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Maxtor Atlas 10K V Product Manual September 6, 2005 Revision 3 PN: 000001911...
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This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein – which will be incorporated in revised editions of the publication. Maxtor may make changes or improvements in the prod- uct(s) described in this publication at any time and without notice.
Tel: 1-800-2-MAXTOR or 1-800-262-9867 Before You Begin Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for OEM engi- neers and systems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives. Drive repair should be per- formed only at an authorized repair center.
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Regulatory Statements This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
3.4.3.3 Spin Up for the 80 Pin SCA-2 Connector Versions.............3-14 3.4.3.4 Activity LED for SCA Connector Versions..............3-15 3.5 INTERFACE CONNECTOR (J1)..................3-15 3.5.1 68-Pin Wide SCSI Connector - LVD ...............3-18 3.5.1.1 68-Pin Wide Connector....................3-18 3.5.2 80-Pin SCA-2 SCSI Connector - LVD ..............3-19 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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5.9 NEW OPERATING DEFINITION (40h) ............... 5-14 5.10 FORMAT UNIT Command (04h)..................5-15 5.10.1 Five Forms of FORMAT UNIT Commands ............5-17 5.10.2 FORMAT UNIT Parameter List ................5-17 5.11 INQUIRY Command (12h) ....................5-21 5.11.1 Standard Inquiry Data Page ..................5-22 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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5.32 REPORT LUNS Command (A0h) ................. 5-107 5.33 REQUEST SENSE Command (03h)................5-108 5.33.1 Sense Data Availability ...................5-108 5.33.2 Status Reporting ....................5-109 5.33.3 Sense Data Format for Error Code 70h and Error Code 71h ........5-109 Maxtor Atlas 10K V iii...
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6.12 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ....................6-5 6.13 DIAGNOSTICS ......................... 6-6 6.13.1 Power On Self Test (POST) ..................6-6 6.13.2 Periodic Self-Adjustments ..................6-6 6.13.3 Host Diagnostics ......................6-7 6.13.4 Log Sense ........................6-7 6.14 ERROR RECOVERY ..................... 6-7 6.14.1 Seek Error Recovery ....................6-7 Maxtor Atlas 10K V iv...
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A.3 SCSI Pages .......................... A-3 A.4 Sense Keys .......................... A-5 A.5 Status Codes........................A-5 Appendix B NEGOTIATED RATE INFORMATION PAGE REFERENCE B.1 TRANSFER PERIOD FACTOR FIELD................B-1 B.2 Settings for the QAS, DT, and IU fields ................B-2 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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List of Figures Figure 3-1 Dimensions for the Maxtor Atlas 10K V Hard 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 ........3-7 Figure 3-4 Pin Locations on SCA-2 Connector ..............3-11 Figure 3-5 J1 Interface Connector Configurations.............
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Table 4-1 Specifications....................4-1 Table 4-2 Formatted Capacity ..................4-3 Table 4-3 Timing Specifications for Maxtor Atlas 10K V..........4-4 Table 4-4 Power Reset Limits1 ................... 4-5 Table 4-5 Power Dissipation in Various Modes (Low-Profile Drives) ......4-6 Table 4-6 Acoustical Characteristics—Sound Power per ISO 7779 ......
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Table 5-111 PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Read Reservations Descriptor-Field Descriptions ..............5-75 Table 5-112 Persistent Reservation Type Codes and Their Meanings ......5-76 Table 5-113 When Do Conflicts Between Existing Reservations and New Reservations Exist? ..................5-78 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Transfer Period Factor Field Values When PARL = 1 ........ B-1 Table B-2 Transfer Period Factor Field Values When PARL = 0 ........ B-2 Table B-3 Settings for the QAS, DT, and IU Fields of the Negotiated Rate Information Page (INQUIRY Command) ..........B-2 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
AUDIENCE The Maxtor Atlas 10K V Product Manual is intended for reference by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are integrating the disk drive into a system or subsystem, developers, and disk drive installers. Its primary audience is the OEM technical staff that makes disk drive purchase and configuration decisions, and system integrators that are responsible for the SCSI interface.
• MHz megahertz • ms milliseconds • MSB most significant bit • mV millivolts • ns nanoseconds • SCSI Small Computer System Interface • tpi tracks per inch • ms microseconds • V volts 1-2 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
For additional information about the SCSI interface, refer to: • ANSI Small Computer System Interface-2 (SCSI-2) Specification, ANSI X3T9.2/86-109, Revision 10k. • ANSI Small Computer System Interface-3 (SCSI-3) Specification, ANSI X3T10, August 1994. • SPI-3 Specification Revision SPI-4 Spec Revision 10 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
PRODUCT OVERVIEW Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drives are part of a family of high performance, 1-inch-high hard disk drives manufactured to meet the highest product quality standards. There are currently three models in the Maxtor Atlas 10K V series, with capacities of 73.5, 147.1, and 300 gigabytes (GB).
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• SCSI bus active negation drivers • Burst data transfer rate of up to 6.0 MB/s asynchronous, 40 MB/s Ultra SCSI, 80 MB/s Ultra2 SCSI, 160 MB/s Ultra160 SCSI, and 320 MB/s Ultra320 SCSI. • SCSI bus fairness Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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• Thermal Sensing monitors the drive temperature to ensure on-going drive reliability • Shock Protection System III (SPS III) protects the drive against specific types of handling events that could cause damage to the drive. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
• Plug-and-Play SCSI • SCSI-2, Ultra160 SCSI, and Ultra320 SCSI compatibility REGULATORY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS Maxtor Corporation’s disk drive products meet all domestic and international product safety regulatory compliance requirements. Maxtor’s disk drive products conform to the following specifically marked Product Safety Standards: •...
68-pin Wide, or 80-pin SCA-2 interface. A 50-pin to 68- pin adapter is required to use the 68-pin Wide drive in a 50-pin cabling configuration. Termination is required on the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drives as they do not support on-board SCSI termination.
Chapter 3 INSTALLATION This chapter explains how to unpack, configure, mount, and connect the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive prior to operation. It also explains how to start up and operate the drive. SAFETY, HANDLING, & ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION 3.1.1...
