Datasheet

Intel
®
X25-E SATA Solid State Drive
May 2009 Product Manual
Order Number: 319984-005US 15
Intel
®
X25-E SATA SSD
6.0 Command Sets
6.1 ATA Commands
The Intel X25-E SATA SSD supports all the mandatory ATA commands defined in the
ATA/ATAPI-7 specification.
6.1.1 ATA General Feature Command Set
The Intel X25-E SATA SSD supports the ATA General Feature command set (non-
PACKET), which consists of
• EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC
• FLUSH CACHE
•IDENTIFY DEVICE
• READ DMA
•READ SECTOR(S)
•READ VERIFY SECTOR(S)
•SEEK
• SET FEATURES
•WRITE DMA
•WRITE SECTOR(S)
•READ MULTIPLE
• SET MULTIPLE MODE
•WRITE MULTIPLE
The Intel X25-E SATA SSD also supports the following optional commands:
• READ BUFFER
• WRITE BUFFER
•NOP
• DOWNLOAD MICROCODE
6.1.1.1 IDENTIFY DEVICE Data
The following table details the sector data returned after issuing an IDENTIFY DEVICE
command.
Table 14. Returned Sector Data
Word
F = Fixed
V = Variable
X = Both
Default Value Description
0 F 0040h General configuration bit-significant information
1 X 3FFFh Obsolete - Number of logical cylinders (16,383)
2 V C837h Specific configuration