Maxtor 10K III manual

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© 2002 M axtor Co rpo rati on. All r ight s reser ved. Print ed in U .S.A. This publi cat ion co uld in cl ude tec hnica l i naccur ac ies or typogr aphic al er ror s. Cha nges ar e pe riodi call y mad e to th e i nform ati on here in – which wil l be inc orpor ated i n r ev is ed edi tions of the pu blic at ion. Ma xto r ma y make c han ges or [...]

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Maxtor Atlas 10K III v 1.1 AUDIENCE ........... ...... ...... ........... ...... ............ ...... ..... ............ ...... ........... ...... ...... ........... . ... 1 -1 1.2 MANUAL OR GANIZA TION ........... ...... ...... ........... ...... ............ ...... ..... ............ ...... ......... 1-1 1.3 TERMINOLO GY AN D CONVEN TIONS ........[...]

Table of Contents vi Maxtor Atlas 1 0 K III 3.9.3 Shock Clip .......... ............ ..... ............ ...... ...... ........... ...... ............ ...... ..... ............ ...... . .3 - 2 5 3.9.4 Mounting ...... ...... ............ ..... ...... ............ ...... ........... ...... ...... ............ ..... ............ ...... . .3 -2 5 3.9.5 [...]

T abl e of C on t ent s Maxtor Atlas 10K III vii 5.14 MODE S E LECT (6) C o mmand (15h)........ ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... .. 5 -41 5.14. 1 Initiator-Changeable Mode Pages ......... ...... ........... ...... ............ ..... ...... ............ ...... ... 5-42 5.14. 2 M ode Page Types .......[...]

Table of Contents viii Maxtor Atlas 1 0 K III 5.42 STA RT STOP UNIT Command ( 1Bh) ..... ............ ...... ..... ............ ...... ........... ...... ...... ..... 5-166 5.43 SYN CHRO NIZE CACHE Command (35h) ... ............ ..... ...... ............ ...... ........... ...... ..... 5-167 5.44 TEST UNIT R EADY Co mma nd (00h) ........... ...... [...]

T abl e of C on t ent s Maxtor Atlas 10K III ix 6.18. 1 D IFFS ENS ........ ........... ...... ............ ...... ...... ........... ...... ............ ..... ...... ............ ...... ... 6 -1 0 6.18. 2 D IFFS ENS SWITCHING ....... ...... ............ ..... ...... ............ ...... ........... ...... ...... ......... 6-10 6.18. 3 D T AND ST CL[...]

Table of Contents x Maxtor Atlas 1 0K III[...]

Maxtor Atlas 10K III x Figure 3-1 Dimensions for the Maxtor Atlas 10K III Har d Disk Drives ................... .......... .. 3-3 Figure 3-2 Drive Packing Assembly .......... ..................... .......... ..................... .......... .......... .. 3-5 Figure 3-3 Jumper Locations on the 68-Pin Wide SCSI Drive PCB ............. .......... ....[...]

Table of Contents xi Max t or Atl a s 10 K III Table 3 -1 SCSI ID Sel ection o n Option Connect or (6 8-Pin S CSI Conne ctor Dri ves) . 3-8 Table 3 -2 SCSI I D Pin Assig nments (S CA-2 Connec tor Ver sions of the Disk Dri ve) . 3-12 Table 3-3 Spin Up on Power On Options .................... .................... ........... .......... .... 3 -13 Tab[...]

T abl e of C on t ent s Max t or Atl a s 10 K III xii Table 5-20 FOR M AT UN IT Initialization Pattern Descr iptor-Field Descriptions ...... 5-19 Table 5-21 FOR M AT UNIT Initialization Pattern Type ............. ........... .................... 5-19 Table 5-22 INQUIRY Co mmand De scriptor Block-Data Format .................... .......... 5-20 Tabl[...]

Table of Contents xi ii Max t or Atl a s 10 K III Table 5 -66 Disconn ect – Reconnect Page (Page 2) ........... .................... ........... .......... .... 5-50 Table 5-67 Disconnect-Reconnect- Field Descriptions (Page 2). ..................... .......... .... 5-50 Table 5-68 Verify Error Recovery Page-(Page 7) ............ .................[...]

T abl e of C on t ent s Max t or Atl a s 10 K III xi v Table 5 -111 Read Keys P arameters-Field Descriptions ................... ........... .......... .......... 5-9 0 Table 5-112 Read Reservations Parameters-D ata For mat ............... ........... .................... 5-9 0 Table 5-113 Read Reservations Parameters-Field Descriptions ...........[...]

Table of Contents xv Max t or Atl a s 10 K III Table 5 -150 READ S KIP MASK Command-F i eld Descriptions ..................... .......... .. 5-11 9 Table 5-151 REASSIGN BLO CKS Command Descriptor Block-Data Format ........... 5-120 Table 5-152 REASS IGN BLO CKS Defect List Header-Data Format .............. .......... .. 5-120 Table 5-153 REASSIGN B[...]

T abl e of C on t ent s Max t or Atl a s 10 K III xvi Table 5-189 RESERV E ( 10) Comma n d-F ield Descriptions .......... ..................... ........ 5-156 Table 5-190 Extent Descriptors-Data Format ............. .......... ..................... .......... ........ 5-15 7 Table 5 -191 Reservation Types ............. ........... .......... ......[...]

Table of Contents xvi i Max t or Atl a s 10 K III Table B-3 Settings f or the QAS, DT, and IU Fields of the Neg otiated Rate Information Page (INQUIRY Comm and) .............. ..................... .......... ..... B-2[...]

Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 1-1 This chapte r g ive s an overview of the contents of this manual, inclu ding the int ended audienc e, how the ma nual is organiz ed, t erminol ogy an d convent ions, and ref erence s. The Max tor Atl as 10K III P roduct Ma nual i s int ended f or r eferenc e by origi nal equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are integrat[...]

About This Manual Ma xt or At l as 10 K I I I In t he Gloss ary at the ba ck of this ma nual, y ou can f ind def init ions for many of the terms used in this manual. In addition, the following abbreviations are used in this ma nu al : • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit • Kbpi thousand s of bits pe r i nch • dB decibels • dBA dec[...]

About This Manual Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 1-3 The typo graphical and na ming con ventions us ed in t his manual a re li sted bel ow. Co nvent ions that are uniqu e to a specific table appear in the notes that follow that tabl e. Ty p ogr aph ic al C o nve nt ion s: • N a mes o f Bits: Bit names are pr esented in i nitial capitals. An example is[...]

About This Manual Ma xt or At l as 10 K I I I[...]

Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 2-1 This c hapter summarize s the g eneral f uncti ons and key fea tur e s of the Maxt or Atlas 10K III family of hard d is k drives, as well as the app licable stan dard s an d regulat ions. Maxtor Atlas 10K II I hard disk d r i ves ar e part of a famil y of hig h performance, 1 - i nc h- high har d disk drives ma nufactur[...]

G eneral Descri ption 2- 2 Max t or A tla s 10 K II I Performa nce • Average seek time of 4.5 m s for reads and 5.0 ms f or writes • 10,000 RPM rotational speed • Average rotational latency of 3 ms • 8 MB SDR AM buffer . Look -ahea d DisCa che fe ature with con tin uous pre fetc h and Writ eCache wri te-bu fferin g capa bilit i es • Read-[...]

Ge ne ral D es cri pt io n Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 2-3 Reliability • Automatic retry on read erro rs • 360-bit, i nterleaved Reed-Solomon Error Corre cting Code (ECC), with cross checking co rr ection up to three separate bursts of 32 b i ts each totalling up to 96 b i ts in length • Self-d iagnostic firmware • P a tente d Airl ock ® auto[...]

G eneral Descri ption 2- 4 Max t or A tla s 10 K II I • CE Mark au thori zati on is grante d by TUV Rhei nlan d in comp lian ce wit h our qual ifying u nder EN 55022:1994 a nd EN 50082-1: 1997. • C-Ti c k Mark i s an Aust ral ian au tho ri zati on mark ed no ted on Maxtor ’ s disk drive products. The m ark proves conformity to the regulatory [...]

Max t or Atl a s 10 K III 3- 1 This c hapter explains how to unpa ck, con figur e, mount, and connect th e Max tor A tlas 10K I II ha rd disk drive pri or to operati on. It also explai ns how to s tart up and operate the drive. For you r sa fet y, fol low a l l safet y pr ocedu res de sc rib ed her e and in o ther s ecti ons of th e manu al. • Re[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-2 M ax tor Atl a s 10 K III • Always handl e the driv e caref ully and gen tly. A drop of 1 /4 inch ont o a bench or deskt op ca n damage a drive. • Do not bump, j a r, or dr op the drive. Use care when transporti ng the drive. • Always gently pl ace the d rive flat , PCB si de down, on an a ppropriate ESD-protected wor k su[...]

In stal lati on Max t or Atl a s 10 K III 3- 3 The Maxtor Atl as 10K I II hard disk drive i s shipped witho ut a f a ceplat e and comes in the following SCSI interface configurations: • 68- p i n Wid e SC SI • 80- p i n SCA -2 SC SI Figure 3 -1 s hows the mechanical dimen sions of each of the dr ives. Dimens ions f or the Ma xtor Atl as 10K III[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-4 M ax tor Atl a s 10 K III Max tor Atlas 10 K III hard d i sk dri v es are o u tfit ted with plast ic shock fee t o n the bottom edge of the base casting , near the cor ners, beneath t he side mounting holes (translucent ), and nea r th e corners of the top cover n ext t o t he scr ews (blac k). Th e shock feet g ive an ad dition[...]

In stal lati on Max t or Atl a s 10 K III 3- 5 Figure 3-2 shows the pa cking assembly for a sing le Maxtor Atlas 10K I II har d disk drive. Shipping cont a iners of 10, 12, and 20-pack a re avail able for multiple dr ive shipments. Drive P acking A ssembly[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-6 M ax tor Atl a s 10 K III Thi s s ec tion incl udes setup an d config uration in f ormation fo r Max t or A tlas 10K III drives. These disk dr iv es include • Th e 16 -bit mu ltimo d e Ul t ra160 SC SI, w i d e ver sion w i th 68- pin SC SI connect or, • The 16-bit multimode Ultra160 SC SI, version with SCA-2 80-pin connect [...]

In stal lati on Max t or Atl a s 10 K III 3- 7 The drives are shipped from the f actory with the j umpers installed across t he A1 and A2 location s. This is the defaul t configura tion. The rest of the j umper position s are open. The confi gura tion of a Max tor Atla s 10 K III hard disk d riv e depends on the host system in which it is to be ins[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-8 M ax tor Atl a s 10 K III SC SI I D Se lec ti on o n Op ti o n C on ne cto r (6 8 -P in S C SI Con ne ct or Dri ve s) Configure the drive for remote (external) SCS I ID selection by removing the SCSI ID jumpers (if pre sent ) from the re fere nced S CSI ID pins. Then conne ct the le ads from the external selection switch to t he[...]