The outside of the bag may not have the same anti-static properties as the inside. It could actually increase the possibility of ESD problems. • Do not use any test equipment to check components on the electronics module. There are no user-serviceable components on the drive. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
SPACE REQUIREMENTS The Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive is shipped without a faceplate and comes in the following SCSI interface configurations: • 68-pin Wide SCSI • 80-pin SCA-2 SCSI Figure 3-1 Shows The Mechanical Dimensions of the drives.
3.2.1 Shock Feet Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drives are outfitted with plastic shock feet on the bottom edge of the base casting, near the corners, beneath the side mounting holes (translucent), and near the corners of the top cover next to the screws (black). The shock feet give an additional level of isolation to prevent the head and disk damage that occasionally occurs during unpacking, staging, and installation.
Figure 3-2 shows the packing assembly for a single Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive. Shipping containers for 25-pack are available for multiple drive shipments. Figure 3-2 Drive Packing Assembly Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
3.4.2 Jumper Options on the 68-Pin Wide PCB This section describes how to configure the jumpers on Maxtor Atlas 10K V disks with 68-pin SCSI interface connectors. The following features are jumper- selectable: • SCSI ID (0), (1), (2), (3) – SCSI Bus Device Identification •...
1, and 0, respectively. 3.4.2.1 Write Protection To configure Write Protection for the drive, install a jumper across pin pair 11/12 on the J3 Option Header. To disable Write Protection on the drive, remove the jumper. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
3.4.2.2 Delay Spin (DS), Stagger Spin (SS) Maxtor Atlas 10K V drives have three Spin Up modes: Option 1 (No jumpers installed): Spin up immediately when power is applied. Verify that no jumper is installed across the Delay Spin pin pair of the J3 Option Header.
3.4.3.1 Termination for the 80-Pin SCA-2 Connector Versions CAUTION: These versions of Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drives cannot be configured to provide bus termination. Therefore, be sure to properly terminate the SCSI bus on which this drive is in- stalled.
Refer to Table 3-2 for SCSI ID pin assignments. Note: Refer to your system or SCSI controller documentation for spe- cific recommendations about assigning SCSI ID numbers for your specific system. Figure 3-4 Pin Locations on SCA-2 Connector Maxtor Atlas 10K V 3-11...
3.4.3.3 Spin Up for the 80-Pin SCA-2 Connector Versions Maxtor Atlas 10K V drives have three Spin Up modes: Option 1 Spin up occurs immediately when power is applied. Option 2 Drive spin up occurs after a predetermined delay following power on.
The output indicates the drive is performing a SCSI operation. To use this output, connect a user-supplied LED cathode to the BUSY_OUT connection, pin 77 on the SCA Connector (Figure 3-4). The LED anode must be attached to the proper +5 VDC supply through an appropriate current-limiting resistor. Maxtor Atlas 10K V 3-13...
INTERFACE CONNECTOR (J1) The configuration of J1 is different for the 68-pin and 80-pin SCSI variations. Figure 3-5 shows the various connector styles. Figure 3-5 J1 Interface Connector Configurations 3-14 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
3.5.1.1 68-Pin Wide Mating Connector The cable plug connector that mates with the 68-pin hard disk drive connector is the AMP AMPLIMITE .050 Series III, part number 749925-5. 3-16 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
- BSY +BSY - ATN +ATN - DB (P0) +DB (P0) - DB (7) +DB (7) - DB (6) +DB (6) - DB (5) +DB (5) - DB (4) +DB (4) -DB (3) +DB (3) Maxtor Atlas 10K V 3-17...
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The compatible 80-pin mating connectors are: • Right-angle receptacle, AMP CHAMP, .050 Series I, part number 787535-1. • Vertical receptacle, AMP CHAMP .050 Series I, part number 787311-2. • Vertical receptacle, BERG part number 71780-001. 3-18 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The minus sign next to a signal indicates active low. 2. The conductor number refers to the conductor position when using 0.635 mm (0.025 inch) centerline flat ribbon cable. Other cable types may be used to implement equivalent contact assignments. Maxtor Atlas 10K V 3-19...
3.6.1 Orientation The mounting holes on the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive allow the drive to be mounted in any orientation. Figure 3-6 shows the location of the three mounting holes on each side of the drive. The drives also can be mounted using the four mounting hole locations on the PCB side.
1.25 mm (0.05 inches). Figure 3-7 Mounting Screw Clearance for Maxtor Atlas 10K V Drive CAUTION: The PCB is very close to the mounting holes. Do not exceed the speci- fied length for the mounting screws. The specified screw length allows full use of the mounting-hole threads, while avoiding damaging or placing unwanted stress on the PCB.
3.6.4 Ventilation The Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive may operate with or without a cooling fan provided that the maximum HDA temperature as measured on the drives’s top cover does not exceed 131×F (60×C). Drive reliability and warranty will be limited if the drive is exposed to temperatures greater than 60×C.
Chapter 4 SPECIFICATIONS This chapter gives a detailed description of the physical, electrical, and environmental characteristics of the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drives. SPECIFICATION SUMMARY Table 4-1 Specifications MAXTOR MAXTOR MAXTOR DESCRIPTION ATLAS 10K V ATLAS 10K V ATLAS 10K V 73.5 GB...
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Table 4-1. The seek times include head settling time, but do not include command overhead time, time spent reading or writing data, or rotational latency delays. Unless otherwise specified, read/seek command settling criteria is assumed. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
FORMATTED CAPACITY At the factory, the Maxtor Atlas 10K V receives a low-level format that creates the actual tracks and sectors on the drive. Table 4-2 shows the capacity resulting from this process. Formatting done at the user level for operation with DOS, UNIX, or other operating systems, will result in less capacity than the physical capacity shown.
6 MB/s in the asynchronous mode, or at up to 320 MB/s in the synchronous mode. For more detailed information on interface timing, refer to Chapter 6. TIMING SPECIFICATIONS Table 4-3 illustrates the timing specifications of the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive. Table 4-3 Timing Specifications for Maxtor Atlas 10K V MAXTOR ATLAS 10K V 73.5/147.1/300 GB...
8. At power on start up error algorithms are used and may extend the time to Drive Ready to as long as 30 seconds. POWER The Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive operates from two supply voltages: MAXTOR ATLAS 10K IV 73.5/147.1/300 GB +12 V...
4.5.3 Drive Power Dissipation Table 4-5 lists the drive power dissipation and the corresponding currents for the various modes of operation of the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive. Table 4-5 Power Dissipation in Various Modes (Low-Profile Drives) 1, 4 TYPICAL AVERAGE CURRENT TYPICAL AVG.
