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U4 Family Product Manual, Rev. D

3.2.2 Identify Drive command

The Identify Drive 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 the table
below. 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. See
Section 1 of this manual for default parameter settings.

The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be
included in the

Draft ATA-4 Standard.

Write Sectors

30

H,

31

H

ATA-standard power-management commands

Check Power Mode

98

H

or E5

H

Idle

97

H

or E3

H

Idle Immediate

95

H

or E1

H

Sleep

99

H

or E6

H

Standby

96

H

or E2

H

Standby Immediate

94

H

or E0

H

ATA-standard security commands

Security Set Password

F1

H

Security Unlock

F2

H

Security Erase Prepare

F3

H

Security Erase Unit

F4

H

Security Freeze Lock

F5

H

Security Disable Password

F6

H

Command name

Command code (in hex)

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