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- July 7, 1994
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- (_)_/_/ ASPI-ID v1.0 -
-
- Displays SCSI Mode Sense and Inquiry information via the ASPI device
- driver.
-
- Copyright 1994, Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
-
- Seagate Technology, Inc.
- B-5 Technical Support
- 920 Disc Drive
- Scotts Valley, CA 95066
-
-
- ===============================================================
-
- Usage: ASPI-ID [SCSI ID] [optional: R or D] or....
- ASPI-ID /filename.ASP
-
- switches:
- SCSI ID - A valid SCSI ID in the range 0 to 6
-
- The optional R and D switches will only work if the SCSI ID
- switch is also set on the command line. ex: ASPI-ID 0 D
-
-
- R - allow command line Redirection; this feature is
- useful for redirecting the output to a printer or a
- file.
-
- D - Dump the SCSI Mode Sense and Inquiry binary data to
- <filename>.ASP; this allows a copy to be saved that
- can be studied at a later time. A "collection" of
- various drive files might be useful for reference
- purposes.
-
- /filename.ASP - load a previously saved ASPI data dump. The ASPI
- device driver is not required in memory for this
- feature. Therefore, non-SCSI systems can be used to
- load and display a saved file.
-
- (no switches) - prompt for SCSI ID info
-
-
- ASPI-ID is designed for the support of users with Seagate disc drives and
- has been tested with Adaptec, Acculogic, Always, DPT and Ultrastor
- SCSI host adapters with their associated ASPI device drivers.
- (These represent the HA's we had laying around in Tech Support, other
- HA's with ASPI drivers should also work.)
-
- ===============================================================
-
- A little background:
-
- "ASPI" stands for Advanced SCSI Programming Interface. It is an
- Adaptec-developed interface specification for sending commands to SCSI
- host adapters. The interface provides an abstraction layer that
- insulates the programmer from considerations of the particular host
- adapter used. The ASPI manager accepts ASPI commands and performs the
- steps necessary to send the SCSI command to the target. For example,
- although the Adaptec AHA-152x and AHA-274x host adapters have very
- different hardware, the ASPI interface to these boards is the same.
-
- Unlike AT bus based disc drive interfaces, which tend to have common
- well definded register level instructions, SCSI controllers are not
- nearly so constrained. In other words, it is up to the host adapter
- manufacturer to supply the link between the actual hardware
- controlling the SCSI bus, and the service calling software, usually
- the operating system. Although this increases flexibility for changes
- to the host adapter, it precludes direct universal hardware port
- calls.
-
- The "linking" software has to be supplied by the host adapter
- manufacturer either in the form of a BIOS, or equivalent software
- module in the form of a device driver. Because each host adapter
- manufacturer uses different SCSI support hardware, it is impossible
- for a drive manufacturer to supply software support for all SCSI host
- adapters.
-
- Fortunately, thanks to the ASPI, a common ground is established that
- allows a software program to communicate directly with the SCSI
- device. The only requirement is that the user must install an ASPI
- device driver (usually in CONFIG.SYS) that was written by the host
- adapter OEM. DOS ASPI device drivers are usually supplied with the
- host adapter or are freely available via support BBS's because of
- their common usage with SCSI CD-ROMs and tape backup systems.
-
- The ASPI command codes utilized in ASPI-ID are:
-
- Host Adapter Inquiry -
- ID ofHost Adapter
- SCSI Manager ID (the name given to the ASPI driver by the host
- adapter manufacturer)
- Host Adapter ID (the name of the host adapter)
-
- Get Device Type -
- Peripheral Device Type of target
-
- Execute SCSI I/O Command -
- SCSI Inquiry (12h) (returns information about the drive. see
- Appendix D for detailed information)
-
- SCSI Mode Sense (1Ah) (returns many pages of detailed
- information about the drive. see
- Appendix C for detailed information)
-
- SCSI Read Capacity (25h) (returns the number of the last
- logical block and the block size)
-
- Get Disk Drive Information -
- INT13 drive numnber
- Preferred Head Translation
- Preferred Sector Translation
-
-
-
- ===============================================================
- The follow SCSI command and mode page definitions are taken from
- a Seagate SCSI drive product manual. The purpose for including
- it in this doc file is to help clarify the information returned
- by the ASPI-ID program. It is not intended to be a complete
- SCSI reference.
-
-
- 3.4.13 Mode Sense command (1AH)
- ===============================================================
- When the initiator sends this command to the drive, it returns
- mode-page parameters to the initiator. This command is used in
- conjunction with the Mode Select command.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
- 1 LUN 0 0 0 0 0
- 2 PCF Page code
- 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 4 Allocation length
- 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flag Link
-
- Byte 2 The page control field (PCF) determines the content of Mode
- Parameter bytes. Regardless of the value of the PCF, the
- block descriptor always contains the current values.
-
- PCF bit 7 PCF bit 6 Effect
- 0 0 Return current values.
- 0 1 Return changeable values.
- 1 0 Return default values.
- 1 1 Return saved values.
-
- The page code is the designator that is unique to each page.
-
- The page codes are listed in Section 3.4.13.1.
-
- Byte 4 The allocation length specifies the number of bytes that the
- initiator has allocated for returned Mode Sense data. An
- allocation length of 0 means that no Mode Sense data is to
- be transferred. This condition is not considered an error.
- Any other value represents the number of bytes to be
- transferred. For a description of the allocation length, see
- Section 3.4.13.1.
-
-
- 3.4.13.1 Page code and allocation length
-
- The Mode Sense command descriptor block contains a page code (byte 2,
- bits 5--0) and an allocation length (byte 4). These parameters are
- described in the following table. You can transfer mode pages to the
- initiator either of two ways:
-
- - Transfer all mode pages at once by using page code 3FH, as de-
- scribed in the last row of this table, or
-
- - Transfer one mode page at a time by using the page code and
- allocation length of the mode page.
-
- Page Allocation Mode Sense data returned
- code length
- 01H 18H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 10 bytes of Error Recovery parameters
-
- 02H 18H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 12 bytes of Disconnect/Reconnect parameters
-
- 03H 24H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 24 bytes of Format Device parameters
-
- 04H 20H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 20 bytes of Rigid Disc Geometry parameters
-
- 08H 20H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 20 bytes of Caching parameters
-
- 0CH 24H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 24 bytes of Notch and Partition parameters
-
- 0DH 18H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 12 bytes of Power Condition parameters
-
- 38H 1CH 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 16 bytes of Cache Control parameters
-
- 3CH 0FH 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 3 bytes of Soft ID parameters
-
- 00H 10H 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 4 bytes of Operating parameters
-
- 3FH 143 or 144 4 bytes of Mode Sense header
- 8 bytes of block descriptor
- 2 bytes of mode-page header
- 143 or 144 bytes of mode parameters,
- including all mode pages
-
- * The allocation length depends on whether the Operating page has 2 or
- 3 bytes. The Operating page is described in Appendix C.10.
-
-
- 3.4.13.2 Mode Sense data
-
- The Mode Sense parameter list contains a 4-byte header followed by an
- 8-byte block descriptor (if any), followed by the mode pages. The
- header and block descriptor are shown below. The mode pages are
- described in Appendix C.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Mode Sense data length
- 1 (default) Medium type (00H)
- 2 WP=0 Reserved
- 3 (default) Block descriptor length (08H)
- Block descriptor
- 4 (default) Density code (00H)
- 5--7 Number of blocks
- 8 (default) Reserved (00H)
- 9--11 Block length
- Mode pages
- 12--n Mode pages
-
- Byte 0 The Mode Sense data length specifies the number of
- bytes minus 1 of the Mode Sense data to be transferred
- to the initiator.
