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5K250 SATA OEM Specification

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11.6

Features Register..................................................................................................................45

11.7

LBA High Register................................................................................................................45

11.8

LBA Low Register .................................................................................................................46

11.9

LBA Mid Register .................................................................................................................46

11.10

Sector Count Register........................................................................................................46

11.11

Status Register ..................................................................................................................46

ENERAL

PERATION

ESCRIPTIONS

..............................................................................................48

12.1

Reset Response......................................................................................................................48

12.2

Diagnostic and Reset considerations....................................................................................49

12.3

Power-off considerations.......................................................................................................50

12.4

Sector Addressing Mode........................................................................................................51

12.5

Power Management Feature ................................................................................................51

12.6

Advanced Power Management (Adaptive Battery Life Extender 3) Feature .....................53

12.7

Interface Power Management Mode (Slumber and Partial)................................................54

12.8

S.M.A.R.T. Function .............................................................................................................54

12.9

Security Mode Feature Set ...................................................................................................55

12.10

Protected Area Function ...................................................................................................61

12.11

Seek Overlap......................................................................................................................64

12.12

Write Cache Function........................................................................................................64

12.13

Reassign Function .............................................................................................................64

12.14

48-bit Address Feature Set ...............................................................................................65

12.15

Software Setting Preservation Feature Set......................................................................66

12.16

Native Command Queuing................................................................................................67

12.17

SMART Command Transport (SCT).................................................................................67

OMMAND

ROTOCOL

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13.1

Data In Commands ...............................................................................................................69

13.2

Data Out Commands ............................................................................................................69

13.3

Non-Data Commands............................................................................................................70

13.4

DMA Data Transfer Commands...........................................................................................71

13.5

First-parity DMA Commands...............................................................................................71

OMMAND

ESCRIPTIONS

................................................................................................................72

14.1

Check Power Mode (E5h/98h)...............................................................................................76

14.2

Device Configuration Overlay (B1h) ....................................................................................77

14.3

Execute Device Diagnostic (90h) ..........................................................................................81

14.4

Flush Cache (E7h).................................................................................................................82

14.5

Flush Cache Ext (EAh) .........................................................................................................83

14.6

Format Track (50h: Vendor Specific) ...................................................................................84

14.7

Format Unit (F7h: Vendor Specific) .....................................................................................85

14.8

Identify Device (ECh)............................................................................................................86

14.9

Idle (E3h/97h)........................................................................................................................97

14.10

Idle Immediate (E1h/95h) .................................................................................................98

14.11

Initialize Device Parameters (91h) ...................................................................................99

14.12

Read Buffer (E4h)............................................................................................................100

14.13

Read DMA(C8h/C9h).......................................................................................................101

14.14

Read DMA Ext (25h) .......................................................................................................102

14.15

Read FPDMA Queued (60h)............................................................................................103

14.16

Read Log Ext(2Fh)...........................................................................................................104

14.17

Read Multiple (C4h) ........................................................................................................112

14.18

Read Multiple Ext (29h)..................................................................................................113

14.19

Read Native Max Address (F8h).....................................................................................114

14.20

Read Native Max Address Ext (27h)...............................................................................115

14.21

Read Sector(s) (20h/21h) .................................................................................................116

14.22

Read Sector(s) Ext (24h)..................................................................................................117

14.23

Read Verify Sector(s) (40h/41h) ......................................................................................118

14.24

Read Verify Sector(s) Ext (42h).......................................................................................119

14.25

Recalibrate (1xh) .............................................................................................................120

14.26

Security Disable Password (F6h)....................................................................................121

14.27

Security Erase Prepare (F3h) .........................................................................................122

14.28

Security Erase Unit (F4h) ...............................................................................................123

Summary of Contents for 2.5-INCH Travelstar HTS542525K9A300

Page 1: ...rage Technologies Hard Disk Drive Specification Hitachi Travelstar 5K250 2 5 inch SATA hard disk drive Models HTS542525K9A300 HTS542525K9SA00 HTS542516K9A300 HTS542516K9SA00 HTS542512K9A300 HTS542512K9SA00 HTS542580K9A300 HTS542580K9SA00 Revision 1 0 05 June 2007 ...

Page 2: ...tachi may make improvements or changes in any products or programs described in this publication at any time It is possible that this publication may contain reference to or information about Hitachi products machines and programs programming or services that are not announced in your country Such references or information must not be construed to mean that Hitachi intends to announce such Hitachi...

Page 3: ...ety 21 5 5 Data buffer test 22 5 6 Error recovery 22 5 7 Automatic reallocation 22 5 8 ECC 23 6 SPECIFICATION 24 6 1 Environment 24 6 2 DC power requirements 26 6 3 Reliability 28 6 4 Mechanical specifications 31 6 5 Vibration and shock 33 6 6 Acoustics 35 6 7 Identification labels 36 6 8 Electromagnetic compatibility 36 6 9 Safety 37 6 10 Packaging 37 6 11 Substance restriction requirements 37 7 ...

Page 4: ... Data In Commands 69 13 2 Data Out Commands 69 13 3 Non Data Commands 70 13 4 DMA Data Transfer Commands 71 13 5 First parity DMA Commands 71 14 COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS 72 14 1 Check Power Mode E5h 98h 76 14 2 Device Configuration Overlay B1h 77 14 3 Execute Device Diagnostic 90h 81 14 4 Flush Cache E7h 82 14 5 Flush Cache Ext EAh 83 14 6 Format Track 50h Vendor Specific 84 14 7 Format Unit F7h Vendo...

Page 5: ...rite Uncorrectable Ext 45h 167 15 TIMINGS 169 List of Figures Figure 1 Limits of temperature and humidity 24 Figure 2 Mounting hole locations 31 Figure 3 Interface connector pin assignments 38 Figure 4 Parameter descriptions 40 Figure 5 Initial Setting 57 Figure 6 Usual Operation 58 Figure 7 Password Lost 59 Figure 8 Set Max security mode transition 63 Figure 9 Seek overlap 64 Figure 10 Selective ...

Page 6: ... Overlay Data structure 79 Table 47 DCO error information definition 80 Table 48 Execute Device Diagnostic Command 90h 81 Table 49 Flush Cache Command E7h 82 Table 50 Flush Cache EXT Command EAh 83 Table 51 Format Track Command 50h 84 Table 52 Format Unit Command F7h 85 Table 53 Identify Device Command ECh 86 Table 54 Identify device information 87 Table 55 Identify device information Continued 88...

Page 7: ...et Max Address Command F9h 133 Table 106 Set Max Address Ext Command 37h 135 Table 107 Set Multiple Command C6h 137 Table 108 Sleep Command E6h 99h 138 Table 109 S M A R T Function Set Command B0h 139 Table 110 Log sector addresses 142 Table 111 Device Attribute Data Structure 144 Table 112 Individual Attribute Data Structure 145 Table 113 Status Flag Definitions 146 Table 114 Device Attribute Thr...

Page 8: ...SA00 1 5 120 9 5 5400 HTS542580K9A300 3 0 Travelstar 5K250 80 HTS542580K9SA00 1 5 80 9 5 5400 Part 1 of this document beginning on page 14 defines the hardware functional specification Interface specification is separately issued 1 1 Abbreviations Abbreviation Meaning 32 KB 32 x 1024 bytes 64 KB 64 x 1024 bytes inch A amp AC alternating current AT Advanced Technology ATA Advanced Technology Attach...

Page 9: ... imped impedance I O Input Output ISO International Standards Organization KB 1 000 bytes Kbit mm 1 000 bits per mm Kbit sq mm 1000 bits per square mm KHz kilohertz LBA logical block addressing Lw unit of A weighted sound power m meter max or Max maximum MB 1 000 000 bytes Mbps 1 000 000 Bit per second Mb sec 1 000 000 Bit per second MB sec 1 000 000 bytes per second MHz megahertz MLC Machine Leve...