In stal lati on Max t or Atl a s 10 K III 3- 9 Max tor Atlas 10 K III dri v es ha v e thre e Sp i n U p mode s : Spin up i mmediately when power is applied. Veri fy that no jumper is install ed ac ross the Delay Sp in pin pair of the J3 Option Header. Spin up after a predetermined delay following power on : Install the jumper across pin pai r 2 1/2[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-10 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III The TER M PWR jumper enables the active terminat ion circuit to re ceive power from an extern al host when insta lled. F igure 3-4 shows the termina tion p ower cir cu itr y. Termination Pow er Circuitry The drive has an on-bo ard green ‘ Bus y ’ LED an d a yellow ‘ Fau lt ’ LED. This sec tion [...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-11 Use Figure 3-5 to locate t he appropriate pins for conf igu ring the drive. No te that Figure 3 -5 d oes not c all out each of th e 80 pin s on the conn ector , but r ather illust rates t he lay out of the pins . Note: The SCA-2 C onnector versio n of t he disk driv es does not pr ovide the fol lowi n g[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-12 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III SC SI ID Pin A ssign me nts (SCA -2 C onn ec tor Ve rsion s of the Di sk Drive ) Note: 0 indicat es an open c ircuit f rom +2. 4 V to Vcc +0.5 V , and 1 indicate s ground from 0.5 V t o +0.4 V. Max tor Atlas 10 K III dri v es ha v e thre e Sp i n U p mode s : Opt i on 1 Spin up occurs immedi a tely whe[...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-13 Configur e the desi red s pin up option ( Table 3-3) by set ti ng the stat e of the DELA Y _SPIN (Pin 38) and STAGGER_SPIN (Pin 78) in put s on the 80-pin SCA- 2 connec tor (F igure 3-5). The st ates of thes e signal s are set by usi ng ei ther h ard- wired connections at the backplane or backplane logi[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-14 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III When the J7 SE jumper is installed, it forces single-ended SCSI operation, and disables LVD mode and auto swit ch capabilit ies. When the jumper is not inst alled it a llows aut o s witch to s ingle -ended SCSI or LVD SCSI ope rat ion. J7 Jumper Lo cation on the 80-Pin SCA PCB Note: Force Sing le Ended[...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-15 The confi gurati on of J1 is dif ferent fo r the 68-pin a nd 80- pin SCSI va riati ons. Figure 3 -7 shows t he various c onnector sty les. J1 Interface Connec to r Configu ra ti ons AMP Pin 2 Pin 1 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 12 12-Pin Option Connector 68-Pin SCSI-Bus Interface Connector 4-Pin DC Power Connector Pi[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-16 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III 68- Pin Wi de LVD Pin As sig n ments Note: The conduc tor n umber ref ers t o the conductor posi tion when using 0 .635 mm (0.02 5 i nch) cent e r li ne f l a t rib bon c a bl e. Ot her cable types may be used to implement equivalent contact assign- me n ts . The cab le plug connect or t hat mate s wit[...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-17 80-P in SCA -2 L VD Pin A s s ignm ents (L) 12V CHARGE 1 NO T APPLICA- BLE (L ) 1 2V G RO UN D 4 1 (S) 1 2V 4 (L) 12V GROUND 42 (S) 1 2V 3 (L) 12V GROUND 43 (S ) 1 2 V 4 (S ) MA TE D 1 44 (S) OPT 3.3 V OL TS 5 (L) L O PT 3.3V CHARGE 45 (S) OPT 3.3 V OL TS 6 (L) DIFFSNS 46 (S) – DB (1 1) 7 (S) +DB (1 1[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-18 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III (S) = Short pin (L) = L ong pin The compati ble 80-pin matin g connec tors are: • Ri gh t -an gle rec eptacle , AM P CH AMP, .05 0 Series I, p art nu mb e r 7 87535 -1. • Ve rtic al recep tac le, AMP CH A M P .050 Seri es I, p a rt n u mb e r 78 7311 -2. • Ve rtic al recep tac le , BER G part nu [...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-19 68- Pi n Wi de Sing le -E nde d P in As sig n ment s Note: 2. The conducto r number refers to t he conduc tor p osition wh en usin g 0.6 35 mm (0.025 inch) center li ne flat r ibbon c abl e. Other cabl e types may be used to impl ement e quivalent contac t assi gnments. GR OU ND 1 1 2 35 – DB (12) GR [...]

Inst al lat ion 3-20 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III 80 -P in SC A-2 Sin gle-E nded P i n A s s ig nm e nts (S) = Sho rt pin, (L ) = Long pin (L) 12V CHARGE 1 NO T APPLICA- BLE (L ) 1 2V G RO UN D 4 1 (S) 1 2V 4 (L) 12V GROUND 42 (S) 1 2V 3 (L) 12V GROUND 43 (S ) 1 2 V 4 (S ) MA TE D 1 4 4 (S) OPT 3.3 V OL TS 5 (L) L O PT 3.3V CHARGE 45 (S) OPT 3.3 V OL [...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-21 The reco m mended m a ting connect ors f or the + 5 V D C and + 12 VDC input powe r connector are listed in Table 3-8. Po we r C onn ector ( J 1, Sec tion A ) Note : J 1, Sec tio n A, p i n s 2 an d 3 are th e +5 and +1 2 v ol t r et u r ns a nd are connect ed toget her on t he d rive. The reco m mended[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-22 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III J1 on the 68-p in SCSI PCB c ontain s a 12-pin auxiliary c o nnector. T he p in assignments for this co n nector are shown in Table 3-9. J1 Auxili ary 12-Pin Connector 1 SCSI Ad dr - A0 12 - pin co nn ec tor: Hi r os e El ec t r i c C o . Dual-row crimp soc ket: A3B-12D- 2C Crimp terminal s: A3B-26305C[...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-23 Drive mount i ng ori en tat ion, c l ea ranc e, a nd vent i la t i on r equi r emen ts ar e de sc r i bed in the following subsections . The mounti ng holes on t he Maxtor Atla s 10K III hard di sk dr ive al low the dri ve to be mounte d in a ny ori entation. Figur e 3-8 sh ows the loca tion of the t hr[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-24 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III The print ed-circ uit board assembl y (PCBA) is very close t o the moun ting ho les. Figure 3-9 spec ifies t he clearanc e between the screws in the mount ing holes and the PCBA. Do not us e mounting screw s longer than t he maxi mum lengths speci fied in Figure 3-9. The speci fied sc r ew length a llo[...]

In stal lati on Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 3-25 The sho ck clip pr ovi des an ex tra leve l of isola tion f rom th e occurr ence of a shor t duration non-oper a ti onal shoc k, par tic ular l y wh e n th e dri ve is mount ed on a r i g i d platfor m. Sho ck perf ormance i s opt imal w hen e ith e r four bot to m mount loc a tio ns or fo ur oute r sid[...]

Inst al lat ion 3-26 Max tor A tl a s 10 K III Cross wise A irflow Cool ing Above Unit Below Unit[...]

Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 4- 1 This c hapter g ives a detailed description of the physical, elec trical, and environmental ch arac teristic s of th e Ma xto r A t las 10K III h ard d is k drive s . Specifications Fo rmatted Capaci ty 18.4 G B 36.7 4 GB 73.49 GB Nominal rotational sp eed (r pm ) 1 0 , 000 1 0 , 000 1 0, 000 Num ber of D isks 1 2 4 N[...]

Specifications 4-2 M ax tor Atlas 10K III No te: Se ek time is de fine d as the tim e req uire d for the ac tuato r to s eek to a n ew position and settle on a t rack. It is measured by averag - ing the exec ut ion time of a minimum of 1000 operat i ons of the indicated ty pe as shown in Table 4 - 1. The seek t imes include head s e ttl ing t ime, [...]

Specifications Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 4- 3 1. Typical specifications assume 25 ° C ambient temperature, nominal supply voltage s and no appli ed shoc k or vi bration. Maximum specifications assu m e worst case extremes of o perating temperature, humidity , and supply volta ges. 2. Sequential Head Swit ch ti me is t he time from the c onclusi on[...]

Specifications 4-4 M ax tor Atlas 10K III Dat a i s tr an sfe rr ed f rom th e d is k to th e re ad b u ffe r at a r ate o f up t o 5 5 MB /s in bu rst s. D at a i s t ran sf err ed fr om the rea d b uf fer to th e SC SI bu s a t a rate of up to 6 MB/s in the as ynchronous mode, or a t up to 160 or 320 MB/s in th e s ynchronous mode. For mor e det [...]

Specifications Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 4- 5 The Maxtor Atla s 10K III hard dis k drive op erates f rom two supply volta ges: You may appl y th e power i n an y or der or ma nner , or o pen ei t he r th e power or power return li ne with no loss of data o r da m age to t he disk dr ive. However, data may be los t in the s ector being written at th[...]

Specifications 4-6 M ax tor Atlas 10K III Table 4-5 list s the drive pow er dissipation and the corresponding currents for t he vario us m o d e s of op er ation of th e Ma xtor At las 10K III h ard d i s k drive . Power Dissipation in Various Modes (Low-Profile Drives) 1. Cur rent is R MS excep t f or Sta rtup . Sta rtup cu rrent is th e p eak ( &[...]

Specifications Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 4- 7 Table 4-6 s pecif ies the acous tica l cha racterist ics of the Maxt or Atl as 10K III hard di sk driv e . The acous tic s is measur ed i n an anec hoic ch amber with backgr ound noi se < 2 5 d B A. Aco u stic al Char act e rist i cs — Sou nd P ower p e r I SO 7 779 1. The speci ficati ons for i dl[...]

Specifications 4-8 M ax tor Atlas 10K III The Maxtor At las 1 0K III hard dis k drives h ave th e fol lowing me chanica l character is tics: Height 1 : 1. 0 in . (25.4 m m) Width : 4.0 in. (101 .6 mm ) Dept h: 5.7 5 i n. (146 .1 mm) Weig ht (4-d i s k ): 1.5 8 lb (720 gram s) All dimensions are exclusi ve of any option al facepla te. Table 4-7 summ[...]

Specifications Ma xt or At l as 10K I II 4- 9 5 Volts / m e ter @ 100 MHz. The drive f unctions normally when any exposed metal is su bjected to electros tatic discharge excluding the PCB. This electrostati c discharge must be at a mi n imu m i nt er va l o f 3 0 s ec o n ds , ei t her fr o m a 1 5 0 pF c ap a ci t o r di sc ha r ge d thr ough a 1 [...]

Specifications 4-10 M axt or Atl a s 10 K III The Maxtor At las 1 0K III hard dis k dr ive ca n withst and leve ls of shoc k and vi bration applied to a ny of its three mutually perpend icular axes, or princip al base axis, as sp ecified in Table 4 -8. A functioning drive c an be subjecte d to specified operat ing levels o f s hock and vibra tion. [...]

Specifications Max to r Atl a s 10 K III 4-11 Tab le 4-9 p ro v i d e s the er ro r rates fo r the Max tor Atlas 10 K III ha rd d i sk dr iv e . Erro r Rat es 1. R eco ve re d read e rro rs are e rro rs w h i ch re q u i re re tr ies for dat a co rre ction. Er ro rs corre cted by EC C on -th e- f ly are n o t con s id e red re cov e red re ad error[...]

Specifications 4-12 M axt or A tla s 10K III[...]

M axtor At las 10K I II 5-1 This cha pter contains an over view of S CSI c om mand and st atus proces sing a nd a detailed description of the commands s uppor ted by t he disk drives. The SCSI command system enables the ini tiator to instruct t he drive to perform specific functi ons. In thi s manual, u nless ot herwise state d, numeric al val ues [...]

SCSI Description 5-2 Maxtor A tla s 10K III 1. Relative Addressing is not supported by the drive. Theref ore, in all I/O comm and s , the RelAdr bit must be 0. 2. RES ER VE and RELE ASE are supp orted, as are third-p art y reserv at io ns. Exten t rese rvat ions a re not supported. 3. The REC EIVE DIAGNOSTIC RE SULTS and SEND DI AGNOSTIC DATA comma[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 - 3 An initiator communicates with the dr ive by sending a 6-, 10-, or 12-byte Comma n d Descriptor Bl oc k (CDB) t ha t cont a ins t he para meter s f or the s pe cif ic command. The SCS I c omm and's operation co de is alway s the first byte in the CDB an d a control field is the last by te. For s[...]

SCSI Description 5-4 Maxtor A tla s 10K III T ypical (6-Byte) Command Descr iptor Block — Dat a Format Table 5 -5 cont ains a de scri ption of the C DB contro l fi eld. Logical Bloc k Add ress The 6-byt e READ, SEEK, a nd WRI TE Co mmand Desc riptor Bl ocks conta in a 21-bit Logic al Block Addr ess. The 10-, 12-, and 16- Com- mand Desc ri ptor Bl[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 - 5 Command D escriptor Block Control Field-Field Descriptions Vendor Speci fic Bits These bi ts must be 0. NACA Normal Auto-Contin gent Allegianc e - This bit to ind i- cate that SCSI-2 Contin gent Al legianc e rul es appl y. Li n k B it A Li nk bit set to one signa ls that the ini tiator r equest s con[...]

SCSI Description 5-6 Maxtor A tla s 10K III SCS I message-level error s are co mmunica ted by mess ages tha t are defined specifically for that pu rpo se . SCSI command -level err ors are co mmun ica ted b y a status that is returne d by the driv e during the STATUS phase. Thi s phas e occurs a t the end of each command, u nless the command is ter [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 - 7 Auto Conting ent Al legianc e condition (AC A) is the SCSI-3 ter m for the cond ition of the drive immediately aft er it r et urns a C HECK CO NDITION status code. While it is in th is condition, the driv e : • Keeps the status info rmation (sense data ) t hat charact erizes the nature of, and the [...]

SCSI Description 5-8 Maxtor A tla s 10K III Under SCSI- 2 proces sing, the E xtended Cont inge nt All egiance c ondit ion exten ds Contin gent Alle giance handli ng so the in itiat or has expl icit cont rol over the point at which susp ended (qu eued) commands are resumed. I t allows t he ini tiator to send a REQ UEST SEN SE command and t hen sen d[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 - 9 An I/O Proc ess (t a sk) ma y cont ain multipl e c omman ds th at ar e l inke d t oget her . The initi ator communicates t his condition of li nked ( or unlinked) commands by set ting (or cleari ng) the Link bi t of the C ommand Descr iptor Bl ock ’ s cont ro l word. A linked command is one in whic[...]

