Smart Subcommand - Hitachi CinemaStar P7K500 Specifications

10.43.1 SMART Subcommand

In order to select a subcommand the host must write the subcommand code to the device's Features Register
before issuing the SMART Function Set command. The subcommands and their respective codes are listed
below.
Code Subcommand
D0h SMART Read Attribute Values
D1h
SMART Read Attribute Thresholds
D2h SMART Enable/disable Attribute Autosave
D3h SMART Save Attribute Values
D4h SMART Execute Off-line Immediate
D5h SMART Read Log Sector
D6h SMART Write Log Sector
D8h SMART Enable Operations
D9h SMART Disable Operations
Dah SMART Return Status
DBh SMART Enable/Disable Automatic Off-Line
10.43.1.1
SMART Read Attribute Values (Subcommand D0h)
This subcommand returns the device's Attribute Values to the host. Upon receipt of the SMART Read Attribute
Values subcommand from the host, the device saves any updated Attribute Values to the Attribute Data sectors,
and then transfers the 512 bytes of Attribute Value information to the host.
10.43.1.2
SMART Read Attribute Thresholds (Subcommand D1h)
This subcommand returns the device's Attribute Thresholds to the host. Upon receipt of the SMART Read
Attribute Thresholds subcommand from the host, the device reads the Attribute Thresholds from the Attribute
Threshold sectors, and then transfers the 512 bytes of Attribute Thresholds information to the host.
10.43.1.3
SMART Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave (Subcommand D2h)
This subcommand enables and disables the attribute autosave feature of the device. The SMART
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave subcommand either allows the device to automatically save its updated
Attribute Values to the Attribute Data Sector periodically; or this subcommand causes the autosave feature to be
disabled. The state of the Attribute Autosave feature (either enabled or disabled) will be preserved by the device
across power cycle.
A value of 00h written by the host into the device's Sector Count Register before issuing the SMART
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave subcommand will cause this feature to be disabled. Disabling this feature
does not preclude the device from saving Attribute Values to the Attribute Data sectors during some other
normal operation such as during a power-up or power-down.
A value of F1h written by the host into the device's Sector Count Register before issuing the SMART
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave subcommand will cause this feature to be enabled. Any other non-zero value
written by the host into this register before issuing the SMART Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave subcommand
will not change the current Autosave status but the device will respond with the error code specified in 0.
The SMART Disable Operations subcommand disables the autosave feature along with the device's SMART
operations.
Upon the receipt of the subcommand from the host, the device asserts BSY, enables or disables the Autosave
feature, clears BSY and asserts INTRQ.
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