2.11Acoustic emission

Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its’ referenced standards. Testing is conducted at room temperature (approximately 25C). Emissino levels are reported as the total A-weighted sound power levels for, steady state, idle and active (seek) modes of operations.

Table 5:

Drive level acoustics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Models

 

 

 

Idle*

Performance seek

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 discs

 

ST9250827AS

 

2.4 bels (typ)

2.6 bels (typ)

 

 

ST9200827AS

 

2.6 bels (max)

2.8 bels (max)

 

 

ST9160827AS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 disc

 

ST9120817AS

 

2.2 bels (typ)

2.9 bels (typ)

 

 

 

 

2.4 bels (max)

3.1 bels (max)

 

 

 

 

 

 

*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.

Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs)

Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this pro- cess is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses the lower limit for the threshold curve* to discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of tone ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards.

* Defined as the median curve given by ISO 389-7 (Tf curve) minus 10dB at all frequencies.

2.12Electromagnetic immunity

When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table:

Table 6:

Radio frequency environments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance

Reference

Test

 

Description

level

standard

 

 

 

 

Electrostatic discharge

Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; Air: ± 8 kV

B

EN 61000-4-2: 95

 

 

 

 

Radiated RF immunity

80 to 2,000 MHz, 10 V/m,

A

EN 61000-4-3: 96

 

 

80% AM with 1 kHz sine

 

ENV 50204: 95

 

 

900 MHz, 3 V/m, 50% pulse modulation @ 200 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electrical fast transient

± 1 kV on AC mains, ± 0.5 kV on external I/O

B

EN 61000-4-4: 95

 

 

 

 

Surge immunity

± 1 kV differential, ± 2 kV common, AC mains

B

EN 61000-4-5: 95

 

 

 

 

Conducted RF immunity

150 kHz to 80 MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1 kHz

A

EN 61000-4-6: 97

 

 

sine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Frequency H-field

1 A/m, 50Hz/60Hz, 3 axes

A

EN 61000-4-8: 97

immunity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voltage dips, interrupts

30% Reduction for 25 cycles

C

EN 61000-4-11: 94

 

 

>95% Reduction for 250 cycles

C

 

 

 

>95%, 0.5 cycles

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

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