Appendix; Commands Support Coverage - Hitachi 7K100 - Travelstar - Hard Drive Specifications

15.0 Appendix

15.1 Commands Support Coverage

The table below compares the command support coverage of the Travelstar 7K100 with the ATA-6 defined com-
mand set. The third column indicates the capability of the drive for those commands.
Code
00h NOP
03h CFA REQUEST EXTENDED ERROR CODE
08h DEVICE RESET
1xh RECALIBRATE
20h READ SECTOR(S)
21h READ SECTOR(S)
24h READ SECTOR(S) EXT
22h READ LONG
23h READ LONG
30h WRITE SECTOR(S)
31h WRITE SECTOR(S)
32h WRITE LONG
33h WRITE LONG
38h CFA TRANSLATE SECTORS W/O ERASE
3Ch WRITE VERIFY (2)
40h READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)
41h READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)
50h FORMAT TRACK
7xh SEEK
87h CFA TRANSLATE SECTORS
90h EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC
91h INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS
92h DOWNLOAD MICROCODE
94h-99h Reserved
A0h PACKET
A1h IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
A2H SERVICE
B0h S.M.A.R.T. FUNCTION SET
C0h CFA ERASE SECTORS
C4h READ MULTIPLE
C5h WRITE MULTIPLE
C6h SET MULTIPLE MODE
C7h READ DMA QUEUED
Command Name
Travelstar 7K100 Hard Disk Drive Specification
Implementation for
Travelstar 7K100
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Vendor specific
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Reserved
Reserved
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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ATA-6 Category
Type
Optional
Optional (Note 7)
Optional (Note 7)
Obsoleted
Mandatory
Obsoleted
Optional
Obsoleted
Obsoleted
Mandatory
Obsoleted
Obsoleted
Obsoleted
Optional (Note 7)
Obsoleted
Mandatory
Obsoleted
Obsoleted
Mandatory
Optional
Mandatory
Mandatory
Optional
Reserved
Not to be used
Not to be used
Not to be used
Optional (Note 5)
Optional
Mandatory
Mandatory
Mandatory
Optional