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9.0Interface requirements
This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on the drives.
9.1General description
This section describes in essentially general terms the interface requirements supported by the Cheetah 36XL. No attempt is made to describe all of the minute details of conditions and constraints that must be considered by designers when designing a system in which this family of drives can properly operate. Seagate declares that the drives operate in accordance with the appropriate ANSI Standards referenced in various places herein, with exceptions as noted herein or in the Seagate SCSI Interface Product Manual, part number 75789509.
9.2SCSI interface messages supported
Table 4 lists the messages supported by the
Table 4: SCSI messages supported by Cheetah 36XL family drives
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Abort | 06h | Y |
0Dh | Y | |
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Bus device reset | 0Ch | Y |
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Clear ACA | 16h | N |
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Clear queue | 0Eh | Y |
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Command complete | 00h | Y |
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Continue I/O process | 12h | Y |
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Disconnect | 04h | Y |
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Extended messages | 01h[1] | Y |
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Identify | Y | |
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Ignore wide residue (two bytes) | 23h | Y |
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Initiate recovery | 0Fh | N |
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Initiator detected error | 05h | Y |
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Linked command complete | 0Ah | Y |
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Linked command complete with flag | 0Bh | Y |
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Message parity error | 09h | Y |
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Message reject | 07h | Y |
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Modify data pointer | [1] | N |
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No operation | 08h | Y |
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Parallel Protocol Request | [1] [2] | Y |
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Queue tag messages (two bytes) |
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ACA | 24h | N |
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Head of queue tag | 21h | Y |
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Ordered queue tag | 22h | Y |
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Simple queue tag | 20h | Y |
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Release recovery | 10h | N |
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Restore pointers | 03h | Y |
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Save data pointer | 02h | Y |
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Synchronous data transfer req. | [1] | Y |
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Target transfer disable | 13h | Y |
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Terminate I/O process | 11h | Y |
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Wide data transfer request | [1] | Y |
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Notes.
[1]Extended messages (see the SCSI Interface Product Manual, part number 75789509).
[2]Supports all options except qas_req and iu_req.