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4.1.1 Supported 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).

[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.

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 92HX
Flush Cache E7HX
Identify Device ECH
Idle 97H, E3HX
Idle Immediate 95H, E1HX
Read DMA C8H, C9HX
Read Multiple C4HX
Read Sectors 20H, 21HX
Seek 7XHX
Set Features EFHX
Set Multiple Mode C6HX
Sleep 99H, E6H
Smart B0h X
Standby 96H, E2HX
Standby Immediate 94H, E0HX
Write DMA CAH, CBHX
Write Multiple C5HX
Write Sectors 30H, 31HX