period programmed into the Standby Timer.
8.2.34 SMART (B0h)
Individual SMART commands are identified by the value placed in the Feature resister. Below depicts these Feature register values.
Table 8-14 SMART Feature Registers Values
Feature Value | Command |
D0h | SMART READ DATA |
D1h | Obsolete (SMART Read Threshold) |
D2h | SMART ENABLE/DISABLE ATTRIBUTE AUTOSAVE |
D3h | Obsolete (SMART Save Attribute Value) |
D4h | SMART EXECUTE |
D5h | SMART READ LOG SECTOR |
D6h | SMART WRITE LOG SECTOR |
D7h | Obsolete |
D8h | SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS |
D9h | SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS |
DAh | SMART RETURN STATUS |
DBh | Obsolete (Enable/Disable Auto Offline Scan) |
Reserved | |
DEh | Reserved (Initialize SMART Variables) |
DFh | Reserved |
8.2.34.1Smart disable operations (D9h)
This command disables all SMART capabilities within the device including any timer and event count functions related to this feature. After receipt of this command the device shall disable all SMART operations. SMART data shall no longer be monitored or saved by the device. The state of SMART (either enabled or disabled) shall be preserved by the device across power cycles.
After receipt of this command by the device, all other SMART commands (including SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS commands), with the exception of SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS, are disabled and invalid and shall be command aborted by the device.
8.2.34.2Smart enable/disable attribute auto-save (D2h)
This command enables and disables the optional attribute
A value of zero written by the host into the device’s Sector Count register before issuing this command shall cause this feature to be disabled. Disabling this feature does not preclude the device from saving SMART data to
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