SCSI Description 5-10 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Many of the SCSI comman ds cause data to be transferred bet ween the initiator and the drive. The content and charac t eristics of this data ar e command-dependent. Table 5 -8 l i s ts th e info rmat i on tr ansm itted fo r all o f th e c om man d s. The “ Length in CDB ” column of Table 5-8 identi[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-11 READ BUFFER Allocat ion --- READ BUFFER Header ( 4) Mode- zer o Buffer (5 12) or Secti on of Drive ’ s DRAM or READ BUFFER Desc. (4) READ CAPACITY Allocat ion --- READ CAPACITY data ( 8) READ DEFECT DATA Allocati on --- • Def ect List (Hd r) (4) • Defect Descri ptors READ LONG Byte Transf er (Mu[...]

SCSI Description 5-12 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The SCSI comman d descriptions that follow this page contain detailed in format ion about the SCSI commands that are support ed by the drive. Each descript ion provides a Data Fo rmat and Field D escript ions for t he Command Descri ptor Block for the described command. The comm ands are presented in a[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-13 The CHANGE DEFINITION command shown in Ta ble 5-9 a nd Table 5-10 set the SCS I c ompliance for dis k drives with parallel S CS I interfaces to one of four d ifferent leve l s : SC SI-1 , SCS I-1/C CS, S C SI -2 or SC SI-3. CHANGE DE FIN ITION Comma nd Desc ripto r B lock - Data Format CHANGE DE FINI [...]

SCSI Description 5-14 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The FORM AT UNIT command formats t he disk's storage media int o initi ator- addressabl e logical b locks according to initiator- defined op tions. This command ensures that the disk storage media is format ted so that all data sector s are accessible. Any data r esiding on the dis k before this c[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-15 FORM A T UN IT Co m man d Descr iptor Block-Da ta Form a t FORMAT UNIT C ommand -Field Desc ripti ons 0 O per a ti on C ode (0 4 h ) 1 Rese rved Fmt Data Cmp Li st Defec t Lis t For mat 2 Vendor-Spec ific 3 - 4 Interl eav e 5 Control FmtData Fo rmat Data . Wh en th e For mat D ata v alue is 1 , it ind[...]

SCSI Description 5-16 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Five dif ferent forms of the FORMAT UNIT command are sup ported through di fferen t co mbin ation s of the F orm at D ata b it, Co mple te Li st b it, an d th e in forma tion in the Defect List Length field. (Refer to FORMAT UNIT Def ec t Hea der Li st fo r a description of the Defect List Length field[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-17 The FORM AT UNIT Defect List Header (Table 5-15) provi des several opt ional fo rmat con trol bits to give t h e initiat or mo re cont rol over th e defec t lists. T able 5-1 6 provides descript ions of the data fields in the Defect List Header .FORMAT UNIT D efe ct L ist Head er- Dat a For mat FORMAT[...]

SCSI Description 5-18 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Each descript or speci fie s a 4-byte defectiv e sector address of the sector that contains the defect as shown in Table 5-17. FO R MA T U N IT De fect D esc rip t o r -Bl o ck F o rm at The Physical S ector defect desc riptor specif ies th e location of a defect that is th e length of a se ctor. Th e [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-19 The Init iali zation Patt ern op tion spe cifies tha t the logi cal blo cks on t he dri ve medium will cont ain a specif ied i nitia lizat ion patte rn. The I niti aliz ation Pat tern des cript or is sent t o the dr ive as part o f the FORMAT UNIT parameter li st . Tabl e 5 -19 desc r ibes the Initial[...]

SCSI Description 5-20 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The IN Q UIRY c omm and a llo ws the initiator to determine the kind of SCSI devi ces at ta c hed to it s S C SI bus. It ca uses a d e v ic e th a t i s atta che d to a SCS I b us to ret ur n information about itself. The dr ive identifies itself as a Direct Access S torage Device that impleme n t s t [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-21 The Standard Inquiry D at a Page is returned by the drive in respon se to the INQUI RY command if EV PD = 0. The d ata format is described inTable 5-24 and the fields are described in Table 5- 25. Stan dar d Inqu i r y Data Pag e- Data Form at Stan da rd Inquir D ata P a ge-Field D escr iptions 0 Peri[...]

SCSI Description 5-22 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Vendor Informa tion, Pr oduct Identif ic ation, and P roduct Revi- sion Level are r etur ned as s hown i n Table 5-22. ACKQREQQ 0 Dev ice support s REQ and ACK data handsha ke on Q cab le. Addr32 0 32 -bit wide SCSI a ddress Addr16 0/1 16-bi t wide SCSI a ddress TrmTSK 0 TERMINATE T ASK Functi on is no[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-23 The Vital P roduct Data pa ges tha t can be returned by the dr ive are d escribed in the follo wing pa ragraphs i n th e sequenc e show n in Tab le 5-27. The Supported Vital Pr oduct Data P a ges pa ge (Tabl e 5-26) provides a director y of the Vital Product Dat a Pages that are supported by the dr iv[...]

SCSI Description 5-24 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Unit Serial Number page contains t he drive's P C B Serial Number (Table 5-28) and the HDA Serial Nu mber (Table 5-29). Un i t Ser i al Numbe r Pag e - Da ta Fo rma t Unit Serial Numb er Page -F ield D escriptions 0 P e ri ph e r al Q u a l if ie r = 000b Peripher al Dev ice Typ e = 000 h (Dir[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-25 The Implem ented Operating Definition page ref lects the current and avai la ble operation definiti ons as described in Ta ble 5-30 a nd Tabl e 5-31. Impl emented Oper ating Def init ion P age-Data Format Implemented Operating Definition Page-Fie ld Descriptions 0 Per ip heral Q u a li f ier = 0 Perip[...]

SCSI Description 5-26 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Th e A SC II Imp le m ente d Op era ting D efini ti o n pag e retu rns th e ch ar acter s trin g's length ( 1Bh) in by te 4, followed by the appr opriate character strin g ( “ SCSI - 3, S CSI - 2, SC SI - 1 /CC S ” in byt es 5 thro ugh 31 f or Para llel SCSI. This i s descri bed in Table 5-3 2[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-27 The Device Identificati on Page provides the means to retrieve z ero or more identific ation desc ripto rs that appl y to t he logical unit (Ta ble 5-33 a nd Tabl e 5-34). De vice Id e n tifi ca t i o n Pag e - Data Fo rm a t U 160 SC SI use s Qu antum an the V end or ID whil e U320 S CS I uses Max to[...]

SCSI Description 5-28 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Ide nti fie r T yp e This field s pecifies the fo rmat an d assi gnm e nt authori ty f or the i dentifie r. Values in t hi s field ar e: Va lue D escr ipt ion 0h N o assignment author ity w as used; there i s no guar ant ee that the ide n- tif ier is gl obally unique (vendor -speci fic) . 1h The fir st[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-29 Th e Firm w a re Revis ion pag e r eflects the curren t firmw are revis ion and date and time when it was built . The Firmware Revisi on Pag e is de scribed i n Table 5- 35. Fir mware Revi sio n Pa ge- Data For mat 0 Perip heral Q uali f ie r = 0 Peripheral Device Type = 0 (Dir ect Acc ess Device) 1 P[...]

SCSI Description 5-30 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Max tor Manu facturi ng Inf ormati on Page, as described in Tabl e 5-36 ref lects t he pa rt nu mb er as s ig n ed b y Ma xt o r ’ s ma nuf a ct uri ng group in accorda nce wit h vendor req uir emen t s. Maxt or Man uf acturing I nf ormation P a ge-D ata Format The value in the By t es 4 - 19 fie[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-31 The Negotiated Rat e Informat ion Page is described in Table 5-37 and Tabl e 5-38. Neg ot iat ed Rat e Inf ormat i o n P age-Dat a Format 0 Per ip heral Q u a li f ier = 0 Peripheral Device Type = 0 (Dir ect Acc ess Device) 1 Page Code ( C4 h) 2 Res erved 3 Page Lengt h = 4h 4 Trans fer P eriod Factor[...]

SCSI Description 5-32 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I N egotiated R ate Information Page -F ield D escriptions Trans fer Peri od Fact or Appli cable valu es of th is field are pro vided in Appendi x B. REQ / ACK Offset This is the negot iated val ue of Req / Ack offset bet w een the initiator and the t arget. For Si ngle Tr ansiti on (ST) da ta tran sfers[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-33 An applic atio n cli ent can r equest c ommand suppo rt dat a by set ting the Cm dDt bit of the INQUIRY c omm and to 1, and spec if ying the SCSI oper ation co de of the Command Descript or Block (CDB) for which i t want s i nformati on. Format of the command s upport da ta and def initions o f the f [...]

SCSI Description 5-34 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The bits in t he map have a 1-to-1 corres ponden ce to the CDB for th e Op- Co d e being queried. That is, if t he device senses a b it as the entire f ield or as part of the field of the operatio n, the ma p in CDB Usage Data c ontains a 1 in the correspond ing bit position. If the dev ice ignores a b[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-35 2Bh SEEK (10) 03 01 0A 2BE0FFFFFFFF0 0 000003 2Eh WR I TE AND VERIFY 03 01 0A 2EF2FFFFFF FF00F FFF03 2Fh VERIFY 03 01 0A 2FF2FFFFFF FF00F FFF03 35h SYNCH. CACHE 03 01 0A 35E0FFF FFFFF 00 FFFF03 37h READ DEFECT DATA 03 01 0A 37E01F000000 00 FFFF03 3Bh WRITE BUFFER 03 01 0A 3BEFFFFFFE0 0FFF FFF03 3Ch RE[...]

SCSI Description 5-36 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The drive collects and stores performance data and error summaries in counters. The LOG SELECT co mmand i s used to zer o the se count er s. The LOG SELECT command is a complementary co mmand to th e LOG SENSE command. The f ormat of the LOG S ELE CT CDB a nd a descri pt ion of the fiel ds follow s in [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-37 Log Sense data pages require spec ial interpretation and also are subject t o change. For as sistance wi th the Log Se nse data pag es, contact your Maxtor Ap pli cations Enginee r. The drive collects operational i nfo rmation and stores these st atistics as log da ta . Log data ar e g r oupe d by c a[...]

SCSI Description 5-38 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Command Desc riptor Bl ock f or the LOG SENSE command is s hown in Table 5-45. Table 5 -4 6 contains field descript ions . LOG SEN SE Command Descr iptor Block-Da ta Forma t LO G SEN SE C o m m and D esc ri p t o r B l o ck - F ield Des cri p t i on s 0 O peration Co de ( 4Dh) 1 Re served PPC SP 2 [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-39 The log pages that a re r eturne d from t he dri ve ha ve a c ommon format t hat i s show n in Table 5-47. E ach pa ge cont ains a 4-byt e heade r fol lowed by one or more l og parameters. R efer to Table 5-48. Table 5-49 contains th e f orm at fo r the Generic Log Parameter a nd Table 5-50 desc ribes[...]

SCSI Description 5-40 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Gen eric L og Pa ra me t er -Fiel d D esc ript i ons The D U, D S, TS D , ETC , TM C and LP fields are collectively re- fe rred to as the P aram eter C ontrol Byte. This b yte gen era lly has a value of 0; however, if t he page i s non-volatile but t he drive i s not spun up or the GL TSD bit i s set i[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-41 SCSI r efe rs t o th e d ri ve ’ s operatio nal para meters as its mode parameter s . S CSI groups t he mode paramet ers by funct ion in to a set of data str uctures r eferre d to as mode pages . T he MO DE SE L ECT ( 6) co mm and all o w s the ini t iato r to m o d ify so m e o f th e s e m o d e p[...]

SCSI Description 5-42 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Table 5-53 lists t he mode pages t hat ar e support ed by the dr ive. An init iator can change these pages by supp lying them, with the des ired changes included, in the MODE S ELECT com mand ’ s data-out buffer trans fer. The init iator should first use a MODE SENSE c ommand to read the appropri ate[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-43 The drive maintains three dis tinct set s of mode pages. They are t he cu rr ent p ag e , the default page , and the saved page . The drive als o reports a four th set of c hang eab le pages. The page types are defined in Tabl e 5-54. Mode Pa ge Types Current The mode pa ge set a pplies t o all and de[...]

SCSI Description 5-44 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Table 5 -55 s h ows the form at of the Mode Parameter List that is passed by t h e initiator to the drive during the command ’ s da t a- out buffer transfer . Table 5-56 describes the fields. Tab le 5-57 and Table 5-5 8 provides a desc rip tion of the data format and fields of th e Mode Parameter Hea[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-45 Mode P ar ame ter Blo ck Des cri pto r- Data F ormat Mo de Pa ram eter Block D escrip tor -Fie ld D escri ptions 0 Density Code 1 – 3 Num ber of Blocks 4 Reserv ed 5 – 7 Block Lengt h Density Code Ignor ed b y the drive. Number of Blocks This f ield s pecifi es the nu mber of logica l block s on t[...]