-
- Byte 1 The medium type is always 0.
-
- Byte 2 The WP (write protect) bit is always 0, which means the media
- is write-enabled.
-
- Byte 3 The block descriptor length is the number of bytes in the
- block descriptor. This value does not include the page headers
- and mode pages that follow the block descriptor, if any.
-
- Byte 4 The density code is not supported.
-
- Bytes 5--7 The number of blocks field contains the total number
- of blocks available to the user, which is specified on page 1.
-
- Byte 8 Reserved
-
- Bytes 9--11 The block length specifies the number of bytes
- contained in each logical block described by the block
- descriptor.
-
-
-
-
-
- Appendix B. Sense data
- ===============================================================
-
- The appendix contains the descriptions for sense data returned by the
- Request Sense command. For more information on the Request Sense
- command, see the Seagate SCSI-2 Interface Manual, publication number
- 77738479.
-
- B.1 Additional sense data
- ===============================================================
-
- When the initiator issues a Request Sense command, the drive returns
- the following additional sense data.
-
- Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Valid Error code
- 1 1 1 0 0 0 X
- 1 Segment number (00H)
- 2 0 0 ILI 0 Sense key
- 3--6 Information bytes
- 7 Additional sense length
- 8--11 Command specific data
- 12 Additional sense code
- 13 Additional sense code qualifier
- 14 FRU code
- 15 SKSV
- 16--17 Sense key specific
- 18--22 Product-unique sense data (00H)
-
- Byte 0 If the valid bit is one, the information bytes (bytes 3
- through 6) are valid. If the valid bit is zero, the
- information bytes are not valid.
-
- If the error code contains a value of 70H, the error
- occurred on the command that is currently pending. If the
- error code contains a value of 71H, the error occurred
- during the execution of a previous command for which a good
- status has already been returned.
-
- Byte 1 The segment number is always zero.
-
-
- Byte 2 If the incorrect length indicator (ILI) bit is zero, the re-
- quested block of data from the previous command did not
- match the logical block length of the data on the disc. If
- the ILI bit is one, the requested block of data from the
- previous command matched the logical block length of the
- data on the disc.
-
- The sense key indicates one of nine general error cate-
- gories. These error categories are listed in Appendix B.2.
-
- Bytes 3--6 When the valid bit is 1, the information bytes contain
- the logical block address of the current logical block
- associated with the sense key. For example, if the sense
- key is media error, the information bytes contain the
- logical block address of the offending block.
-
- Byte 7 The additional sense length is limited to a maximum of 0EH
- additional bytes. If the allocation length of the command
- descriptor block is too small to accommodate all of the
- additional sense bytes, the additional sense length is not
- adjusted to reflect the truncation.
-
- Bytes 8--11 These bytes contain command-specific data.
-
- Bytes 12--13 The additional sense code and additional sense code
- qualifier provide additional details about errors. See Ap-
- pendix B.3.
-
- Byte 14 The field replaceable unit (FRU) code is used by field
- service personnel only.
-
- Bytes 15--22 These bytes are not used and are always zero.
-
- B.2 Sense key
- ===============================================================
-
- The sense keys in the lower-order bits of byte 2 of the sense data
- returned by the Request Sense command are described in the following
- table. You can find a more detailed description of the error by
- checking the additional sense code and the additional sense code
- qualifier in Section B.3.
-
- Sense key Description
- 0H No Sense. In the case of a successful command, no specific
- sense key information needs to be reported for the drive.
-
- 1H Recovered error. The drive completed the last command
- successfully with some recovery action. When many recovered
- errors occur during one command, the drive determines which
- error it will report.
-
- 2H Not ready. The addressed logical unit cannot be accessed.
- Operator intervention may be required to correct this
- condition.
-
- 3H Medium error. The command was terminated with a
- nonrecoverable error condition, probably caused by a flaw in
- the media or an error in the recorded data.
-
- 4H Hardware error. The drive detected a nonrecoverable hardware
- failure while performing the command or during a self-test.
- This includes, for example, SCSI interface parity errors,
- controller failures and device failures.
-
- 5H Illegal request. An illegal parameter in the command
- descriptor block or in the additional parameters supplied as
- data for some commands (for example, the Format Unit
- command, the Mode Select command and others). If the drive
- detects an invalid parameter in the CDB, it terminates the
- command without altering the media. If the drive detects an
- invalid parameter in the additional parameters supplied as
- data, the drive may have already altered the media.
-
- 6H Unit attention. The drive may have been reset. See the
- Seagate SCSI-2 Interface Manual for more details about the
- Unit Attention condition.
-
- BH Aborted command. The drive aborted the command. The
- initiator may be able to recover by retrying.
-
- EH Miscompare. The source data did not match the data read from
- the media.
-
- B.3 Additional sense code and additional sense code qualifier
- ===============================================================
-
- The additional sense code and additional sense code qualifiers
- returned in byte 12 and byte 13, respectively, of the Sense Data
- Format of the Request Sense command are listed in the following table.
-
-
- Error code (hex) Description
- Byte 12 Byte 13
-
- 00 00 No additional information is supplied.
-
- 01 00 There is no index/sector signal.
-
- 02 00 There is no seek complete signal.
-
- 03 00 A write fault occurred.
-
- 04 00 The drive is not ready and the cause is not
- reportable.
-
- 04 01 The drive is not ready, but it is in the process of
- becoming ready.
-
- 04 02 The drive is not ready; it is waiting for the
- initializing command.
-
- 04 03 The drive is not ready; human intervention is
- required.
-
- 04 04 The drive is not ready; the format routine is in
- process.
-
- 05 00 The drive does not respond when it is selected.
-
- 06 00 Track 0 was not found.
-
- 07 00 More than one drive is selected at a time.
-
- 08 00 There was a drive communication failure.
-
- 08 01 A drive communication time-out occurred.
-
- 08 02 A drive communication parity error occurred.
-
- 09 00 A track following error occurred.
-
- 0A 00 An error log overflow occurred.
-
- 0C 01 A write error occurred, but the error was recovered
- using auto-reallocation.
-
- 0C 02 A write error occurred. Auto-reallocation was
- attempted, but it failed.
-
- 10 00 An ID CRC or ECC error occurred.
-
- 11 00 An unrecovered read error occurred.
-
- 11 01 The read retries were exhausted.
-
- 11 02 The error was too long to correct.
-
- 11 03 There were multiple read errors.
-
- 11 04 A read error occurred. Auto-reallocation was
- attempted, but it failed.
-
- 12 00 The address mark was not found in the ID field.
-
- 13 00 The address mark was not found in the data field.
-
- 14 00 No record was found.
-
- 14 01 No record was found.
-
- 15 00 A seek positioning error occurred.
-
- 15 01 A mechanical positioning error occurred.
-
- 15 02 A positioning error was detected by reading the media.
-
- 16 00 A data synchronization mark error occurred.
-
- 17 00 The data was recovered without applying error
- correction or retrying.
-
- 17 01 The data was recovered with retries.
-
- 17 02 The data was recovered with positive head offset.
-
- 17 03 The data was recovered with negative head offset.
-
- 17 05 The data was recovered using the previous sector ID.
-
- 17 06 The data was recovered without ECC. The drive uses
- data auto-reallocation.
