4.4Identify Device command

The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data, shown below, is organized as a single 512-byte block of data. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive. See Section 2.0 on page 3 for default parameter settings.

The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be included in the ATA-6 Standard.

Word

Description

Value

 

 

 

0

Configuration information:

0C5AH

 

• Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI

 

 

• Bit 7: removable media

 

 

• Bit 6: removable controller

 

 

• Bit 0: reserved

 

 

 

 

1

Number of logical cylinders

16,383

 

 

 

2

ATA-reserved

0000H

3

Number of logical heads

16

 

 

 

4

Retired

0000H

5

Retired

0000H

6

Number of logical sectors per logical track: 63

003FH

7–9

Retired

0000H

10–19

Serial number: (20 ASCII characters, 0000H = none)

ASCII

20

Retired

0000H

21

Retired

0400H

22

Obsolete

0000H

23–26

Firmware revision

x.xx

 

(8 ASCII character string, padded with blanks to end of string)

 

 

 

 

27–46

Drive model number (40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks

ST980817AM

 

to end of string)

ST980818AM

 

 

ST980817SM

 

 

ST980818SM

 

 

ST960817AM

 

 

ST960818AM

 

 

ST960817SM

 

 

ST960818SM

 

 

ST940817AM

 

 

ST940818AM

 

 

ST940817SM

 

 

ST940818SM

 

 

ST930817AM

 

 

ST930818AM

 

 

ST930817SM

 

 

ST930818SM

 

 

 

47

(Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and

8010H

 

Write multiple (16)

 

48

Reserved

0000H

49

Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled

2F00H

50

ATA-reserved

0000H

51

PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode

0200H

52

Retired

0200H

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Seagate ST980818AM, ST980817SM, ST980818SM, ST980817AM, ST960817AM, ST960818SM Identify Device command, Word Description Value

ST940817SM, ST940818SM, ST960817SM, ST930817AM, ST960818AM specifications

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