Contents
Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 | Specification summary tables | . 4 | |
2.2 | Formatted capacity | . 5 | |
| 2.2.1 | LBA mode | . 5 |
2.3 | Default logical geometry | . 6 | |
2.4 | Recording and interface technology | . 6 | |
2.5 | Physical characteristics | . 6 | |
2.6 | Seek time | . 6 | |
2.7 | Start/stop times | . 7 | |
2.8 | Power specifications | . 7 | |
| 2.8.1 | Power consumption | . 7 |
| 2.8.2 | Conducted noise | 13 |
| 2.8.3 | Voltage tolerance | 13 |
| 2.8.4 | 14 | |
2.9 | Environmental limits | 17 | |
| 2.9.1 | Temperature | 17 |
| 2.9.2 | Humidity | 18 |
| 2.9.3 | Altitude | 18 |
| 2.9.4 | Shock | 18 |
| 2.9.5 | Vibration | 18 |
2.10 | Acoustics | 19 | |
2.11 | Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) | 19 | |
2.12 | Electromagnetic immunity | 19 | |
2.13 | Reliability | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
| 2.13.1 | Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 20 |
2.14 | Agency certification | 20 | |
| 2.14.1 | Safety certification | 20 |
| 2.14.2 | Electromagnetic compatibility | 20 |
| 2.14.3 | FCC verification | 21 |
2.15 | Environmental protection | 22 | |
| 2.15.1 | European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive | 22 |
| 2.15.2 | China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive | 22 |
2.16 | Corrosive environment | 22 | |
2.17 | Reference documents | 23 | |
2.18 | Product warranty | 23 |
3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1 Handling and
3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.0 About FIPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.0 About
5.1 Data encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2 Controlled access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.2.1 Admin SP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.2.2 Locking SP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.2.3 Default password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
i | Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F |