A number starting with 0 is assigned to each cylinder required in the user space in ascending order. If the number of cylinders do not reach the maximum, the rest of the cylinders will not be used.

Always one cylinder that is located at the end of each zone in the user space can be established as an alternate cylinder. Alternate cylinders will be used for alternate blocks when primary cylinders in the user space are used up. See Subsections 3.1.2 and 3.3.2 for details.

(2)Internal test space

The Internal test space is an area for diagnostic purposes only and its data block length is always 512KByte. The Internal test space consists of 8 cylinders and outer-host cylinder is always assigned. The user cannot change the number of cylinders in the Internal test space or their positions.

(3)System space

The system space is an area for exclusive use of the IDD itself and the following information are recorded.

•Defect list (P list and G list)

•MODE SELECT parameter (saved value)

•Statistical information (log data)

•Controller control information

The above information is duplicated in several different locations for safety.

Note:

The system space is also called SA space.

3.1.2Alternate spare area

The alternate spare area consists of the last track of each cell in the user space and an alternate cylinder allocated to the last cylinder of each zone.

The spare area in each cylinder is placed at the end of the last track as shown in Figure 3.2. These spare sectors are located in the end of the track logically, not necessarily located at the end physically because of track skew or cylinder skew. (Details are explained on Subsection 3.1.3.)

Size can be specified by the MODE SELECT command.

The number of spare sectors per cell can be specified exceeding 32. The default for the spare sectors number is 84.

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MAP3735NC/NP, MAP3367NC/NP, MAP3147NC/NP specifications

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