
| State field values |
Value | State |
x0h | Unknown |
x1h | Sleep |
x2h | Standby |
x3h | Active/Idle with BSY cleared to zero |
x4h | Executing SMART |
Reserved | |
Vendor unique |
The value of x is vendor specific and may be different for each state.
Sleep indicates the reset for which the error is being reported was received when the device was in the Sleep mode.
Standby indicates the command or reset for which the error is being reported was received when the device was in the Standby mode.
Active/Idle with BSY cleared to zero indicates the command or reset for which the error is being reported was received when the device was in the Active or Idle mode and BSY was cleared to zero.
Executing SMART
Life timestamp will contain the
The device error count field will contain the total number of errors attributable to the device that have been reported by the device during the life of the device. These errors will include UNC errors, IDNF errors for which the address requested was valid, servo errors, write fault errors, etc. This count will not include errors attributed to the receipt of faulty commands such as commands codes not implemented by the device or requests with invalid parameters or invalid addresses. If the maximum value for this field is reached, the count will remain at the maximum value when additional errors are encountered and logged.
11.8.42.6.2.6 Data structure checksumThe data structure checksum is the two's complement of the sum of the first 511 bytes in the data structure. Each byte will be added with unsigned arithmetic, and overflow will be ignored. The sum of all 512 bytes will be zero when the checksum is correct. The checksum is placed in byte 511.
11.8.42.6.3 Comprehensive error logThe following defines the format of each of the sectors that comprise the SMART comprehensive error log. The SMART Comprehensive error log provides logging for
11.8.43.2. The size of the SMART comprehensive error log is 51 sectors. All
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