4.2Supported 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 Op-Code

Command Type

 

 

 

NOP

00h

Non data

 

 

 

Recalibrate

10h

Non data

 

 

 

Read Sector(s)

20h

PIO data-in

 

 

 

Read Sector(s) Ext

24h

PIO data-in

 

 

 

Read DMA Ext

25h

DMA data-in

 

 

 

Read Native Max Address Ext

27h

Non data

 

 

 

Read Multiple Ext

29h

PIO data-in

 

 

 

Write Sector(s)

30h

PIO data-out

 

 

 

Write Sector(s) Ext

34h

PIO data-out

 

 

 

Write DMA Ext

35h

DMA data-out

 

 

 

Set Max Address Ext

37h

Non data

 

 

 

Write Multiple Ext

39h

PIO data-out

 

 

 

Read Verify Sector(s)

40h

Non data

 

 

 

Read Verify Sector(s) Ext

42h

Non data

 

 

 

Execute Drive Diagnostics

90h

Non data

 

 

 

Download Microcode

92h

PIO data-out

 

 

 

SMART

B0h

 

 

 

 

SMART Disable Operations

 

Non data

 

 

 

SMART Enable/Disable Autosave

 

Non data

 

 

 

SMART Enable Operations

 

Non data

 

 

 

SMART Execute Off-Line Immediate

 

Non data

 

 

 

SMART Read Data

 

PIO data-in

 

 

 

SMART Read Log

 

PIO data-in

 

 

 

SMART Return Status

 

Non data

 

 

 

SMART Write Log

 

PIO data-out

 

B1h

 

Device Configuration

 

 

 

 

Device Configuration Restore

 

Non data

 

 

 

Device Configuration Freeze Lock

 

Non data

 

 

 

Device Configuration Identify

 

PIO data-in

 

 

 

Device Configuration Set

 

PIO data-out

 

C4h

 

Read Multiple

PIO data-in

 

 

 

Write Multiple

C5h

PIO data-out

 

 

 

Set Multiple Mode

C6h

Non data

 

 

 

Read DMA

C8h

DMA data-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

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