ATA COMMAND BLOCK AND SET DESCRIPTION

SSD-DXXX(I)-4300 DATA SHEET

Seek — 7Xh

The Seek command seeks and picks up the head to the tracks specified in the task file. When the command is issued, the solid-state memory chips do not need to be formatted. After an appropriate amount of time, the DSC bit is set.

Table 44: Seek — 7Xh

Register

D7

D6

D5

D4

 

D3

D2

D1

D0

Feature

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Count

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Number

 

 

Sector Number (LBA7-0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinder Low

 

 

Cylinder Low (LBA15-8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinder High

 

 

Cylinder High (LBA23-16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Head

1

LBA

1

Drive

 

Head Number (LBA27-24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command

 

 

 

7Xh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SSD-D32G(I)-4300 specifications

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