ACOUSTICS Table 4-6 specifies the acoustical characteristics of the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive. The acoustics is measured in an anechoic chamber with background noise <25 dBA. Table 4-6 Acoustical Characteristics—Sound Power per ISO 7779 SOUND POWER SOUND POWER...
MECHANICAL The Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drives have the following mechanical characteristics: Height 1.028 in. (26.1 mm) Width: 4.0 in. (101.6 mm) Depth: 5.787 in. (147.0mm) Weight (4-disk): 1.8 Ib (820 grams) All dimensions are exclusive of any optional faceplate.
1 to 15 KV, and contact discharges of 2 to 8 KV in both positive and negative voltages. 4.9.3 Sensitivity to Magnetic Fields The Maxtor Atlas family of drives meet 3A @ 230V / 50 Hz specification. 4.10 SHOCK AND VIBRATION The Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive can withstand levels of shock and vibration applied to any of its three mutually perpendicular axes, or principal base axis, as specified in Table 4-8.
Drive reliability is closely related to the temperatures the drive is exposed to. The AFR is based on an operational design temperature ambient of 86° F (30° C) 4.12 DISK ERRORS Table 4-9 provides the error rates for the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive. Table 4-9 Error Rates ERROR TYPE...
Operation Code Category CHANGE DEFINITION Sequential FORMAT UNIT Sequential INQUIRY Immediate LOG SELECT Sequential LOG SENSE Sequential MODE SELECT (6) Sequential MODE SELECT (10) Sequential MODE SENSE (6) Sequential MODE SENSE (10) Sequential PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Sequential Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER Sequential START STOP UNIT Sequential SYNCHRONIZE CACHE Sequential TEST UNIT READY Immediate VERIFY Normal WRITE (6) Normal WRITE (10) Normal WRITE AND VERIFY Normal WRITE BUFFER Sequential WRITE LONG Sequential WRITE SAME Sequential Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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3. The RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS and SEND DIAGNOSTIC DATA commands implement vendor-unique pages to test the drive during the manufacturing process. It is recommended that initiators specify only the non-page format variants of these commands (PF=0), except for page 0x40. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
10-byte commands 10-byte commands Reserved 16-byte commands 12-byte commands Vendor specific Vendor specific The operation code specifies the command being requested. The list of supported SCSI com- mands and their operation codes are contained in Table 5-1. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The Control Field is the last byte of every Command Descriptor Block; its format is shown in Figure 5-2 and described in Table 5-3. Table 5-4 Typical (6-Byte) Command Descriptor Block - Data Format Byte Vendor Specific Reserved NACA Flag Link Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The Flag bit is used in conjunction with the Link Bit to notify the initiator in an expedient manner that a command has been completed. Aflag bit set to 1 is valid only when the Link Bit is set to 1. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
An I/O Process (task) may contain multiple commands that are linked together. The initiator communicates this condition of linked (or unlinked) commands by setting (or clearing) the Link bit of the Command Descriptor Block’s control word. A linked Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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(I/O process). The drive defers any commands that are not part of the linked chain until the chain is complete. The last command in the chain has the Link bit cleared. Note: Relative addressing is not supported by the Atlas 10K disk drive. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
(must be 0) LOG SENSE Allocation Log Page Mode Parameter Header (4 Parameter List MODE SELECT Block Descriptor (8 Page(s)) Allocation MODE SENSE Block Descriptor (8) PERSIST. RES. IN PERSIST. RES. READ (6) (10) Transfer Data Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Data WRITE (6)(10) Transfer Data WRITE AND VERI- Transfer Data Zeros (4) Mode-zero buffer (512) Parameter List or Data to put into DRAM WRITE BUFFER or Microcode image or Microcode image (successive 16 KB pieces) 5-10 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
CHECK CONDITION status and the sense key set to ILLEGAL REQUEST. However, there are some fields that are not checked for compatibility with older SCSI initiators. Control – The Link Bit and Flag Bit are supported. RelAdr – Not supported; must be 0. 5-11 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Block format, Bytes From Index format, and Physical Sector format. (There is one exception: a value of FFFFFFFFh in either the defect Bytes From Index field or the Defective Sector Number fields is ignored). 5-13 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Format Data value is 1. Acceptable values are: Defect List Format 000b (Block [or Sector] Format) 100b (Index Format) 101b (Physical Sector Format) Vendor-Specific Not supported. Must be 0. Interleave Not supported. Ignored by the drive. 5-14 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
(Table 5-15) followed by one or more Defect Descriptors. Descriptors are either four bytes or eight bytes in length. Table 5-14 FORMAT UNIT Parameter List-Data Format Byte 0 - 3 Defect List Header Initialization Pattern Descriptor (if any) Defect Descriptors (if any) 5-15 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The Defect List Length is equal to four times the number of defect descriptors if Block format is used, or eight times if Bytes From Index format or Physical Sector format is used. 5-16 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Initialization Pattern descriptors. The contents of the descriptor fields are described in Table 5-20 and the types in Table 5-21. Table 5-19 FORMAT UNIT Initialization Pattern Descriptor-Data Format Byte IP Modifier = 0 Reserved IP Type 2 - 3 IP Length 4 - n 5-17 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
3. If the Initialization Pattern Type is not 0 or 1, the drive terminates the command with a CHECK CONDITION status. The Sense Key is set to ILLEGAL REQUEST, and the Additional Sense Code is set to INVALID FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST. 5-18 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Specifies the number of bytes of inquiry information the drive is allowed to return to the Allocation Length initiator during the command's data-in buffer transfer. Error status is not returned if the value in this field truncates the requested information. 5-19 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
32 - 35 Product Revision Level 36 - 47 Drive Serial Number 48 - 51 Reserved 52 - 53 SCSI Hardware Revision Number Disk Controller Hardware Revision Number Electronics Pass Number Reserved Clocking 57 - 95 Reserved 5-20 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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A value of 0 indicates that the device server does not support information units. Default is 1. Note: Vendor Information, Product Identification, and Product Revision Level are returned as shown in Table 5-22. 5-21 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Page Code (80h) Reserved Page Length = 08 4 - 11 HDA Serial Number Table 5-29 Unit Serial Number Page-Field Descriptions Field Definition HDA Serial Number An 8-character ASCII representation of the drive’s HDA serial number 5-22 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Implemented Operating Definition Page-Field Descriptions Field Definition Save Implemented. If = 0, this bit indicates that the corresponding operation definition cannot be saved. SavImp When = 1, this bet indicates that the corresponding operating definition can be saved. 5-23 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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8 – 15 EUI-64 (Value Stored in Configuration Page 30h) Reserved Code Set (2) Reserved Association (0) Identifier Type (1) Reserved Identifier Length (14h) 20 – 27 Vendor Identifier (“Maxtor “) 28 – 39 Drive Serial Number 5-24 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Peripheral Qualifier Peripheral Device Type = 0 (Direct Access Device) Reserved Support ISO Version ECMA Version ANSI-Approved Version 3 – 4 Reserved CDB Size (m – 5) (MSB) 6 – m CDB Usage Data (LSB) 5-25 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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OpCode being queried, the map has a 0 in that corresponding bit position. Refer to Table 5-36 for a list of the data returned for each of the OpCode values that can be sent in the INQUIRY command. 5-26 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
0. Save Parameters. A value of 1 indicates that certain counters are to be cleared from non-volatile memory. Page Control. Must be 01b OR 11b. Parameter Must be 0. List Length 5-29 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The LOG SENSE command is a complementary command to the LOG SELECT command. Table Table 5-40 lists the log pages supported by the drive. Contact your Maxtor Applications Engineer for more information. Table 5-40...
