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5.2.14 Non-Medium Error log page (06h/00h)
5.2.14.1 Overview
The Non-Medium Error log page (page code 06h) provides for counting the occurrences of recoverable error events other than
write, read, or verify failures. No discrimination among the various types of events is provided by parameter code (see table 323).
Vendor specific discrimination may be provided through Seagate specific parameter codes.
The Non-Medium Error log page has the format shown in table 324.
DS bit, SPF bit, PAGE CODE field, SUBPAGE CODE field, and PAGE LENGTH field
The DS bit, SPF bit, PAGE CODE field, SUBPAGE CODE field, and PAGE LENGTH field are described in 5.2.2.
SPF bit, PAGE CODE field, and SUBPAGE CODE field
The SPF bit, PAGE CODE field, and SUBPAGE CODE field shall be set as shown in table 324 for the Non-Medium Error log page.
NON-MEDIUM ERROR LOG PARAMETERS
The contents of each non-medium error log parameter depends on the value in its PARAMETER CODE field (see table 323).
Table 323 Non-medium error event parameter codes
Parameter code Description
Resettable or
Changeable
[a]
Reference
Support
Required
0000h
Non-medium error count
Reset Only 5.2.14 Mandatory
8000h - FFFFh
Vendor specific error counts
All others
Reserved
[a] The keywords in this column – Always, Reset Only, and Never – are defined in 5.2.2.3.
Table 324 Non-Medium Error log page
Bit
Byte
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 DS SPF (0b) PAGE CODE (06h)
1 SUBPAGE CODE (00h)
2 (MSB)
PAGE LENGTH (n-3)
3 (LSB)
NON-MEDIUM ERROR LOG PARAMETERS
4 FIRST NON-MEDIUM ERROR COUNT LOG PARAMETER (see table 323)
. . . . . .
n LAST NON-MEDIUM ERROR COUNT LOG PARAMETER (see table 322)