IBM DBCA-203240, Specifications

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8.0 Deviations From Standard
The interface conforms to the Working Document of Information technology - AT Attachment with Packet
Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-4) Revision 17 dated on October 30th, 1997 with deviation as follows.
Write Verify WRITE VERIFY command does not include read verification after write operation.
The function is exactly same as W R I T E SECTORS command.
SMART Return Status S M A R T R E T U R N STATUS subcommand does not check advisory attributes.
That is, the device will not report threshold exceeded condition unless prefailure attri-
butes exceed their corresponding thresholds. For example, Power-On Hours Attribute
never results in negative reliability status.
Standby Timer Even if IDLE command or STANDBY command is issued with Sector Cuont reg-
ister value 00h, Standby Timer is not disabled, but it sets default value 109 minutes.
In case Sector Count register value is other than 00h, Standby Timer is set to (Sector
Count register value) x 5 seconds.
Check Power Mode While the drive is in idle mode, F F h is returned as a response to Check Power Mode
command. 80h is not used for the response.
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