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Maxtor Atlas 10K V

Table 5-92   

Table 5-93 lists read-only mode pages. Table 5-49 lists initiator-changeable mode pages.

Table 5-93   

The Format Drive Page (Table 5-94) describes the drive's medium format. 

 

The data fields are described in Table 5-95. Note that the page is savable but no 
parameters are changeable.

Table 5-94   

Mode Data Length

Length of the returned data

Medium Type

Always zero (0)

Device-Specific

Parameter

Bit 7 - This bit is set if the drive is write protected 

Bit 4 - This bit is always set to indicate that the drive supports cache memory.

Block Descriptor

Zero (0) if Block Descriptor (DBD) in MODE SENSE Command Descriptor Length sector is 0. 

If DBD is 1, then the Block Descriptor Length is eight (8).

Number of Blocks 

The value in this field specifies the number of logical blocks on the unit that are affected by the 

current MODE SELECT command. When this field = 0, the MODE SELECT parameters are put 

into effect for all logical blocks on the unit. The maximum value allowed is the total number of 

initiator-addressable logical blocks for the value specified in the Block Length field. A value that 

is less than the maximum value will decrease the number of initiator-accessible logical blocks to 

the amount specified.

Block Length 

The value in this field specifies the length, in bytes, of each block.

03h

Format Device

Medium format

24

04h

Rigid Disk Geometry

Total cylinder head and 

rotational speed

24

0

PS

Rsvd

Page Code (03h)

1

Page Length (16h)

2 - 3 

Tracks Per Zone

4 - 5 

Alternate Sectors/Zone

6 - 7 

Alternate Tracks/Zone

8 - 9 

Alternate Tracks/Logical Unit

10 - 11 

Sectors/Track

12 - 13 

Data Bytes/Physical Sector

14 - 15 

Interleave

16 - 17 

Track Skew Factor

18 - 19 

Cylinder Skew Factor

20

SSEC

HSEC

RMB

SURF

Reserved