Seagate ST320LT007 - 9ZV142, ST160LT011 - 9ZVG4D Identify Device command, Word Description Value

Models: ST250LT014 - 9YK14C ST160LT011 - 9ZVG4D ST320LT007 - 9ZV142 ST160LT014 - 9YK14D ST160LT007 - 9ZV14D ST320LT011 - 9ZVG42 ST160LT009 - 9WC14D ST250LT011 - 9ZVG4C ST320LT014 - 9YK142 ST250LT007 - 9ZV14C ST320LT009 - 9WC142 ST250LT009 - 9WC14C

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6.3.1Identify Device command

The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in the table on page 27. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive.

The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be included in the Serial ATA specifica- tion.

Word

Description

Value

 

 

 

 

Configuration information:

 

 

• Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI

0C5AH

0

• Bit 7: removable media

• Bit 6: removable controller

 

 

• Bit 0: reserved

 

 

 

 

1

Number of logical cylinders

16,383

 

 

 

2

ATA-reserved

0000H

3

Number of logical heads

16

 

 

 

4

Retired

0000H

5

Retired

0000H

6

Number of logical sectors per logical track: 63

003FH

7–9

Retired

0000H

10–19

Serial number: (20 ASCII characters, 0000H = none)

ASCII

20

Retired

0000H

21

Retired

0400H

22

Obsolete

0000H

23–26

Firmware revision (8 ASCII character string, padded with blanks

x.xx

to end of string)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST320LT007 - 9ZV142

 

 

ST320LT009 - 9WC142

 

 

ST320LT011 - 9ZVG42

 

 

ST320LT014 - 9YK142

 

Drive model number: (40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks

ST250LT007 - 9ZV14C

27–46

ST250LT009 - 9WC14C

to end of string)

ST250LT011 - 9ZVG4C

 

 

 

ST250LT014 - 9YK14C

 

 

ST160LT007 - 9ZV14D

 

 

ST160LT009 - 9WC14D

 

 

ST160LT011 - 9ZVG4D

 

 

ST160LT014 - 9YK14D

 

 

 

47

(Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and

8010H

Write multiple (16)

 

 

 

48

Reserved

0000H

49

Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled

2F00H

50

ATA-reserved

0000H

51

PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode

0200H

52

Retired

0200H

53

Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid

0007H

54

Number of current logical cylinders

xxxxH

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Seagate ST320LT007 - 9ZV142, ST160LT011 - 9ZVG4D, ST160LT007 - 9ZV14D manual Identify Device command, Word Description Value

ST250LT014 - 9YK14C, ST160LT011 - 9ZVG4D, ST320LT007 - 9ZV142, ST160LT014 - 9YK14D, ST160LT007 - 9ZV14D specifications

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