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Quantum 10K II User Manual

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SCSI Description

Quantum Atlas 10K II Ultra160/m SCSI Hard Disk Drives

5–137

5.21

READ (10) Command (28h)

The READ (10) command requests that data be transferred from the drive to the
initiator. The amount of data transferred is specified by the transfer length field. The
starting point is specified by the logical sector address.

Bit

Byte

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation Code (28h)

1

Reserved

DPO

FUA

Reserved

RelAdr

2 - 5

Logical Block Address

6

Reserved

7 - 8

Transfer Length

9

Control

Figure 5–57 READ (10) Command — Data Format

Table 5–64 READ (10) Command — Field Descriptions

Field

Description

DPO

Disable Page Out. When the value is 0, the drive caches the data read,
using its normal Logical Read Unit policies.
When the value is 1, the drive assigns to logical blocks accessed by the
READ (10) command the lowest priority for being fetched into or
retained by the cache.

FUA

Force Unit Access. When the value is 0, the drive is allowed to satisfy the
read with cache-resident data.
A value of 1 indicates that the drive accesses the media in performing
the command before returning GOOD status.

RelAdr

Relative Addressing. The drive does not support relative addressing. Must
be 0.

Logical Block Address

Specifies the logical sector address where the read operation will begin.

Transfer Length

Specifies the number of contiguous logical blocks of data to transfer. A
transfer length of 0 indicates that no logical blocks are to be transferred.
Any other value indicates the number of logical blocks to be transferred.
The drive returns a CHECK CONDITION status with the correct sense data
if the specified transfer extends beyond the logical sector space.