Toshiba 3006GAL, 4006GAH, MK6006GAH 10.8 Command Descriptions

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10.8 Command Descriptions

The drive interprets the commands written in the command register by the host system and executes them. This table shows the drive’s response to the valid commands written in command-register.

Command		Status register					Error register
	DRDY	DF	CORR	ERR	ICRC	UNC	IDNF	ABRT	TK0NF	AMNF
CHECK POWER MODE	√	√		√				√
EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC	√	√		√				See
							Table 10.7-1
DEVICE CONFIGRATION RESTORE	√	√		√				√
DEVICE CONFIGRATION FRESZE	√	√		√				√
LOCK
DEVICE CONFIGRATION IDENTIFY	√	√		√				√
DEVICE CONFIGRATION SET	√	√		√				√
DOWNLOAD MICROCODE	√	√		√				√
FLUSH CACHE (EXT)	√	√		√			√	√
FORMAT TRACK	√	√		√		√	√	√	√	√
IDENTIFY DEVICE	√	√		√				√
IDLE	√	√		√				√
IDLE IMMEDIATE	√	√		√				√
INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS	√	√
READ BUFFER	√	√		√				√
READ DMA (EXT)	√	√		√	√	√	√	√		√
READ MULTIPLE (EXT)	√	√		√		√	√	√		√
READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS (EXT)	√			√
READ SECTOR(S) (EXT)	√	√		√		√	√	√		√
READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) (EXT)	√	√		√		√	√	√		√
RECALIBRATE	√	√		√				√	√
SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD	√	√		√				√	√
SECURITY ERASE PREPARE	√	√		√				√	√
SECURITY ERASE UNIT	√	√		√				√	√
SECURITY FREEZE LOCK	√	√		√				√	√
SECURITY SET PASSWORD	√	√		√				√	√
SECURITY UNLOCK	√	√		√				√	√
SEEK	√	√		√			√	√
SET FEATURES	√	√		√				√
SET MAX ADDRESS (EXT)	√			√			√	√
SET MAX SET PASSWORD	√			√				√
SET MAX LOCK	√			√				√
SET MAX UNLOCK	√			√				√
SET MAX FLEEZE LOCK	√			√				√
SET MULTIPLE MODE	√	√		√				√
SLEEP	√	√		√				√
SMART Enable/Disable Attribute	√	√		√				√
autosave
SMART Enable/Disable Automatic	√	√		√				√
Off-line
SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS	√	√		√				√
SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS	√	√		√				√
SMART RETURN STATUS	√	√		√				√
SMART Read Attribute Values	√	√		√		√	√	√
SMART Read Attribute Thresholds	√	√		√				√
SMART Save Attribute Values	√	√		√				√
SMART Execute OFF-LINE Immediate	√	√		√			√	√
SMART Read Log Sector	√	√		√		√	√	√
SMART Write Log Sector	√	√		√			√	√
STANDBY	√	√		√				√
STANDBY IMMEDIATE	√	√		√				√
WRITE BUFFER	√	√		√				√
WRITE DMA (EXT)	√	√		√	√		√	√
WRITE MULTIPLE (EXT)	√	√		√			√	√
WRITE SECTOR(S) (EXT)	√	√		√			√	√
WRITE VERIFY	√	√		√			√	√
Invalid command code	√	√		√				√

√ = valid on this command

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