-
- 18 00 The data was recovered with ECC.
-
- 18 01 The data was recovered with ECC and retries.
-
- 18 02 The data was recovered with ECC, retries, and
- auto-reallocation.
-
- 19 00 There is an error in the defect list.
-
- 19 01 The defect list is not available.
-
- 19 02 There is an error in the primary defect list.
-
- 19 03 There is an error in the grown defect list.
-
- 1A 00 A parameter overrun occurred.
-
- 1B 00 A synchronous transfer error occurred.
-
- 1C 00 The defect list could not be found.
-
- 1C 01 The primary defect list could not be found.
-
- 1C 02 The grown defect list could not be found.
-
- 1D 00 During a verify operation, a compare error occurred:
- the source data did not match the data read from the
- media.
-
- 1E 00 An ID error was recovered.
-
- 20 00 The drive received an invalid command operation code.
-
- 21 00 The logical block address was not within the
- acceptable range.
-
- 22 00 The drive received a CDB that contains an invalid bit.
- (This error code applies to direct-access devices.)
-
- 24 00 The drive received a CDB that contains an invalid bit.
- (This error code applies to all SCSI devices.)
-
- 25 00 The drive received a CDB that contains an invalid LUN.
-
- 26 00 The drive received a CDB that contains an invalid
- field.
-
- 26 01 The drive received a CDB containing a parameter that
- is not supported.
-
- 26 02 The drive received a CDB containing an invalid
- parameter.
-
- 26 03 The drive received a CDB containing a threshold
- parameter that is not supported.
-
- 29 00 A power-on reset or a bus device reset occurred.
-
- 2A 00 Some parameters were changed by another initiator.
-
- 2A 01 The Mode Select parameters were changed by another
- initiator.
-
- 2B 00 The microcode was downloaded.
-
- 2F 00 The tagged commands were cleared by another initiator.
-
- 30 01 The media cannot be read because the format is not
- recognized.
-
- 30 02 The media cannot be read because the format is
- incompatible with certain parameters.
-
- 31 00 The media format is corrupted.
-
- 31 01 The format command failed.
-
- 32 00 There are no spare defect locations available.
-
- 32 01 An error occurred when the defect list was being
- updated.
-
- 37 00 A rounded parameter caused an error.
-
- 3D 00 The identify message contains invalid bits.
-
- 3F 00 The target operation command was changed.
-
- 3F 01 The microcode was changed.
-
- 3F 02 The drive was operating as a SCSI drive and is now
- operating as a SCSI-2 drive, or vice versa.
-
- 3F 03 The inquiry data was changed.
-
- 40 00 The RAM failed.
-
- 40 8x A correctable ECC error occurred; x equals the length
- of the error.
-
- 40 90 A configuration error occurred.
-
- 40 A0 The self-test routine discovered an error in a ROM.
-
- 40 A1 The self-test routine discovered an error in the
- processor RAM.
-
- 40 A2 The self-test routine discovered an error in the
- buffer RAM.
-
- 40 A3 The self-test routine discovered a SCSI protocol
- error.
-
- 40 A4 The self-test routine discovered a DMA error.
-
- 40 A5 The self-test routine discovered an error in the disc
- sequencer.
-
- 40 A6 The self-test routine discovered an error in the disc
- sequencer RAM.
-
- 40 A7 A self-test error occurred.
-
- 40 A8 The flash memory cannot be read or written.
-
- 40 A9 The flash memory directory cannot be read, or it is
- corrupted.
-
- 40 AA The flash memory contains an incompatible version
- number.
-
- 40 AB The flash memory contains an incompatible revision
- number.
-
- 40 AC A flash memory checksum error occurred.
-
- 40 AD The flash memory contains invalid parameters.
-
- 40 AE The flash memory is incompatible with the HDA and the
- circuit board. The flash memory must be reconfigured.
-
- 40 B0 The servo command timed out.
-
- 40 B1 The servo command failed.
-
- 40 B2 The servo command was rejected.
-
- 40 B3 The servo interface does not work.
-
- 40 B4 The servo either failed to lock on track during spinup
- or has wandered off track.
-
- 40 B5 An internal servo error occurred.
-
- 40 B6 During spinup, a servo error occurred.
-
- 40 B7 The servo pattern is inconsistent.
-
- 40 B8 A seek recovery error occurred.
-
- 40 B9 The actuator did not achieve high-speed calibration.
-
- 40 C0 The defect list is full.
-
- 40 C1 A failure occurred while the grown defect list was
- being written.
-
- 40 C2 The write life-cycle of the flash memory has been
- exceeded.
-
- 40 C3 There was an attempt to add an illegal entry to the
- grown defect list.
-
- 40 C4 There was an attempt to add a duplicate entry to the
- grown defect list.
-
- 41 00 A data path diagnostic failed.
-
- 42 00 A power-on or self-test failure occurred.
-
- 43 00 A message reject error occurred.
-
- 44 00 An internal controller error occurred.
-
- 45 00 An error occurred during a selection or a reselection.
-
- 47 00 A SCSI interface bus parity error occurred.
-
- 48 00 The initiator has detected an error.
-
- 49 00 The initiator received an invalid message from the
- drive.
-
- 4C 00 The drive failed to self-configure.
-
- 4E 00 The drive attempted to perform overlapped commands.
-
- 5B 00 There was a log exception.
-
- 5B 01 A threshold condition was met.
-
- 5B 02 The log counter has reached its maximum value.
-
- 5B 03 All the log list codes have been used.
-
- 5C 00 There was a change in the RPL status. The drive lost
- synchronization.
-
-
-
-
- Appendix C. Mode pages
- ===============================================================
-
- Mode pages are groups of parameters stored by the drive. These
- parameters can be read using the Mode Sense command and changed using
- the Mode Select command. These commands are described in Sections
- 3.4.10 and 3.4.13.
-
- This appendix contains the default parameters and the changeable
- parameters for the mode pages. The current parameters and the saved
- parameters are not shown.
-
- Note. The default values contained in this appendix may differ from
- the default values actually contained in your drive. To determine the
- default values, use the Mode Sense command.
-
- Contains
- changeable
- Mode page Page code Bytes parameters
- Error Recovery page 01H 10 Yes
- Disconnect/Reconnect page 02H 14 Yes
- Format Device page 03H 22 Yes
- Rigid Disc Geometry page 04H 22 Yes
- Caching page (SCSI-3) 08H 18 Yes
- Control Mode page 0AH 10 Yes
- Notch page 0CH 22 No
- Cache Control page 38H 14 No
- Soft ID page 3CH 1 Yes
- Operating page 00H 2 or 3 Yes
-
-
- For all mode pages:
-
- - If the changeable value is 0, the initiator cannot change the bit
- directly. If the changeable value is 1, the initiator can change the
- bit directly.
-
- For example, in the header below, the changeable value for the page
- code bits is 0, which means that the page code cannot be changed; the
- changeable value of the PS bit is one, which means that the PS bit can
- be changed.
-
- - During the Mode Sense command, the PS (parameter savable) bit is 1,
- which means the mode page is saved on the disc. During the Mode
- Select command, you must set the PS bit to 0.
-
- - An X means that the value of the bit cannot be specified. For
- example, the default value of bit 0 of byte 1 of page 00H (the
- Operating Page) cannot be specified because the bit can be either 1
- or 0.
-
- All mode pages contain a 2-byte header that contains the page code and
- the page length for that particular page. The header is shown below.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS Page code
- changeable 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 1 Page length
- changeable 00H
-
- Byte 0 During the Mode Sense command, the PS (parameter savable)
- bit is 1, which means the mode page is saved on the disc.
