Product manual
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Drive specifications
- 2.1 Specification summary table
- 2.2 Formatted capacity
- 2.3 Default logical geometry
- 2.4 Physical organization
- 2.5 Recording and interface technology
- 2.6 Physical characteristics
- 2.7 Seek time
- 2.8 Start/stop times
- 2.9 Power specifications
- 2.10 Environmental specifications
- 2.11 Acoustics
- 2.12 Electromagnetic immunity
- 2.13 Reliability
- 2.14 Agency certification
- 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive
- 4.0 ATA interface
- 5.0 Seagate Technology support services

28 Barracuda ATA V Product Manual, Rev. E
4.1.2 Identify Device command
The Identify Device command (command code EC
H
) transfers information
about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a
single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in the table on
page 27. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed
with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive. See Section
2.0 on page 3 for default parameter settings.
The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be
included in the Draft ATA-5 Standard.
Write Multiple C5
H
Write Sectors 30
H,
31
H
ATA-standard power-management commands
Check Power Mode 98
H
or E5
H
Idle 97
H
or E3
H
Idle Immediate 95
H
or E1
H
Sleep 99
H
or E6
H
Standby 96
H
or E2
H
Standby Immediate 94
H
or E0
H
ATA-standard security commands
Security Set Password F1
H
Security Unlock F2
H
Security Erase Prepare F3
H
Security Erase Unit F4
H
Security Freeze Lock F5
H
Security Disable Password F6
H
Command name Command code (in hex)










