SCSI Description
5-170 Maxtor Atlas 10K III
The WRITE (6) command requests tha t the drive write init iator-supplied da ta to the
medium.
The Command Descr ipt or Bl ock for the WRI TE (6) command i s shown in Ta ble 5-
212; Table 5-213 describes the data fields.
WRITE (6) Command D escrip tor Block-Data For ma t
WRITE (6) Command-Field Descriptions
0 Operation Code (0Ah)
1 Rese rved Logical Blo ck Address
2 - 3 Logical Block Address
4 Transfer Length
5 Control
Logical Block
Address The addr ess of the fi rst l ogical block where the W rite operati on will oc -
cur.
Transfer Length
The num ber of co ntiguous logic al bl ocks of da ta to transf er . A t ransfer
lengt h of 0 indic ates 256 logi cal b locks are to be t ransferred. Any other
value indic ates the actual number o f logica l blocks t hat w ill be trans-
ferred.