SCSI Description
5-106 Maxtor Atlas 10K III
The READ (6) command requests that data be transferred from the drive to the
initiator. The amount of data transferred is specified by the transfer length field. The
starting point is specified by the logical sector address. The data format and field
descriptions are shown in Table 5-125 and Table 5-126 respectively.
READ (6) Command-Data Format
READ (6) Command-Field Descriptions
0 Operati on Code (08h)
1 Reserved Logical Block Address
2 - 3 Logical Block Address (conti nued)
4 Transfer Length
5 Control
Logical Block Address Specifies the logical bl ock address where the
read operation wil l begi n.
Transfer Length
Specifies the number of contiguous logical
blocks of data to transfer. A transfer length of
0 indica tes that 256 logical bloc ks will be trans -
ferred. Any other value indicates the number of
logical blocks that will be transferred.