Page 10: ...ce RH relative humidity RH per cent relative humidity RMS root mean square RPM revolutions per minute RST reset R W read write sec second Sect Trk sectors per track SELV secondary low voltage S M A R T Self monitoring analysis and reporting technology Trk track TTL transistor transistor logic UL Underwriters Laboratory V volt VDE Verband Deutscher Electrotechniker W watt 3 state transistor transis...

Page 11: ...thing hole on the top cover See figure below Do not touch the interface connector pins or the surface of the printed circuit board The drive can be damaged by shock or ESD Electric Static Discharge Any damages incurred to the drive after removing it from the shipping package and the ESD protective bag are the responsibility of the user 1 4 Drive handling precautions Do not press on the drive cover...

Page 12: ...ead Solomon code Non interleave On The Fly correction Included 2 symbol system ECC Segmented Buffer with write cache 8192 KB Upper 736 KB is used for firmware Fast data transfer rate HTS5425xxK9A300 model up to 3 0Gbit s HTS5425xxK9SA00 model up to 1 5Gbit s Media data transfer rate max 665 Mb s Average seek time 11 ms for read Closed loop actuator servo Embedded Sector Servo Rotary voice coil mot...

Page 13: ...5K250 SATA OEM Specification Page 13 of 171 Part 1 Functional Specification ...

Page 14: ...col Embedded Sector Servo No ID TM formatting Multizone recording Code 100 102 bit parity 199 200 RC Modulation Encoding System ECC Enhanced Adaptive Battery Life Extender 3 2 Head disk assembly data The following technologies are used in the drive Femto Slider Perpendicular recording disk and write head TMR head Integrated lead suspension ILS Load unload mechanism Mechanical latch ...

Page 15: ... HTS542580K9SA00 Physical Layout Bytes per Sector 512 512 512 512 Number of Heads 4 3 2 2 Number of Disks 2 2 1 1 Logical Layout Number of Heads 16 16 16 16 Number of Sectors Track 63 63 63 63 Number of Cylinders 16 383 16 383 16 383 16 383 Number of Sectors 488 397 168 312 581 808 234 441 648 156 301 488 Total Logical Data Bytes 250 059 350 016 160 041 885 696 120 034 123 776 80 026 361 856 Table...

Page 16: ...t 4 3 Cylinder allocation Data format is allocated by each head characteristics Typical format is described below 125GB p Mid BIP Mid TPI format Zone Cylinder No of Sectors Trk 0 0 4535 1368 1 4536 12149 1344 2 12150 15146 1312 3 15147 18872 1296 4 18873 22598 1272 5 22599 28025 1248 6 28026 35396 1200 7 35397 39122 1176 8 39123 45926 1152 9 45927 49814 1120 10 49815 55322 1080 11 55323 60830 1056...

Page 17: ...ive This specification does not include the system throughput as this is dependent upon the system and the application The following table gives a typical value for each parameter The detailed descriptions are found in section 5 0 Function Average Random Seek Time Read ms 11 Average Random Seek Time Write ms 13 Rotational Speed RPM 5400 Power on to ready sec 3 5 Command overhead ms 1 0 Disk buffer...

Page 18: ...very is not employed to correct arrival problems The Average Seek Time is measured as the weighted average of all possible seek combinations max Σ max 1 n Tnin Tnout n 1 Weighted Average max 1 max Where max maximum seek length n seek length 1 to max Tnin inward measured seek time for an n track seek Tnout outward measured seek time for an n track seek 4 4 2 2 Full stroke seek Command Type Typical ...

Page 19: ...tion Typical sec Max sec Power On To Ready 3 5 9 5 Table 9 Drive ready time Ready The condition in which the drive is able to perform a media access command for example read write immediately Power On To Ready This includes the time required for the internal self diagnostics ...

Page 20: ...ting commands The spindle motor is stopped All circuitry but the host interface is in power saving mode The execution of commands is delayed until the spindle becomes ready Sleep The device requires a soft reset or a hard reset to be activated All electronics including spindle motor and host interface are shut off Table 10 Operating mode 4 4 3 1 Mode transition time From To Transition Time typ Tra...

Page 21: ...andby command Standby Immediate command Sleep command Confirm the command s completion 5 3 Equipment status The equipment status is available to the host system any time the drive is not ready to read write or seek This status normally exists at the power on time and will be maintained until the following conditions are satisfied The access recalibration tuning is complete The spindle speed meets ...

Page 22: ... write operation cannot be completed after the Error Recovery Procedure ERP is fully carried out the sectors are reallocated to the spare location An error is reported to the host system only when the write cache is disabled and the auto reallocation has failed 5 7 2 Nonrecoverable read error When a read operation fails after ERP is fully carried out a hard error is reported to the host system Thi...

Page 23: ...ility The first 6 symbol of ECC are 4 check symbols for user data and the 2 symbol system ECC The other 34 symbols are Read Solomon ECC Hardware logic corrects up to 16 symbols 20 bytes errors on the fly 2 symbol System ECC is generated when HDC receives user data from HOST and can correct up to 1 symbol 10bit errors on the fly when one transfers to HOST ...

Page 24: ...e system is responsible for providing sufficient air movement to maintain surface temperatures below 60 C at the center of top cover and below 63 C at the center of the drive circuit board assembly The maximum storage period in the shipping package is one year Specification Environment 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 45 35 25 15 5 5 15 25 35 45 55 65 Temperature degC Relative Humidity Operating N...

Page 25: ... density limits 6 1 4 Conductive noise The disk drive shall work without soft error degradation in the frequency range from DC to 20 Mhz injected through any two of the mounting screw holes of the drive when an AC current of up to 45 mA p p is applied through a 50 ohm resistor connected to any two mounting screw holes The disk drive will withstand radiation and conductive noise within the limits s...

Page 26: ... Seek average 5 2 2 Standby 0 2 Sleep 0 1 Startup maximum peak 6 5 0 Average from power on to ready 3 8 Table 14 DC Power requirements Footnotes 1 The maximum fixed disk ripple is measured at the 5 volt input of the drive 2 The disk drive shall not incur damage for an over voltage condition of 25 maximum duration of 20 ms on the 5 volt nominal supply 3 The idle current is specified at an inner tra...

Page 27: ...nsumption efficiency Capacity 250GB 160GB 120GB 80GB Power Consumption Efficiency Watts GB 0 0022 0 0034 0 0046 0 0069 Table 15 Power consumption efficiency Note Power consumption efficiency is calculated as Power Consumption of Low Power Idle Watt Capacity GB ...

Page 28: ...rement section 6 3 4 Service life and usage condition The drive is designed to be used under the following conditions The drive should be operated within specifications of shock vibration temperature humidity altitude and magnetic field The drive should be protected from ESD The breathing hole in the top cover of the drive should not be covered Force should not be applied to the cover of the drive...

Page 29: ...n a normal unload The drive supports a minimum of 20 000 emergency unloads 6 3 6 2 Required Power Off Sequence The required host system sequence for removing power from the drive is as follows Step 1 Issue one of the following commands Standby Standby immediate Sleep Note Do not use the Flush Cache command for the power off sequence because this command does not invoke Unload Step 2 Wait until the...

Page 30: ...s through the interface not by power cycling the drive Simple power cycling of the drive invokes the emergency unload mechanism and subjects the HDD to nontypical mechanical stress Power cycling testing may be required to test the boot up function of the system In this case HItachi recommends that the power off portion of the cycle contain the sequence specified in section 6 3 6 2 Required Power O...

Page 31: ...nsions for the drive Model Height mm Width mm Length mm Weight gram 250GB 160GB models 9 5 0 2 69 85 0 25 100 2 0 25 102 Max 120GB 80GB models 9 5 0 2 69 85 0 25 100 2 0 25 95 Max Table 16 Physical dimensions and weight 6 4 2 Mounting hole locations The mounting hole locations and size of the drive are shown below Figure 2 Mounting hole locations ...