This specifies the number of bytes of data that the drive is allowed to pass during the Allocation Length DATA IN phase. The requested page is truncated if its length exceeds the number of bytes specified in this field. 5-31 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
See Table 5-45 for the format of a generic log parameter. Table 5-45 Generic Log Parameter-Data Format Byte 0 – 1 Parameter Code LBIN Page Length (n-3) 4 – n Parameter Value 5-32 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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0; however, if the page is non-volatile but the drive is not spun up or the GLTSD bit is set in Mode Page 0Ah, then the value would be 20h. If the page is volatile, then the value is 60h. 5-33 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The initiator should first use a MODE SENSE command to read the appropriate pages and leave non-changeable values as read when the initiator subsequently writes the changeable pages with the MODE SELECT command. If a non-changeable field contains an invalid value, the drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status. 5-34 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Power Condition Page Idle and Standby modes Information Exceptions Control Page and operations of specific information- Defines methods to control re- al exception porting conditions. NOTE: 1. This page is not supported by the SCSI-1/CCS Operating Mode. 5-35 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Zero (0) if no Block Descriptor is supplied. The length Block Descriptor Length is eight (8) if a Block Descriptor is supplied. Table 5-55 Mode Parameter Block Descriptor-Data Format Byte 0 – 3 Number of Blocks Reserved 5 – 7 Block Length 5-37 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Conditions. The Unit Attention Condition Page format and field descriptions are described in Table 5-58 and Table 5-59 respectively. Table 5-58 Unit Attention Condition Page (Page 0) Byte Rsvd Page Code (00h) Page Length (02h) Reserved Reserved Reserved (00h) 5-38 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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List. Reallocation is done only when the drive is able to recover the sector’s data unless the ARRE Reallocate Uncorrected Errors bit of the Maxtor (Vendor) Special Function Control Page is set. When ARRE is 0, the drive does not automatically reallocate bad sectors encountered during a read operation.
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Specifies the maximum time, in milliseconds, that a retry is attempted on a failed sector dur- Recovery ing a read or write operation. When the value is 0, it means that there is no time limit. The Time Limit minimum permissible value, however, is 100 milliseconds. 5-41 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
1 indicates 512 bytes, a value of 2 indicates 1024 bytes). The default value of 0 in- dicates that there is no limit on the amount of data transferred per connection. This field is reserved for the SCSI-1/CCS operating mode. 5-42 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
6 – 7 Minimum Pre-Fetch 8 – 9 Maximum Pre-Fetch 10 – 11 Maximum Pre-Fetch Ceiling LBCSS Reserved Number of Cache Segments 14 – 15 Cache Segment Size Reserved 17 – 19 Non-Cache Segment Size 5-44 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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READ command. When the value is 1, read caching is disabled and the data returned in response to a READ command is fetched from the medium and not from the drive’s cache memory. 5-45 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The data format and field descriptions are described in Table 5-68 and Table 5-69 respectively. Table 5-68 Control Mode Page - Data Format (Page 0Ah) Byte Rsvd Page Code (0Ah) Page Length (0Ah) Reserved GLTSD RLEC Queue Algorithm Modifier Qerr DQue served 5-46 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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6 – 7 Ready AEN Holdoff Period 8 – 9 Busy Timeout Period Extended Selftest Completion Time Extended Selftest Completion Time NOTES: Bytes 8 to 11 are returned only if the device operating definition is SCSI-3. 5-47 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Contains advisory data that indicates the approximate time, in seconds, required to com- Test Comple- 200h plete an extended self-test when not interrupted by subsequent commands and no errors tion Time occur during execution of the self-test. 5-48 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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NOTES: If the Queue Algorithm Modifier specifies restricted re-ordering (0000b), commands are not allowed to execute concurrently. If this field specifies unrestricted re-ordering (0001b), concurrent I/O execution is allowed. 5-49 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Page Code (0Ch) Page Length (16h) Reserved Reserved 4 – 5 Maximum Number of Notches 6 – 7 Active Notch 8 – 11 Starting Boundary 12 – 15 Ending Boundary 16 – 23 Pages Notched 5-50 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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If a bit is 0, the corresponding mode page contains parameters that are constant for all notches. The value of 1 in bits 3 and 12 indicates that Page 03h and 0Ch contain different parameters for different notches. 5-51 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
• If after an ACK transition there are no outstanding REQs waiting for an ACK then stop the timer. • A SYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER TIMEOUT field value of 0000h indicates that the function is disabled. A value of FFFFh indicates an unlimited period. 5-52 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Page Length field. The Protocol Identifier field of 1h indicates the protocol that this mode page applies to a SPI SCSI device. See the SCSI Primary Commands-2 standard for other port control page protocol identifiers. 5-53 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Driver Slew The DRIVER SLEW RATE field indicates the relative difference between the asser- rate tion and negation magnitudes divided by the rise or fall time. A larger value indicates a faster slew rate. 5-54 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The Driver Slew Rate field indicates the relative difference between the assertion and negation magnitudes divided by the rise or fall time. A larger value indicates a faster slew rate. 5-55 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Table 5-76 Saved Training Configuration Subpage (02h) Byte Reserved DB(0) Value DB(15) Value P_ORCA Value P1 Value BSY Value SEL Value RST Value REQ Value ACK Value ATN Value C/D Value I/O Value MSG Value Reserved 5-56 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The Req/Ack Offset field indicates the negotiated REQ/ACK offset for the current I_T nexus. The Transfer Width Exponent field indicates the negotiated transfer width exponent for the current I_T nexus. The Protocol Options Bits field contain the negotiated protocol options for the current I_T nexus. 