Intel SSDSA2MH080G1 Command Sets, Hot Plug Support, ATA Commands, ATA General Feature Command Set

Intel® X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD

5.3Hot Plug Support

Hot Plug insertion and removal are supported in the presence of a proper connector and appropriate operating system (OS) support as described in the SATA 2.6 specification. This product supports Asynchronous Signal Recovery and will issue an unsolicited COMINIT when first mated with a powered connector to guarantee reliable detection by a host system without hardware device detection.

6.0Command Sets

6.1ATA Commands

The Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSDs support all the mandatory ATA commands defined in the ATA/ATAPI-7 specification.

6.1.1ATA General Feature Command Set

The Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSDs support the ATA General Feature command set (non-PACKET), which consists of

•EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC

•FLUSH CACHE

•IDENTIFY DEVICE

•READ DMA

•READ SECTOR(S)

•READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)

•SEEK

•SET FEATURES

•WRITE DMA

•WRITE SECTOR(S)

•READ MULTIPLE

•SET MULTIPLE MODE

•WRITE MULTIPLE

The Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSDs also support the following optional commands:

•READ BUFFFER

•WRITE BUFFER

•NOP

•DOWNLOAD MICROCODE

Intel® X18-M/X25-M SATA Solid State Drive
Advance Product Manual	July 2008
18	Order Number: 319765-002US