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7.0
Physical/electrical specifications
This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive.
7.1
PowerChoice
TM
power management
Drives using the CSS architecture have limited power management capability.
The table below lists the supported PowerChoice modes. The further you go down in the table, the more power
savings you get.
PowerChoice modes
Mode
Description
Idle_A
Reduced electronics
Idle_B
N/A
Idle_C
N/A
Standby_Y
N/A
Standby_Z
Motor stopped (disks not spinning)
PowerChoice
can be invoked using only the Start Stop Unit command for drives using the CSS architecture:
• START STOP UNIT command method—Use the START STOP UNIT command (OPERATION CODE 1Bh).
This allows the host to directly transition the drive to any supported PowerChoice mode.
The REQUEST SENSE command reports the current PowerChoice state if active and also the method by
which the drive entered the PowerChoice state.
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