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4.3 Supported ATA commands

The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of

the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. Se e

“S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 33.for details and subcommands used in the S .M.A.R.T. implementation.

Command name Command code (in hex)
ATA-standard commands
Download Microcode 92h
Execute Device Diagnostics 90h
Flush Cache E 7h
Flush Cache Extended EAh
Identify Device ECh
Initialize Device Parameters 91h
Read Buffer E4h
Read DMA C8h
Read DMA Extended 25h
Read DMA without Retries C9h
Read Multiple C4h
Read Multiple Extended 29h
Read Native Max Address F8h
Read Native Max Address Extended 27h
Read Sectors 20h
Read Sectors Extended 24h
Read Sectors without Retries 21h
Read Verify Sectors 40h
Read Verify Sectors Extended 42h
Read Verify Sectors without Retries 41h
Seek 70h
Set Features EFh
Set Max Address F9h
Note: Individual Set Max commands are
identified by the value placed in the Set Max
Features register as defined to the right.
Address:
Password:
Lock:
Unlock:
Freeze Lock:
00H
01H
02H
03H
04H
Set Multiple Mode C6h
S.M.A.R.T. B0h
Write Buffer E8h
Write DMA CAh
Write DMA Extended 35h