Ultrastar 7K2
HGST Hard Disk Drive
Technical Reference Manual
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SCT Commands
SCT commands provide capabilities not covered in ATA/ATAPI-7 for commands that do not fit the ATA
command delivery model. Some SCT commands report completion when the command begins execution.
Execution progress for these commands may be checked by requesting SCT status. For instance, the host
can track the progress of a Write Same command by issuing a status request once per minute. See ATA8-
ACS for a full description of SCT.
Table 9 SCT Action Codes
ACTION CODE
DESCRIPTION
0000h RESERVED
0001h Long Sector Access
0002h Write Same
0004h Features Control
0005h SCT Data Tables
0006h Vendor specific
0007h SCT BIST
C000h FFFFh Vendor specific