4.1.1Supported ATA commands

The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to ATA version 7 specification, Volume 1. (www.t13.org).

Table 9:

Supported commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command name

Command code (in hex)

Does command cause drive to

transition to active mode? [1]

 

 

 

ATA-standard commands

 

 

 

 

 

Check Power Mode

98H, E5H

 

Download Microcode

92H

X

Flush Cache

 

E7H

X

Identify Device

ECH

 

Idle

 

97H, E3H

X

Idle Immediate

95H, E1H

X

Read DMA

 

C8H, C9H

X

Read Multiple

C4H

X

Read Sectors

20H, 21H

X

Seek

 

7XH

X

Set Features

 

EFH

X

Set Multiple Mode

C6H

X

Sleep

 

99H, E6H

 

Smart

 

B0h

X

 

 

 

 

Standby

 

96H, E2H

X

Standby Immediate

94H, E0H

X

Write DMA

 

CAH, CBH

X

Write Multiple

C5H

X

Write Sectors

30H, 31H

X

[1]‘X’ indicates: If the drive is in Standby mode, it will cause the drive to spin up to Active mode in order to execute the command.

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