Seagate ST3400820AS, ST3120215AS manual Supported ATA commands, Command name Command code in hex

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4.3Supported ATA commands

The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 54.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Table 16: Supported ATA commands

Command name

Command code (in hex)

 

 

Check Power Mode

98H or E5H

Device Configuration Freeze Lock

B1H / C1H

Device Configuration Identify

B1H / C2H

Device Configuration Restore

B1H / C0H

Device Configuration Set

B1H / C3H

Device Reset

08H

Download Microcode

92H

Execute Device Diagnostics

90H

Flush Cache

E7H

Flush Cache Extended

EAH

Format Track

50H

Identify Device

ECH

Idle

97H or E3H

Idle Immediate

95H or E1H

Initialize Device Parameters

91H

Read Buffer

E4H

Read DMA

C8H

Read DMA Extended

25H

Read DMA Without Retries

C9H

Read Log Ext

2FH

Read Multiple

C4H

Read Multiple Extended

29H

Read Native Max Address

F8H

Read Native Max Address Extended

27H

Read Sectors

20H

Read Sectors Extended

24H

Read Sectors Without Retries

21H

Read Verify Sectors

40H

Read Verify Sectors Extended

42H

Read Verify Sectors Without Retries

41H

Recalibrate

10H

Security Disable Password

F6H

Security Erase Prepare

F3H

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