Interface
5-106 C141-E203-01EN
(33) SECURITY ERASE PREPARE (X’F3’)
The SECURITY ERASE UNIT command feature is enabled by issuing the
SECURITY ERASE PREPARE command and then the SECURITY ERASE UNIT
command. The SECURITY ERASE PREPARE command prevents data from
being erased unnecessarily by the SECURITY ERASE UNIT command.
• Error reporting conditions
(1) An incorrect password is specified (ST = 51h, ER = 04h).
(2) The device is in Security Frozen mode (ST = 51h, ER = 04h).
(3) A SATA communication error occurred (ST = 51h, ER = 14h).
At command issuance (Shadow Block Registers setting contents)
CM 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
DH x x x x xx
CH
CL
SN
SC
FR
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
At command completion (Shadow Block Registers contents to be read)
ST Status information
DH x x x x xx
CH
CL
SN
SC
ER
xx
xx
xx
xx
Error information