Serial Ata (Sata) Interface; Hot-Plug Compatibility - Seagate BARRACUDA ST31000520AS Product Manual

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 LP Series SATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accor-
dance with the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serial-
ata.org.
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