Page 32: ...tal orientation will be able to run vertically and vice versa The recommended mounting screw torque is 0 3 0 05 Nm The recommended mounting screw depth is 3 0 0 3 mm for bottom and 3 5 0 5 mm for horizontal mounting The user is responsible for using the appropriate screws or equivalent mounting hardware to mount the drive securely enough to prevent excessive motion or vibration of the drive at see...

Page 33: ... subjected to the following vibration levels 6 5 1 1 Random vibration The test consists of 30 minutes of random vibration using the power spectral density PSD levels below The vibration test level is 6 57 m sec2 RMS Root Mean Square 0 67 G RMS Random vibration PSD profile Breakpoint Hz m x 10n m2 sec4 Hz 5 1 9 x E 3 17 1 1 x E 1 45 1 1 x E 1 48 7 7 x E 1 62 7 7 x E 1 65 9 6 x E 1 150 9 6 x E 1 200...

Page 34: ...rive meets the criteria in the table below while operating under these conditions The shock test consists of 10 shock inputs in each axis and direction for a total of 60 There must be a minimum delay of 3 seconds between shock pulses The disk drive will operate without a hard error while subjected to the following half sine shock pulse Duration of 1 ms Duration of 2 ms 1960 m sec2 200 G 3920 m sec...

Page 35: ...erial shall be used The acoustical characteristics of the disk drive are measured under the following conditions Mode definitions Idle mode Power on disks spinning track following unit ready to receive and respond to control line commands Operating mode Continuous random cylinder selection and seek operation of the actuator with a dwell time at each cylinder The seek rate for the drive can be calc...

Page 36: ...on FCC Rules and Regulations Class B Part 15 RFI Suppression German National Requirements RFI Japan VCCI Requirements of HITACHI products EU EMC Directive Technical Requirements and Conformity Assessment Procedures 6 8 1 CE Mark The product is certified for compliance with EC directive 89 336 EEC The EC marking for the certification appears on the drive 6 8 2 C Tick Mark The product complies with ...

Page 37: ...l with a UL recognized flammability rating of V 1 or better except minor mechanical parts 6 9 5 Secondary circuit protection This product utilizes printed circuit wiring that must be protected against the possibility of sustained combustion due to circuit or component failures as defined in C B 2 4700 034 Protection Against Combustion Adequate secondary over current protection is the responsibilit...

Page 38: ... back plane blind mate connector only In this case the mating sequences are 1 the ground pins P4 and P12 2 the pre charge power pins and the other ground pins and 3 the signal pins and the rest of the power pins There are three power pins for each voltage One pin from each voltage is used for pre charge in the backplane blind mate situation If a device uses 3 3V then all V33 pins must be terminate...

Page 39: ...d P13 V12 12V power pre chage 2nd mate V12 P14 V12 12V power V12 P15 V12 12V power V12 Table 23 Interface connector pins and I O signals Note 1 Pin P11 is used by the drive to provide the host with an activity indication and by the host to indicate whether staggered spinup should be used The signal the drive provides for activity indication is a low voltage low current driver If pin P11 is asserte...

Page 40: ...band signaling Figure 4 shows the timing of COMRESET COMINIT and COMWAKE COMRESET COMINIT t1 t2 t3 t4 COMWAKE PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Nominal ns T1 ALINE primitives 106 7 T2 Spacing 320 T3 ALIGN primitives 106 7 T4 Psacing 106 7 Figure 4 Parameter descriptions ...

Page 41: ...5K250 SATA OEM Specification Page 41 of 171 Part 2 Interface Specification ...

Page 42: ...s from Standard Serial ATA International Organization Serial ATA Revision 2 6 dated on 15 February 2007 AT Attachment 8 ATA ATAPI Command Set ATA8 ACS Revision 3f dated on 11 December 2006 HTS5425XXK9SA00 HTS5425XXK9A300 support following functions as Vendor Specific Function Format Unit Function SENSE CONDITION command 8 2 Terminology Device Device indicates HTS5425XXK9SA00 HTS5425XXK9A300 Host H...

Page 43: ...FFh to Sector Count Register when the device is in Idle mode This command does not support 80h as the return value 10 Physical Interface Physical Interface is described in Functional Specification part 11 Registers In Serial ATA the host adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the traditional device registers referred to as the Shadow Register Block Shadow Register Block re...

Page 44: ...t HOB 1 LBA low LBA low current LBA low HOB 0 LBA low exp LBA low previous LBA low HOB 1 LBA mid LBA mid current LBA mid HOB 0 LBA mid exp LBA mid previous LBA mid HOB 1 LBA high LBA high current LBA mid HOB 0 LBA high exp LBA high previous LBA mid HOB 1 Device Device Device Command Command N A Control Device Control N A Status N A Status Error N A Error Table 24 Register naming convention and cor...

Page 45: ...this register are valid always even if ERR 0 in the Status Register Following a power on a reset or completion of an Execute Device Diagnostic command this register contains a diagnostic code See Table 31 Diagnostic Codes for the definition Bit Definitions ICRCE CRC Interface CRC Error CRC 1 indicates a CRC error has occurred on the data bus during a Ultra DMA transfer UNC Uncorrectable Data Error...

Page 46: ...s successful If not successfully completed the register contains the number of sectors which need to be transferred in order to complete the request The contents of the register are defined otherwise on some commands These definitions are given in the command descriptions 11 11 Status Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BSY DRDY DF DSC DRQ CORR IDX ERR Table 28 Status Register This register c...

Page 47: ...by mode or Sleep mode this bit is set by device in spite of not spinning up DRQ Data Request DRQ 1 indicates that the device is ready to transfer a word or byte of data between the host and the device The host should not write the Command register when DRQ 1 CORR COR Corrected Data Always 0 IDX Index Always 0 ERR ERR 1 indicates that an error occurred during execution of the previous command The E...

Page 48: ...ternal diagnostic O x x Starting spindle motor 5 x x Initialization of registers 2 O o o Reverting programmed parameters to default O 6 3 Number of CHS set by Initialize Device Parameter Multiple mode Write cache Read look ahead ECC bytes Volatile max address Power mode 5 4 4 Reset Standby timer value o o x O execute X not execute Note 1 Execute after the data in write cache has been written 2 Def...

Page 49: ...ntroller microprocessor error Table 31 Diagnostic Codes 12 2 Diagnostic and Reset considerations The Set Max password the Set Max security mode and the Set Max unlock counter don t retain over a Power On Reset but persist over a COMRESET or Soft Reset For each Reset and Execute Device Diagnostic the Diagnostic is done as follows Execute Device Diagnostic In all the above cases Power on COMRESET So...

Page 50: ...nded to be invoked in rare situations Because this operation is inherently uncontrolled it is more mechanically stressful than a normal unload A single emergency unload operation is more stressful than 100 normal unloads Use of emergency unload reduces the start stop life of the HDD at a rate at least 100X faster than that of normal unload and may damage the HDD 12 3 3 Required power off sequence ...

Page 51: ...sts the number of sectors per logical track and the number of heads per logical cylinder The device then computes the number of logical cylinders available in requested mode The default CHS translation mode is described in the Identify Device Information The current CHS translation mode also is described in the Identify Device Information 12 4 2 LBA Addressing Mode Logical sectors on the device sh...

Page 52: ...s required to move a device out of sleep mode When a device exits sleep mode it will enter standby mode The Standby and Standby Immediate commands move a device to standby mode immediately from the active or idle modes The standby command also sets the standby timer count 12 5 3 Standby Sleep command completion timing 1 Confirm the completion of writing cached data in the buffer to media 2 Unload ...

Page 53: ...anced Power Management feature is independent of the Standby timer setting If both Advanced Power Management level and the Standby timer are set the device will go to the Standby state when the timer times out or the device s Advanced Power Management algorithm indicates that it is time to enter the Standby state The IDENTIFY DEVICE response word 83 bit 3 indicates that Advanced Power Management f...