SCSI Description 5-46 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The drive ’ s changeable pages are described on the following pages. The data fields for each of these pages f all into one of t he categories desc ribed in Table 5-61. Categor ie s of C han geable Page s Full y Support ed A fiel d in this cat egory can be modifi ed by the MODE SE LECT command, can b[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-47 The Unit Attent ion Page is used to enabl e or disabl e the generat ion of Unit Attention Conditi ons. Th e Unit Att ention C ondition Page format and f ield desc ripti ons ar e described in Table 5-62 a nd Tabl e 5-63 respect ively. Unit Attention Con dition P ag e (P age 0) Unit Attention Con dition[...]

SCSI Description 5-48 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The R ead-W ri te E rr or Reco ve ry page c o nt ro ls th e dr ive ’ s respons e to er ror conditio ns tha t aris e during the co urse of READ (6), READ (10), WRITE (6), WRITE (10) command pr ocessi ng and during the wr ite p ortion of WRITE AND VE R IFY com m an d p ro ces s in g. T h e Re ad -W rit[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-49 RC 0 Rea d Conti nuous. When t he val ue is 0, the drive attempts er ror r ecovery when it encounter s a n error . When t he value i s 1, the dr iv e suppre sses er ror rec ov e ry. EER 0 Enable Early Rec overy. PER 0 Post Er ror Recovery. When the value is 0, the drive r eturns a GOOD status in cases[...]

SCSI Description 5-50 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Disconne ct – Reconnec t Page pro vides th e applicat ion client the means t o attempt to opti mize the perf ormance of t he delivery subsyste m . The dat a format a nd field descriptions are described in Ta ble 5-66 a nd Table 5-6 7. Dis connec t – Recon nect P a ge (P a ge 2) Di s con nect-R [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-51 Fully supported a nd temporar y fi e ld s ar e underli ned. Unsuppor t- ed fields are not un derlined. The PS bit is underlined, meaning it wi ll be set on a MODE S E NSE command, s ince the page i s savable. EMDP 0 Enable MODIFY DATA POINTER. Fairnes s Arbitra tion 111b I ndicat es whether or not t h[...]

SCSI Description 5-52 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Th e Verify Erro r Recov ery P age contro ls t he dri ve ’ s response to er ror c onditions t hat aris e during the VERIFY command and during th e ver ify opera tion of the WRI TE AND VERI FY com mand . The V erify E rro r R ecovery Pa g e i s no t su ppo rt ed in th e SCSI-1/CCS Operating Mode. The [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-53 The Caching Page controls t he drive ’ s c ache management poli c y . The dat a format and field descr iptions are described in Tabl e 5-70 and Table 5 - 71 respect ively. C ach in g Page-(P age 8) NOTES : Bytes 12 to 19 a re re turned onl y if the devi ce oper ating def init ion i s SCSI-3. 0 PS Rs[...]

SCSI Description 5-54 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I C a ch i n g Pa g e - ( Pa g e 8 ) PS 1 Pa rameters Savable. This bit is only us ed with t he MODE SENSE com- mand. A r et urned val ue o f 1 i ndicate s that the ta rget i s c apable o f savi ng the page in a non-volatil e, vendor- specif ic locat ion . Bit reserved w it h MODE SE LECT command. WCE 1 [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-55 Maxi mum Pre-fetch Ce iling 0421h Specif ies an u pper li mit on th e number of l ogical blo cks computed as the maxi mum pre- fetch. If this number of sector s is gr eater t han the m aximum pre-f etch, then t he number of l ogical blocks t o pre-fetc h is reduced to t he value stored i n the maxi m [...]

SCSI Description 5-56 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Control Mode page cont rols the drive ’ s command proces sing an d error handlin g polici es. The data format and field des criptions a re described in Table 5-7 2 and Table 5-7 3 re s p ect i v e l y. C o n t r o l M o d e Pa g e - ( Pa g e 0 A h ) NOT E S: By te s 8 to 11 are re tu rn e d o nly[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-57 C o nt r ol M o d e P ag e -Fi e ld D e sc ript i o n s (Page 0A h) NOT E S: If the Queue Algorithm Modifier s pecifies restricted re-ordering (0000b), c ommands are not allowed to execute concurrently. If th is field specifi es unrestricted re-ordering (0001b), concur rent I/O exe cution i s all owed[...]

SCSI Description 5-58 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Notch and Pa rtition page contain s parameter s for drives that i m plement a var iable number of sectors per cylin der , a nd, support t his page. Each sect ion of the logical unit with a differ ent number o f secto rs is re ferr ed to as a notc h (or band). Each not ch must span a s et o f consec[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-59 N otch and Partitio n Page-F ield D escriptions (P age 0Ch) PS 0 Parameters Savable. T his bit is onl y used wit h the M ODE SENSE com- mand. The return ed v alue of 0 i ndicate s that t he target i s not cap a ble of savi ng this page in a non -volatil e vendor spec ific lo cation This bit i s reserv[...]

SCSI Description 5-60 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The port contr ol mode pag e (see T able 5-7 6 and T able 5-77) c onta ins those para meters that aff ect SPI SCSI de vice port operat ion opti ons. The page will be implement ed by LUN 0 of al l SPI S CSI de vices. The pa ge will not be implemented b y l ogical unit s other than LUN 0. The i m plement[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-61 P ort Co n t r o l P ag e L o ng F o rm a t The Subpage Code field indic ates which subpag e is being accessed. S ubpage Code values are listed in Table 5-93. If the Subpag e Code field is z ero, the target will ret urn a CHEC K CONDITION st a tus. The sense key will be set to ILLEGAL REQ UEST and the[...]

SCSI Description 5-62 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Power Condit ion Page c ontrol s disk dri ve Power Ma nagement funct ions. Pow er Management provides three su b-stat es of UNIT READY: • ACTIVE: Thi s is the s tat e of hig hest power c onsumption f or t he dis k drive. A media a c cess command is acted upon immediately by th e dr ive. • IDLE:[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-63 Power Condition Page-F ield D escriptions (P age 1Ah) PS 0 Parameters Sava ble. This bit is only used w i th the MODE SENSE com- mand. A r et urned val ue o f 1 i ndicate s that the ta rget i s c apable o f savi ng the page in a non-volatil e, vendor- specif ic locat ion. The bit is reserv ed wi th th[...]

SCSI Description 5-64 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I This page def ines the met hods used by the dis k drive to c ontrol the repor ting and opera tions of specifi c in formatio nal exc eption c ondit ions. This pag e applies only to informat ional e xceptions t hat repor t an a dditiona l se nse code of FAILURE PR EDICTION THRESHO LD EXCE EDED to the ap [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-65 Inform ation Ex ceptions Con trol Page -F ield Descriptions (P age 1C h) PS 1 P ara me ter s S ava bl e. Thi s bi t i s on l y us ed wi th th e M O DE SEN SE c o mm an d. A retur ned value of 1 i ndicates t hat t he targ et is ca pable of s aving the page in a non-vol at ile, vendor-spe cifi c loca ti[...]

SCSI Description 5-66 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Codes U sed by the MRIE Fi eld Report Count 1 The valu e contained in t hi s field indicat es the number of times to repor t an info rmational exception condition to the applic ation client . A val ue of 0 in this field indic ates ther e is no limit on the number of times the di sk drive will report an[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-67 This Max tor-un ique pag e is i mplement ed for histor ical purposes only. All unuse d fields are changeable but ar e ignored by the dr ive. The data format a nd field descriptions are descr ibed in Ta ble 5-83 and Table 5-84 respectivel y. Max to r- U ni q u e P a ge- D ata Fo r mat (Page 3 9 h) 0P S[...]

SCSI Description 5-68 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Maxtor- Un ique Pa ge-Fie ld Descr iption s (Page 3 9h) PS 1 Par a met er s S ava ble . Thi s bi t i s on ly us ed wi th th e M O DE SEN SE c om m an d. A retur ned value of 1 indic ates that th e disk dri ve is cap able of sa ving the page in a non- volati le, ve ndor-spec ific loca tion. The bit is R[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-69 So ftwar e Select able SCSI ID 0 When SSSIE (Byte 3, bit 7) = 1, this fiel d determines the disk drive ’ s SCS I ID. When ch angi ng SCSI I D vi a the MODE SELE CT command, the SCSI ID changes af ter the next re set or power cycle. I f at initial power on the SSSIE bit i s set t o 1 (the bit ’ s p[...]

SCSI Description 5-70 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I DRC 0 Disabl e Reassign Copy. Whe n this field = 0, the disk drive copie s best - guess d ata to the new physica l block dur ing REASSIGN BLOCKS comm and proces sin g. If t he disk dr ive ca nnot success fully read t he ori ginal block ’ s da- ta, the disk dri ve sets a Forced Error f lag in the rep [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-71 Disabl e Auto Move Heads 0 W hen set to a 0, Move head s is on meanin g that if there is no I/O act ivity for 30 sec onds the heads wil l move on th ere own. W he n set to a 1 Move hea ds w ill be t urne d o ff . ESL 0 Enable Save Log. Whe n set = 1, sav ing a nd loading of non-SMART pages to / fr om [...]

SCSI Description 5-72 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I To star t AIP:[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-73 Th e M ODE SELE C T (1 0) co mm and all o w s the ini t iato r to m o dify ce rta in mo d e pages a nd thereby cont rol some of the drive ’ s operational c h arac teristics . Refer to MOD E SELECT (6) for a dditional descript ions. See T able 5-85 for t he data f ormat o f t h e MO D E SE L E CT ( 1[...]

SCSI Description 5-74 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Mo de Pa ram eter Block D escrip tor -Fie ld D escri ptions Number of Block s The value i n this fi eld specifi es the number of logical blocks on the di sk to which the density code and bl ock l ength fields appl y. A value of 0 in this fie ld indi cat es t hat all of the rem ai ning log ica l bl ock [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-75 The MODE SEN SE ( 6) co m m a n d all ows the ini t i a to r to read the d r iv e ' s sec tor descriptor and m ode pages. The MODE SENSE Command Descri ptor Sec tor is shown in Table 5- 89 and the data fields are desc r ibed in Table 5-90. The M ode Parameter Header is shown in T able 5-91 and th[...]

SCSI Description 5-76 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Mod e Par amet e r He a der- Fie ld D e sc ri p ti on s Mode Data Length Le ngth of the returned d ata Medium Type Always zer o (0) Devi ce- Spec ific Bit 7 - This bit is s et if the dr ive i s wr ite prot ect ed Parame ter Bit 4 - This bit is al wa ys set to indicat e that the drive sup ports cache me[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-77 Read-Only Mo de Pages 03h Format Dev ice Medi um f ormat 24 04h Rigid Disk Geometry Tota l cyli nd e r he ad and rotat iona l speed 24 38h Vendor Uni que Caching Total segme nts 16 19h(1h) Margin Control Margin contro l values 2 2 19h(2h) Saved Tr aining Confi guration Saved t raini ng config uratio n[...]

SCSI Description 5-78 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Form at Drive Page (Table 5-94) desc ribes the drive' s medium format. The data fi elds ar e described in Ta ble 5-9 5. Note that t he page is s ava bl e but no pa ram et e rs are ch ang eable . F o rm a t D e v ic e Pa g e - ( Pag e 3 ) 0 PS Rsvd Page Code ( 03h) 1 Page Lengt h (16h) 2 - 3 Tr[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-79 Forma t De vice P a ge -Fi el d Des cr ipt io ns (P age 3) PS 0 Paramete rs Savabl e. This bi t is on ly used wi th the MODE SENSE com- mand. This bit i s res erved with t he M ODE SELECT comman d. A PS bit value o f 1 indi cat es that the disk dri ve is ca pable of s aving th e page i n a non- vol at[...]

SCSI Description 5-80 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Rigid Disk Geometry Page des cribes the drive geometry. The data format and field descr iptions are described in Tabl e 5-96 and Table 5 - 97 respect ively. R i g i d D i s k G e o m e t ry Pa g e- ( Pa g e 4 ) Rigid Disk G eo metr y Page -F ield Descr iptions (Page 4) 0 PS Rsvd Page Code ( 04h) 1 [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-81 RPL 00b Rotat ional Posi tion Locking is used for sp indle synch roni zatio n i n stor age arrays. Th e mode s are: 00b – Disabled 10b – Master 01b – Slave 11b – Not s upported RPL ca n be ove rridden i f th e Maxt or (Vendor ) Speci al Fun ction Contro l page Auto field val ue = 1. Rotat i on[...]

SCSI Description 5-82 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The Margin Contr ol subpage (see Tabl e 5-98) contains parameters t hat set an d report margin control values for usage bet ween the initiator/target pair o n subsequent synchronou s and p aced tr ansfers. A M ODE SELEC T com man d will ret urn th e curre nt set tings f or the i nit i ato r/ta rget pai[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-83 The sa ved traini ng conf igurat ion v alues su bpage i s used to repo r t the S CSI de vice's sa v ed training configuration values. T hese v endor specific values a r e maintained by the SCS I dev ice when the r etain training infor m a tion option is enab led. The fields ar e listed in T able [...]

