SCSI Description
5-114 Maxtor Atlas 10K III
The READ DEFECT DATA (12) command directs the drive to report defect
informat ion about the dr ives medium. Refer to the F ORMAT UNIT command for
informat ion a bout de f ect s. The data se nt t o the ho st in the c ommands da ta- in buf fer
transfer c onsists of a four-by te Defec t List head er (Ta ble 5-144 an d Ta ble 5-145),
followed by any Defect Descriptors (Table 5-142 and Table 5-143).
The READ DEFECT DATA (12 ) Command D escr ipt or Bl ock i s shown in Tab le 5-
140; the data fields are described in Table 5-141.
READ DEFECT DATA (12) Command-Data Format
0 Operation Code (B7h)
1 Reserved Plist Glist Defect List Format
2 - 5 Rese rved
6 - 9 (MSB) Allocation Length (LSB)
10 Reserved
11 Control