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List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for ST9500530NS ....10 Figure 2. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for ST9160511NS ....10 Figure 3.
Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate! ® Constellation Serial ATA model drives:! ST9500530NS ST9160511NS These drives provide the following key features: • 7,200 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second).
About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jump- ers or other configuration options. •...
Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models:! ST9500530NS ST9160511NS Product data communicated in this manual is specific only to the model numbers listed in this manual. The data listed in this manual may not be predictive of future generation specifications or requirements.
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To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: www.seagate.com/support/service/ 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.
Formatted capacity Formatted! Guaranteed! Model capacity* sectors Bytes per sector ST9500530NS 500 Gbytes 976,773,168 ST9160511NS 160 Gbytes 312,581,808 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1,...
Physical characteristics Maximum height 14.8 mm (0.583 inches) Maximum width 70.0 mm (2.76 inches) Maximum length 100.5 mm (3.957 inches) Max weight ST9500530NS 196 grams (0.43 lbs) ST9160511NS 188 grams (0.41 lbs) Cache buffer 32 Mbytes (32,768 kbytes) Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature.
Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 4 on page 20. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.
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ST9160511NS ST9160511NS Parameter (1.5GB) (3.0GB) Voltage +5 V +12 V Power +5 V +12 V Power Regulation +/-5% +/-5% (watts) +/-5% +/-5% (watts) Average Idle Current 0.23 0.08 2.11 0.24 0.08 2.14 Advanced Idle Current Idle_A 0.23 0.08 2.08 0.24 0.08 2.10 Idle_B...
2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for ST9500530NS Figure 2. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for ST9160511NS Constellation Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B...
2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz.
2.8.4 Power-management modes PowerChoice power management Drives using the load/unload architecture provide programmable power management to tailor systems for per- formance and greater energy efficiency. The table below lists the supported PowerChoice modes. The further you go down in the table, the more power savings you get.
Environmental specifications 2.9.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 60°C (140°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly to 112°F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).
2.9.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. Vibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.6.1 Operating vibration The maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards speci- fied in this document are specified below.
2.10 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea- surements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is oriented with the cover facing upward. Note.
Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Emission levels are defined by EN 55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by EN 55024. Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the EC directives specified in the previous paragraph. Drives are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply with the directives.
As a subassembly, no Federal Communications Commission verification or certification of the device is required. Seagate Technology LLC has tested this device in enclosures as described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disc drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules.
The silver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide, chlo- ride, and nitrate contaminants. Sulfur is found to be the most damaging. In addition, electronic components should never be exposed to condensing water on the surface of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an ambient relative humidity greater than 95%.
Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic dis- charge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions: Caution: •...
Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they were both “masters”...
Drive mounting You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 5 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precau- tions when mounting the drive: •...
Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immediately surrounding the drive will not exceed temperature conditions specified in Section 2.9.1, "Ambient temperature." The rack, cabinet, or drawer environment for the drive must provide heat removal from the electronics and head and disc assembly (HDA).
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”...
Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Table 5 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. Table 5: Serial ATA connector pin definitions Segment Function Definition Ground 2nd mate Differential signal pair A from Phy Ground 2nd mate Differential signal pair B from Phy Signal...
Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 32.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation. Table 6: Supported ATA commands Command name...
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Command name Command code (in hex) Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Security Set Password Security Unlock Seek Set Features Set Max Address Note: Individual Set Max Address Address: commands are identified by the value Password: placed in the Set Max Features regis- Lock: ter as defined to the right.
4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 6 on page 25.
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Word Description Value 60–61 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available 0FFFFFFFh* (see Section 2.2 for related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes). Drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual number of user-addressable LBAs specified in words 100-103.
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NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1 indicating 64-bit value. WWN support. 112–127 ATA-reserved 0000 Security status 0001 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx 160–254 ATA-reserved 0000 Integrity word xxA5 Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data.
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Word 88 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 0 is currently active.
4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature that the drive supports, the command is aborted. Power-on default has the read look-ahead and write caching features enabled.
) that elimi- nates unnecessary drive returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at:! http://seatools.seagate.com. This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. You must have a recent BIOS or software package that supports S.M.A.R.T. to enable this feature. The table below shows the S.M.A.R.T. command codes that the drive uses.
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Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warranty- related issues. Resellers or end users of drive products should contact their place of purchase or Seagate war- ranty service for assistance. Have your serial number and model or part number available.
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Index Device Configuration Set 25 Device Reset 25 dimensions 21 Download Microcode 25 ACA 17 acceleration 14 acoustics 15 Electrical fast transient 15 Agency certification 16 Electromagnetic compatibility 16 altitude 13 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 17 Ambient temperature 13 Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation 17 ambient temperature 7 Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC) Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 16...
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IEC950 16 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 16 quick reference 3 Initialize Device Parameters 25 Input noise ripple 11 input voltage 8 interface 6 Radiated RF immunity 15 internal data-transfer rate OD 6 Radio and television interference 17 is 7 radio frequency (RF) 15 ISO document 7779 15 Read Buffer 25 ITE 16...
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Security Erase Unit 26 Write DMA Extended 26 Security Freeze 26 Write DMA FUA Extended 26 Security Set Password 26 Write DMA Without Retries 26 Security Unlock 26 Write Log Extended 26 Seek 26 Write Multiple 26 Seek time 7 Write Multiple Extended 26 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 Write Multiple FUA Extended 26...
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