SCSI Description 5-84 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The negotiated s ettings subpage , sho wn in T able 5 -100, is used to rep or t t he negotiated settings of a targ et for the cur rent I_T nexus. Negotiated S e ttings Subpag e (03 h) The Transfer Period Factor field indi cates the negotiated t ransfer period fac tor (see Sec tio n 5.11 .2. 8, "N [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-85 The Max tor-Unique Cach ing Pa ge is a rea d-only page tha t re ports the number of segments in the dr ive's cache memory. The data format and f ield descripti ons are described in Table 5-102 and Table 5-103 respect ively. Ma xtor -Unique Ca ch ing P age-( Page 38h) M ax tor-Unique Caching-Fie l[...]

SCSI Description 5-86 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The MO DE SENS E command allow s the initiator to read the dr i ve ’ s se c tor de scr ip tor and mode page s. See Ta ble 5-10 4 f or MOD E SEN SE (1 0) C omma nd Desc ri ptor B lo ck – Da ta Fo rma t, Tab le 5-105 f or Mode P aram eter Heade r (10 B y te) — Data F ormat, and Table 5 -106 fo r Mo[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-87 Mode Parameter Header & Block Descriptor-Field Descr iptions Mode Dat a Lengt h Res erve d. Must be 0. Medium Type Ignored b y t he dri ve. De vi c e S p eci fic Par am et er Ignor ed by t he drive. Block Descr ipto r Lengt h The value = 0 if no Block Desc riptor is supp lied; the leng th is 8 if [...]

SCSI Description 5-88 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The PERSI STENT RESERVATION IN command is a 1 0-byte command use d to obta i n information about persistent res ervations and res ervations that are act i v e within a device se rv er. I t is use d in co njun ct ion wit h the PERSISTE NT RESERVATION OUT c ommand . Note that a if device that has RESERVE[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-89 PERSI STENT RESERVATI ON IN Command -Fiel d Desc rip tions The data for mat and fi eld descript ions f or the Read Keys Par ameter s ar e des cribed in Tab l e 5- 110 an d T ab l e 5- 111 res p e ct i ve ly . Re ad Key s Paramet ers -Dat a Fo rmat Service Acti on Service actions that requi re i nforma[...]

SCSI Description 5-90 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Re ad Key s Par amet ers-F ield Desc rip t i o n s The data format and f ield des criptions f or the R ead Reservati ons Parameters a re described in Table 5-112 and Table 5-113 respect ively. Re ad Res er v atio ns P aram eter s-D ata For m at Generati on The va lue in t his f ield is a 32 -bit counte[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-91 Read Reservations P aramete rs-Fie ld Descriptions The data format a nd field des cript ions for t he PERSISTENT R E SERVATION IN Read Reservations Desc riptor are desc ribed in Table 5-1 14 and Ta ble 5-115 res pect i ve ly. PERS ISTENT RESERVATI ON IN R ead Re serva tions Desc ripto r- Data Fo rmat [...]

SCSI Description 5-92 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I PERSI STENT RESERVATI ON IN Read Re ser vati ons Desc ript or- Fiel d Descr ipt ions Table 5-116 presents the definitions of the ch aracters of the available “ Type ” values from the Type fie ld of the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Read Reservat ions pa ram et e rs . Each of t he c odes prov ides handl[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-93 Persistent Rese rvation Type Codes and Their Mea nings 0h RE AD Shared READS: Shar ed; any appl icati on cli ent on any init iator may exec ute com - ma n d s th a t pe rf o rm tr a n sf ers fro m the di s k to th e ini ti a tor. WR IT E S: Proh ibi te d; any com man d fr om an y i nit ia tor that per[...]

SCSI Description 5-94 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Table 5-117 represent s graphic ally a ll possible combinations of Pers istent Res ervati ons Being Attempt ed whe n Per si st e nt Reserv ati ons are al ready hel d for e a ch of the t ypes of persist ent reserva t ions. When Do Conflicts Between Existing Rese rvations and New Reservations Exist? 5h W[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-95 LU Shared Acc ess * EX N N N N Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y Y O N N N N Y Y Y O Y Y Y O LU WRI T E E xclusi ve RO EX Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y O O N N N N N N N N LU E xclusi ve Acce ss RO EX Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y Y O Y Y Y O N N N N N N N N KEY: LU = Logical Un it Scope EX = Extent or Elem ent[...]

SCSI Description 5-96 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I The PERSIS TENT RESERVATION OUT c omm and is a 1 0-byte command used to r eserve a logi cal un it or an ex tent wi thin a log ical un it for the exclus ive or shar ed use by a n ini tiator . The command is used i n conjun ction wi t h the PERSISTENT RESE RVAT ION IN co mmand ; it is not us e d wit h t [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-97 PERSISTE NT RESERVATION OUT Comma nd-Fiel d Des cript ions Servi ce Ac- tio n Servic e acti ons that requi re inf ormation about per siste nt reser vatio n and regist rations may requ ir e enabling of nonvola tile memory wit hin the logical unit. Servic e action code s availabl e are : 00h Regis- ter [...]

SCSI Description 5-98 M axtor Atl a s 10K II I Table 5-12 0 provides det ailed desc riptions of each of the PERSI STENT RESERVATION OUT command ’ s seven possi ble service actions ( Service Action codes appea r in bi ts 0 – 4 of Byt e 1) . PERSISTENT RE SER V A TION OUT Command ’ s Ser vice Action Descriptions Type The value of the Type field[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5-99 02h Release A PERSISTENT RESERVATI ON OUT c ommand with Release ser vice act ion re- moves a persi stent res erva tion held by t he same initi ator. The fie lds associ ated with a Rel ease ser vi ce act ion match fi elds of the acti ve persi stent re servati on. Se nding of a PE RSISTENT RESERVATION O[...]

SCSI Description 5-100 M axtor Atlas 10K III 04h Pre- empt A PERSISTE N T RESERVATION OUT command wit h a successf ul Pre-empt ser- vice act ion re moves a ll pe rsist ent reserv ations for al l init iator s that hav e been regi stered with t he Se rvice action Reservat ion key spe cified i n the PERSISTENT RESERVATION OUT c ommand ’ s parameter [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 01 Table 5-121 presents the definitions of the ch aracters of the available “ Type ” values from the Type fie ld of the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Read Reservat ions pa ram et e rs . Each of t he code s provi des handli ng i nstructi ons for READ oper ations, for WRITE operation s, and for s ubsequ[...]

SCSI Description 5-102 M axtor Atlas 10K III Persistent Rese rvation Type Codes and Their Mea nings 0h RE AD Shared READS: Shared ; any applic ation cl ien t on a ny initi ator ma y execut e com- ma n d s th a t pe rf o rm tr a n sf ers fro m the di s k to th e ini ti at or. WRITE S: Prohi bited; any command fr om any i nitiat or that perfor ms a t[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 03 The PERSI STENT RESERVATION OUT command requi r es a pa rameter list, illustr ated in Tabl e 5-122 and def ined in Table 5-12 3. Each of t he fields of the paramete r list are se nt fo r every PERS ISTENT RESERVATION OUT co m mand, even if the f ield is not r equired for the speci fic Service actio[...]

SCSI Description 5-104 M axtor Atlas 10K III PERS ISTENT RESERVATI ON OUT Pa ramet er Li st -Field Desc ri ption s Table 5-124 ill ustrat es which f ields are set by the appl ication cl ient and inter preted by the devic e ser ver for each Service and Scope valu e. Reservat ion Key This fiel d contains an 8- byte t oke n that is provided by the a p[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 05 Device Serv er Int erpreta tion of Servic e and S cop e Valu e Regist er I gnored I gnored Valid Ignored Reserve LU Val i d Ignor ed Ignored Reserve Ext ent Valid Ignored Extent Vali d Reserv ed Element Vali d Ignored I gn ored Release LU Val i d Ignor ed Ignored Release Extent Valid Ignor ed Ext e[...]

SCSI Description 5-106 M axtor Atlas 10K III The READ (6) command requests that data be tr ansferred fr om the drive t o the initi ator. The amount of dat a transf erred is sp ecifi ed by t he trans fer le ngth fi eld. The starting point is speci fied by the logical sec tor address. The dat a format a nd field descriptions are shown in Ta ble 5-125[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 07 The READ (10) command requests t hat data be transf erred from the drive to the initi ator. The amount of dat a transf erred is sp ecifi ed by t he trans fer le ngth fi eld. The starting point is speci fied by the logical sec tor address. The dat a format a nd field descriptions are shown in Ta ble[...]

SCSI Description 5-108 M axtor Atlas 10K III The READ BUFFER command is u sed in c onj unction with th e WRITE BUFFER command . It allow s the initiator t o gain ac cess to t h e dat a storage ar eas within the drive's c ont roller. In partic ular , these two commands are used to c heck the integrity of the buff er-initiat or data path, indepe[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 09 READ B UFFER C omman d-Fie ld Desc rip tion s Mode Fo ur modes are supporte d by th e drive; Combine d Header and Data, Data Only, Descr ip- tor Onl y, and Read Data fr om Echo Buf fer. The permissi ble value s for Buff er ID, Buff er Offse t, are as fol l ows: 0000b Combined Header and Da ta – I[...]

SCSI Description 5-110 M axtor Atlas 10K III The READ CAPACITY command re ports f ormatted capacity and tr ack-bounda ry information. Th e data format and f ield desc riptions ar e shown in Table 5-131 a nd Tab l e 5- 132 res p e ct i vely . READ CAPACITY Command- Da t a Fo rma t READ CAPACITY Command -Fi eld Desc ripti ons Tab l e 5- 133 sho w s t[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 11 The READ DEFECT DATA (10) command dir ects t he drive to repo rt def ect informat ion about the dr ive ’ s medium. Refer to the F OR MAT UNIT command for information a bout def ect s. The dat a fo rmat and field descript ions ar e sho wn in Table 5 -134 an d Tab le 5 -135 r espec tivel y. T he da[...]

SCSI Description 5-112 M axtor Atlas 10K III READ DE FECT DAT A (10) Com mand -Fi el d De scr ipt io nREAD D EFE CT 1 All in-line spared blocks do not have an associated LBA, an d , therefore, will not be seen in Logical Block Format. Table 5-136 shows the Block Format returned when the Def ect List Format is 000b De fe c t De sc ri p t o r - B l o[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 13 De fect Li st He ader -Dat a Fo rmat De fec t L ist He ader -Fi el d Des cr i pti ons 0 Res er ve d 1 Rese rved Plist Glist Defec t List For mat 2 - 3 Defect Lis t Lengt h PList Pr imary Defec t List . When the va lue is 0, the re turn ed data does not include t he Primary Defect Lis t. When the va[...]

SCSI Description 5-114 M axtor Atlas 10K III The READ DEFECT DATA (12) command dir ects t he drive to repo rt def ect informat ion about the dr ive ’ s medium. Refer to the F OR MAT UNIT command for informat ion a bout de f ect s. The data se nt t o the ho st in the command ’ s data- in buf f er transfer c onsists of a four-by te Defec t List h[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 15 READ DEFE CT DATA (1 2) C ommand-Fi eld Desc ript ion 1 All in-line spared blocks do not have an associated LBA, and, therefore, will not be seen in Logical Block Format. Table 5-142 shows the Block Format returned when th e Defect List Format is 000b. De fe ct Des c ripto r -Bl o ck Format Table 5[...]

SCSI Description 5-116 M axtor Atlas 10K III D e fe ct L i s t H e ade r -Dat a For m at De fec t L ist He ader -Fi el d Des cr i pti ons 0 Res erved 1 Rese rved Plist Glist De fect List For mat 2 - 3 Res erve d 4 - 7 Defect L ist Length PList Pr imary Defe ct L ist. When the value is 0, t he retur ned da ta does not include the P ri- mary Defec t [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 17 The READ LONG co mmand i s used in conju nct ion wi th th e WRITE LONG command to allow the initiator to issue raw reads and writes of physical data bl ocks, but addr ess them as logi cal bl ocks wit h an a ssumed sector lengt h of 5 12 byte s. These two comman ds are used t o verif y the correctio[...]

SCSI Description 5-118 M axtor Atlas 10K III 51 4 - 5 15 E D C (8 Bi ts ) 516 - 56 2 4 5 ECC Bi ts + 8 Pad Bit s[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 19 The READ S KI P MASK command allow s the init iator to c ondi t ion the f unction of the READ commands t o allow o nly sele cted data to be tr ansferred over t he SCSI interface. A READ SKIP MASK comm an d precedes a READ (10) command; the RE AD (10) com mand mu st be lin ked t o t he R EAD SKIP M [...]