5-57 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The SENT PCOMP_EN bit contains the value of the PCOMP_EN bit sent by the target for the current I_T nexus. The RECEIVED PCOMP_EN bit contains the value of the PCOMP_EN bit received by the target for the current I_T nexus. 5-58 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Retain training information Read streaming and read flow control enable RD_STRM Write flow control enable WR_FLOW Hold margin control settings HOLD_MCS QAS enable request QAS_REQ DT clocking enable request DT_REQ Information units enable request IU_REQ 5-59 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The SMART threshold trip remains permanent (or until a LOG SELECT command clears it) and can be retrieved at any time using MRIE mode 6. NOTE: The Report Count field does not apply to MRIE mode 6. 5-61 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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REQUEST SENSE command. The sense key is set to NO SENSE and the additional sense code will indicate the cause of the informational exception condi- tion. 7h – Bh Reserved. Ch – Fh Vendor-specific. 5-62 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The Density Code field is unique for each device type. Direct access devices value is Density Code zero. The value in this field specifies the length in bytes of each logical block described by Block Length the block descriptor. 5-64 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
A Sub Page Code of 0xFF causes all supported sub pages to be returned. Table 5-91 Mode Parameter Header (6 Byte)-Data Format Byte Mode Data Length Medium Type Device-Specific Parameter Block Descriptor Length 5-65 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The drive does not support removable logical media. A Surface bit value of 0 indicates that the drive allocates progressive addresses to SURF all logical blocks within a cylinder prior to allocating addresses on the next cylin- der. 5-68 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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10b – Master 01b – Slave 11b – Not supported RPL can be overridden if the Maxtor (Vendor) Special Function Control page Auto field value = 1. This drive does not support spindle synchroniza- tion. Rotational Offset indicates the amount of rotational offset that the drive uses when synchronized.
Field Descriptions for the Mode Parameter Header are given in the table that follows. Table 5-100 Mode Parameter Block Descriptor-Data Format Byte (MSB) 0 - 3 Number of Blocks (LSB) Density Code (MSB) 5 - 7 Block Length (LSB) 5-71 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Block Length field. A value that is less than the maximum value will decrease the number of initiator-accessible logical blocks to the amount specified. Block Length The value in this field specifies the length, in bytes, of each logical block. 5-72 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Type field of the PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN Read Reservations parameters. Each of the codes provides handling instructions for READ operations, for WRITE operations, and for subsequent attempts to establish persistent reservations (referred to as “Additional Reservations Allowed” in the table). 5-77 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The initiator that holds the persistent reservation can reserve the logical unit, extents, or elements as long as the persistent reservations do not conflict with any reservations already known to the device server. 5-78 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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ADDITIONAL RESERVATIONS: Allowed; any initiator may reserve the logical unit, extents, or elements as long as the persistent reservations to not conflict with any reservations already known to the device server. 7h - Fh Reserved 5-79 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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EX = Extent or Element Scope Y = Conflict RO = Registrants Only O = Conflict occurs if extent or element overlaps * = Conflicts with all reservation requests from other ini- with existing extent or element tiators. reservation. 5-80 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
5-113 explains the data fields of the command. Table 5-112 PERSISTENT RESERVATION OUT Command Descriptor Block-Data Format Byte Operation Code (5Fh) Reserved Service Action Scope Type 3 - 6 Reserved (MSB) 7 – 8 Parameter List Length (18h) (LSB) Control 5-81 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Fields contained in the PERSISTENT RESERVATION OUT parameter list specify the reservation Parameter List keys and extent information required to perform a persistent reservation service action. Length The parameter list is 24 bytes in length; the Parameter List Length field contains 24 (18h) bytes. 5-82 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Release service action. Multiple identical reservations from the same initiator are all released simultaneously via a single Release service action that matches the reservations. 5-83 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The sense key is set to UNIT ATTENTION; the additional sense data is set to RESERVA- TIONS PREEMPTED. Note that applications should not use the Clear action service except during recoveries as- sociated with initiator or system reconfiguration, since data integrity may be compromised. 5-84 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Type value are permitted if no con- flicting persistent reservations other than the reservations being pre-empted are held by an- other initiator. Note: Service Action (Code) 4 is not supported by Atlas 10K V. 5-85 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The persistent reservation of a logical unit or extent that has the same Type value is permitted as long as no conflicting persistent res- ervations other than the reservations being pre-empted are permitted. 5-86 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The initiator that holds the persistent reservation can reserve the logical unit, extents, or elements as long as the persistent reservations do not conflict with any reservations already known to the device server. 5-87 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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1, the logical unit retains all persistent reservations and all reservation keys for all initia- tors even if power is lost and later returned. The most recently received valid APTPL value from any initiator governs the logical unit’s behavior in the event of a power loss. 5-90 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Specifies the number of contiguous logical blocks of data to transfer. A transfer length of 0 indicates that 256 logical Transfer Length blocks will be transferred. Any other value indicates the number of logical blocks that will be transferred. 5-92 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Transfer Length Any other value indicates the number of logical blocks to be transferred. The drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status with the correct sense data if the specified transfer extends beyond the logical sector space. 