SCSI Description
5-124 Maxtor Atlas 10K III
The Trans late Add ress Pa ge allow s 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
DIAGNO S TIC comm an d, and the results are returned to the initiator by the
RE CEIVE DIAG NOSTIC RESULTS com man d .
Table 5-159 shows the format of the Translate Address Page that is returned in
response to a RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS command, and Table 5-160
contains a description of the data fields. Multiple translated addresses are returned if
the logical sector size is greater than 512 bytes (more than one physic al data sector).
Translate Address Page-Data Format
Bytes 6 through 13: One set of these bytes is required for each
sector per Logical Block Address.
0 Ope ration Co de (40 h)
1 Reserved
2 - 3 Page Length (2 + (8 x ))
(where = number of sectors / LBA)
4 Reserved Supplied Format =
000b (LBA)
5 RAREA ALT-
SEC ALT-
TRK Reserved Translate Format =
101b (Physical Sector)
6 - 8 Translated Address (Cylinder Number)1
9Translated Address (Head Number)1
10 - 13 Translat ed Address (Sector Number or Bytes From Index)1
y -
y + 2 T ranslated Address (Cyli nder N um ber)
Where y = (( -1) x 8) + 6
y + 3 Translat ed Address (Head Number )
y + 4
-
y + 7 Translate d Address (Sector Number or Bytes From Index)