Seagate ST3200826AS, ST3250310ASIM, ST3250623AS, ST3250823AS, ST3300631AS, ST3300831AS, ST3400632AS, ST3400832AS 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface

Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F

4.0 Serial 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.

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility

Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to ho t 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.

Contents

Main Barracuda 7200.8 Serial ATA Page Contents Page Page Page 1.0 Introduction 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface 2.0 Drive specifications 2.1 Specification summary tabl es 4 Table 1: Drive specifications for 400 Gbyte models 5 Table 1: Drive specifications for 400 Gbyte models 6 Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models 7 Table 2: Drive specifications for 300 Gbyte models 8 Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models 9 Table 3: Drive specifications for 250 and 200 Gbyte models 2.2 Formatted capacity 2.3 Default logical geo m etry 2.4 Recording and interface tech no logy 2.5 Physical characteristics 2.6 Seek time 2.7 Start/stop times 2.8 Power specification s Page Page 2.9 Environmental specifications 2.10 Acoustics 18 2.11 Electromagnetic i mmunity 2.12 Reliability Table 6: Radio frequency enviro nm en t s 2.13 Agency certification Page 2.14 Environmental pro tection 2.15 Corrosive envi ronment Page 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 3.2 Configuring the drive 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 25 3.4 Drive mounting Figure 5. Mounting dimensions t op , side and end view Page 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector p in definitions 29 4.3 Supported ATA commands Page 31 Page 33 Note. Note. 34 Table 9: Set Features command values Page Page 5.0 Seagate Technology support services Internet Seagate Service Centers Presales Support Technical Support Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Data Recovery Services Authorized Service Ce nters USA/Canada/Latin America support services Index A B C D H I K L M S T U V W

Seagate 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface

Models: ST3200826AS ST3250310ASIM ST3250623AS ST3250823AS ST3300631AS ST3300831AS ST3400632AS ST3400832AS

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility