Computer Hardware User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Drive specifications
- 2.1 Specification summary tables
- 2.2 Formatted capacity
- 2.3 Default logical geometry
- 2.4 Recording and interface technology
- 2.5 Physical characteristics
- 2.6 Seek time
- 2.7 Start/stop times
- 2.8 Power specifications
- 2.9 Environmental specifications
- 2.10 Acoustics emissions
- 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity
- 2.12 Reliability
- 2.13 Agency certification
- 2.14 Environmental protection
- 2.15 Corrosive environment
- 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive
- 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface
- 5.0 Seagate Technology support services
- Index

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 27
4.3 Supported ATA commands
The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of
the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://
www.sata-io.org). See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 for details and subcommands used in the
S.M.A.R.T. implementation.
Table 8: Supported ATA commands
Command name Command code (in hex)
Check Power Mode E5
H
Configure Stream 51
H
Device Configuration Freeze Lock B1
H
/ C1
H
Device Configuration Identify B1
H
/ C2
H
Device Configuration Restore B1
H
/ C0
H
Device Configuration Set B1
H
/ C3
H
Device Reset 08
H
Download Microcode 92
H
Execute Device Diagnostics 90
H
Flush Cache E7
H
Flush Cache Extended EA
H
Format Track 50
H
Identify Device EC
H
Idle E3
H
Idle Immediate E1
H
Initialize Device Parameters 91
H
Read Buffer E4
H
Read DMA C8
H
Read DMA Extended 25
H
Read DMA Without Retries C9
H
Read Log Ext 2F
H
Read Multiple C4
H
Read Multiple Extended 29
H
Read Native Max Address F8
H
Read Native Max Address Extended 27
H
Read Sectors 20
H
Read Sectors Extended 24
H
Read Sectors Without Retries 21
H
Read Stream DMA Extended 2A
H
Read Stream Extended 2B
H
Read Verify Sectors 40
H
Read Verify Sectors Extended 42
H
Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 41
H
Recalibrate 10
H
Security Disable Password F6
H