- During the Mode Select command, you must set the PS bit to
- 0. The page code is the unique code that identifies the
- page.
-
- Byte 1 The page length is the length, in bytes, of the page.
-
-
- C.1 Error Recovery page (01H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Error Recovery page is shown below. This table summarizes the
- function, the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (01H)
- 1 Page length (0AH)
- 2 AWRE ARRE TB RC EER PER DTE DCR
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
- 3 (default) Read retry count (20H)
- changeable FFH
- 4 (default) Correction span (16H)
- changeable 00H
- 5 (default) Head offset count (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 6 (default) Data strobe offset count (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 7 (default) Reserved (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 8 (default) Write retry count (20H)
- changeable 00H
- 9 (default) Reserved (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 10--11 (default) Recovery time limit (FFFFH)
- changeable 0000H
-
-
- Byte 2 When the automatic write reallocation enabled (AWRE) bit is
- 1, the drive automatically reallocates bad blocks detected
- while writing to the disc. When the AWRE bit is 0, the drive
- does not perform automatic reallocation; instead, the drive
- reports a check condition status with a sense key of media
- error.
-
- Note. The AWRE bit does not apply during the Format com-
- mand.
-
- When the automatic read reallocation enabled (ARRE) bit is
- 1, the drive automatically reallocates bad blocks detected
- while reading from the disc. When the ARRE bit is 0, the
- drive does not automatically reallocate bad blocks. Instead,
- a check condition status is reported with a sense key of
- media error.
-
- The transfer block (TB) bit is not supported.
-
- When the read continuous (RC) bit is 1, the drive sends all
- data without doing any corrections. This function supersedes
- other bits in this byte. When the RC bit is 0, the
- correction is performed according to the other bits in this
- byte.
-
- The enable early recovery (EER) bit is not supported.
-
- The post error (PER) bit is not supported.
-
- The disable transfer on error (DTE) bit is not supported.
-
- When the disable correction (DCR) bit is 1, the drive does
- not apply offline ECC to the data even if it can correct the
- data.
-
- Byte 3 The read retry count field is the maximum number of times
- the drive attempts its recovery algorithms. If the EER bit
- of byte 2 is 1, the number of retries specified by read
- retry count (up to a maximum of nine retries) is performed
- before ECC is applied. The read retry count field has a
- range of 0 through 20H. A read retry count of 0 means that
- no retries are performed.
-
- Byte 4 The correction span is the size of the largest read data
- error, in bits, on which ECC correction is attempted. Longer
- errors are reported as nonrecoverable.
-
- Byte 5 The head offset count is not implemented. Head offsets are
- performed as part of the driveÒs retry algorithms.
-
- Byte 6 The data strobe offset count is not implemented.
-
- Byte 7 Reserved
-
-
- Byte 8 The write retry count field contains the maximum number of
- times the drive attempts its recovery algorithms. If the EER
- bit is set, the number of retries specified by the retry
- count, up to a maximum of nine retries, is performed before
- ECC is applied. The write retry count field has a range of 0
- through 20H. A write retry count of 0 means that no retries
- are performed.
-
- Byte 9 Reserved
-
- Bytes 10--11 The recovery time limit field always has a value of
- FFFFH, which means that the recovery time is unlimited.
-
-
- C.2 Disconnect/Reconnect page (02H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Disconnect/Reconnect page is shown below. This table summarizes
- the function, the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (02H)
- 1 Page length (0EH)
- 2 (default) Buffer full ratio (F0H)
- changeable FFH
- 3 (default) Buffer empty ratio (10H)
- changeable FFH
- 4--5 (default) Bus inactivity limit (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 6--7 (default) Disconnect time limit (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 8--9 (default) Connect time limit (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 10--11 (default) Maximum burst size (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 12--15 (default) Reserved (00000000H)
- changeable 00000000H
-
-
- Byte 2 The buffer full ratio field indicates, on Read commands, how
- full the driveÒs buffer is before reconnecting. The drive
- rounds up to the nearest whole logical block. This parame-
- ter is the numerator of a fraction that has 256 as its
- denominator.
-
- Byte 3 The buffer empty ratio field indicates, on Write commands,
- how empty the driveÒs buffer is before reconnecting to
- fetch more data. The drive rounds up to the nearest whole
- logical block. This parameter is the numerator of a fraction
- that has 256 as its denominator.
-
- Bytes 4--5 The bus inactivity limit field indicates the time, in
- 100-msec increments, that the drive can assert the Busy
- signal without handshakes until it disconnects. The drive
- can round down to its nearest capable value. If the bus
- inactivity limit is 0000H, the drive maintains the BSY--
- signal for 1 msec without handshakes.
-
- Bytes 6--7 The disconnect time limit field indicates the minimum
- time, in 100-msec increments, the drive remains discon-
- nected until it attempts to reconnect. A value of 0
- indicates that the drive is allowed to reconnect
- immediately.
-
- Bytes 8--9 The connect time limit field indicates the maximum
- time, in 100-msec increments, that the drive should remain
- connected until it attempts to disconnect. The drive may
- round to its nearest capable value. A value of 0 means that
- the drive can remain connected indefinitely until it tries
- to disconnect.
-
- Bytes 10--11 The maximum burst size field limits the amount of data
- that can be transferred during the data phase before the
- drive disconnects from the host. The value, multiplied by
- 512, indicates the maximum number of bytes that can be
- contained in a single burst. A value of 0 means that there
- is no limit to how many bytes can be transferred during a
- single burst.
-
- Bytes 12--15 Reserved
-
-
- C.3 Format Device page (03H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Format Device page is shown below. This table summarizes the
- function, the default value and the changeability of each bit. This
- page is sent only before the Format Unit command is sent. The drive
- parameters are updated immediately, but any changes between these
- current parameters and the existing media format do not take effect
- until after the Format Unit command is completed.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (03H)
- 1 Page length (16H)
- 2--3 (default) Tracks per zone (0001H)
- changeable 0000H
- 4--5 (default) Alternate sectors per zone (0001H)
- changeable 0000H
- 6--7 (default) Alternate tracks per zone (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 8--9 (default) Alternate tracks per volume (0008H)
- changeable 0000H
- 10--11 (default) Sectors per track (0058H)
- changeable 0000H
- 12--13 (default) Data bytes per physical sector (0200H)
- changeable 0000H
- 14--15 (default) Interleave (0001H)
- changeable 0000H
- 16--17 (default) Track skew factor (0002H)
- changeable 0000H
- 18--19 (default) Cylinder skew factor (0009H)
- changeable 0000H
- 20 SSEC HSEC RMB SURF Reserved
- default 1 0 0 0
- changeable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 21--23 (default) Reserved (000000H)
- changeable 000000H
-
-
- Bytes 2--3 The tracks per zone field indicates the number of
- tracks the drive allocates to each defect-management zone.
- Spare sectors or tracks are placed at the end of each
- defect- management zone. If each zone is treated as
- containing one track, the valid value for tracks per zone is
- 1. If each zone is treated as containing one cylinder, the
- valid value is equal to the number of read/write heads.
-
- Bytes 4--5 The alternate sectors per zone field indicates the
- number of spare sectors to be reserved at the end of each
- defect- management zone. The drive defaults to one spare
- sector per zone. If each zone is treated as containing one
- track, the valid value for alternate sectors per zone is 1.
