Commands - Seagate ST320410ACE Product Manual

U Series CE Family Product Manual, Rev. A
3.1.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands
S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc 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-Rev 6 Standard.
SeaTools diagnostic software activates a built-in drive self-test (DST)
S.M.A.R.T. command for D4
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. You 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.
Code in Features S.M.A.R.T. Command
Register
D0 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data
H
D1 Obsolete
H
D2 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave
H
D3 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values
H
D4 S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate
H
(runs DST)
D5 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector
H
D6 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log Sector
H
D7 Obsolete
H
D8 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations
H
D9 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations
H
DA S.M.A.R.T. Return Status
H
Note. If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the
command is aborted and 0x04 (abort) is written to the Error
register.
that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
H
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