User manual MAXTOR MAXLINE PLUS II 250GB 10-30-2003

[. . . ] MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT Product Manual October 30, 2003 Part Number: 1905 © October 30, 2003 Maxtor Corporation. Printed in U. S. A. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein ­ which will be incorporated in revised editions of the publication. Maxtor may make changes or improvements in the product(s) described in this publication at any time and without notice. UL/CSA/VDE/TUV UL standard 1954 recognition granted under File No. [. . . ] Maxtor recommends that testing and analysis for EMC compliance be performed with the disk mechanism installed within the user's end-use application. 4. 10. 2 Canadian Emissions Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian department of communications. Le present appareil numerique n'emet pas de bruit radioelectriques depassant les 4-6 Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT Product Specifications limites applicables aux appareils numeriques de Class B prescrites dans le reglement sur le brouillage radioelectrique edicte pa le ministere des communications du Canada. 4. 11 Safety Regulatory Compliance All Maxtor hard drives comply with relevant product safety standards such as CE, CUL, TUV and UL rules and regulations. As delivered, Maxtor hard drives are designed for system integration before they are used. Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT 4-7 Chapter 5 ATA BUS INTERFACE AND ATA COMMANDS This chapter describes the interface between the MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive and the ATA bus. The commands that are issued from the host to control the drive are listed, as well as the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the interface. 5. 1 INTRODUCTION MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive use the standard ATA/ATAPI interface. Support of various options in the standard are explained in the following sections. 5. 2 5. 2. 1 MECHANICAL INTERFACE Signal Cable and Connector The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive contains a 40-pin unitized connector for both signal and power connections as well as configuration jumpers. The dimensions and specifications of the unitized connector comply with Annex. The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT drive require the use of an 80 conductor cable (ATA/ATAPI-6, Annex. A, Figure A. 4 and description) to support the drive's Ultra DMA capability. 5. 3 5. 3. 1 5. 3. 1. 1 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE ATA Bus Interface Electrical Characteristics Signals on the ATA interface are assigned to connector pins according to Annex. A in the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard for the 80 conductor cable assembly. The signaling protocol complies with clause 9 and signal timing complies with clause 10 of the standard. The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive support all Ultra DMA Data Transfer modes (0 - 5) defined in the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard. In addition, these drives support Mode 6, and can send and receive data at the full 133MB/s transfer rate. Hosts may assert the RESET- signal for longer than the minimum. When power is applied with RESET- asserted, the MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT disk media will not begin to spin up until RESET- is negated. This may reduce maximum current consumption for the Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-1 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands overall system. 5. 4 REGISTER ADDRESS DECODING The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drives allow their host systems to address the full set of command and control registers as specified in clause 7 of the ATA/ ATAPI-6 standard. 5. 5 5. 5. 1 COMMAND INTERFACE General Feature Set The µProcessor, Disk Controller, and ATA Interface electronics are contained in a proprietary ASIC developed by Maxtor. 5. 5. 2 Supported Commands The MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT hard disk drive support all the mandatory commands from the general feature set for devices not supporting the Packet command feature set. Refer to the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard for a detailed description of these commands. The IDENTIFY DRIVE command, however, is elaborated in the section "Identify Drive Command" on page 5-5. Table 5-1 lists the supported commands. Table 5-1 Supported Commands Command CHECK POWER MODE DEVICE CONFIGURATION FREEZE LOCK DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET DOWNLOAD MICROCODE EXECUTE DRIVE DIAGNOSTIC FLUSH CACHE IDENTIFY DRIVE IDLE IDLE IMMEDIATE Command Code 98h, E5h B1h B1h B1h B1h 92h 90h E7h ECh 97h, E3h 95h, E1h Feature Register Value(s) C1h C2h C0h C3h 07h, 01h 5-2 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-1 Supported Commands Command NOP READ BUFFER READ DMA READ MULTIPLE READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS READ SECTOR(S) READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD SECURITY ERASE PREPARE SECURITY ERASE UNIT SECURITY FREEZE LOCK SECURITY SET PASSWORD SECURITY UNLOCK SEEK SET FEATURES SET MAX ADDRESS SET MAX SET PASSWORD SET MAX LOCK SET MAX UNLOCK SET MAX FREEZE LOCK SET MULTIPLE MODE SLEEP SMART DISABLE OPERATIONS SMART ENABLE OPERATIONS SMART ENABLE/DISABLE ATTRIBUTE AUTOSAVE Command Code 00h E4h C8h, C9h C4h F8h 20h, 21h 40h, 41h F6h F3h F4h F5H F1h F2h 70h EFh F9h F9h F9h F9h F9h C6h 99h, E6h B0h B0h B0h Feature Register Value(s) Note 1 00h 01h 02h 03h 04h D9h D8h D2h Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT 5-3 ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Table 5-1 Supported Commands Command SMART EXECUTE OFF-LINE IMMEDIATE SMART READ DATA SMART READ LOG SMART RETURN STATUS SMART SAVE ATTRIBUTE VALUES SMART WRITE LOG STANDBY STANDBY IMMEDIATE WRITE BUFFER WRITE DMA WRITE MULTIPLE WRITE SECTOR(S) Command Code B0h B0h B0h B0h B0h B0h 96h, E2h 94h, E0h E8h CAh, CBh C5h 30h, 31h Feature Register Value(s) D4h D0h D5h DAh D3h D6h Note: 1. As defined in the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard. 5-4 Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB AT ATA Bus Interface and ATA Commands Identify Drive Command This command allows the host to receive parameter information from the drive. When the command is received, the drive: 1. Stores the required parameter information in the sector buffer 3. Generates an interrupt The host may then read the information out of the sector buffer. [. . . ] Each MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT G-7 Glossary SUBSTRATE ­ The material the disk platter is made of beneath the magnetic coating. Hard disks are generally made of aluminum or magnesium alloy (or glass, for optical disks) while the substrate of floppies is usually mylar. SURFACE ­ The top or bottom side of the platter which is coated with the magnetic material for recording data. On some drives one surface may be reserved for positioning information. U UNFORMATTED CAPACITY ­ The total number of bytes of data that could be fit onto a disk. [. . . ]