Page 54: ...nd prevent unscheduled system downtime that may be caused by predictable degradation and or fault of the device By monitoring and storing critical performance and calibration parameters S M A R T devices employ sophisticated data analysis algorithms to predict the likelihood of near term degradation or fault condition By alerting the host system of a negative reliability status condition the host ...

Page 55: ...r faulty condition 12 8 5 S M A R T commands The S M A R T commands provide access to attribute values attribute thresholds and other logging and reporting information 12 8 6 S M A R T operation with power management modes The device saves attribute values automatically on every head unload timing except the emergency unload even if the attribute auto save feature is not enabled The head unload is...

Page 56: ...ed User Password The User Password should be given or changed by a system user When the User Password is set the device enables the Device Lock Function and then the device is locked on next power on reset If Software Setting Preservation is disabled the device is locked on COMRESET as well The system manufacturer dealer who intends to enable the device lock function for the end users must set the...

Page 57: ... Page 57 of 171 Figure 5 Initial Setting 12 9 1 2 Operation from POR after User Password is set When Device Lock Function is enabled the device rejects media access command until a Security Unlock command is successfully completed ...

Page 58: ...er Password Lost If the User Password is forgotten and High level security is set the system user can t access any data However the device can be unlocked using the Master Password If a system user forgets the User Password and Maximum security level is set data access is impossible However the device can be unlocked using the Security Erase Unit command to unlock the device and erase all user dat...

Page 59: ...assword mismatch If the password does not match the device counts it up without distinguishing the Master password and the User password If the count reaches 5 EXPIRE bit bit 4 of Word 128 in Identify Device information is set and then SECURITY ERASE UNIT command and SECURITY UNLOCK command are aborted until a power off The count and EXPIRE bit are cleared after a power on reset 12 9 6 Command Tab...

Page 60: ...te with Unload option o o o Initialize Device Parameters o o o Read Buffer o o o Read DMA x o o Read DMA Ext x o o Read FPDMA Queued x o o Read Log Ext o o o Read Multiple x o o Read Multiple Ext x o o Read Native Max Address o o o Read Native Max Address Ext o o o Read Sector s x o o Read Sector s Ext x o o Read Verify Sector s x o o Read Verify Sector s Ext x o o Recalibrate o o o Security Disab...

Page 61: ...ite Buffer o o o Write DMA x o o Write DMA Ext x o o Write DMA FUA Ext x o o Write FPDMA Queued x o o Write Log Ext x o o Write Multiple x o o Write Multiple Ext x o o Write Multiple FUA Ext x o o Write Sector s x o o Write Sector s Ext x o o Write Uncorrectable Ext x o o Table 36 Command table for device lock operation continued 12 10 Protected Area Function Protected Area Function is to provide ...

Page 62: ... be accessible including the protected area by setting device Max LBA as 0FFFFFh via Set Max Address command The option could be either nonvolatile or volatile Test the sectors for protected area LBA 0FC000h if required Write information data such as BIOS code within the protected area Change maximum LBA using Set Max Address command to 0FBFFFh with nonvolatile option From this point the protected...

Page 63: ...ice from the Set Max Locked mode to the Set Max Unlocked mode This command requests a transfer of a single sector of data from the host The Table shown above defines the content of this sector of information The password supplied in the sector of data transferred is compared with the stored Set Max password If the password compare fails then the device returns command aborted and decrements the un...

Page 64: ...nce enhancement whereby the device reports completion of the write command Write Sector s and Write Multiple to the host as soon as the device has received all of the data into its buffer The device assumes responsibility to write the data subsequently onto the disk While writing data after completed acknowledgment of a write command soft reset or COMRESET does not affect its operation But power o...

Page 65: ...iled once then recovered at the specific ERP step this sector of data is reallocated automatically A media verification sequence may be run prior to the relocation according to the pre defined conditions 12 14 48 bit Address Feature Set The 48 bit Address feature set allows devices with capacities up to 281 474 976 710 655 sectors This allows device capacity up to 144 115 188 075 855 360 bytes In ...

Page 66: ...ccur if there is an asynchronous loss of signal Since COMRESET is equivalent to hardware reset in the case of an asynchronous loss of signal some software settings may be lost without legacy software knowledge In order to avoid losing important software settings without legacy driver knowledge the software settings preservation ensures that the value of important software settings is maintained ac...

Page 67: ...mand Queuing The host shall not issue a legacy ATA command while a native queued command is outstanding Upon receiving a legacy ATA command while a native queued command is outstanding the device aborts the command and halts command processing of outstanding native queued commands 12 17 SMART Command Transport SCT SMART Command Transport SCT feature set is supported The SMART Read Log and SMART Wr...

Page 68: ...5K250 SATA OEM Specification Page 68 of 171 code 0001h Feature code 0003h Time Interval for temperature logging 0005h SCT Data Table command Table 39 SCT Action Code Supported ...

Page 69: ...s are cleared when the host reads the Status Register issues a reset or writes to the Command Register Table 138 Timeout Values on Page 169 shows the device timeout values 13 1 Data In Commands These commands are Device Configuration Identify Identify Device Read Buffer Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Ext Read Sector s Read Sector s Ext S M A R T Read Attribute Values S M A R T Read Attri...

Page 70: ... by mode select bit bit 6 of Device register on issuing the command 13 3 Non Data Commands These commands are Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Restore Execute Device Diagnostic Flush Cache Flush Cache Ext Format Unit Idle Idle Immediate Idle Immediate with Unload option Initialize Device Parameters Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Ext Read Verif...

Page 71: ...rior to issuing the command The DMA protocol allows high performance multi tasking operating systems to eliminate processor overhead associated with PIO transfers Refer Functional Specification part for further details 13 5 First parity DMA Commands These commands are Read FPDMA Queued Write FPDMA Queued Execution of this class of commands includes command queuing and the transfer of one or more b...

Page 72: ... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Read Buffer E4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Read DMA C8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Read DMA C9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Read DMA Ext 25 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 Read FPDMA Queued 60 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Read Log Ext 2F 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Read Multiple C4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Read Multiple Ext 29 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 Read Native Max Address F8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 Read Native Max Address Ext 27 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Read Sector s 20 0 ...

Page 73: ...1 0 0 0 0 3 S M A R T Save Attribute Values B0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 S M A R T Write Log Sector B0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Standby E2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Standby 96 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 Standby Immediate E0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Standby Immediate 94 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Write Buffer E8 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 Write DMA CA 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Write DMA CB 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 Write DMA Ext 35 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 Write DMA FUA Ext 3D...

Page 74: ... 86 Disable use of Serial ATA feature EF 90 Enable read look ahead feature EF AA Disable AAM EF C2 Enable reverting to power on defaults EF CC Set Max security extension Set Max Set Password F9 01 Set Max Lock F9 02 Set Max Unlock F9 03 Set Max Freeze Lock F9 04 Device Configuration Overlay Device Configuration Restore B1 C0 Device Configuration Freeze Lock B1 C1 Device Configuration Identify B1 C...

Page 75: ...s always set to 0 1 Indicates that the bit is always set to 1 H Head number Indicates that the head number part of the Device Register is an input parameter and will be set by the device V Valid Indicates that the bit is part of an input parameter and will be set to 0 or 1 by the device N Not recommendable condition for start up Indicates that the condition of device is not recommendable for start...

Page 76: ...w Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V Table 43 Check Power Mode Command E5h 98h The Check Power Mode command will report whether the device is spun up and the media is available for immediate access Input Parameters From The Device Sector Count The power mode code The command returns ...

Page 77: ...K C2h DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY C3h DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET other Reserved Table 45 Device Configuration Overlay Features register values 14 2 1 DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE subcommand C0h The DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE command discard any setting previously made by a DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET command and return the content of the IDENTIFY DEVICE command response to the original settings as ...

