4.3Supported 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: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 30.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Command name

Command code (in hex)

 

 

ATA-standard commands

 

 

 

Device Configuration Restore

B1h/C0h

 

 

Device Configuration Freeze Lock

B1h/C1h

 

 

Device Configuration Identify

B1h/C2h

 

 

Device Configuration Set

B1h/C3h

 

 

Download Microcode

92h

 

 

Execute Device Diagnostics

90h

 

 

Flush Cache

E7h

 

 

Flush Cache Extended

EAh

 

 

Identify Device

ECh

 

 

Initialize Device Parameters

91h

 

 

Read Buffer

E4h

 

 

Read DMA

C8h

 

 

Read DMA Extended

25h

 

 

Read DMA without Retries

C9h

 

 

Read Long with Retries

22h

 

 

Read Long without Retries

23h

 

 

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 Verify Sectors

40h

 

 

Read Verify Sectors Extended

42h

 

 

Read Verify Sectors without Retries

41h

 

 

Seek

70h

 

 

Set Features

EFh

 

 

Set Max Address

F9h

 

 

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Seagate ST9100828AS, ST980811AS, ST960813AS Supported ATA commands, Command name Command code in hex ATA-standard commands

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