Sony SDX-800V/R User Manual

SONY AIT-3Ex drive SDX-800V series Ver.1.1 

 

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The Append Partition Command is available in the AIT mode. The Append Partition Command takes effect if the 

current partition is the last partition. When the command is issued in the last partition and then creates a new 

partition. If the command is issued in any other partition, SDX-800V will return the CHECK CONDITION status 

(83h/97h Current Partition is no the last partition).   

Reserved 

Page Code (32h) 

Page Length (8) 

Reserved 

Reserved 

Reserved PSUM Reserved 

Reserved 

Reserved Partition 

units 

Reserved 

(MSB) 

Partition Size Descriptor 

 

 

 

(LSB)

The Partition Size Unit of Measured field defines the units in which the Partition Size value selects the partition size. 

00b 

bytes (unit of one) 

Not Support 

01b kilobytes 

(10

3

 bytes) 

Not Support 

10b Megabytes 

(10

6 

bytes) Optional 

11b 10 

(PARTITION UNITS)

 bytes 

Optional 

This field defines the size of the partition size descriptors when the PSUM field is set to 11b. A value of n in the 
PARTITION UNITS field shall define the units of the partition size descriptors as 10

 bytes. 

SDX-800V Supports following combinations. 

PSUM Partition 

Units 

11b 

  1001b : 10

9

 byte (AIT-3Ex Mode) 

If another value is set these fields a CHECK CONDITION status is returned with an ILLEGAL REQUEST sense key 

set. 

Partition size in megabytes, in binary notation. Bytes 8, 9: Partition Size Descriptor. For a Mode Sense Command, 

the value in this field is invalid unless the Mode Sense Command follows a successful Mode Select Command Page 

32. Therefore, on power-up without a Mode Select Page 32h, the Current Page 32h Partition Size Descriptor should 

be set to the default value of 00 00. There is no relation between this field and the IDP bit in the parameter block of 
Mode Select Page 11h.