Seagate SkyHawk Product Manual, Rev. A
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SATA Interface
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
. 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 SATA specification.
Table 8
Identify Device commands
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
Specific configuration:
37C8h Device requires SET FEATURES subcommand to spin-up after power-up
and IDENTIFY DEVICE data is incomplete.
738Ch Device requires SET FEATURES subcommand to spin-up after power-up
and IDENTIFY DEVICE data is complete.
8C73h Device does not require SET FEATURES subcommand to spin-up after
power-up and IDENTIFY DEVICE data is incomplete.
C837h Device does not require SET FEATURES subcommand to spin-up after
power-up and IDENTIFY DEVICE data is complete.
C837
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)
47
(Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and Write multiple (16)
8010
H
48
Trusted Computing feature set options:
15
Shall be cleared to zero
14
Shall be set to one
13:1 Reserved for the Trusted Computing Group
0
Trusted Computing feature set is supported
4000
H
49
Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled
2F00
H
50
Capabilities: (see 7.17.7.17)
15 Shall be cleared to zero
14 Shall be set to one
13:2 Reserved
1 Obsolete
0 Shall be set to one to indicate a vendor specific Standby timer value minimum
4000
H