4.2.4Supported ATA commands

The following table lists 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. See “S.M.A.R.T. com- mands” on page 38 for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Table 9:

Supported commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATA Security API

DriveTrust Security API

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Op

 

 

 

 

Secure

Authenticated

Code

Command

Locked

Unlocked

Frozen

State

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5C

TRUSTED RECEIVE (PIO)

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5D

TRUSTED RECEIVE DMA

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5E

TRUSTED SEND (PIO)

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5F

TRUSTED SEND DMA

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal Commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E5

CHECK POWER MODE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98

CHECK POWER MODE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51

CONFIGURE STREAM

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B1

DEVICE CONFIGURATION

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08

DEVICE RESET

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

DOWNLOAD MICROCODE

Aborted

Aborted

Aborted

Aborted

Aborted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90

EXECUTE DEVICE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

DIAGNOSTIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E7

FLUSH CACHE

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EA

FLUSH CACHE EXT

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EC

IDENTIFY DEVICE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A1

IDENTIFY PACKET

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

DEVICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E3

IDLE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97

IDLE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E1

IDLE IMMEDIATE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

95

IDLE IMMEDIATE

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

NOP

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E4

READ BUFFER

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C8

READ DMA

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C9

READ DMA

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

READ DMA EXT

Aborted

Executable

Executable

Aborted

Executable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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