5-93 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Table 5-123 and Table 5-124 respectively. Table 5-123 READ BUFFER Command-Data Format Byte Operation Code (3Ch) Reserved Mode Buffer ID 3 - 5 Buffer Offset 6 - 8 Allocation Length Control 5-94 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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In this mode, the drive transfers data to the host from the echo buffer. The echo buffer will transfer the same data as when the WRITE BUFFER command with the mode field set to echo buffer was issued. Buffer ID Ignored. Buffer Offset Ignored. 5-95 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Refer to the PMI description in Table 5-126 for a description of these data fields. Table 5-127 READ CAPACITY Returned Data-Data Format Byte 0 - 3 Returned Logical Block Address 4 - 7 Block Length in Bytes 5-96 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Table 5-136; the data fields are described in Table 5-129. Table 5-128 READ DEFECT DATA (10) Command-Data Format Byte Operation Code (37h) Reserved Reserved Plist Glist Defect List Format 3 - 6 Reserved (MSB) 7 - 8 Allocation Length (LSB) Control 5-97 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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All in-line spared blocks do not have an associated LBA, and, therefore, will not be seen in Logical Block Format. Table 5-130 shows the Block Format returned when the Defect List Format is 000b Table 5-130 Defect Descriptor-Block Format. Byte 0 - 3 Defective Block Address 5-98 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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This field indicates the format of the descriptors returned. If this differs from the format requested in Format the Command Descriptor Block, a recovered error is returned. Defect List This filed indicates the actual number of bytes that follow the defect list header. Length 5-99 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
CONDITION status and the sense key shall be set to ILLEGAL REQUEST and the additional sense code set to INVALID FIELD IN CDB. All in-line spared blocks do not have an associated LBA, and, therefore, will not be seen in Logical Block Format. 5-100 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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This field indicates the format of the descriptors returned. If this differs from the format requested Format in the Command Descriptor Block, a recovered error is returned. Defect List This field indicates the actual number of bytes that follow the defect list header. Length 5-101 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
READ LONG Command-Returned Data Byte 0 - 511 Data (512 Bytes) 512 - 513 Logical Block Address Bits + Force Error Bit 514 - 515 EDC (8 Bits) 516 - 577 60 ECC Bits + 8 Pad Bits 5-102 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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"1" bits in the skip mask. If a READ (10) is used with 0 as the transfer length, a transfer length of 256 data blocks is implied. 5-103 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
SPARE LOCATION AVAILABLE. The sense key and additional sense key are set appropriately for any other cause. The Logical Block Address of the first defect descriptor not reassigned is returned in the command-specific information field of the 5-104 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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If all defects were reassigned, but some other error occurred, then FFFFFFFFh is posted in the command-specific field. 5-105 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS Command Descriptor Block-Field Descriptions Field Description Specifies the number of bytes of diagnostic-page results the drive is allowed to send to the Allocation initiator. A CHECK CONDITION is not returned if this value truncates the information Length available. 5-106 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS command, and Table 5-154 contains a description of the data fields. Multiple translated addresses are returned if the logical sector size is greater than 512 bytes (more than one physical data sector). 5-107 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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When ALTTRK is 0, it indicates that no part of the translated address is located on an alternate track of the medium The Translate Format field specifies the format into which the initiator wants the address translat- Translate Format ed. The value must be 101b, specifying the Physical Sector format. 5-108 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Assuming that the RELEASE Command Descriptor Block is valid, the drive always returns a GOOD status for this command. An actual release only hap- pens if the initiator has the unit reserved for itself or a third-party initiator. 5-109 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Assuming that the RELEASE Command Descriptor Block is valid, the drive always returns a GOOD status for this command. An actual release only hap- pens if the initiator has the unit reserved for itself or a third-party initiator. 5-110 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Identifier Length the Identifier, the length is not adjusted to reflect any truncation of infor- mation. The Identifier is initially set = 0, and is changed only by a suc- cessful SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command. 5-111 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command. Identifier The value of the Identifier is changed only by a successful SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command. The Identifier value persists through device re- sets, power cycles, and formatting of media. 5-112 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
LUN list length value is not adjusted to reflect the truncation. The data format for the LUN Reporting Parameter List is described in Table 5-165. 5-113 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Sense data is cleared from the drive's memory by one of the following conditions: • After being returned from a REQUEST SENSE command. • As soon as any other command is received from the initiator except INQUIRY. 5-114 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Sense Key 3 - 6 Information Additional Sense Length = 0Ah 8 - 11 Command-Specific Information Additional Sense Code Additional Sense Code Qualifier Field Replaceable Unit Code SKSV Sense-Key Specific 16 - 17 Sense-Key Specific (continued) 5-115 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
0 when the sense key is NOT READY. Sense-Key The contents of the Sense-Key Specific field are unique to each sense key. Table 5-171 summarizes Specific the sense keys for which the drive supplies sense-key specific information. (See SKSV.) 5-116 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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A Read or Write command was attempted on a sector that is protected for this operation. PROTECT The requested operation was not performed. VENDOR This sense key is used to report specific Maxtor conditions. SPECIFIC ABORTED The drive aborted the command. The initiator may be able to reissue the command suc- COMMAND cessfully.