- If each zone is treated as containing one cylinder, the
- valid values are 1 through 3.
-
- Bytes 6--7 The alternate tracks per zone field indicates the
- number of spare tracks the drive reserves at the end of each
- defect-management zone. A value of 0 indicates that no spare
- tracks are reserved at the end of each zone for defect
- management.
-
- Bytes 8--9 The alternate tracks per volume field indicates the
- number of spare tracks to be reserved at the end of the
- drive for defect management. The default is equal to twice
- the number of read/write heads.
-
- Bytes 10--11 The sectors per track field indicates the number of
- physical sectors the drive allocates per track. The drive
- reports the average number of physical sectors per track
- because the number of sectors per track varies between the
- outer and inner tracks.
-
- Bytes 12--13 The data bytes per physical sector field indicates the
- number of data bytes allocated per physical sector.
-
- Bytes 14--15 The interleave field is the interleave value sent to
- the drive during the last Format Unit command. This field is
- valid only for Mode Sense commands. The drive ignores this
- field during Mode Select commands. The interleave is always
- 1:1.
-
- Bytes 16--17 The track skew factor field indicates the number of
- physical sectors on the media between the last logical
- block of one track and the first logical block of the next
- sequential track of the same cylinder. The actual track skew
- factor that the drive uses is different for every zone. The
- default value is 0002H, which is the track skew factor for
- the first zone. This default value is only used when tracks
- per zone and alternate sectors per zone are set to 1.
-
-
- Bytes 18--19 The cylinder skew factor field indicates the number of
- physical sectors between the last logical block of one
- cylinder and the first logical block of the next cylinder.
- The actual cylinder skew factor that the drive uses depends
- on the zone. The default value is 0009H, which is the
- cylinder skew factor for the first zone.
-
- Byte 20 The drive type field bits are defined as follows:
-
- The soft sectoring (SSEC) bit is set to 1. This bit is
- reported as not changeable. Although it can be set to
- satisfy system requirements, it does not affect drive per-
- formance.
-
- The hard sectoring (HSEC) bit is set to 0. This bit is
- reported as not changeable. Although it can be set to
- satisfy system requirements, it does not affect drive per-
- formance.
-
- The removable media (RMB) bit is always set to 0, indi-
- cating that the drive does not support removable media. This
- same bit is also returned in the Inquiry parameters.
-
- The surface map (SURF) bit is set to 0, indicating that the
- drive allocates successive logical blocks to all sectors
- within a cylinder before allocating logical blocks to the
- next cylinder.
-
- Bytes 21--23 Reserved 92
-
-
- C.4 Rigid Disc Geometry page (04H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Rigid Disc Geometry page is shown below. This table summarizes the
- function, the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (04H)
- 1 Page length (16H)
- 2--4 Number of cylinders
- changeable 000000H
- 5 Number of heads
- changeable 00H
- 6--8 Starting cylinder for write precompensation
- default 000000H
- changeable 000000H
- 9--11 Starting cylinder for reduced write current
- default 000000H
- changeable 000000H
- 12--13 (default) Drive step rate (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 14--16 (default) Loading zone cylinder (000000H)
- changeable 000000H
- 17 Reserved RPL
- default 0 0
- changeable 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
- 18 (default) Rotational offset (00H)
- changeable FFH
- 19 (default) Reserved (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 20--21 Media rotation rate
- default 1194H
- changeable 0000H
- 22--23 (default) Reserved (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
-
-
- Bytes 2--4 The number of cylinders field specifies the number of
- user-accessible cylinders, including two spare cylinders set
- aside for defects. The drive uses the additional cylin-
- ders for storing parameters and defect lists or for diagnos-
- tic purposes. The number of cylinders is specified on page
- 1.
-
- Byte 5 The number of heads field specifies the number of read/write
- heads on the drive. The number of heads is specified on page
- 1.
-
- Bytes 6--16 The starting cylinder for reduced write current,
- starting cylinder for reduced read current, drive step rate
- and loading zone cylinder bytes are not used by the drive.
-
- Byte 17 When the rotational position locking (RPL) bits are 00Bi-
- nary, the rotational position locking is changeable. When
- the RPL bits are 01Binary, the drive automatically synchro-
- nizes its spindle with the synchronized master. When the RPL
- bits are 10Binary or 11Binary, the drive is the synchro-
- nized-spindle master.
-
- For more information about external spindle-clock synchronization,
- see Section 2.11.
-
- Byte 18 The rotational offset is the rotational skew the drive uses
- when synchronized. The rotational skew is applied in the
- retarded direction (lagging the sync spindle master). A
- value of zero means no rotational offset is used.
-
- Byte 19 Reserved.
-
- Bytes 20--21 The medium rotation rate is the spindle speed, which is
- specified on page 1.
-
- Bytes 22--23 Reserved.
-
-
- C.5 Caching page (08H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The drive uses read look-ahead, read caching and write caching to
- improve seek times and performance.
-
- C.5.1 Read look-ahead and read caching
-
- The drive uses an algorithm that improves seek performance by reading
- the next logical sectors after the last requested sector. These unre-
- quested sectors are read into a buffer and are ready to be transmitted
- to the host before they are requested. Beca use these sectors are read
- before they are requested, access read time for the sectors is
- virtually eliminated. This process is called either read look-ahead or
- read caching.
-
- Read look-ahead and read caching are similar algorithms. Read look-
- ahead occurs when a Read command requests more data than can be
- contained in one buffer segment. Read caching occurs when a Read
- command requests less data than can be contained in one b uffer
- segment.
-
- The buffer used for read look-ahead and caching can be divided into
- segments as shown in the following table. To change the number of
- segments, use byte 13 of the Caching page, which is described in
- Appendix C.5.3. The default is one, 256-Kbyte segment.
-
- Number of segments Size of segment (in Kbytes)
- 1 256
- 2 128
- 4 64
- 8 32
- 16 16
-
- When the buffer is divided into multiple segments, each segment func-
- tions as an independent buffer, causing dramatically increased
- performance in multitasking and multiuser environments.
-
-
- C.5.2 Write caching and write merging
- ===============================================================
-
- Write caching. The drive uses the write segment to store write com-
- mands and data. After the drive caches the commands and data, it is
- immediately ready to process new commands. The drive writes the data
- to the disc at its next convenient opportunity.
-
- Write merging. The drive accepts contiguous write commands and
- executes them sequentially as one command.
-
- C.5.3 Caching page description
-
- The Caching page is shown below. This table summarizes the function,
- the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (08H)
- 1 Page length (12H)
- 2 IC ABPF CAP DISC SIZE WCE MF RCD
- default 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
- changeable 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
- 3 Demand read Write retention priority
- retention priority
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 4--5 (default) Disable prefetch transfer length (FFFFH)
- changeable 0000H
- 6--7 (default) Minimum prefetch (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 8--9 (default) Maximum prefetch (FFFFH)
- changeable FFFFH
- 10--11 (default) Maximum prefetch ceiling (FFFFH)
- changeable FFFFH
- 12 FSW Rsrvd DRA Reserved
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
- 13 Number of cache segments
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
- changeable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
- 14--15 (default) Cache segment size (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 16 (default) Reserved (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 17--19 (default) Noncache segment size (000000H)
- changeable 000000H
-
- Byte 2 The initiator control (IC) bit is not supported.
-
- When the abort prefetch (ABPF) bit is 0, the drive controls
- completion of prefetch. See the description for the DISC
- bit, below. This is the default value and it is not
- changeable.
