IBM DTCA-23240 - Travelstar 3.2 GB Hard Drive Specifications page 180

F U N C T I O N I N T E R V A L
D M A D a t a D e v i c e B u s y a f t e r
T r a n s f e r C o m m a n d C o d e O u t
C o m m a n d
Figure 109. Timeout Values --- Continued ---
Command category is referred to 11.0, "Command Protocol" on page 89.
The abbreviations "ns", "us", "ms" and "sec" mean nanoseconds, microseconds, milliseconds and seconds,
respectively.
We recommend that the host system executes Soft reset and then retry to issue the command if the host
system timeout would occur for the device.
(Note.1) For SECURITY ERASE UNIT command, the timeout value is 15 minutes.
(Note.2) For F O R M A T UNIT command, the timeout value is 15 minutes.
(Note.3) When the initial power mode at power on is Standby mode, and when the following commands
are issued by the host as First Command, the command's timeout value of the field is 10
seconds.
Security Disable Password, Security Erase Unit,
Security Set Password, Security Unlock.
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