Contents
1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 | Specification summary tables | . 3 | |
2.2 | Formatted capacity | 10 | |
| 2.2.1 | LBA mode | 10 |
2.3 | Default logical geometry | 10 | |
2.4 | Recording and interface technology | 10 | |
2.5 | Physical characteristics | 11 | |
2.6 | Seek time | 11 | |
2.7 | Start/stop times | 11 | |
2.8 | Power specifications | 12 | |
| 2.8.1 | Power consumption | 12 |
| 2.8.2 | Conducted noise | 13 |
| 2.8.3 | Voltage tolerance | 13 |
| 2.8.4 | Power management modes | 14 |
2.9 | Environmental specifications | 15 | |
| 2.9.1 | Drive case temperature | 15 |
| 2.9.2 | Temperature gradient | 15 |
| 2.9.3 | Humidity | 15 |
| 2.9.4 | Altitude | 15 |
| 2.9.5 | Shock | 16 |
| 2.9.6 | Vibration | 16 |
2.10 | Acoustics emissions | 17 | |
2.11 | Electromagnetic immunity | 17 | |
2.12 | Reliability | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
| 2.12.1 | Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) | 18 |
2.13 | Agency certification | 18 | |
| 2.13.1 | Safety certification | 18 |
| 2.13.2 | Electromagnetic compatibility | 18 |
| 2.13.3 | FCC verification | 19 |
2.14 | Environmental protection | 20 | |
| 2.14.1 | European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive | 20 |
| 2.14.2 | China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive | 20 |
2.15 | Corrosive environment | 20 |
3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1 Handling and
3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.4 Drive mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.1
4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.3.1 Identify Device command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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