without Retries C9
H
Read Log Ext 2F
H
Read Log DMA Ext 47
H
Read Multiple C4
H
Read Multiple Extended 29
H
Read Native Max Address F8
H
Read Native Max Address Extended 27
H
Read Sectors  20
H
Read Sectors Extended 24
H
Read Sectors Without Retries 21
H
Read Verify Sectors  40
H
Read Verify Sectors Extended 42
H
Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 41
H
Recalibrate 10
H
Sanitize 84
H
Security Disable Password F6
H
Security Erase Prepare F3
H
Security Erase Unit F4
H