Write (10) error recovery qualifiers apply. The information field echoes the WRITE LONG MEDIUM WRITE LONG command’s Logical Block Address. ERROR The transfer length residue (requested minus correct length) if the transfer ILLEGAL length is wrong. REQUEST Note: ILI will be set. 5-118 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Offtrack Prediction Err-2nd. - recovered 0x17 0x97 Head Spoke Num Miscompare-1 - recovered 0x17 0x98 Head Spoke Num Miscompare-2 - recovered 0x17 0x99 Timeout waiting burst/Spoke-1 - recovered 0x17 0x9A Timeout waiting burst/Spoke-2 - recovered 5-119 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Smart triggered due to spin retry 0x5D 0xFF Smart test tripped 0x80 0x10 Block Slow PLL Error: recovered. 0x80 0x11 Split Slow PLL Error: recovered. 0x80 0x12 Block state machine disabled: recovered 0x82 0x20 Spoke-to-spoke time error: recovered 5-120 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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System file has checksum error 0x11 0x84 Error reading Diskware vector table file 0x15 0x00 Positioning error detected by drive, check UPT 0x15 0x02 Positioning error detected by read 0x15 0x80 Positioning error detected by write 5-121 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Recal track number bad 0x06 0x8C Seek failure during switch point cal 0x06 0x8D Not all Head(s) in USER head map were found alive 0x06 0x8E Valid SAMs not found!!! 0x06 0x8F Sync To Disk Spokes failed 5-122 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Svo: Servo Dead Seek Command 0x09 0xBB Svo: Bogus seek command type 0x09 0xBC Svo: Servo Command Procesor Timeout 0x15 0x00 Random positioning error 0x15 0x02 Positioning error detected by read 0x32 0x00 A-list is full 5-124 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Sense Sense Sense Meaning Code Qualifier 0x3E 0x03 Logical Unit failed self test 0x3E 0x04 Logical unit log update failure 5-125 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The last read pass for test BCVs was good but shouldn’t be 0x40 0xB4 DestinationLoc expected vs actual mismatch. servo death recovery 0x44 0x00 Logical assertion (firmware consistency check) 0x44 0x84 Insufficient buffer memory for operation 0x90 0x01 Serial Port Packet Receive Error 5-126 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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DBN write/read failed on head 0xA0 0x90 Diagnostics failed on unit 0xA0 0x91 Failed to spin up in time 0xA0 0x92 Head load failed 0xA0 0x93 FLT bit set in spinup 0xA0 0x94 Selfscan could not load Script (0x30) 5-127 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Could not arm Block State Machine 0xA0 0xCB OFM logical list synchronization timeout 0xA0 0xCD Bias Cal failed during power-up calibrations 0xA0 0xCE Gamma Cal failed during power-up calibrations 0xA0 0xCF ARCS Cal failed during power-up calibrations 5-129 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Aborted b/c of internal TO DER of a cmd other than current 0x84 0x10 Aborted b/c of internal TO before going to BBR for cur cmd 0x84 0x11 Aborted b/c of internal TO BBR of a cmd other than current 5-130 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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0x81 0x00 New command overlaps deferred write error Vendor Specific 0x81 0x01 New wrt cmd overlaps deferred write 0x81 0x02 New rd cmd overlaps deferred write 0x81 0x03 New rd cmd overlaps deferred read error 5-131 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The data format of the Field Pointer bytes associated with the ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key is shown in Table 5-174; the description of the data is in Table 5-175. Table 5-174 ILLEGAL REQUEST Sense Key Field Pointer Bytes\Data Format Byte SKSV = Reserved Bit Pointer 5-132 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Table 5-179. Table 5-178 MEDIUM ERROR or RECOVERED ERROR Sense Key - Retry Count-Data Format Byte SKSV = Reserved 16 - 17 Retry Count Table 5-179 MEDIUM ERROR or RECOVERED ERROR Sense Key - Retry Count 5-133 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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-Field Descriptions Field Description SKSV Sense-Key Specific Valid Retry The number of times an I/O operation was retried Count 5-134 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The drive returns RESERVATION CONFLICT status if the unit is already reserved for another initiator. Once the reservation is honored, any command from another initiator (except INQUIRY or REQUEST SENSE) is rejected with RESERVATION CONFLICT status. 5-135 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
If the number of blocks is 0, the ex- tent begins at the specified logical block address and continues through the last logical block address on the logical unit. The data format of extent descriptors is shown in Table 5-184. 5-136 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Exclusive access. While this reservation is active, no other initiator is per- mitted any access to the reserved extent. RelAdr is always 0: The Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive does not support relative addressing. If both the LongID and the Extent bits = 1, then the parameter list takes the format shown in Table 5-186.
UNIT command will cause the drive to perform the next scheduled calibration. The data format is shown in Table 5-188. Table 5-188 REZERO UNIT Command Descriptor Block-Data Format Byte Operation Code (01h) 1 - 4 Reserved Control 5-138 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Page Format. When the PF bit is 1, the parameters that follow conform to the Supported Diagnos- tic Page List (Table 5-193) or the Translate Address Page (Table 5-194). SelfTest is ignored when PF = 1. The PF bit must be 1 if Parameter List Length is not 0. 5-141 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Field Description The value reported in this field is the data to be returned by all subsequent Identifier REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER commands, until a new SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command is issued that changes the data. 5-143 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Start When the value is 0, the drive spins down. Subsequent media access commands are re- jected with CHECK CONDITION status and the proper sense data. Power The Power Conditions field is not supported. Conditions 5-144 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
When Number of Blocks and Logical Block Address are both 0, the drive removes all un- Blocks written cache sectors to the medium. It is not considered an error when no sectors within the specified range are in the cache memory. 5-145 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
CONDITION status with the appropriate sense keys and qualifiers. The data format is described in Table 5-203. Table 5-203 TEST UNIT READY Command Descriptor Block-Data Format Byte Operation Code (00h) 1 - 4 Reserved Control 5-146 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The number of contiguous sectors that are to be verified. The drive returns a CHECK CON- Verifica- DITION status with the correct sense data if the specified transfer extends beyond out of the tion Length logical sector space. 5-147 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The number of contiguous logical blocks of data to transfer. A transfer length of 0 Transfer Length indicates 256 logical blocks are to be transferred. Any other value indicates the ac- tual number of logical blocks that will be transferred. 5-148 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The number of contiguous logical blocks of data to write. The drive returns CHECK Transfer Length CONDITION status with the correct sense data if the specified transfer would cause the write operation to extend beyond the Logical Block Address space. 5-149 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The number of contiguous logical blocks of data to write and verify. The drive returns Transfer Length CHECK CONDITION status with the correct sense data if the specified transfer would cause the write operation to extend beyond the Logical Block Address space. 5-150 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
In this mode, the host transfers data and stores it in an echo buffer. The data will be preserved in the echo buffer unless there is an intervening command. 1010b Buffer ID Ignored. Buffer Offset Ignored. 5-152 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The WRITE SAME command requests that the drive write the single sector of data transferred by the initiator to the medium mulitple times. The data format and field descriptions are shown in Table 5-11 and 5-12 Table respectively. 5-153 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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CHECK CONDITION status is returned. Table 5-218 WRITE SKIP MASK Command (EAh) Byte Operation Code (EAh) Reserved 2 - 5 (MSB) Logical Block Address (LSB) Skip Mask Length 7 - 8 (MSB) Transfer Length (LSB) Reserved Flag Link 5-154 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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"1" bits in the skip mask. If a WRITE (10) is used with 0 as the transfer length, a transfer length of 256 data blocks is implied. 5-155 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Chapter 6 FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS This chapter provides descriptions of many of the features incorporated in the Maxtor Atlas 10K V hard disk drive family. KEY FEATURES Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drives provide unequaled quality and performance. They are designed to improve the performance of high-end workstations, file servers, and storage systems.
