Maxtor 10K III manual 36#/-836

FORMAT UNIT Command Descriptor Block-Data Format

SCSI Description

0

Operation Code (04h)

1

Reserved

Fmt

Cmp

Defect List Format

Data

List

2

Vendor-Specific

3 - 4

Interleave

5

Control

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￿FORMAT￿UNIT Command￿

-Field￿

Descriptions￿

￿

￿

Format Data. When the Format Data value is 1, it indicates that a data-out

buffer transfer occurs as part of the command execution. The FORMAT

UNIT Parameter list (consisting of a Defect List Header and, optionally, a

FmtData(KGNF

thisnumberphase.of Block Format Defect&GUETKRVKQPDescriptors) is passed to the device during

Table5

When the Format Data value is 0, the data-out buffer transfer does not oc-

cur.

-11

Complete List. When the Complete List value is 1, the drive deletes its cur-

rent Grown Defect List and starts a new one, containing the Logical Block

Numbers listed in the defect list supplied by the initiator during this format

CmpLst

operation are added to the list, creating a new Grown Defect List.

When the Complete List value is 0, the drive adds initiator-supplied and

newly found defective Logical Block Numbers to the existing Grown Defec-

tive List.

The Defect List Format value specifies the defect descriptor passed by the

initiator to the drive when the Format Data value is 1. Acceptable values

Defect List Format

are:

000b (Block [

] Format)

100b (Index Format)

101b (Physical Sector Format)

Table5-12

Vendor-Specific

Not supported.

Must be 0

Interleave

Not supported. Ignored

by￿the drive.

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Maxtor Atlas 10K III 5-15