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4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands
S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive
attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T. makes a
status report available to the host. Not all failures are predictable. S.M.A.R.T. predictability is limited to the attributes the drive can
monitor. For more information on S.M.A.R.T. commands and implementation, see the Draft ATA-5 Standard.
SeaTools diagnostic software activates a built-in drive self-test (DST S.M.A.R.T. command for D4
returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at:
http://seatools.seagate.com.
This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. Users must have a recent BIOS or software package that supports S.M.A.R.T.
to enable this feature. The table below shows the S.M.A.R.T. command codes that the drive uses.
Table 11 S.M.A.R.T. commands
Code in features register
D0
H
D1
H
D2
H
D3
H
D4
H
D5
H
D6
H
D8
H
D9
H
DA
H
If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the
Note
command is aborted and 0x04 (abort) is written to the Error register.
Seagate BarraCuda Product Manual, Rev. D
S.M.A.R.T. command
S.M.A.R.T. Read Data
S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Threshold
S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave
S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values
S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate (runs DST)
S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector
S.M.A.R.T. Write Log Sector
S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations
S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations
S.M.A.R.T. Return Status
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