
U S E R RESPONSIBLE F O R V E R I F Y I N G VERSION A N D COMPLETENESS
O E M F U N C T I O N A L S P E C I F I C A T I O N U L T R A S T A R X P ( D F H C ) SSA M O D E L S 1.12/2.25 G B - 1.0" H I G H
Note: A timeout of one minute or more is recommended but N O T required. The larger system timeout limit allows the system to take advantage of the extensive E R P / D R P that the drive may attempt in order to successfully complete the
Note: A 60 second minimum is required if electronics card replacement is required as a service practice. Please contact an IBM Customer Representative for more details if required.
Medium Access Command Time: The timeout limit for medium access commands that transfer user data and/or
Log Select | Read Defect Data | Send Diagnostic |
Log Sense | Read Long | Verify |
Mode Select | Receive Diagnostic Results | Write |
Mode Sense | Release | Write and Verify |
Reserve | Write Buffer | |
Read | Rezero Unit | Write Long |
Read Capacity | Seek | Write Same |
Note: The 30 sec limit assumes the absence of SSA link contention and user data transfers of 64 blocks or less. This time should be adjusted for anticipated SSA link contention and if longer user data transfers are requested.
Timeout limits for other commands: The drive should be allowed a minimum of 5 seconds to complete these commands:
Format Unit (with Immed bit = 1) | Request Sense |
Inquiry | Start/Stop Unit (with Immed bit = 1) |
Read Buffer | Synchronize Cache |
Read Memory | Test Unit Ready |
When Automatic Reallocation is enabled add 45 seconds to the timeout of the following commands: Read (6), Read (10), Write (6), Write (10), Write and Verify, and Write Same.
The command timeout for a command that is not located at the head of the command queue should be increased by the sum of command timeouts for all of the commands that are performed before it is.
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