-
- The caching analysis permitted (CAP) bit is not supported.
-
- When the discontinuity (DISC) bit is 1, the drive may
- prefetch across cylinder boundaries, where head seeks
- consume additional processing time. This is the default
- value and it is not changeable.
-
- The size enable (SIZE) bit is not supported.
-
- When the write cache enable (WCE) bit is 0, the drive
- returns a good status for a Write command after successfully
- writing all the data to the media. When the WCE bit is 1,
- the drive returns a good status for a Write command after
- successfully receiving the data and before writing it to the
- media.
-
- When the multiplication factor (MF) bit is 0, the drive
- interprets the minimum prefetch and maximum prefetch fields
- as the number of logical blocks to be prefetched. When the
- MF bit is 1, the drive interprets the minimum prefetch and
- maximum prefetch fields in terms of a number which, when
- multiplied by the transfer length of the current command,
- yields the number of logical blocks to be prefetched.
-
- When the read cache disable (RCD) bit is 0, the drive may
- return data requested by a Read command by accessing either
- the cache or the media. If the RCD bit is 1, the cache is
- not used.
-
-
- Byte 3 The demand read retention priority field is not used. The
- initiator cannot assign any special retention priority to
- the drive.
-
- The write retention priority field is not used. The
- initiator cannot assign any special retention priority to
- the drive.
-
- Bytes 4--5 The disable prefetch transfer length always has a value
- of FFFFH, which means that the drive attempts an antici-
- patory prefetch for all Read commands.
-
- Bytes 6--7 The minimum prefetch field specifies the minimum num-
- ber of blocks the drive prefetches, regardless of the delays
- it may cause in executing subsequent pending commands.
- When the minimum prefetch field contains 0, the drive
- terminates prefetching whenever another command is ready to
- be executed. If the minimum prefetch equals the maximum
- prefetch, the drive prefetches the same number of blocks
- regardless of whether there are commands pending.
-
- Bytes 8--9 The maximum prefetch field specifies the maximum num-
- ber of blocks the drive prefetches during a Read command
- if there are no other commands pending. The maximum prefetch
- field represents the maximum amount of data to prefetch into
- the cache for any single Read command.
-
- Bytes 10--11 The maximum prefetch ceiling field should be equal to
- the maximum prefetch field. The maximum prefetch ceiling and
- maximum prefetch fields are the same if the MF bit is 0.
-
- Byte 12 The force sequential write (FSW) bit is not supported.
-
- When the disable read-ahead (DRA) bit is 1, the drive does
- not read into the buffer any logical blocks beyond the
- addressed logical blocks. When the DRA bit equals 0, the
- drive can continue reading logical blocks into the buffer
- beyond the addressed logical blocks.
-
- Byte 13 The number of cache segments field determines the number of
- segments into which the cache should be divided. Valid
- values are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32.
-
- Bytes 14--15 The cache segment size field indicates the segment size
- in bytes. The cache segment size field is valid only when
- the SIZE bit is 1.
-
- Byte 16 Reserved.
-
- Bytes 17--19 The noncache segment size field always contains zeros.
- This means that the entire buffer is available for caching.
-
-
- C.6 Control Mode page (0AH)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Control Mode page is shown below. This table summarizes the
- function, the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (0AH)
- 1 Page length (0AH)
- 2 Reserved RLEC
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
- 3 Queue algorithm modifier Reserved QErr DQue
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
- 4 EECA Reserved RAENP UAAENP EAENP
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 00H
- 5 (default) Reserved (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 6--7 (default) Ready AEN hold-off period (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
- 8--9 (default) Busy timeout period (FFFFH)
- changeable 0000H
- 10--11 Reserved (0000H)
- changeable 0000H
-
-
- Byte 2 The RLEC bit is not implemented.
-
- Byte 3 The queue algorithm modifier field is only effective if the
- disable queuing bit is zero. When bit 4 in the queue
- algorithm modifier field contains one, the drive may use
- tagged command queuing to change the order in which it
- executes commands. When bit 4 in the queue algorithm
- modifier field contains zero, the drive always executes
- commands according to the order indicated by the simple
- queue tag.
-
- When the disable queuing (DQue) bit is zero, tagged command
- queuing is enabled. When the DQue bit is one, tagged command
- queuing is disabled.
-
- Byte 4 Not implemented
-
- Byte 5 Reserved
-
- Bytes 6--7 Not implemented
-
- Bytes 8--9 The busy timeout period field contains the maximum
- possible value, which means that the drive can remain busy
- an unlimited amount of time.
-
- Bytes 10--11 Reserved
-
-
- C.7 Notch page (0CH)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Notch page contains parameters that describe the notches. The
- table below summarizes the function, default value and the
- changeability of each bit.
-
- The drive uses Zone Bit Recording, which means that the outer
- cylinders of the disc contain more logical blocks than the inner
- cylinders. The cylinders are organized into groups, called zones or
- notches. Every logical block is part of a notch. Notches do not
- overlap.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (0CH)
- 1 Page length (16H)
- 2 ND LPN Reserved
- default 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 3 (default) Reserved (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 4--5 (default) Maximum number of notches (0013H)
- changeable 0000H
- 6--7 (default) Active notch (0000H)
- changeable 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
- 8--11 (default) Starting boundary (00000000H)
- changeable 00000000H
- 12--15 (default) Ending boundary (000BB903H)
- changeable 00000000H
- 16--23 (default) Pages notched (0000000000000008H)
- changeable 0000000000000000H
-
-
- Byte 2 The notched drive (ND) bit is always 1, which means the disc
- contains notches of different recording densities. For each
- supported active notch value, this page defines the starting
- and ending boundaries of the notch.
-
- The logical or physical notch (LPN) bit is 0, which means
- the notch boundaries are based on the physical parameters
- of the logical unit. The cylinder is most significant; the
- head is least significant.
-
- Byte 3 Reserved.
-
- Bytes 4--5 The maximum number of notches field indicates the maxi-
- mum number of notches supported by the drive.
-
- Bytes 6--7 The active notch field identifies the notch to which
- this, and all future Mode Select and Mode Sense commands
- refer, until the active notch is changed by a later Mode
- Select command. The value of the active notch field must be
- greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the
- maximum number of notches. An active notch value of 0 means
- that current and future Mode Select and Mode Sense commands
- refer to the parameters that apply for all notches.
-
- Bytes 8--11 The starting boundary field indicates the beginning of
- the active notch if the active notch is not 0, or the
- starting boundary of the logical unit if the active notch is
- 0. This field is ignored by the Mode Select command. When
- the LPN bit is 0, the three most significant bytes represent
- the cylinder number and the least significant byte
- represents the head number.
-
- Bytes 12--15 The ending boundary field indicates the end of the
- active notch if the active notch is not 0, or the end of the
- logical unit if the active notch is 0. The default is equal
- to the end of zone 1.
-
- When the LPN bit is 0, the three most significant bytes
- represent the cylinder number and the least significant byte
- represents the head number.
-
- Bytes 16--23 The pages notched field contains a bit map of the mode
- page codes that indicates which pages may contain dif-
- ferent parameters for each notch. When a bit is 1, the
- corresponding mode page can contain different parameters
- for each notch. When a bit is 0, the corresponding mode page
- contains the same parameters for all the notches. The most
- significant bit of this field corresponds to page code 3FH
- and the least significant bit corresponds to page code 00H.
