Seagate Fibre Channel Interface TV Cables User Manual


 
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12.47.2 Translate Address page–Send Diagnostic
The translate address page allows the initiator to translate a logical block address into a physical sector
address or a physical sector into a logical block address. The address to be translated is passed to the disc
drive with Send Diagnostic command and the results are returned to the initiator during the data in phase fol-
lowing the Receive Diagnostic Results command. The translated address is returned in the Translate Address
page returned after the Receive Diagnostic Results command (see Table 189).
Field definitions (listed alphabetically)
Address To Translate
A single address the initiator is requesting the disc drive to translate. The format of this field is defined by the Supplied For-
mat Field. The supported formats are shown in Table 195 and Table 196.
Page Code
40h Translate Address page-Send Diagnostic command page code.
Page Length
000Ah The length (in bytes) of the Translate Address—Send Diagnostic page.
Supplied Format
The format of the address to translate field. If the disc drive does not support the requested format, it terminates the Send
Diagnostic command with Check Condition status. The sense key is set to Illegal Request and an additional sense code is
set to Invalid Field In Parameter List.
000b Logical block address format.
101b Physical sector address format.
Translate Format
The format to which the initiator would like the address to be translated. The Translate Format field must be different than
the Supplied Format field. If the disc drive does not support the requested format it terminates the command with Check
Condition status. The sense key is set to Illegal Request and an additional sense code is set to Invalid Field In Parameter
List.
000b Logical block address format.
101b Physical sector address format.
Table 209: Translate Address page–Send Diagnostic command
Bit
Byte
76543210
0
Page Code (40h)
1
Reserved
2 (MSB)
Page Length (000Ah)
3 (LSB)
4 Reserved Supplied Format
5 Reserved Translate Format
6
:
13
Address To Translate
Table
number
209
209
209
209
209