Maxtor 10K III manual 159, Translate Address Page-Data Format, Rarea ALT

SCSI Description

￿￿￿￿￿￿6TCPUNCVGThe Translate￿#FFTGUUAddress￿2CIGPage￿￿￿￿allowsJ￿the initiator to translate a logical sector address, physical address, or physical bytes for an index address into any one of the other formats. The address to be translated is passed to the drive with the SEND DIAGNOSTIC command, and the results are returned to the initiator by the RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS command.

Table 5-159shows the format of the Translate Address Page that is returned in response to a RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS command, and Table 5-160contains a description of the data fields. Multiple translated addresses are returned if the logical sector size is greater than 512 bytes (more than one physical data sector).

Translate Address Page-Data Format

$[VG

0

$KV

￿

￿

￿

Operation￿

Code￿(40h)

￿

￿

￿

1

Reserved

2 - 3

Page Length (2 + (8 x

))

(where

= number of sectors / LBA)

4

Reserved

Supplied Format =

000b (LBA)

5

RAREA

ALT-

ALT-

Reserved

Translate Format =

SEC

TRK

101b (Physical Sector)

6 - 8

Translated Address (Cylinder Number)1

9

Translated Address (Head Number)1

10 - 13

Translated Address (Sector Number or Bytes From Index)1

y -

Translated Address (Cylinder Number)

y + 2

Where y = (( -1) x 8) + 6

y + 3

Translated Address (Head Number)

y + 4

-

Translated Address (Sector Number or Bytes From Index)

y + 7

Table5-159

Bytes 6 through 13: One set of these bytes is required for each

sector per Logical Block Address.2

2

2

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