-
-
- C.8 Cache Control page (38H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Cache Control page is shown below. This table summarizes the
- function, the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (38H)
- 1 Page length (0EH)
- 2 Rsrvd WIE Rsrvd CE Cache table size
- default 0 X 0 X X X X X
- changeable (00H)
- 3 (default) Prefetch threshold (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 4 (default) Maximum prefetch (FFH)
- changeable 00H
- 5 (default) Maximum prefetch multiplier (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 6 (default) Minimum prefetch (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 7 (default) Minimum prefetch multiplier (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 8--15 (default Reserved (0000000000000000H)
- changeable 0000000000000000H
-
- Byte 2 The cache enable (CE) bit is always the inverse of the RCD
- bit in Mode Page 08H.
-
- The write index enable (WIE) bit controls the creation of
- cache data on Write commands. If bit 6 is 0, the next
- command treats the cache area as empty.
-
- The cache table size field contains the same values as Mode
- Page 08H, byte 13, bits 3 through 0.
-
- Byte 3 The prefetch threshold is not implemented. The drive reads
- until the buffer is full upon receipt of a Read command.
-
- Byte 4 The maximum prefetch field always contains the same value as
- byte 9 of the Caching page. The initiator cannot change this
- byte directly.
-
-
- Byte 5 The maximum prefetch multiplier field always contains the
- same value as byte 9 of the Caching page, which is de-
- scribed in Appendix C.5.3. The initiator cannot change this
- byte directly.
-
- Byte 6 The minimum prefetch field always contains the same value as
- byte 7 of the Caching page. The initiator cannot change this
- byte directly.
-
- Byte 7 The minimum prefetch multiplier field always contains the
- same value as byte 7 of the Caching page. The initiator
- cannot change this byte directly.
-
- Byte 8--15 Reserved.
-
-
-
- C.9 Soft ID page (Flash memory) (3CH)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Soft ID page is shown below. This table summarizes the function,
- the default value and the changeability of each bit. This page is
- saved in flash memory that has a life span of 10,000 writes.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (3CH)
- 1 Page length (01H)
- Soft Soft Param Soft Remote ID 2 ID 1 ID 0
- 2 ID Parity enable remote S/S
- default 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-
-
- Byte 2 When the soft ID bit is 0, the drive ignores ID0, ID1 and
- ID2 and uses the SCSI ID jumpers to determine the SCSI ID.
- When the soft ID bit is 1, the drive ignores the SCSI ID
- jumpers and uses ID0, ID1 and ID2 to determine the SCSI ID.
- See Figure 5 on page 21 for jumper settings.
-
- When the soft parity bit is 0, the drive uses the parity
- jumper settings to determine whether the drive uses parity.
- When the soft parity bit is 1, the drive ignores the parity
- jumper settings.
-
- When the soft remote bit is 0, the drive uses the remote
- start jumper setting to determine whether remote start is
- implemented. When the soft remote bit is 1, the drive
- ignores the jumpers and uses the remote S/S bit to determine
- whether remote start is implemented.
-
-
- Byte 2 When the remote S/S bit is 0, the drive spins up after a
- delay specified by the spinup delay field (byte 4 of the
- Operating page, 00H). When the remote S/S bit is 1, the
- drive spins up when it receives the Start Unit command. This
- bit is only valid if the soft remote bit is 1.
-
- The ID0, ID1 and ID2 bits are the SCSI ID bits. These bits
- are only valid when the soft ID bit is 1.
-
- When the param enable bit is 0, the drive does not check
- parity. When the param enable bit is 1, the drive checks
- parity. This bit is only valid if the soft parity bit is 1.
-
-
-
- C.10 Operating page (Flash memory) (00H)
- ===============================================================
-
- The Operating page is shown in the table below. This table shows the
- function, the default value and the changeability of each bit.
-
- The drive accepts an Operating page of two lengths: two bytes or three
- bytes. If the length is two bytes, then byte 4, the spinup delay
- field, is not written and is assumed to be unchanged.
-
- In addition to being saved on the media, this vendor-unique page is
- saved in flash memory that has a life span of 10,000 writes.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 PS (1) Page code (00H)
- 1 (default) Page length (02H or 03H)
- changeable 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X
- 2 Usage SSM RSVD ATOFF Reserved
- default 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- changeable 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
- 3 (default) Rsrvd Device type qualifier (00H)
- changeable 00H
- 4 (default) Spinup delay (00H)
- changeable 00H
-
- Byte 2 When the usage bit is 1, a warning message is enabled. When
- the write life span of the flash memory is exceeded, a
- warning message is generated. See additional sense error
- code C2 in Appendix B.3. When the usage bit is 0, the
- warning message is disabled. If requested, the flash memory
- data and the write counter is updated even after the write
- life span is exceeded, but the integrity of the data cannot
- be assured.
-
-
- Byte 2 When the synchronous select mode (SSM) bit is 0, the drive
- does not send a synchronous data transfer message unless the
- initiator has already issued a synchronous data transfer
- message. When the SSM bit is 1, the drive can send a
- synchronous data transfer message, even when the initiator
- has not sent a synchronous data transfer message.
-
- When the disable unit attention (ATOFF) bit is 0, the drive
- generates a unit attention condition during power up. When
- the disable unit attention (ATOFF) bit is 1, the drive does
- not generate a unit attention condition during power up.
-
- Byte 3 The device type qualifier field is not supported.
-
- Byte 4 The spinup delay field controls the drive when it is not in
- the remote mode. When the value is 00H, the drive spins up
- without delay. When the value is FFH, the drive delays
- spinup to a duration whose value in seconds equals five
- times the driveÒs SCSI bus ID number. When the value is
- between 01H and FEH, the drive delays spinup for the
- corresponding decimal duration, in seconds.
-
-
-
- Appendix D. Inquiry data
- ===============================================================
-
- When the initiator issues an Inquiry command, the drive returns either
- of the following two types of data, depending on the value in the EVPD
- bit in byte 1 of the Inquiry command descriptor block:
-
- - Inquiry data
- - Vital product data
-
- Both types of data are discussed in this appendix. The Inquiry command
- is described in Section 3.4.9.
-
- D.1 Inquiry data
- ===============================================================
-
- When the initiator issues an Inquiry command, and the EVPD bit in byte
- 1 of the Inquiry command descriptor block is 0, the drive returns the
- following data. If the EVPD bit in byte 1 of the Inquiry command
- descriptor block is 1, see Appendix D.2.
-
- Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Byte
- 0 Peripheral Peripheral
- qualifier device type
- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 1 RMB Device type modifier
- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 2 ISO ECMA ANSI version
- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
- 3 AENC TrmIOP Response data format
- 0 0 Resrvd 0 0 1 0
- 4 Additional length (8FH)
- 5--6 Reserved (00H)
- 7 Rel Adr Wbus32 Wbus16 Sync Linked 0 CmdQue Sft Re
- 8--15 Vendor identification
- 16--31 Product identification
- 32--35 Product revision level
- 36--43 Drive serial number
- 44--95 Reserved
- 96--143 Copyright notice
- 144--147 Servo PROM part number
-
-
- Byte 0 The peripheral qualifier field contains zero, which means that
- the drive is currently connected to the logical unit that is
- issuing the Inquiry command. The peripheral device type field
- contains zero, which means that the drive is a direct access
- device.
-
- Byte 1 The RMB bit is 0, which means the discs are not removable. The
- device type modifier is not used.
-
- Byte 2 The ISO version field contains zero, which means that we do
- not claim compliance with ISO 9316.