Page 78: ...ports the indicated command mode or feature set If a bit is set in the overlay transmitted by the device that is not set in the overlay received from a DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY command no action is taken for that bit The format of the overlay transmitted by the device is described in the table at next page The restrictions on changing these bits are described in the text following that table ...

Page 79: ...utomatic acoustic management supported 5 Reserved 4 1 Power Up in Standby feature set supported 3 1 Security feature set supported 2 1 SMART error log supported 1 1 SMART self test supported 0 1 SMART feature set supported 8 SATA feature 15 5 Reserved 4 1 Software setting preservation supported 3 Reserved 2 1 Interface power management supported 1 1 Non zero buffer offset in DMA Setup FIS supporte...

Page 80: ...code description 01h DCO feature is frozen 02h Device is now Security Locked mode 03h Device s feature is already modified with DCO 04h User attempt to disable any feature enabled 05h Device is now SET MAX Locked or Frozen mode 06h Protected area is now established 07h DCO is not supported 08h Subcommand code is invalid FFh other reason Table 47 DCO error information definition ...

Page 81: ...See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 V V V V V V V 0 0 0 0 0 0 Table 48 Execute Device Diagnostic Command 90h The Execute Device Diagnostic command performs the internal diagnostic tests implemented by the device The results of the test are stored in the Error Register The normal Error Register bit de...

Page 82: ...A High Device Device Command 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Status See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 49 Flush Cache Command E7h This command causes the device to complete writing data from its cache The device returns a status RDY 1 and DSC 1 50h after following sequence Data in ...

Page 83: ... 0 LBA Low Previous LBA Low HOB 1 Current HOB 0 LBA Mid Previous LBA Mid HOB 1 Current HOB 0 LBA High Previous LBA High HOB 1 Device Device Command 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Status See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AMN BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 50 Flush Cache EXT Command EAh This command causes the device...

Page 84: ...will be initialized to zero with write operation At this time whether the sector of data is initialized correctly is not verified with read operation Any data previously stored on the track will be lost Output Parameters To The Device LBA Low In LBA mode this register specifies LBA address bits 0 7 to be formatted L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinder number of the track to be formatted L 0 In LBA mode th...

Page 85: ...letion and are also used on next power on reset Both previous information are erased from the device by this command Note that the Format Unit command initializes from LBA 0 to Native MAX LBA Host MAX LBA set by Initialize Drive Parameter or Set MAX ADDRESS command is ignored So the protected area by Set MAX ADDRESS commands is also initialized The security erase prepare command should be complete...

Page 86: ...gh LBA High Device Device Command 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Status See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V Table 53 Identify Device Command ECh The Identify Device command requests the device to transfer configuration information to the host The device will transfer a sector to the host c...

Page 87: ...Y DEVICE response is complete 37C8h SET FEATURES subcommand is required to spin up and IDENTIFY DEVICE response is incomplete 03 Note 2 Number of heads in default translate mode 04 05 0 Reserved 06 003FH Number of sectors per track in default translate mode 07 09 0 Reserved 10 19 XXXX Serial number in ASCII 0 not specified 20 0003H Controller type 0003 dual ported multiple sector buffer with look ...

Page 88: ...62 and 63 53 0007H Validity flag of the word 15 3 0 Reserved 2 1 1 Word 88 is Valid 1 1 1 Word 64 70 are Valid 0 1 1 Word 54 58 are Valid 54 xxxxH Number of current cylinders 55 xxxxH Number of current heads 56 xxxxH Number of current sectors per track 57 58 xxxxH Current capacity in sectors Word 57 specifies the low word of the capacity 59 0xxxH Current Multiple setting bit assignments 15 9 0 Res...

Page 89: ...8H Minimum PIO Transfer Cycle Time Without Flow Control 15 0 78h Cycle time in nanoseconds 120ns 16 6MB s 68 0078H Minimum PIO Transfer Cycle Time With IORDY Flow Control 15 0 78h Cycle time in nanoseconds 120ns 16 6MB s 69 74 0000H Reserved 75 001FH Queue depth 15 5 0 Reserved 4 0 1Fh Maximum queued depth 1 76 170xH SATA capabilities 15 13 0 Reserved 12 1 1 Native Command Queuing priority informa...

Page 90: ...ffset in DMA Setup FIS enabled 0 0 Reserved 80 01FCH Major version number ATA 2 3 and ATA ATAPI 4 5 6 7 8 81 0042H Minor version number ATA8 ACS revision 3f 82 746BH Command set supported 15 0 Reserved 14 1 1 NOP command supported 13 1 1 READ BUFFER command supported 12 1 1 WRITE BUFFER command supported 11 0 Reserved 10 1 1 Host Protected Area Feature Set supported 9 0 1 DEVICE RESET command supp...

Page 91: ...t supported 3 1 1 Advanced Power Management Feature Set supported 2 0 1 CFA Feature Set supported 1 0 1 READ WRITE DMA QUEUED supported 0 1 Download Microcode Command Supported 84 6163H Command set feature supported extension 15 0 Always 14 1 Always 13 1 1 IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE supported 12 9 0 Reserved 8 1 1 64 bit World wide name supported 7 0 1 WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command supp...

Page 92: ...Command set feature enabled 15 1 1 Words 120 119 are valid 14 0 Reserved 13 1 1 FLUSH CACHE EXT command supported 12 1 1 FLUSH CACHE command supported 11 x 1 Device Configuration Overlay supported 10 1 1 48 bit Address feature set supported 9 x 1 Automatic Acoustic Management enabled 8 x 1 SET MAX security extension enabled 7 0 Reserved 6 1 1 SET FEATURES subcommand required to spin up 5 x 1 Power...

Page 93: ... Ultra DMA Transfer mode mode 6 supported 15 0 Reserved 14 x 1 UltraDMA mode 6 is selected 13 x 1 UltraDMA mode 5 is selected 12 x 1 UltraDMA mode 4 is selected 11 x 1 UltraDMA mode 3 is selected 10 x 1 UltraDMA mode 2 is selected 9 x 1 UltraDMA mode 1 is selected 8 x 1 UltraDMA mode 0 is selected 7 0 Reserved 6 1 1 UltraDMA mode 6 is supported 5 1 1 UltraDMA mode 5 is supported 4 1 1 UltraDMA mod...

Page 94: ...anularity 100 103 Note 2 Maximum user LBA address for 48 bit Address feature set 104 0000H Streaming Transfer Time PIO 105 106 0000H Reserved 107 7AB8H Inter seek delay time 1 5tt 2 5tl 108 111 XXXX World Wide Name 112 118 0000H Reserved 119 4004H Supported Setting 15 0 Always 14 1 Always 13 5 0 Reserved 4 0 1 Segmented feature for Download is supported 3 0 1 Read and Write DMA Ext GPL is supporte...

Page 95: ...SCT Command Transport 15 6 0 Reserved 5 1 1 SCT Data Tables supported 4 1 1 SCT Features Control supported 3 1 1 SCT Error Recovery Control supported 2 1 1 SCT Write Same supported 1 0 1 SCT Long Sector Access supported 0 1 1 SCT Command Transport supported 207 221 xxxxH Reserved 222 100FH Transport Major Revision Number 15 12 Transport Type 0 Parallel 1 Serial 2 15 Reserved 11 4 0 Reserved 3 1 1 ...

Page 96: ... 48 bit Address feature set word 100 103 1D1C5970h 12A19EB0h DF94BB0h 950F8B0h Model Number in ASCII Hitachi HTS542525K9A300 Hitachi HTS542516K9A300 Hitachi HTS542512K9A300 Hitachi HTS542580K9A300 Number of cylinders 3FFFh 3FFFh 3FFFh 3FFFh Number of heads 10h 10h 10h 10h Buffer size 387Bh 387Bh 387Bh 387Bh Total number of user addressable sectors word 60 61 FFFFFFFh FFFFFFFh DF94BB0h 950F8B0h Max...