SCSI Description 5-120 M axtor Atlas 10K III The REASSIGN BLOCKS Command reassigns one or more logical blocks to a spare location(s ) set aside for this purpose and records t he reassignment s in the Grown Defec t Li st. No command-spec ifi c Control Descri ptor Bl ock f ields af fect the pr ocessi ng perfor med for this command. The list of Logica[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 21 REASS IGN BLO CKS De fec t De sc ripto r- Da ta Format The drive retur ns a CHECK CONDITION stat us if i t c annot complet e the command. If thi s happens becaus e the drive ran out of spare sector s, the drive set s the sense k ey to MEDIUM E RROR and the additi onal sens e cod e to NO DEFECT SPAR[...]

SCSI Description 5-122 M axtor Atlas 10K III The RECEI VE DIAGNO STIC RESULTS comm and fetches t he results of the last SEND D IAGNOSTIC comman d sent to the drive. The drives support the diagnostic pages list ed in Table 5-155. Diagnostic Pa ges Supported b y The Dr ives The RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS Command Descriptor Block is shown i n Table 5-[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 23 t i cs Pa ge s Pa ge ( 0 0h ) Table 5-158 shows the for mat of the Suppo rted Diagnostics Pages pag e. Supported Diagnostic s Pages Page-Dat a Format To obtain the Suppo rted Diagnostics Pages list , the in itiator must: 1.S en d a Sup p ort ed D iagno s tic s Pa g e t o t he dr ive w ith a SEN D D[...]

SCSI Description 5-124 M axtor Atlas 10K III The Trans late Add ress Pa ge allow s the initiator to translate a logical sector address, physical a ddress , or phys ical byt es for a n index address int o any on e of th e other formats. The address to be translated is pass e d to the dr ive with the SEND DIAGNO S TIC comm an d, and the results ar e [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 25 Transla te Address Page-Field Descriptions Supplied For mat The Sup pli ed Form at fi eld spe cifi es the format of the follo w ing Tr ansl ate Address fie ld. Must be 000b, which spec ifie s the LBA format. RAREA Reserve d Area is not used. ALTSEC An Alte rnate Sect or bi t of 1 indi cat es that t[...]

SCSI Description 5-126 M axtor Atlas 10K III The R ELEASE and the RESE R VE comm ands are used for contention resolut i on in multiple-initiator systems. The RELEASE comma nd is used to release a pr eviously reserved logical unit. The drive will not return an error if the i nitiator attempts to release a re ser vat ion t hat i s not curr ent l y va[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 27 The R ELEASE and the RESE R VE comm ands are used f or contention resolution in m ultiple-initiator system s. The R ELEA S E (10) comm and is us ed to release a previously reserved logical u nit. The drive will not r eturn an error if th e initiator attempt s to release a reservation that is not cu[...]

SCSI Description 5-128 M axtor Atlas 10K III RELEASE (1 0) C ommand — Fie ld Descriptions Assuming that t he RELEASE Command Descriptor Block is va lid, the driv e alway s returns a GOOD status for this comm an d. An actual relea s e only hap- pens if the in itiator has the unit reserved for its elf or a third-party initiator. 3rdPty Third Part y[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 29 The REP ORT DE VICE IDENT IFIER comma nd requests t hat the device server send device iden tif icat ion to the applicat i on clie nt . The data format and field descriptions are shown in Ta ble 5-165 and Table 5-166 respect ively. REPORT DEVIC E IDENTIFI ER Comman d Des cri ptor Block- Data Forma t[...]

SCSI Description 5-130 M axtor Atlas 10K III REPORT DEVICE I DENTIFI ER Comman d Des crip tor Block-Fi eld D esc ripti ons The RE P ORT DEVI CE ID EN TI F IE R com m a nd ’ s parameter list contains a 4 -byte field th at provi des the leng th, in by tes, of the para m eter list and the logical unit ’ s identifier. The da ta format and f ield de[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 31 The REP ORT LUNS comma nd requests t hat the peripheral device logical unit numbers of known l ogical u nits in the t arget disk be sent t o the a ppl ications c lient . The command only returns informat ion abou t the lo gic al unit s to wh ich commands may be se nt. The dat a format a nd field de[...]

SCSI Description 5-132 M axtor Atlas 10K III The RE QUEST S ENSE command causes the drive to transfer det a iled sense data to the initiator. T h e drive maint a in s sense data on a n individual initiator basis. The data format and fiel d descript ions are shown in Table 5-172 a nd Tabl e 5-173 respec ti vel y. RE QUEST S E NSE Co mma nd De scr ip[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 33 Sense data is available if the initiator is responsible for an i n-pr ogress FORMAT UNIT command (F ormat Prog res s Indic ation is avai lable i n the Format Pr ogr ess I ndi c atio n B ytes ). The drive ret urns a s ense key of NO SENSE and an additional sense cod e of NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMAT[...]

SCSI Description 5-134 M axtor Atlas 10K III Th e drive re turns CH ECK CON DITIO N stat u s for a RE QUE ST SENS E comm and on ly t o rep ort e rrors speci f ic t o th e com mand wh en: • A non-z ero rese rved bit is de tected in the Command Descriptor Bl ock. • A drive malfunction prevents return of the sen se data. F o r P arallel SCS I disk[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 35 The sense data format for error code 70h (current error) and error code 71h (deferred error) is sho wn in Table 5-174; the data f ields are defi ned in Table 5-175. The Supported Sense Keys are desc r i bed in Table 5-176 a nd the field content s in Table 5- 177. The Suppor ted Additiona l Sense Co[...]

SCSI Description 5-136 M axtor Atlas 10K III Inf orma - tio n The Infor m a t i on f i eld contains the foll owing devic e- t ype or command-speci fic infor m a - tion: 1) The unsig ned logical sector addr ess associat ed with the sense key. 2) The di ffer ence b etween the reque ste d length a nd the act ual length i n eith er by tes or sector s, [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 37 Supported Se nse Ke ys NO S E N S E 0 h The re is no speci fic s ense key inform atio n to be reporte d for t he d esignat ed logi cal unit . This is the ca se for a su cces sful com mand or a com mand tha t recei ved CHECK CONDITION or CO MMAND TERMINATED status because one of the fo ll ow ing bi [...]

SCSI Description 5-138 M axtor Atlas 10K III Sense Key Informat ion Field Cont ents FORMAT UNIT RECOVERED ERROR The address of the f irst bad sect or encounter ed du ring th e format operat ion. Thi s sect or, and al l othe r bad sect ors foun d during a for- mat operat ion, are automati call y real locate d by the dri ve. ILLEGA L REQUEST The fir [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 39 Suppor ted Additional Sense Codes and Sense Code Qualifie rs (in Hex) 0x00 No Sense 0x00 0 x00 M I SC EC_NO_ERR OR No additio nal sense i nf ormation 0x0B 0x01 SMART EC_R WS_T rippedThermal SMAR T ov ertemperat ure trip 0x5D 0 x00 SMART EC_RQS_EWS_T ripped Sm ar t t riggered 0x5D 0 x01 SMART EC_R W[...]

SCSI Description 5-140 M axtor Atlas 10K III 0x01 Rec Error 0x15 0 x81 DER EC_REC_SER V O_WNO K Servo Write Not OK assertion: rec overe d. 0x15 0 x82 DER EC_REC_SER V O_RNOK Serv o Read Not OK asse r tion: rec overe d. 0x15 0 x83 DER EC_REC_ SPK_ADR_ERR Spok e addr ess error: reco vere d. 0x16 0 x00 DER EC_REC_D A T A_SYNC_ ERR Data s ynchroni zati[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 41 0x01 Rec Error 0x17 0xA3 SERV O EC_REC_SV O_DEFECT_ WEDGE2 Defec tiv e W d g-2 nd - recov ered. 0x17 0xA4 SERV O EC_REC_SV O_MAPPED_WED GE Map'd W dg-1st - reco v ered. 0x17 0xA5 SERV O EC_REC_SV O_MAPPED_WED GE2 Map'd W dg-2nd - reco v ered. 0x17 0xA6 SERV O EC_REC_ SVO _ID_ERR Id Err-1s[...]

SCSI Description 5-142 M axtor Atlas 10K III 0x01 Rec Error 0x5D 0 x14 SMART EC_EWS_CBBT abl e Smart trig ged due t o bad bloc k % fre e (Com paq) 0x5D 0 x32 SMART EC_EWS_CRea dError Smart trigged due to read er rors (Com paq) 0x5D 0 x37 SMART EC_EWS_CRea dErrorT A Smart tri gged due to T A r ea d err ors (Compaq) 0x5D 0 x38 SMART EC_EWS_CWriteEr r[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 43 0x02 Not Ready 0x19 0x01 SYS EC_NOT_READ Y_ UNKNO WN_LIST Driv e Not Read y , Unknow n def e ct lis t. 0x19 0 x03 SYS EC_NO T_READ Y_BAD_ G_LIST Driv e Not Ready , Bad gro wn def e ct lis t. 0x31 0 x00 HD A EC_NO T_READ Y_FMT_ CORP Driv e Not Read y , Format c orrup ted . 0x31 0 x01 HD A EC_FMT_F A[...]

SCSI Description 5-144 M axtor Atlas 10K III 0x03 Medium Error 0x15 0 x83 DER EC_SPK _ADR_ERR Spok e addr ess error 0x16 0 x00 DER EC_D A T A_SYNC_ERR Data sync hroni zation mark error . 0x16 0 x83 DER EC_SPOKE_SYNC_ERR Spo ke synch ron izati on mark erro r . 0x19 0 x00 BBR EC_BBR_ BAD_MCS MCS i s i nv ali d. 0x19 0 x01 SYS EC_UNKNO WN_LIST Unk now[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 45 0x04 Hdwe Error 0x06 0 x86 RECAL EC_RCL _SK_BIAS Seek f ailure du ring Bias Ca librati on. 0x06 0 x87 RECAL EC_RCL _SK_KTJ Seek f ail ure during KT/J Ca librati on. 0x06 0 x88 RECAL EC_RCL _SK_PES Seek f ail ure during PES Ca librati on. 0x06 0 x89 RECAL EC_RCL _SV O_NO T_RD Y Recal servo not ready[...]

SCSI Description 5-146 M axtor Atlas 10K III 0x04 Hdwe Error 0x06 0x9E RECAL EC_RCL _F AI L _IN_ PESLIN Da ta co nsi st enc y fai lur e du ri ng PES Linearizat ion 0x06 0x9F RECAL EC_RCL _ERASE_BAND_ NOSYNC Couldn 't find syn c in the er ase band & couldn' t resta r t serv o . 0x06 0xA0 RECAL EC_RCL _ERASE_BAND_ SER V ODEAD Went serv [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 47 0x04 Hdwe Error 0x09 0xA4 SERV O EC_SV O_MAPPED_ WEDGE Svo :Map'd Wdg- 1st. 0x09 0xA5 SERV O EC_SV O_MAPPED_ WEDGE2 Svo:Map' d Wdg- 2nd. 0x09 0xA6 SERV O EC_SV O_ID_ERR Svo :Id Err -1st. 0x09 0xA7 SERV O EC_SV O_ID_ERR2 Svo :Id Err -2nd. 0x09 0xA8 SERV O EC_SV O_UNKNO WN_ WEDGE_ERR Svo: U[...]

SCSI Description 5-148 M axtor Atlas 10K III 0x04 Hdwe Error 0x40 0x8C DER EC_LBA_ERR LBA mismatch error . 0x40 0x8D HW EC_ETM_F AILURE E T Mt e s tf a i l u r e ,d r i v ef a i l e dt o spi n. 0x40 0x8E HW EC_T ARGET_RPM_ F AILURE Cou ld not achie v e targ et RPM. 0x40 0xA0 SV OT EC_SV OT_ F AI L _INCMP T est di d not complet e. 0x40 0xA1 SV OT EC[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 49 0x05 Ille gal Request 0x1A 0x00 SCSI EC_P ARAMETER_O VR P arameter lis t length err or . 0x20 0 x00 CMD EC_IN V_COMMAND In v alid c ommand. 0x20 0xFE SCSI EC_INV_ETM_CMD ET M c an 't r u n with m otor spi nn ing 0x20 0xFF M ISC EC_SS_CODE_BAD Self scan code not l oaded or bad 0x21 0 x00 CMD EC[...]

SCSI Description 5-150 M axtor Atlas 10K III 0x06 Unit Attn 0x0B 0x01 SMART EC_EWS_UT rippedThermal SMAR T o vertemperat ure trip 0x28 0 x00 SCSI EC_NRD Y_2_RD Y Not Ready t o Ready tran sition 0x29 0 x01 SCSI EC_RESET_OCCURRED P o wer-On -Reset occ urred. 0x29 0 x02 SCSI EC_RESET _SCSI_BUS SCSI b u s reset occu rred. 0x29 0 x03 SCSI EC_RESET _BUS_[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 51 0x07 Data Protect 0x27 0 x00 RD WR EC_DA T A_WR_PRO TECT Data write protec ted. 0x09 V endor Specif ic 0x81 0 x00 SCSI EC_O VRLAP_DF_WE New co m m and o verl aps def err ed write error . 0x0B Abor t ed Cmd 0x00 0 x00 SCSI EC_ABOR T Abo r ted . 0x1B 0x00 SCSI EC_ABOR T_STT O Abo r t: Sy nchronou s t[...]

