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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 International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://

www.sata-io.org). See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 for details and subcommands used in the

S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Table 8: Supported ATA commands

Command name Command code (in hex)
Check Power Mode E5H
Configure Stream 51H
Device Configuration Freeze Lock B1H / C1H
Device Configuration Identify B1H / C2H
Device Configuration Restore B1H / C0H
Device Configuration Set B1H / C3H
Device Reset 08H
Download Microcode 92H
Execute Device Diagnostics 90H
Flush Cache E7H
Flush Cache Extended EAH
Format Track 50H
Identify Device ECH
Idle E3H
Idle Immediate E1H
Initialize Device Parameters 91H
Read Buffer E4H
Read DMA C8H
Read DMA Extended 25H
Read DMA Without Retries C9H
Read Log Ext 2FH
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 Stream DMA Extended 2AH
Read Stream Extended 2BH
Read Verify Sectors 40H
Read Verify Sectors Extended 42H
Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 41H
Recalibrate 10H
Security Disable Password F6H