Page 97: ...immediately and set auto power down timeout parameter standby timer And then the timer starts counting down When the device s power save mode is already any idle mode the device keep that mode When the Idle mode is entered the device is spun up to operating speed If the device is already spinning the spin up sequence is not executed During Idle mode the device is spinning and ready to respond to h...

Page 98: ...3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 65 Idle Immediate Command E1h 95h The Idle Immediate command causes the device to enter performance Idle mode The device is spun up to operating speed If the device is already spinning the spin up sequence is not executed During Idle mode the device is spinning and ready to respond to host comma...

Page 99: ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V Table 66 Initialize Device Parameters Command 91h The Initialize Device Parameters command enables the host to set the number of sectors per track and the number of heads minus 1 per cylinder Words 54 58 in Identify Device Information reflects these parameters The parameters remain in effect until the following events Another Initialize Device Parameters command is received The de...

Page 100: ...tus Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V Table 67 Read Buffer Command E4h The Read Buffer command transfers a sector of data from the sector buffer of device to the host The sector is transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time The sector transferred will be from the same part of the buffer writ...

Page 101: ...ansfer has terminated and status is available If an uncorrectable error occurs the read will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be transferred If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be transferred LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode this register specifies LBA address b...

Page 102: ...Register 16 bits at a time The host initializes a slave DMA channel prior to issuing the command The data transfers are qualified by DMARQ and are performed by the slave DMA channel The device issues only one interrupt per command to indicate that data transfer has terminated and status is available If an uncorrectable error occurs the read will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameter...

Page 103: ...he number of sectors to be transferred low order bits 7 0 Feature Previous The number of sectors to be transferred high order bits 15 8 T TAG value It shall be assigned to be different from all other queued commands The value shall not exceed the maximum queue depth specified by the Word 75 of the Identify Device information LBA Low Current LBA 7 0 LBA Low Previous LBA 31 24 LBA Mid Current LBA 15...

Page 104: ...vent Counter Reset bit When Log address is 11h Phy Event Counter and this bit is set to 1 all Phy Event Counter values are reset to 0 after sending the current counter valules Sector Count Current The number of sectors to be read from the specified log low order bits 7 0 The log transferred by the drive shall start at the sector in the specified log at the specified offset regardless of the sector...

Page 105: ...g address 01h 15 8 1 03h Number of sectors in the log at log address 02h 7 0 1 04h Number of sectors in the log at log address 02h 15 8 1 05h Number of sectors in the log at log address 80h 7 0 1 100h Number of sectors in the log at log address 80h 15 8 1 101h Number of sectors in the log at log address FFh 7 0 1 1FEh Number of sectors in the log at log address FFh 15 8 1 1FFh 512 Table 73 General...

Page 106: ...o 0 Valid values for the error log index are 0 to 4 14 16 2 3 Extended Error log data structure An error log data structure shall be presented for each of the last four errors reported by the device These error log data structure entries are viewed as a circular buffer The fifth error shall create an error log structure that replaces the first error log data structure The next error after that sha...

Page 107: ...o the contents of the register prior to the most recent write to the register Table 76 Command data structure Error data structure Data format of error data structure is shown below Description Bytes Offset Reserved 1 00h Error register 1 01h Sector count register 7 0 see Note 1 02h Sector count register 15 8 see Note 1 03h Sector number register 7 0 1 04h Sector number register 15 8 1 05h Cylinde...

Page 108: ...le defines the format of each of the sectors that comprise the Extended SMART self test log The Extended SMART self test log sector shall support 48 bit and 28 bit addressing All 28 bit entries contained in the SMART self test log defined in Self test log data structure shall also be included in the Extended SMART self test log with all 48 bit entries Description Bytes Offset Self test log data st...

Page 109: ...A 47 40 1 0Ah Vendor specific 15 0Bh 26 Table 79 Extended Self test log descriptor entry 14 16 4 Command Error The following table defines the format of the Command Error data structure Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 NQ Rsv Rsv TAG 1 Reserved 2 Status 3 Error 4 LBA Low 5 LBA Mid 6 LBA High 7 Device 8 LBA Low Previous 9 LBA Mid Previous 10 LBA High Previous 11 Reserved 12 Sector Count 13 Sector Count Previ...

Page 110: ...to one the drive returns the current counter values for the command and then resets all Phy event counter values 14 16 5 2 Counter Identifiers Each counter begins with a 16 bit identifier The following table defines the counter value for each identifier For all counter descriptions transmitted refers to items sent by the drive to the host and received refers to items received by the drive from the...

Page 111: ...ter 000Ah Value 16 17 Counter 000Bh Identifier 18 19 Counter 000Bh Value 20 21 Counter 000Dh Identifier 22 23 Counter 000Dh Value 24 00h 25 00h 26 510 Reserved 00h 511 Data Structure Checksum Table 82 Phy Event Counter information The Data Structure Checksum Byte 511 contains the 2 s complement of the sum of the first 511 bytes in the data structure The sum of all 512 bytes of the data structure w...

Page 112: ...errupt is generated for each block as defined by the Set Multiple command instead of for each sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be transferred If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be transferred LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode this register contains LBA bits 0 7 L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinder...

Page 113: ...BT T0N AMN BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 V 0 V 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 84 Read Multiple Ext Command 29h Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count Current The number of sectors to be transferred low order bits 7 0 Sector Count Previous The number of sectors to be transferred high order bits 15 8 If 0000h in the Sector Count register is specified then 65 536 sectors will be transferred LBA...

Page 114: ...ad Native Max Address command return a value of 268 435 455 Output Parameters To The Device L LBA mode Indicates the addressing mode L 0 specifies CHS mode and L 1 does LBA addressing mode D The device number bit Indicates that the device number bit of the Device Register should be specified D 0 selects the master device and D 1 selects the slave device Indicates that the bit is not used Input Par...

Page 115: ...ce Command 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Status See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AMN BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V Table 86 Read Native Max Address Ext Command 29h This command returns the native max LBA of HDD which is not effected by Set Max Address Ext command Input Parameters From The Device LBA Low HOB 0 LBA 7 0 of...

Page 116: ...be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be transferred If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be transferred LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode this register contains LBA bits 0 7 L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinder number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode thi...

Page 117: ... from 1 to 65 536 sectors of data from disk media then transfers the data from the device to the host The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time If an uncorrectable error occurs the read will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count Current The number of sectors to be transferred low order bits 7 0 Sector Count Previous The numbe...

Page 118: ...r occurs the read verify will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be verified If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be verified LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode this register contains LBA bits 0 7 L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinder number of the first sector to be transfe...

Page 119: ... the device No data is transferred to the host The difference between the Read Sector s Ext command and the Read Verify Sector s Ext command is whether the data is transferred to the host or not If an uncorrectable error occurs the Read Verify Sector s Ext will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count Current The number of sectors to be transferred low order...

Page 120: ...w LBA Mid LBA Mid LBA High LBA High Device Device Command 0 0 0 1 Status See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V V 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 91 Recalibrate Command 1xh The Recalibrate command moves the read write heads from anywhere on the disk to cylinder 0 If the device cannot reach cylinder 0 T0...

Page 121: ...data from the host including information specified in the following table Then the device checks the transferred password If the User Password or Master Password matches the given password the device disables the security mode feature device lock function This command does not change the Master Password which may be re activated later by setting User Password This command should be executed in dev...

Page 122: ...See Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 94 Security Erase Prepare Command F3h The Security Erase Prepare Command must be issued immediately before the Security Erase Unit Command to enable device erasing and unlocking The Security Erase Prepare Command must be issued imm...

