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 35.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.
Table 8: Supported ATA commands
Command name | Command code (in hex) |
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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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