6.0SERIAL ATA (SATA) INTERFACE
These drives use the
For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment” specification.
6.1HOT-PLUG COMPATIBILITY
Constellation ES.3 Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 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 2.5) prior to changing the plane of operation. This time is required to insure data integrity.
6.2SERIAL ATA DEVICE PLUG CONNECTOR PIN DEFINITIONS
Table 8 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors.
Table 8 Serial ATA connector pin definitions
SEGMENT | PIN | FUNCTION | DEFINITION |
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| S1 | Ground | 2nd mate |
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| S2 | A+ | Differential signal pair A from Phy |
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| S3 | A- |
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| S4 | Ground | 2nd mate |
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| S5 | B- | Differential signal pair B from Phy |
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| S6 | B+ |
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S7 | Ground | 2nd mate | |
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| Key and spacing separate signal and power segments | |
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| P1 | V33 | 3.3V power |
| P2 | V33 | 3.3V power |
| P3 | V33 | 3.3V power, |
| P4 | Ground | 1st mate |
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| P5 | Ground | 2nd mate |
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| P6 | Ground | 2nd mate |
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| P7 | V5 | 5V power, |
Power | P8 | V5 | 5V power |
| P9 | V5 | 5V power |
| P10 | Ground | 2nd mate |
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| P11 | Ground or LED signal | If grounded, drive does not use deferred spin |
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| P12 | Ground | 1st mate. |
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| P13 | V12 | 12V power, |
| P14 | V12 | 12V power |
| P15 | V12 | 12V power |
CONSTELLATION ES.3 SERIAL ATA PRODUCT MANUAL, REV. A | 33 |
