Seagate ST9160511NS, ST9500530NS manual Serial ATA Sata interface, Hot-Plug compatibility

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5.0Serial ATA (SATA) interface

These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6.

For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment” specification.

5.1Hot-Plug compatibility

Constellation Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accor- dance with the Serial ATA II: Extension to Serial ATA 1.0a specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org.

Caution:

The drive motor must come to a complete stop (Ready to spindle stop time indicated in Section 3.7) prior to changing the plane of operation. This time is required to insure data integrity.

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Contents ST9500530NS ST9160511NS Constellation Serial ATARevision Date Revision historyContents Constellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D List of Figures Page Seagate Online Support and Services Seagate Technology support servicesConstellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D Introduction About the Serial ATA interface Specification summary tables Drive specificationsDrive specification ST9500530NS ST9160511NS Drive specifications summary for 500 and 160 GB modelsFollowing web Recording and interface technology Default logical geometryLBA mode Formatted capacityTypical seek times msec Read Write Physical characteristicsSeek time Start/stop timesStandby mode Power specificationsPower consumption Spinup powerST9160511NS 5GB 0GB Voltage +12 Power Regulation +/-5% Watts Typical current profiles Voltage tolerance Conducted noisePowerChoice reporting methods Power-management modes PowerChoiceTM power managementMode Description Environmental specifications Operating vibration VibrationNonoperating vibration Radio frequency environments AcousticsElectromagnetic immunity Fluid Dynamic Bearing FDB motor acousticsElectromagnetic compatibility Safety certificationReliability Agency certificationAustralian C-Tick N176 Korean RRLFCC verification Corrosive environment Environmental protectionHandling and static-discharge precautions Configuring and mounting the driveConfiguring the drive Drive mounting Serial ATA cables and connectorsMounting dimensions-top, side and end view Air flow CoolingHot-Plug compatibility Serial ATA Sata interfacePin Function Definition Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitionsSerial ATA connector pin definitions SignalSupported ATA commands Supported ATA commandsCommand name Command code in hex F4H Word Description Value Identify Device commandXx07H Bit Word Description if bit is set to Bit WordWord Set Features command values Set Features commandA.R.T. commands 3 S.M.A.R.T. commandsCode in features register A.R.T. command Index ITE Page Constellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D Page Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066-4544, USA