Quantum 10K II - Manual (Page 156)

SCSI Description
Quantum Atlas 10K II Ultra160/m SCSI Hard Disk Drives 5–89
MODE SELECT (6) Command (15h) (continued)
Table 5–41 Information Exceptions Control Page — Field Descriptions (continued)
Field
Default
Value Description
Interval Timer 0 This field indicates the period, in 100 millisecond
increments, for reporting that an informational exception
condition has occurred. The disk drive will not report such
conditions more frequently than the time specified by the
Interval Timer field and as soon as possible after the timer
interval has elapsed. After the condition has been reported,
the interval timer restarts. A value of 0 in the Interval Timer
field indicates that the disk drive will only report the
informational exception condition once. A value of
FFFFFFFFh in the Interval Timer field indicates that the
timer interval is vendor-specific.
If the disk drive’s predictor detects a SMART threshold trip,
it reports the failure only if it has not reported a failure
within the last interval timer period. A value of 0 means
that there is no required waiting between SMART reports.
NOTE: The Interval Timer field does not apply to MRIE
mode 6.
Report Count 1 The value contained in this field indicates the number of
times to report an informational exception condition to
the application client. A value of 0 in this field indicates
there is no limit on the number of times the disk drive will
report an informational exception condition.
Each time the disk drive detects a SMART failure, the
SMART status is reported the number of times indicated by
the value of the Report Count field. The disk drive then
resets its cumulative values and continues with its
predicting activity. The SMART threshold trip remains
permanent (or until a LOG SELECT command clears it) and
can be retrieved at any time using MRIE mode 6.
NOTE: The Report Count field does not apply to MRIE
mode 6.