Page 123: ... table If the password does not match then the device rejects the command with an Aborted error Word Description 00 Control word bit 0 Identifier 1 Mater 0 User bit 1 Erase mode 1 Enhanced Erase 0 Normal Erase bit 2 15 Reserved 01 16 Password 32 bytes 17 255 Reserved Table 96 Erase Unit Information Identifier Zero indicates that the device should check the supplied password against the user passwo...

Page 124: ...he Master Password and the User Password and then the device only erases all user data The execution time of this command in Normal Erase mode is shown below HTS542525K9SA00 HTS542525K9A300 105 min HTS542516K9SA00 HTS542516K9A300 73 min HTS542512K9SA00 HTS542512K9A300 54 min HTS542580K9SA00 HTS542580K9A300 44 min The execution time of this command in Enhanced Erase mode is shown below HTS542525K9S...

Page 125: ...3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V Table 97 Security Freeze Lock Command F5h The Security Freeze Lock Command allows the device to enter frozen mode immediately After this command is completed the command which updates Security Mode Feature Device Lock Function is rejected Frozen mode is quit only by Power off The following commands are ...

Page 126: ...not locked immediately The device is locked after next COMRESET with Software Setting Preservation disabled or power on reset When the MASTER password is set by this command the master password is registered internally but the device is NOT locked after next power on reset This command requests a transfer of a single sector of data from the host including the information specified in the following...

Page 127: ...he Identifier and Security level bits interact as follows Identifier User Security level High The password supplied with the command will be saved as the new user password The security mode feature lock function will be enabled from the next power on The file may then be unlocked by either the user password or the previously set master password Identifier Master Security level High This combinatio...

Page 128: ...e file is in high security mode then the password supplied will be compared with the stored master password If the file is in maximum security mode then the security unlock will be rejected If the Identifier bit is set to user then the file compares the supplied password with the stored user password If the password compare fails then the device returns an abort error to the host and decrements th...

Page 129: ...0 V 0 0 V Table 102 Seek Command 7xh The Seek command initiates a seek to the designated track and selects the designated head The device need not be formatted for a seek to execute properly Output Parameters To The Device LBA Low In LBA mode this register specifies LBA address bits 0 7 for seek L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinder number of the seek In LBA mode this register specifies LBA address bits 8...

Page 130: ...dition command is used to sense temperature in a device This command is executable without spinning up even if a device is started with No Spin Up option If this command is issued at the temperature out of range which is specified for operating condition the error might be returned with IDN bit 1 Output Parameters To The Device Feature The Feature register must be set to 01h All other value are re...

Page 131: ...et the device is set to the following features as default Write cache Enable ECC bytes 4 bytes Read look ahead Enable Reverting to power on defaults Disable Device initiated interface power state transition Disable Software setting preservation Enable Output Parameters To The Device Feature Destination code for this command 02H Enable write cache Note 2 03H Set transfer mode based on value in sect...

Page 132: ...pacity the write cache function will be automatically disabled Although the device still accepts the Set Features command with Feature register 02h without error the write cache function will remain disabled For current write cache function status please refer to the Identify Device Information 129word by Identify Device command Power off must not be done in 5 seconds after write command completio...

Page 133: ... immediately prior to issuing Set Max Address command Otherwise this command is interpreted as a Set Max security extension command which is destinated by feature register If Set Max security mode is in the Locked or Frozen the Set Max Address command is aborted For more information see 12 10 2 Set Max security extension commands on Page 63 In CHS mode LBA High LBA Mid specify the max cylinder num...

Page 134: ...A bits 8 15 Mid 16 23 High which is to be set L 1 In CHS mode this register contains max cylinder number which is to be set L 0 H In LBA mode this register contains LBA bits 24 27 which is to be input L 1 In CHS mode this register is ignored L 0 L LBA mode Indicates the addressing mode L 0 specifies CHS mode and L 1 does LBA addressing mode Input Parameters From The Device LBA Low In LBA mode this...

Page 135: ... ABORT bit in status register When the address requested is greater than 268 435 455 words 103 100 shall be modified to reflect the requested value but words 61 60 shall not modified When the address requested is equal to or less than 268 435 455 words 103 100 shall be modified to reflect the requested value and words 61 60 shall also be modified If this command is not supported the maximum value ...

Page 136: ...250 SATA OEM Specification Page 136 of 171 LBA Low HOB 1 Set Max LBA 31 24 LBA Mid HOB 0 Set Max LBA 15 8 LBA Mid HOB 1 Set Max LBA 39 32 LBA High HOB 0 Set Max LBA 23 16 LBA High HOB 1 Set Max LBA 47 40 ...

Page 137: ...tiple Command C6h The Set Multiple command enables the device to perform Read and Write Multiple commands and establishes the block size for these commands The block size is the number of sectors to be transferred for each interrupt The default block size after power up is 0 and Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands are disabled If an invalid block size is specified an Abort error will be retu...

Page 138: ...ster Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 108 Sleep Command E6h 99h This command is the only way to cause the device to enter Sleep Mode When this command is issued the device confirms the completion of the cached write commands Then the device is spun down and the interface becomes inactive ...

Page 139: ...evice s Features Register when the S M A R T Function Set command is issued by the host 14 39 1 S M A R T Sub commands In order to select a subcommand the host must write the subcommand code to the device s Features Register before issuing the S M A R T Function Set command The subcommands and their respective codes are listed below Code Subcommand D0h S M A R T Read Attribute Values D1h S M A R T...

Page 140: ...tten by the host into this register before issuing the S M A R T Enable Disable Attribute Autosave subcommand will not change the current Autosave status but the device will respond with the error code specified in Table 123 S M A R T Error Codes on Page 153 The S M A R T Disable Operations subcommand disables the autosave feature along with the device s S M A R T operations Upon the receipt of th...

Page 141: ...rogress The user may choose to do read scan only on specific areas of the media To do this user shall set the test spans desired in the Selective self test log and set the flags in the Feature flags field of the Selective self test log to indicate do not perform off line scan In this case the test spans defined shall be read scanned in their entirety The Selective self test log is updated as the s...

Page 142: ...data structure The receipt of a S M A R T EXECUTE OFF LINE IMMEDIATE command with 0Fh Abort off line test routine in the LBA Low register shall abort Selective self test regardless of where the device is in the execution of the command If a second self test is issued while a selective self test is in progress the selective self test is aborted and the newly requested self test is executed 14 39 1 ...

Page 143: ...dition but involving attributes are advisory the device loads 4Fh into the LBA Mid register C2h into the LBA High register If the device detects a Threshold Exceeded Condition for prefailure attributes the device loads F4h into the LBA Mid register 2Ch into the LBA High register Advisory attributes never result in negative reliability condition 14 39 1 11 S M A R T Enable Disable Automatic Off Lin...

Page 144: ...irety using the S M A R T Read Attribute Values subcommand All multi byte fields shown in these data structures follow the ATA ATAPI 6 specification for byte ordering namely that the least significant byte occupies the lowest numbered byte address location in the field Description Bytes Offset Format Value Data Structure Revision Number 2 00h binary 0010h 1st Device Attribute 12 02h 1 2 30th Devic...

Page 145: ...ed may not be 0 6 05h binary Reserved 00h 1 0Bh binary Total Bytes 12 Table 112 Individual Attribute Data Structure Attribute ID Numbers Any non zero value in the Attribute ID Number indicates an active attribute The device supports following Attribute ID Numbers Those marked with indicate that corresponding Attribute Values can be either collected on line or off line ID Attribute Name 0 Indicates...

Page 146: ...h end for the device For Performance and Error Rate Attributes values greater than 100 are also possible up to a maximum value of 253 FDh 14 39 2 3 Off Line Data Collection Status The value of this byte defines the current status of the off line activities of the device Bit 7 indicates Automatic Off Line Data Collection Status Bit 7 Automatic Off Line Data Collection Status 0 Automatic Off Line Da...

