Seagate ST91000640NS, ST91000641NS, ST91000642NS, ST9250610NS, ST9250611NS, ST9250612NS, ST9500620NS, ST9500621NS, ST9500622NS 6 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Ma nual, Rev. B

6 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Ma nual, Rev. B

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment

and formatting.

**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.

Vibration, operating 5–500 Hz: 0.5 Gs

Vibration, nonoperating 5–500 Hz: 3.0 Gs

Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)

Active 2.8 (typical)

Idle** 2.2 (typical)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 sector per 1015 bits read

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.62%

Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the

following web page:

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/warranty_&_returns_assistance

From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide

the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase.

The system will display the warranty information for your drive.

Load/Unload cycles 300,000 (25°C, 50% rel. humidity) (600,000 design life testing)

Supports Hotplug operation per

Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification Yes

Drive specification ST91000640NS

ST91000641NS

ST91000642NS

ST9500620NS

ST9500621NS

ST9500622NS

ST9250610NS

ST9250611NS

ST9250612NS

Contents

Main Constellation.2TM Serial ATA Revision history Contents Page List of Figures Page 1.0 Seagate Technology support services 2.0 Introduction 2.1 About the Serial ATA interface 3.0 Drive specifications 3.1 Specification summary tables Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 5 Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 1TB, 500 and 250 GB models 6 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Ma nual, Rev. B 3.2 Formatted capacity 3.3 Default logical geometry 3.4 Recording and interface technology 3.5 Physical characteristics 3.6 Seek time 3.7 Start/stop times 3.8 Power specifications Page Page Page Page Page 3.8.4 Power-management modes Idle mode Sleep mode Idle and Standby timers 3.8.4.1 Extended Power Conditions - PowerChoice PowerChoice is invoked using one of two methods PowerChoice exits power saving states under the following conditions PowerChoice provides the following reporting methods for tracking purposes 3.9 Environmental limits 3.9.1 Temperature 3.9.2 Relative humidity Page 3.10 Acoustics 3.11 Electromagnetic immunity 3.12 Reliability 3.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) Table 4: Radio frequency environments 3.13 Agency certification 3.13.1 Safety certification 3.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility Korean RRL Australian C-Tick (N176) 3.14 Environmental protection 3.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 3.14.2 Reference documents 3.14.3 Product warranty Shipping Storage Product repair and return information 3.14.4 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 3.15 Corrosive environment 4.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 4.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions Caution: 4.2 Configuring the drive 4.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 4.4 Drive mounting 4.5 Cooling 5.0 About FIPS Purpose Level 2 security 6.0 About self-encrypting drives 6.1 Data encryption 6.2 Controlled access 6.2.1 Admin SP 6.2.2 Locking SP 6.3 Random number generator (RNG) 6.4 Drive locking 6.5 Data bands 6.6 Cryptographic erase 6.7 Authenticated firmware download 6.8 Power requirements 6.9 Supported commands 6.10 RevertSP 7.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 7.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 7.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Notes: Table 5: Serial ATA connector pin definitions Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 35 7.3 Supported ATA commands Table 6: Supported ATA commands 36 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 37 7.3.1 Identify Device command 38 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 39 Note. 40 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 41 7.3.2 Set Features command Table 7: Set Features command values 7.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands Table 8: S.M.A.R.T. commands Index A B C D G H I K L S T V W