SCSI Description 5-152 M axtor Atlas 10K III Sens e-Key S pecifi c Fiel d Conten ts The da t a format of the Field Pointer bytes associated wi th the ILLEGAL R EQUEST sense key is shown in Table 5-180; t he description of t he data is in Table 5-181. ILLEGA L REQUEST Sense Key Fiel d Pointer BytesData For m at ILLEGAL REQUEST Fiel d point er bytes[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 53 ILLEGAL REQU EST Sense K ey F ield Pointer Bytes Field Descriptions Th e d a ta f orm at o f the P ro gre s s Ind ica ti o n by tes as so c i a te d w ith th e N O T REA DY sense k ey is shown in Ta ble 5-182; t he desc riptio n of t he data is cont ained i n Tabl e 5- 183. NO T READ Y Sense Key -[...]

SCSI Description 5-154 M axtor Atlas 10K III Table 5 – 90 MEDIUM ERROR o r RECOVERED ERROR Sen se Key - Retry Count SKSV Sen se-Key Sp ecific Valid Retry Count The num ber o f times a n I/ O oper ation was retried[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 55 The R ES ERVE and the R ELEASE comm ands are used f or contention resolution in m u ltiple-initiator systems. The R ESERVE comm and is used to reserve a log ic al unit. The data format and t he field des criptions a re des cribed in Ta ble 5-186 and Table 5- 187 re s pe ct i ve l y. RESERVE (6 ) Co[...]

SCSI Description 5-156 M axtor Atlas 10K III The R ES ERVE and the R ELEASE comm ands are used for contention resolut i on in m u ltiple-initiator systems. The R ESERVE comm and is used to reserve a log ic al unit. If RESERVE (10) is used, then RELEASE (10) is also us ed. The data f ormat and the field descri ptions are described in Tab le 5-188 an[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 57 Extent Descr ipto r s-Data Format The Res ervation Ty pe fi eld def ines the type of re servatio n in effect for the exte nt being r eserved . Availa ble t ypes of reserv ations are shown in Tabl e 5-191. Reservation T ypes RelAdr is always 0: The Max tor A tlas 10K III hard disk dr ive does not su[...]

SCSI Description 5-158 M axtor Atlas 10K III The REZERO U NIT command sends the hea ds to cylinde r 0 (L ogical Block Address 0). Once the heads are o n the track, they are not guaranteed t o stay at cylinder 0; periodic calibr ations ma y send t hem to a diff erent cylinder . If periodic calibra tions have been disabled by using the M AN bit (byte[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 59 The SEEK (6) command us es a 6- byte Command Desc riptor Bloc k to r equest t he drive to send the drive heads t o the requested Logical Block Address. The drive responds by p lacing the heads a t the correct Logical Block Address. W hen the heads are at the s pecified Logical Block Address, t hey [...]

SCSI Description 5-160 M axtor Atlas 10K III The SEEK (1 0) command u s es a 10-byte Comman d Descriptor Block to request the drive to send the drive heads t o the requested Logical Block Address. The drive responds by p lacing the heads a t the correct Logical Block Address. W hen the heads are at the s pecified Logical Block Address, t hey are no[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 61 Th e SE ND D IAG NOST IC co mma nd se nds a diagn osti c pag e to the driv e. Re fer to th e RE CEI VE DIAG NOSTI CS RE SULT S co mma nd fo r a de sc ri pti o n of t he diagnosti c pages and th e use of the diagnost ic co mmands. The Supported Diag nost ic Pag e List (Table 5-19 9) and Trans lat e [...]

SCSI Description 5-162 M axtor Atlas 10K III Self Test If th e PF bit i s 0 and the SelfTes t bit is 1, the dri ve run s its self -t est rout ine. GOOD sta tus is re tu rned to the i nit iator if the self -tes t pa sses . CH ECK CO NDITI ON stat us is ret urne d along with any avai lable sense data if t he sel f-tes t fai l s. This fi el d is ignor[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 63 Table 5 -199 shows t he Suppo rted Diagnosti c Page List that ca n be supplied wit h a SEN D DIAGN OST IC com man d to r eque st tha t the Su ppor t ed Di agno s tic P a ge Li st be re t ur ned afte r t he n e xt RECE IV E DI A G N OS TIC RE S ULTS co m m an d . Supp orted Di agno st ic P age Li st[...]

SCSI Description 5-164 M axtor Atlas 10K III Table 5-20 0 shows the Tr anslat e Address Page that can be su pplied with a SEND DIAGNO STIC command to r equ est that the Translate Ad dress Page be return ed after th e ne xt RECE I VE DIAG N OS T I C RESU L T S co m m a n d. T ran sl ate A ddres s Page- Da ta F o r mat 0 Page Code (40h ) 1 Rese rved [...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 65 The SET DEVICE IDEN TIFIE R co mmand requests that the device ident ifier in fo r matio n in th e l o gi c al u nit be s et to the v a lu e send v i a th e SET D EVI C E IDENTIFIER command ’ s parameter list. The da ta f ormat and fiel d descri ptions are sh o w n in T a b l e 5- 2 01 and T ab l [...]

SCSI Description 5-166 M axtor Atlas 10K III The START STO P U NIT comm and enables or disables t he logical unit for m edia access operations. This command gives th e initiator remote control over dr ive spin- up and spin-down. The data f ormat and field descriptions are shown in Ta ble 5-205 and T a b l e 5- 2 06 respe c tivel y . A jumper (or ba[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 67 The SY NCHRONI Z E CACHE co mmand ensures that all logical blocks, within the specified range in the drive's cac he memor y, have their most rec ent data value rec or de d o n t he p hys ic al me di um. If m or e re ce nt da t a fo r a l og i cal b lo c k, wi t hi n th e specified range, ex is[...]

SCSI Description 5-168 M axtor Atlas 10K III Th e T E S T UNIT REA DY c o mm a nd ret u rn s G O OD stat us i f th e d r iv e is re ady to receive medium access commands (that is, READ, WRITE, VERIFY, etc.). If the drive is not ready to receive medium access c omm ands, it returns CHECK CON DITION status with t he appropriate s ense key s and quali[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 69 The VERI FY c omman d verifies the d ata on the medium for the Logical Block Address range specified. The da ta f ormat and field descri pt ions are shown in Table 5- 210 a nd T ab le 5- 211 r es pe cti ve ly. VERIFY Command Descripto r Blo ck-Data Format VERIF Y Comma nd -Field Descriptions 0 O pe[...]

SCSI Description 5-170 M axtor Atlas 10K III The WR I TE (6) comm and r equests that the dr ive w rite initiator-su pplied data to the me d i um . The Command Descr ipt or Bl ock for t he WRITE ( 6) command is s hown in Table 5- 212; Table 5 -213 describes t he data f ields. WRITE (6) Command D escrip tor Block-Data F or mat WRITE (6) Command-Field[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 71 The WRITE (10) c o mman d r e q uests that the drive write initiat or -su pplied data to the medium. The data f ormat a nd f iel d desc r ipti ons are shown i n Table 5-2 14 a nd Table 5- 21 5 respe ct i v e ly. WRITE (1 0) C omma nd Desc rip tor Bl oc k-Dat a Form at WR IT E (10 ) Comm and -Fie ld[...]

SCSI Description 5-172 M axtor Atlas 10K III The W RIT E AND VER IFY command writes host-supplied data t o the unit and verifie s i t was wr itten corr ectly. The dat a f ormat and f ield d escr iptions are s hown i n Tab l e 5- 216 an d T ab l e 5- 217 res p e ct i ve ly . WRITE AND VE RIFY Comma nd Descrip tor Bl ock-Dat a For mat WRITE AND VE RI[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 73 Th e W RIT E BU FFE R an d th e RE A D BUF FER co mm a n ds al l o w the ini t iator to gain access to the data storage areas within the drive cont r oller. These commands are used to check t he integrity of t he buffer-initiator data path independent of the st or ag e medium, ty pically for fault [...]

SCSI Description 5-174 M axtor Atlas 10K III WRITE BUF F ER Com ma nd - Field De scriptions Mode Fo ur m odes ar e supported by the dri ve; Combined Heade r and Data, Data Only, Download Microc ode and Save, and W ri te Data from Echo Buf f er. The pe rm is sible v alues f or Buf fe r ID, Buffer Of fset are as f ollows: 0000b Combined Header and Da[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 75 The W RIT E LON G and READ LONG c om mands allow the initiator to issue raw reads a nd writ es of phys ical sec to rs addres sed as log ical blo cks with an a ssumed sec tor length of 512 byte s. These commands are used to veri fy the correction capabi lity of the drive' s ECC and to create de[...]

SCSI Description 5-176 M axtor Atlas 10K III The WRI TE SAM E command requests that the drive write t he single sector of data transferred by the init iator to the medium multiple times. Th e data format and f ield descriptions are shown in Ta ble 5-222 and Table 5-223 respect ively. WRI TE S AM E Command D es criptor Block-Data Form at WR IT E SAM[...]

SCS I Description M axt or Atla s 10 K III 5 -1 77 The WRITE SKIP MASK c omma n d allows t he initiator to condit ion the funct ion of th e WRI TE c omma nds to a ll ow on ly s e lec t ed da ta to be tra ns fer r ed o ver t he S CSI interface. A W R I TE SKIP MASK comm and precedes a WRITE (10) comm and; t he W R I T E ( 1 0 ) c o m m a n d m u s t[...]

SCSI Description 5-178 M axtor Atlas 10K III[...]

Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6-1 This ch apter provi des desc riptions of ma ny of the featur es inc orporate d in the Maxto r Atlas 10K I II hard disk drive family. Max tor Atlas 10 K III d is k drives p ro vi d e uneq u ale d qualit y an d per fo rma nce. T he y are de signed t o improve t he perf ormance of hig h-end works tati ons, fil e se rvers, [...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 2 Max t or A tla s 10 K II I • Advan ced U lt ra160 SCSI-LV D, U ltra320 S CSI-LVD, U ltra2-LV D , and U l tra -S E w ith 68-pin wi de connector or 80-pi n SCA- 2 conne ctor • Sup eri o r data in teg ri ty : • 352-bit Reed -Solomon quad-bur st ECC provi des fast o n-the-f ly co rrec tion fo r sm all e rro rs an [...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6-3 The drive supports write-back caching. I n this case, writes are consid e red complete when the data is loaded into the cache, before it is writ ten to the media. Th is allows the host to g o on to oth er ta sks, whi le the d rive assu mes respon sibi lity fo r th e data and ensuring that it [...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 4 Max t or A tla s 10 K II I A 10,000 rpm rotati on speed yields an average latency of 3 ms. Embedded se rvo in formatio n is w ritt en in a spoke config uration on ever y tra ck, on every disk surf ace. The spokes (or headers) c onsist of quadrature analog patterns and digital addr ess da t a. The digit al por ti ons[...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6-5 In any SCSI disk drive, bad bloc ks may be r eallocat ed. However, a p ower failu re or unrecover able da ta c ould thr eaten data in tegri ty duri ng a bloc k re alloc ation. The rea llocat ion an d defect list stora ge algor ithms pr event a reallo cati on fr om being lost due to a p ower f[...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 6 Max t or A tla s 10 K II I In banded re cording, the disk is divi ded into multipl e bands (also called par titions, notches, or bi t-zoned areas). S tartin g at t he inn er band, each ba nd fur ther out has more bl ocks per tr ack (a h igher recordi ng fr equency). Thi s use of multip le-fre quency recording increa[...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6-7 The disk dr ive performs a s elf-diagnostic test immediately at power up. Both the Fault LED and a Bu sy LED b riefly illuminate during spin-u p as a lamp test. If the drive passes the s e lf-tests (and the s pin-up jumper is in stalled), it spins up and performs fur th er diagno sti cs on th[...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 8 Max t or A tla s 10 K II I Max tor implement s multiple LOG SEN SE pages wh ich logically group tog ether par ame ters rela ted t o dis k a n d subs yste m ac tiviti es. M oni toring this d ata e nable s use rs to observe dr ive perfor mance and possibly predict failures. The mo de pag es c on tro l al l e r ro r re[...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6-9 If the block's data is unrecover abl e, the block may or may not be r epla ced accor ding to t he st a te of t he R UEE b i t i n t he Ma xt or V endor Uni que Page. If the RUEE bit i s set, th e bad data is reloca ted wit h a Bad Data Mar k appended to it. If the PER bit is set in the R[...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 10 M ax t o r A tla s 10 K II I The DIFF SENS signal in the SCSI bus defines the current operati ng mode of the SCS I bus. A level below +.5 volts defines a single-ended bus. A level between +.7 and +1.9 vo lts defines an LVD bus. A level above +2.4 volts d efines a Hig h Voltage Differentia l (HVD) bus. Before LV D w[...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6- 11 With Ultr a160 and Ulra3 20 SCSI int erfaces, Ma xtor ha s introd uced a new method of clocking data on the SCSI bus. This meth o d, call ed Doubl e Trans ition (DT) c locking, uses both t he r isi ng and f alli ng edg es of the REQ and AC K sign als to cloc k da ta int o the receiving devi[...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 12 M ax t o r A tla s 10 K II I When tra nsferring data with DT clocking on the S CSI bu s, a si gnifi cantly improved form of e rror checking , cycl ic redun dancy ch ecking (CRC) is used i nst e ad of the tradit ional par ity chec king. With CRC checking , the devic e s ending data genera tes a fo ur-b yte CRC ch ar[...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6- 13 This is a n open- loop method o f c ompensat i ng for some of the si g nal loss that i s most sev e re o n the firs t p a rt of a sign al ’ s transiti on. FRC is used to i mprove int egrity of the clock si gnal by removi ng inte r-symbol inte rference ( ISI ). By havi ng a c lock running [...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 14 M ax t o r A tla s 10 K II I It is not possible f or the suppliers of various system components (e.g., targets, in itiators, back planes , termin ators) to guarant ee that a system can op erate under “ Hot Swap Case 4" conditions. Therefore, the syst em integrator bears the responsibility for ensuring that t[...]