If write-back caching is employed, it is recommended that an uninterruptible power source (UPS) be provided for optimal data security. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
A 10,000 rpm rotation speed yields an average latency of 3 ms. EMBEDDED SERVO SYSTEM Embedded servo information is written in a spoke configuration on every track, on every disk surface. The spokes (or headers) consist of quadrature analog patterns and Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
The reallocation and defect list storage algorithms prevent a reallocation from being lost due to a power failure. Once a reallocation starts, the information about the data block to be moved is stored on the media. As the reallocation progresses, checkpoint Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
In banded recording, the disk is divided into multiple bands (also called partitions, notches, or bit-zoned areas). Starting at the inner band, each band further out has more blocks per track (a higher recording frequency). This use of multiple-frequency recording increases the capacity of the drive. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
6.12 DIAGNOSTICS The drive has extensive diagnostic capabilities, including those described below: power-on self-test, periodic self-adjustments, and host diagnostics. Maxtor uses self- diagnostic tests and sense data tracking to manage drive errors, in addition to logical block address (LBA) revectoring.
6.12.4 Log Sense Maxtor implements multiple LOG SENSE pages which logically group together parameters related to disk and subsystem activities. Monitoring this data enables users to observe drive performance and possibly predict failures. 6.13 ERROR RECOVERY The mode pages control all error recovery.
320 MB/second. It is fully compatible with Ultra2 LVD devices operating at slower transfer rates. If an Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drive is installed on a bus with one or more single-ended (SE) devices, it automatically switches modes to operate in SE mode at the slower, legacy data rates.
HVD devices pull DIFFSENS up to +5 volts via a resistor. The Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drive is designed with a circuit that monitors the level of DIFFSENS at power-on. The drive then enables the appropriate circuits for LVD or single-ended operation, or disables its interface completely if it detects an HVD level on DIFFSENS.
Figure 6-1 ST and DT CLocking The Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drive can operate at speeds up to 80 MB/sec in either ST or DT modes, depending on the capabilities of the host adapter. Transfer rates above 80 MB/sec are only supported in DT mode, as required by the SPI-3 SCSI standard.
CRC with its own. If the two CRC characters match, then the data burst transferred without error. In ST mode, the Maxtor Atlas 10K V uses the traditional parity checking method to ensure error free data transfers.
6.15 HOT PLUGGING/REMOVAL AND INSERTION OF SCSI DEVICES The Maxtor Atlas 10K V SCA low voltage differential (LVD) disk drives are designed for use in “Hot Swap” applications within a properly designed and configured SCSI system. With care, system integrators can design storage arrays and/or SCSI buses using Maxtor Atlas 10K V disk drives that are “Hot Swap Case 4"...
3. The universe of drives needs to be homogeneous. A 15 pF drive hot-inserted into a rack of 15 pF drives presents no difficulty. A 30 pF drive inserted into a rack of 10 pF drives with very close connector spacing, however, is more likely to cause problems. Maxtor Atlas 10K V 6-13...
- Defines new functionality for the DIFFSENS pins - Documents 40 Mega-transfer/second operation - Documents LVD connector pin assignments for LVD buses - This document is a superset of SCSI standards, incorporating contents of both SPI and Fast-20 6-14 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
I/O process continue task head of queue tag head of queue ordered queue tag ordered incorrect initiator connection overlapped commands I/O process task phase service queue task set queue full task set full simple queue tag simple Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
VENDOR SPECIFIC ABORTED COMMAND MISCOMPARE Status Codes Table A-6 lists the status codes. Table A-6 SCSI-3 Quick Reference – Status Codes Status Codes Status Code - Hex GOOD CHECK CONDITION BUSY RESERVATION CONFLICT TASK SET FULL Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
(DT) data transfers. Transfer period = 25 ns (Fast-40 or Ultra2 data is latched every 25 ns). Transfer period = 30 ns (Fast-40 data is latched every 30 ns). Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
100 ns). 32h - FFh Transfer period = the period factor x 4 (Fast-5 data is latched using a transfer period of less than or equal to 1020 ns and greater than or equal to 200 ns). Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
Use DT DATA IN and DT DATA OUT phases with data group transfers. Use DT DATA IN and DT DATA OUT phases with information unit transfers. Use DT DATA IN and DT DATA OUT phases with information unit transfers and use QAS for arbitration. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The internal mechanism that moves the read/ BACKUP – A copy of a file, directory, or write head to the proper track. The Maxtor volume on a separate storage device from the actuator consists of a rotor connected to head...
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CMOS – Acronym for complementary metal vertical “slice” consisting of all the tracks oxide semiconductor. A low-power, low-heat, located in a particular position. high-density semiconductor. COMMAND QUEUE – The queue used to store I/O processes. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Memory. An integrated circuit memory chip embedded circuitry on the drive, that passes that can store programs and data in a non- information to and from the disk. The Maxtor volatile state. These devices can be erased by hard disk drives all have controllers embedded ultraviolet light and reprogrammed with new on the drive printed-circuit board.
“negated”) state of a binary number. See also, timing information during a format operation. signal negation. The size of a Maxtor drive is always expressed in formatted capacity, accurately reflecting the FAST SCSI – The SCSI protocol that governs usable space required.
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It would take or more. three revolutions of the disk to access a full track of data. Maxtor drives have an interleave of 1:1, HIGH-LEVEL FORMATTING – Formatting so a full track of data can be accessed within one...
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Maxtor drives the parts of the system. A disk drive also are shipped with the low-level formatting contains a microprocessor to handle all of the already completed.
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Disk overhead often accounts for about ten percent of drive capacity. Lower disk overhead yields greater disk capacity. OVERWRITE – To write data on top of existing data, erasing it. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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QUEUED I/O PROCESS – An I/O process from a reconnect. It exists from the assertion of that is in the command queue. BSY in the SELECTION or RESELECTION phase and lasts until the next BUS FREE phase. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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Typically, SCA-type A SCSI address is a value of 0 to 7 (or 0 to 15 connectors are used in RAID (Redundant for “wide” SCSI). Array of Inexpensive Devices) systems. Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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The quadrature analog signal portion (increasing data throughput) when data on the is detected and used by a servo feedback control drive is accessed sequentially. loop to precisely position the head on the track G-10 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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TPI – Tracks Per Inch. The number of tracks capable of storing data at a high density. Maxtor written within each inch of disk’s surface, used disk drives use sputtered thin film disks.
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WEDGE SERVO – The position on every track that contains data used by the closed loop positioning control. This information is used to fine tune the position of the read/write heads exactly over the track center. G-12 Maxtor Atlas 10K V...
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