
Pipeline HD Mini Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E
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4.3.1
Identify Device command
The Identify Device command (command code EC
H
) transfers information about the drive to the host following
power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in the table on page
27. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the
state of the drive.
The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be included in the Serial ATA specification.
Security Erase Unit
F4h
Security Freeze Lock
F5h
Security Disable Password
F6h
Word
Description
Value
0
Configuration information:
• Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI
• Bit 7: removable media
• Bit 6: removable controller
• Bit 0: reserved
0C5A
H
1
Number of logical cylinders
16,383
2
ATA-reserved
0000
H
3
Number of logical heads
16
4
Retired
0000
H
5
Retired
0000
H
6
Number of logical sectors per logical track: 63
003F
H
7–9
Retired
0000
H
10–19
Serial number: (20 ASCII characters, 0000
H
= none)
ASCII
20
Retired
0000
H
21
Retired
0400
H
22
Obsolete
0000
H
23–26
Firmware revision (8 ASCII character string, padded with blanks
to end of string)
x.xx
27–46
Drive model number: (40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks
to end of string)
ST9500323CS
ST9320328CS
ST9250311CS
ST91603110CS
47
(Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and
Write multiple (16)
8010
H
48
Reserved
0000
H
49
Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled
2F00
H
50
ATA-reserved
0000
H
51
PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode
0200
H
52
Retired
0200
H
53
Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid
0007
H
Command name
Command code (in hex)
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