Page 147: ...line data collection activity upon receipt of a new command 3 Off line Read Scanning implemented bit 0 The device does not support Off line Read Scanning 1 The device supports Off line Read Scanning 4 Self test implemented bit 0 Self test routine is not implemented 1 Self test routine is implemented 5 Reserved 0 6 Selective self test implemented bit 0 Selective self test routine is not implemented...

Page 148: ...d The sequence of active Attribute Thresholds will appear in the same order as their corresponding Attribute Values Description Bytes Offset Format Value Data Structure Revision Number 2 00h binary 0010h 1st Attribute Threshold 12 02h 1 2 30th Attribute Threshold 12 15Eh 1 2 Reserved 18 16Ah 3 Vendor specific 131 17Ch 3 Data structure checksum 1 1FFh 2 512 1 See following definitions 2 Value varie...

Page 149: ... Attribute Threshold subcommand to override these preset values in the Threshold sectors 14 39 3 5 Data Structure Checksum The Data Structure Checksum is the 2 s compliment of the result of a simple 8 bit addition of the first 511 bytes in the data structure 14 39 4 S M A R T Log Directory Following table defines the 512 bytes that make up the S M A R T Log Directory The S M A R T Log Directory is...

Page 150: ...2 Table 117 S M A R T error log sector 14 39 5 1 S M A R T error log version This value is set to 01h 14 39 5 2 Error log pointer This points the most recent error log data structure Only values 1 through 5 are valid 14 39 5 3 Device error count This field contains the total number of errors The value will not roll over 14 39 5 4 Error log data structure Data format of each error log structure is ...

Page 151: ...ure Data format of error data structure is shown below Description Bytes Offset Reserved 1 00h Error register 1 01h Sector count register 1 02h LBA Low register 1 03h LBA Mid register 1 04h LBA High register 1 05h Device register 1 06h Status register 1 07h Extended error data vendor specific 19 08h State 1 1Bh Life timestamp hours 2 1Ch 30 Table 120 Error data structure State field contains a val...

Page 152: ... of first failure 4 n 18h 07h Vendor specific 15 n 18h 0Bh Vendor specific 2 1FAh Self test log pointer 1 1FCh Reserved 2 1FDh Data structure checksum 1 1FFh 512 Note n is 0 through 20 Table 121 Self test log data structure The data structure contains the descriptor of Self test that the device has performed Each descriptor is 24 bytes long and the self test data structure is capable to contain up...

Page 153: ...ent LBA under test 8 1ECh Read Current span under test 2 1F4h Read Feature flags 2 1F6 R W Vendor specific 4 1F8h Vendor specific Selective self test pending time 2 1FCh R W Reserved 1 1FEh Reserved Data structure checksum 1 1FFh R W 512 Table 122 Selective self test log data structure 14 39 8 Error Reporting The following table shows the values returned in the Status and Error Registers when spec...

Page 154: ...mmand is issued the device confirms the completion of the cached write commands Then the device is spun down but the interface remains active If the device is already spun down the spin down sequence is not executed During the Standby mode the device will respond to commands but there is a delay while waiting for the spindle to reach operating speed The timer starts counting down when the device r...

Page 155: ... AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 V 0 0 V Table 125 Standby Immediate Command E0h 94h The Standby Immediate command causes the device to enter Standby mode immediately When this command is issued the device confirms the completion of the cached write commands Then the device is spun down but the interface remains active If the device is already spun down the spin down sequ...

Page 156: ...ee Below Error Register Status Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AM N BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR 0 0 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V 0 0 0 V Table 126 Write Buffer Command E8h The Write Buffer command transfers a sector of data from the host to the sector buffer of the device The sectors of data are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time The Read Buffer and Writ...

Page 157: ...terrupt per command to indicate that data transfer has terminated and status is available If an uncorrectable error occurs the write will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be transferred If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be transferred LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In L...

Page 158: ...Register 16 bits at a time The host initializes a slave DMA channel prior to issuing the command Data transfers are qualified by DMARQ and are performed by the slave DMA channel The device issues only one interrupt per command to indicate that data transfer has terminated and status is available If an uncorrectable error occurs the write will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters T...

Page 159: ...or this command is reported also when write caching is enabled The sectors of data are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time The host initializes a slave DMA channel prior to issuing the command Data transfers are qualified by DMARQ and are performed by the slave DMA channel The device issues only one interrupt per command to indicate that data transfer has terminated and status ...

Page 160: ...he number of sectors to be transferred low order bit 7 0 Feature Previous The number of sectors to be transferred high order bit 15 8 T TAG value It shall be assigned to be different from all other queued commands The value shall not exceed the maximum queue depth specified by the Word 75 of the Identify Device information LBA Low Current LBA 7 0 LBA Low Previous LBA 31 24 LBA Mid Current LBA 15 8...

Page 161: ...rrent The number of sectors to be written to the specified log low order bits 7 0 Sector Count Previous The number of sectors to be written to the specified log high orders bits 15 8 If the number of sectors is greater than the number indicated in the Log directory which is available in Log number zero the device shall return command aborted The log transferred to the device shall be stored by the...

Page 162: ...nd instead of for each sector The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be transferred If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be transferred LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode this register contains LBA bits 0 7 L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinde...

Page 163: ... the data is written to the disk media Command execution is identical to the Write Sector s Ext command except that an interrupt is generated for each block as defined by the Set Multiple command instead of for each sector The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count Current The number of continuous sectors to be transferred l...

Page 164: ...st to the device then the data is written to the disk media This command provides the same function as the Write Multiple Ext command except that the transferred data shall be written to the media before the ending status for this command is reported also when write caching is enabled Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count Current The number of continuous sectors to be transferred low order ...

Page 165: ...e failing sector when the auto reassign function is disable Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count The number of continuous sectors to be transferred If zero is specified then 256 sectors will be transferred LBA Low The sector number of the first sector to be transferred L 0 In LBA mode this register contains LBA bits 0 7 L 1 LBA High Mid The cylinder number of the first sector to be transfe...

Page 166: ...e or more sectors from the host to the device then the data is written to the disk media The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time If an uncorrectable error occurs the write will be terminated at the failing sector Output Parameters To The Device Sector Count Current The number of continuous sectors to be transferred low order bits 7 0 Sector Count Previous The number...

Page 167: ...e sectors In this case whenever a pseudo uncorrectable sector is accessed via a read command the device performs normal error recovery and then set the UNC and ERR bits to indicate she sector is bad When the feature field contains a value of Axh the Write Uncorrectable Ext command causes the device to flag the specified sector as flagged uncorrectable Flagging a logical sector as uncorrectable cau...

Page 168: ... Mid Current LBA 15 8 LBA Mid Previous LBA 39 32 LBA High Current LBA 23 16 LBA High Previous LBA 47 40 Input Parameters From The Device LBA Low HOB 0 LBA 7 0 of the address of the first unrecoverable error LBA Low HOB 1 LBA 31 24 of the address of the first unrecoverable error LBA Mid HOB 0 LBA 15 8 of the address of the first unrecoverable error LBA Mid HOB 1 LBA 39 32 of the address of the firs...

Page 169: ... to the host 30 sec Data In Command Device Busy After Data Transfer In A PIO SETUP FIS is transferred to the host Status Register BSY 1 10 us Device Busy After a Register FIS to issue a command Sets proper values in the registers and sends a Register FIS Status Register BSY 1 400 ns Device Busy After Data Transfer Out Sends a Data FIS to the device Status Register BSY 1 5 us Data Out Command PIO S...

Page 170: ... 170 of 171 Note 1 For SECURITY ERASE UNIT command the execution time is referred to 14 28 Security Erase Unit F4h on Page 123 Note 2 FORMAT UNIT command the execution time is referred to 14 7 Format Unit F7h Vendor Specific on Page 85 ...

Page 171: ...s are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies References in this publication to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies products programs or services do not imply that Hitachi Global Storage Technologies intends to make these available in all countries in which Hitachi Global Storage Technologies operates Product information is provided for information pur poses only and does...

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