-
- The EMCA version field contains zero, which means that we do
- not claim compliance with EMCA-111.
-
- The ANSI version field contains two, which means that the
- drive complies with ANSI SCSI-2 standard X3.131-199x.
-
- Byte 3 The asynchronous event notification (AENC) bit is zero, which
- means that the drive does not support asynchronous event
- notification.
-
- The terminate I/O process (TrmIOP) bit is zero, which means
- that the drive does not support the terminate I/O process
- message.
-
- The response data format field contains two, which means that
- the inquiry data is in standard SCSI-2 format.
-
- Byte 4 The additional length field contains 143, which is the num-
- ber of bytes contained in the inquiry data beyond byte 4. This
- value represents a total inquiry data length of 148 bytes. If
- the allocation length in the CDB of the Inquiry command is
- less than 148, the inquiry data is truncated, but the
- additional length does not change.
-
- Bytes 5--6 Reserved
-
- Byte 7 The RelAdr bit is one, which means that the drive supports the
- relative addressing mode.
-
- The WBUS32 bit is zero, which means that the drive does not
- support 32-bit data transfers.
-
- The WBUS16 bit is zero, which means that the drive does not
- support 16-bit data transfers.
-
- The SYNC bit is one, which means that the drive supports
- synchronous data transfer.
-
- The Linked bit is one, which means that the drive supports
- linked commands.
-
- The CmdQue bit is one, which means that the drive supports
- tagged command queuing.
-
- The Soft Re bit is zero, which means that the drive responds
- to a reset with a hard reset.
-
- Bytes 8--15 The vendor identification field contains "SEAGATE"
- in ASCII text.
-
- Bytes 16--31 The product identification field contains the model
- num- ber of the drive in ASCII text.
-
- Bytes 32--35 The product revision level field contains the last
- four digits of the firmware release number in ASCII.
-
- Bytes 36--43 The drive serial number field contains the serial
- number of the drive in ASCII.
-
- Bytes 44--95 These bytes are reserved; they contain only zeros.
-
- Bytes 96--143The copyright notice field contains the following ASCII
- string: "Copyright (c) 1993 Seagate. All rights reserved."
-
- Bytes 144--147 The servo PROM part number field is reserved.
-
-
- D.2 Vital product data pages
- ===============================================================
-
- When the initiator issues an Inquiry command, and the EVPD bit in byte
- 1 of the Inquiry command descriptor block is 1, the drive returns
- vital product data pages. If the EVPD bit in byte 1 of the Inquiry
- command descriptor block is 0, see Appendix D.1.
-
- All vital product data pages contain a 4-byte header, shown below.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Peripheral qualifier Peripheral device type
- 1 Page code
- 2 Reserved (00H)
- 3 Page length
-
- Byte 0 The peripheral qualifier field contains zero, which means that
- the drive is currently connected to the logical unit issuing
- the Inquiry command.
-
- The peripheral device type field contains zero, which means
- that the drive is a direct-access device.
-
- Byte 1 The page code field contains the same value contained in the
- page code field in byte 2 of the Inquiry command descriptor
- block.
-
- If the page code field contains any of the page codes shown in
- the table below, the drive returns the corresponding page. The
- available page codes are:
-
- Page code Description
- 00H Supported vital product data pages
- 80H Unit serial number page
- 81H Implemented operating definitions page
- C0H Firmware numbers page (vendor-unique)
- C1H Date code page (vendor-unique)
- C2H Jumper settings page (vendor-unique)
-
- Byte 2 Reserved
-
- Byte 3 The page length field contains the length of the supported
- page list.
-
-
- D.2.1 Unit Serial Number page (80H)
- The Unit Serial Number page is shown below. The table summarizes the
- function and the default value of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Peripheral qualifier Peripheral device type
- 1 Page code (80H)
- 2 Reserved (00H)
- 3 Page length (0EH)
- 4--17 Product serial number
-
- Bytes 4--17 The product serial number field contains the serial
- number for the drive in ASCII. If the drive does not return
- the serial number, it returns spaces (20H).
-
-
- D.2.2 Implemented Operating Definition page (81H)
- The Implemented Operating Definition page is shown below. The table
- summarizes the function and the default value of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Peripheral qualifier Peripheral device type
- 1 Page code (81H)
- 2 Reserved (00H)
- 3 Page length (05H)
- 4 SAVIMP Current operating definition
- 0
- 5 SAVIMP Default operating definition
- 0
- 6--8 SAVIMP Supported operating definition
- 0
-
- Byte 4 The current operating definition field contains the value of
- the current operating definition.
-
- Byte 5 The SAVIMP bit is always zero; therefore, the current
- operating definition parameter cannot be saved. If the SAVIMP
- bit is one, the current operating parameter can be saved.
-
- The default operating definition field contains the value of
- the default operating definition. If no operating definition
- is saved, the drive uses the default operating definition.
-
- Bytes 6--8 If the SAVIMP bit is zero, the default definition
- parameter cannot be saved. If the SAVIMP bit is one, the
- default definition parameter can be saved.
-
- The supported operating definition field contains the value of
- the supported operating definition. If no supported oper-
- ating definition is saved, the drive uses the default
- operating definition.
-
-
- D.2.3 Firmware Numbers page (C0H)
- The Firmware Numbers page is shown below. The table summarizes the
- function, and default value of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Peripheral qualifier Peripheral device type
- 1 Page code (C0H)
- 2 Reserved (00H)
- 3 Page length (10H)
- 4--7 Download firmware number
- 8--11 Controller PROM number
- 12--15 Servo PROM number
- 16--19 EEPROM image number
-
- Bytes 4--8 The download firmware number field contains the firm- ware
- number in ASCII.
-
- Bytes 9--11The controller PROM number field contains the controller
- PROM number in ASCII.
-
- Bytes 12--15The servo PROM number field contains the servo PROM in
- ASCII.
-
- Bytes 16--19The EEPROM image number field contains the EEPROM image
- number in ASCII.
-
-
- D.2.4 Date Code page (C1H)
- The Date Code page is shown below. The table summarizes the function
- and the default value of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Peripheral qualifier Peripheral device type
- 1 Page code (C1H)
- 2 Reserved (00H)
- 3 Page length (03H)
- 4 Year
- 5--6 Week
-
- Bytes 4 The year field contains the year, in ASCII, that the firmware
- was released.
-
- Bytes 5--6 The week field contains the week, in ASCII, that the
- firm- ware was released.
-
-
- D.2.5 Jumper Settings page (C2H)
- The Jumper Settings page is shown below. The table summarizes the
- function and the default value of each bit.
-
- Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- Bytes
- 0 Peripheral qualifier Peripheral device type
- 1 Page code (C2H)
- 2 Reserved (00H)
- 3 Page length (01H)
- 4 Rsrvd MS PE SCSI ID
-
- Byte 4 If the motor start (MS) bit is 1, the remote start enable
- jumper is installed on pins 3 and 4 of the options jumper
- block. If the MS bit is 0, the remote start enable jumper is
- not installed.
-
- If the parity enable (PE) bit is 1, the parity enable jumper
- is installed on pins 1 and 2 of the options jumper block. If
- the PE bit is 0, the parity enable jumper is not installed.
-
- SCSI ID is the SCSI ID of the drive.
-
- =====Rev=Hist===============
- Written with Borland Pascal v6.0 by B.Rudock, R.Dimick and R.Stacy.
-
- Revision History:
-
- 7/94 v1.0 Public release.
-
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-
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-
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