Mode Medium Partition Page; Mode Capabilities And Mechanical Status Page - Seagate STT20000A Product Manual

Chapter 5

Mode Medium Partition Page

Mode Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page

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The following table describes the Mode Medium Partition Page layout.
Byte Description
0 Page Code
1 Page Length
2,3 Maximum Additional Partitions,
Additional Partitions Defined
4 FDP (bit 7), reserved
5 Medium Format Recognition
6,7 Reserved
None of the Medium Partition Page (11h) parameters can be changed.
The following table describes the Mode Capabilities and Mechanical Status Pages
.Byte Description
0 Page Code
1 Page Length
2,3 Reserved
4 SPREV (bit 5), RO (bit 0)
5 QFA (bit 5)
6 ECC (bit 6)
7 BLK1024 (bit 1), BLK512 (bit 0)
8,9 Maximum Speed Supported
(Kbytes per second)
10,11 Maximum Stored Defect List
Entries
12,13 Continuous Transfer Limit (blocks)
14,15 Current Speed Selected (Kbytes
per second)
16,17 Buffer Size (in 512 bytes)
Value Meaning
11h Medium Partition Page
06h 6 Bytes of Information
00h,00h Not Supported
80h Fixed Data Partitions
03h Format and Partition Recognition
00h,00h —
Value Meaning
2Ah Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page
12h 18 Bytes of Information
00h,00h —
20h Space Reverse supported, bit 0 = Write
Protect status
20h QFA supported
40h ECC supported
03h 512 byte blocks (1024 if floppy tape)
600. 1,000 Kbytes/sec Maximum
0000h —
0034h 52 blocks per Read/Write command
NNNN Current transfer rate
02D8h 14 frames of 52 blocks = 728
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