Fujitsu MHR2010AT, Product Manual

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6.3 Defect Processing
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6.2.2 Power commands
The following commands are available as power commands.
• IDLE
• IDLE IMMEDIATE
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STANDBY
•
STANDBY IMMEDIATE
•
SLEEP
•
CHECK POWER MODE
•
SET FEATURES (APM setting)
6.3 Defect Processing
This device performs alternating processing where the defective sector is
alternated with the spare area depending on media defect location information.
The media defect location information is registered in the system space specified
for the user area according to the format at shipment of the media from the plant.
Depending on the format at shipment of the media from the plant, all user areas
must be the targets of defect processing based on the default parameters listed in
Table 6.1.
6.3.1 Spare area
The following two types of areas are prepared as the spare area in user areas:
1) Spare area for sector slip: At shipment of the media from the plant, this area
is defined for use in alternating processing for defective sectors during format
processing. 254 sectors/128 tracks.
2) Spare cylinder for alternate assignment: This cylinder is used during
automatic alternating processing for defective sector. 2000 sectors/drive.