Fea tu re D es cri pt io ns Ma xtor A tlas 1 0K I II 6- 15 If addi tion al inf ormation is required, r efer t o the follow ing document ati on: • SC S I-3 SP I (SCSI Para llel Interfa ce), rev i sion 15 , no w A N SI S tand ard N o. X3.253.1993 - Device I n sertion/Removal class es • SCSI - 3 F as t- 20, re vi sion 6, n ow A NSI S ta nd ard N o[...]

Fea tu re De sc rip ti o ns 6- 16 M ax t o r A tla s 10 K II I[...]

Maxtor A t la s 10K III A- 1 Appendix A is a synopsis of SCSI commands, as sociated pag es, messages, sens e keys and status codes us ed in this manual. Note: R eserved fields i n CDBs an d Parameters have a value of 0; Re- served fields in states and other parameter s sent to an initiator are se t to 0. Table A- 1 contai ns the SCSI-3 e quivalent [...]

Appendix A A-2 Maxt or A tl a s 10 K II I Table A-2 and Table A-3 contain s the SCSI-3 c ommands and messag es and their correspondi ng op codes. SCSI- 3 Q uic k Ref erence – Commands CHANGE DEFINITION 40 FORM A T UNIT 04 INQUIRY 12 L OG SELECT 4C LO G S E N S E 4 D MODE SELE CT (6) 15 MODE SELE CT (1 0) 55 MODE SENSE (6) 1A MODE SENSE (1 0) 5A P[...]

Appendix A Maxtor A t la s 10K III A- 3 SCS I- 3 Qu i c k R e f er e nce – Messages Table A-4 list s the S C SI pages, along wit h the pag e codes and c omm ands. SCSI- 3 Q uic k Ref erence - Page s ABORT 06 ABORT T AG 0D BUS DE VIC E RES ET 0C CLE A R QUEU E 0E COM MAND COM PLETE 0 0 CONTI NU E I/O PR OC E SS 12 DI SC ON NE CT 04 EX TENDED ME SS[...]

Appendix A A-4 Maxt or A tl a s 10 K II I Note: * Not suppor ted in SC SI-1/CSS mode XOR is current ly disa bled and page i s not change able Device Ide ntif ication 83 12 Disk Er ror Recovery Counter s 3A 4D Disconnec t-Reconnect 02 15, 55 Early W arning Status 36 4D ECC Co un ter s an d S um m ary 3D 4D Firmware R evision C0 12 Format Device 03 1[...]

Appendix A Maxtor A t la s 10K III A- 5 Table A-5 list s the sense keys. SCS I- 3 Qu i c k Re f er e nce – Se ns e Ke y s Table A-6 list s the sta tus codes. SCS I- 3 Qu i c k R e f er e nce – St at u s Co de s NO SEN SE 0 RECO VERED ERROR 1 NOT R EA DY 2 MEDIUM ERROR 3 HA R DW AR E E R R OR 4 ILLE GAL R EQ UEST 5 UNIT A TT ENTION 6 DA T A PR O[...]

Appendix A A-6 Maxt or A tl a s 10 K II I[...]

Maxtor Atlas 10K III B-1 This appendix provides in formation about the INQUIRY command ’ s N egot ia ted Rate Information Page that is not provid e d in Section 5.11.2.7. S pecifically, it provides the codes and meanings for the Tran sfer Period Facto r field (byte 4) and a table that explains the allo wable s ettings for the Q AS , DT, and IU fi[...]

Appendix B B- 2 Maxt or A tl a s 10 K II I Tran sfe r Perio d Fact or Fi eld Value s When P ARL = 0 Table C-3 provid es valid b it combinations for the QAS, DT, and IU fields of the INQ UIRY c om mand ’ s Negot iate d Rate Info rmation P age (Se ction 5.11.2.7 of thi s manual). Only the c ombinatio ns shown in the t a ble are va li d; a ll ot her[...]

Maxtor Atl as 10K III 18/3 6/73 GB Ultra16 0 SCSI G-1 ACCESS – (v) Read, writ e, or upd ate infor mati on sto red on a disk or other medium. (n) The operat ion of readi ng, wr iting, or updati ng st ored inf ormation. ACCESS TIME – The interval bet ween the time a req uest is made by t he system and the time t he data is available from the dr i[...]

Glos sary G-2 Max tor Atl as 10K III 18/36 /73 GB Ultr a160 SCSI BEZEL – A p l as tic pa n e l th a t e x ten d s th e face of a drive so that it co vers a computer ’ s drive bay ope ning. The bezel usu a l ly c ontai ns a drive- activi ty LED. Also k nown as the face plat e . BIT – Ab brevi ation for bi nary digi t. A bi nary digit may have [...]

Glo ssary Maxtor Atl as 10K III 18/36/ 73 GB U l tra 160 SCSI G-3 CRC – Cy clic Re dun dan cy C heck . An e rro r detection procedure t hat identifies inco mplete or f aulty dat a in ea ch sec tor. CYLIN DE R – When disks are placed directly above one an other along t he shaft , the cir cular, vertical “ slice ” c onsist ing of all t he tr [...]

Glos sary G-4 Max tor Atl as 10K III 18/36 /73 GB Ultr a160 SCSI EXTE NDED CON TINGENT ALLE GIANCE – A condit ion generated by a ta rget a nd annou nced wi th a I NITIATE RE C OV ER Y mes s age . T h e mo d e i s u se d when multi-step extended err or recovery procedures ar e required to prevent interfer enc e as from other initiators in a multi-[...]

Glo ssary Maxtor Atl as 10K III 18/36/ 73 GB U l tra 160 SCSI G-5 HALF-HE IGHT – Standard dr ive size equivale nt t o half t he ver tical sp ace of a 5 1 /4- inch drive. HARD D I SK – A type of storage m edi um that retains data as m a gnetic pat terns on a r igid disk, usually made of an iron oxi de or al loy over a magnesiu m or a luminum pla[...]

Glos sary G-6 Max tor Atl as 10K III 18/36 /73 GB Ultr a160 SCSI command or a group of l inked commands. An I/O proc ess normal ly ends wi th a BUS FREE phase f oll owi n g a C OMMAND COMPL ETE or a RE LE ASE R ECOV ERY me ssa ge. JUMPER – A ti ny box t ha t sl ip s over two pin s on a c ircuit board, conne cting the pins electrically. Some board[...]

Glo ssary Maxtor Atl as 10K III 18/36/ 73 GB U l tra 160 SCSI G-7 MI CRO PR OCE S SO R – The integrated cir c ui t ch i p th a t perf or ms the bulk of da ta process ing and contr ols the oper ation of al l of the parts of the system. A d isk drive a lso contains a micr oproces sor to ha ndle all of the internal functions o f the drive and t o su[...]

Glos sary G-8 Max tor Atl as 10K III 18/36 /73 GB Ultr a160 SCSI PERIPHE RAL – A device added t o a system as an enhancement to t he basic CPU , such as a disk dr ive, tape dr ive or print er. PHYSICAL FORMAT – The actual physical layou t of cylinder s, trac ks, and sector s on a dis k drive. PHYSICAL S ECTOR – See sector, data. PLATTER – C[...]

Glo ssary Maxtor Atl as 10K III 18/36/ 73 GB U l tra 160 SCSI G-9 that mult iple di sks can be u sed to inc rease the amount of st ored materi al, and that once removed, t he disk can be stor ed away to preve nt unaut horized use. RLL – Abbreviat ion for Run Leng th Limit ed. An advanc ed method us e d to enco de (or compress) data for s torage o[...]

Glos sary G-1 0 Maxtor Atla s 10K III 18/36/ 73 GB Ultra 160 SCSI SCS I ID – The bit-significant representation o f the SCS I addr ess refer ring to one of ei ght (or one o f sixte en) data lines . SEC TOR – O n a PC hard drive, t he minimum segment of trac k length that can be assi gn ed to stor e infor mation. On Mac intosh and UNIX drives, s[...]

Glo ssary Maxtor Atl as 10K III 1 8/36/73 GB Ultr a 160 S CSI G-11 SOFT E RROR – A fau lty d ata read ing that do es no t recur i f the same da ta is reread fr om th e disk, or co rrected b y ECC. Usual ly caused by power f luctua tions or noise spi kes. SOFT -S ECT ORE D – Old time-based method of indi catin g the s tart of e ach se ctor on a [...]

Glos sary G-1 2 Maxtor Atla s 10K III 18/36/ 73 GB Ultra 160 SCSI unfor matted ca pacity – The total number of bytes of data t hat can be put on a disk drive. For matt ing the disk requ ires ap pro ximat ely 20% of this space to re cord servo da ta, addr esses, boundary def initi ons, an d timi ng informa tion. After formattin g, us e r data can [...]

Maxtor At las 10K III I- 1 4-pi n DC power c onnec tor 3-21 512-byte sec tors available 4-3 abbreviatio ns 1-2 acoustics 4-7 Ac tive N otc h 5- 59 actuator 4- 6 Adapter , 50-pin to 68- pin 2- 4 Additi onal Se nse Codes 5-135, 5-139 Additi onal Se nse Leng th 5-136 air temp eratur e 3-25 Al loca tion Le n gth 5-10, 5-38, 5- 122, 5- 131, 5-132, 5-134[...]

Ind ex I-2 M axtor At las 10K III De f ectiv e S ecto r Num ber 5-18 Disconnec t Time Limit 5-50 Disconnec t-Reconne ct Pa ge 5- 50 dis k erro rs 4-3, 4- 11 disks 4-1 DOS 4-3 Drive Step Rate 5- 80 drop 4- 10 ECC 5-12, 5-14, 5-37, 5- 49, 5-52, 5- 117, 5-175 encod ing method 4-1 Ending Boundary 5-59 environme nt al cond itio ns 4-8 er ro r co rr ecti[...]

Ind ex Maxtor At las 10K I II I -3 5-121, 5- 136, 5-138, 5-158, 5- 159, 5-160, 5- 167, 5-169, 5-170, 5- 171, 5-172, 5-175, 5-177 low 4-3 low-lev el forma t 4- 3 manual organi zati on 1-1 mating c onnector s 3- 21 Maximum Burst S ize 5- 50 maximum effective areal density 4-2 maximum linear density 4-1 max i m u m n umbe r o f erro rs 4-11 maximum sc[...]

Ind ex I-4 M axtor At las 10K III 30 Quantum Manuf act uring Informa tion Pag e 5-30 Quantum Speci al F unct ion C ont r ol 5- 158 Quantum S pecial F uncti on Cont rol Page 5-158 Queu e Algorithm Mo dif ier 5-57 R/W he ad s 4-1 RE A D (10) Co m m an d 5- 107 READ (6) Command 5-88, 5-106 READ BUF FER Co mman d 5-108, 5- 109 READ CAPACITY Command 5-1[...]

Ind ex Maxtor At las 10K I II I -5 Supported Diagnostics Pages Page 5- 123 Su p p o r t e d Se n s e Ke ys 5- 137 SURF 5-79 SYNC HRONIZE CA CHE Command 5- 167 Synchr onous Data Transf e r 5-22 TARGET TRANSFER DIS ABLE 5- 22 te mper atur e 4-8 terminol ogy 1-2 TEST UNIT READY Command 5-168 Third Party Device ID 5- 126, 5- 128, 5- 155, 5-156 timing s[...]

Ind ex I-6 M axtor At las 10K III[...]