SCSI Description
Maxtor Atlas 15K
5-71
5.16.3
Rigid Disk Geometry Page (04h)
The Rigid Disk Geometry Page describes the drive geometry. The data format and
field descriptions are described in Table 5-99 and Table 5-100 respectively.
Table 5-99
Rigid Disk Geometry Page-(Page 4)
Table 5-100
Rigid Disk Geometry Page-Field Descriptions (Page 4)
Bit
Byte
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
PS
Rsvd
Page Code (04h)
1
Page Length (16h)
2 - 4
Number of Cylinders
5
Number of Heads
6 - 8
Starting Cylinder - Write Precompensation
9 - 11
Starting Cylinder - Reduced Write Current
12 - 13
Drive Step Rate (0)
14 - 16
Landing Zone Cylinder
17
Reserved
RPL
18
Rotational Offset
19
Reserved
20 - 21
Medium Rotation Rate
22 - 23
Reserved
Field
Description
PS
Parameters Savable. This bit is only used with the MODE SENSE com-
mand. A returned value of 1 indicates that the target is capable of saving the
page in a non-volatile, vendor-specific location. The bit is reserved with the
MODE SELECT command.
Number of Cylinders
The number of physical cylinders that hold host data.
Number of Heads
The number of heads that can access host data.
Starting Cylinder
The value in this field is the physical cylinder at
Write
Precompensation
which write precompensation is to begin. The first cylinder number is 0. If
the starting cylinder is equal to the value in the Number of Cylinders field,
write precompensation is disabled.
Starting Cylinder
Reduced Write
Current
The value in this field is the physical cylinder at which write current is re-
duced. The first cylinder number is 0. If the starting cylinder for reduced
write current is equal to the value in the Number of Cylinders field, reduced
write current is disabled.
Drive Step Rate
Applies to stepper-motor actuators. Not applicable.
Landing Zone
Cylinder
This field indicates a two’s complement location where the drive positions
the disk heads. A negative value indicates that the heads are positioned be-
low cylinder 0 by that number of cylinders. A positive value greater than the
number of cylinders indicates that the heads are positioned beyond the cyl-
inders used for data storage at the location specified.
Summary of Contents for Atlas SCSI Drive 15K II
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Page 24: ...About This Manual 1 4 Maxtor Atlas 15K ...
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Page 54: ...Installation 3 26 Maxtor Atlas 15K ...
Page 66: ...Specifications 4 12 Maxtor Atlas 15K ...
Page 232: ...Feature Descriptions 6 16 Maxtor Atlas 15K ...
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