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Appendix B. SCSI Bus Signal Timing

Quantum Atlas 10K II Ultra 160/m SCSI Hard Disk Drives

B–27

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Byte

0

Extended Message (01h)

1

Extended Message length

2

Extended Message code

3

to

Extended Message Arguments

n-1

Figure B–1 Extended Message — Data Format

Table B–12 Extended Message — Field Description

Field

Description

Extended Message Length

This field specifies the length, in bytes, of the Extended
Message Code plus the Extended Message Arguments that
follow. Therefore, the total length of the message is equal to
the Extended Message Length plus 2.
A value of 0 for the Extended Message Length indicates that
256 bytes follow.

Extended Message Code

The drive supports three Extended Messages. They are:

01h

SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSFER REQUEST

03h

WIDE DATA TRANSFER REQUEST

04h

PARALLEL PROTOCOL REQUEST