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Seagate Medalist 6540 Product Manual

Seagate Medalist 6540 Product Manual

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  • Page 1 ..Medalist 6540 ........
  • Page 3 ..Medalist 6540 (ST36540A) ........
  • Page 4 Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Seagate Technology, Inc.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Contents Introduction ......1 Specification summary table .
  • Page 6 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility ... . 15 1.12.3 FCC verification ....15 2.0 Drive mounting and configuration .
  • Page 7 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Figures Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile ..10 Figure 2. Alternate capacity jumper and master/slave jumpers . . 18 Figure 3. Drive mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . 19...
  • Page 8 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Introduction The Medalist 6540 (ST36540A), Medalist 5130 (ST35130A) and Medalist 3220 (ST33220A) provide the following key features: Low power consumption Quiet operation Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 33.3 Mbytes per...

  • Page 10: Specification Summary Table

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Specification summary table The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual. ST36540A ST35130A ST33220A Drive Specification...
  • Page 11 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A ST36540A ST35130A ST33220A Drive Specification Power-on to ready (sec typical) Standby to ready (sec typical) Startup current: 12V (peak) 1.7 amps 5V (RMS) 0.5 amps Seek power and current (mean) 5.5 watts...
  • Page 12 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A continued from previous page ST36540A ST35130A ST33220A Drive Specification Drive acoustics (bels—sound power) 4.4 (typical), 4.7 (max) Read/Write mode Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10 bits read Mean time between failures...

  • Page 13: Drive Specifications

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.0 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 ST36540A, ST35130A and the ST33220A.

  • Page 14: Supported Chs Translation Geometries

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.1.2 Supported CHS translation geometries These drives support any translation geometry that satisfies all of the following conditions: Sectors per track Heads The ST36540A logical cylinders are: Logical cylinders =12,706,470 / (logical sectors per track logical heads)

  • Page 15: Physical Characteristics

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.4 Physical characteristics Maximum height (mm) 26.1 (inches) 1.03 Maximum width (mm) 102.3 (inches) 4.03 Maximum length (mm) 146.8 (inches) 5.78 Typical weight (grams) (pounds) 1.5 Seek time All seek times are measured using a 486 AT computer (or faster) with a 8.3 MHz I/O bus.

  • Page 16: Start/Stop Times

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Read Write Seek type (msec, typ.) (msec, typ.) Track-to-track Average 11.0 13.0 Full-stroke 18.0 22.0 Average latency: 6.68 msec Note. These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical seeks, regardless of mode (such as track-to-track and average) are expected to meet or ex- ceed the noted values.
  • Page 17 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Read/Write power and current are measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-msec delay, then a 16-sector read followed by a 32-msec delay. Operating power and current are measured using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read/write mode (1 write for each 10 reads), and 20 percent drive inactive.

  • Page 18: Conducted Noise

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.7.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1 shows a typical current profile. Current (mA) 1500 1000 Time (seconds) 500mA/Division Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile 1.7.2 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.

  • Page 19: Power-Management Modes

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.7.4 Power-management modes These drives provide programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. These Seagate drives feature several power-management modes, which are summarized in...

  • Page 20: Environmental Tolerances

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.8 Environmental tolerances 1.8.1 Ambient temperature Operating 5° to 55°C (41° to 131°F) Nonoperating –40° to 60°C (–40° to 140°F) Note. Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is der- ated linearly to 112°F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).

  • Page 21: Vibration

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.8.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this docu- ment when subjected to a maximum operating shock of 10.0 Gs (based on half-sine shock pulses of 11 msec, as specified in MIL-STD-202F).

  • Page 22: Drive Acoustics

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 1.9 Drive acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All measurements are generally consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane.

  • Page 23: Agency Certification

    Communications Commission verification or certification of the device is required. Seagate Technology, Inc. has tested this device in enclosures as de- scribed 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.
  • Page 24 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A This equipment is designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this...

  • Page 25: Drive Mounting And Configuration

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 2.0 Drive mounting and configuration 2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic discharge (ESD) hazards. Observe standard static-discharge precautions. A grounded wrist-strap is pre- ferred.

  • Page 26: Drive Mounting

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A ATA interface connector 2 4 6 4-pin power connector 1 3 5 Alternate capacity and master/slave Slave jumper settings Master or single drive Consult your computer manual to determine whether your computer supports cable select.

  • Page 27: Figure 3. Drive Mounting Dimensions-Top, Side And End View

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 0.180 ± 0.015 Note. (4.57 ± 0.38) Units are in inches (mm) Tolerances: 0. xx ± 0.01 0. xxx ± 0.005 0.230 ± 0.015 2.23 ± 0.03 (5.84 ± 0.38 (56.6 ± 0.8 3.72 ±...
  • Page 28 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A...

  • Page 29: Ata Interface

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.0 ATA interface These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface. It supports 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4; multiword DMA modes 0, 1 and 2; and Ultra DMA modes 0, 1 and 2.

  • Page 30: Figure 4. I/O Pins And Supported Ata Signals

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Drive pin # Host pin # and signal description Signal name Reset – Hardware Reset Ground Ground Host Data Bus Bit 7 Host Data Bus Bit 8 Host Data Bus Bit 6...

  • Page 31: Ata Interface Commands

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2 ATA Interface commands 3.2.1 Supported ATA commands The following table lists ATA-standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Draft ATA-4 Standard.
  • Page 32 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A continued from previous page Supported by Command ST36540A, ST35130A Command name code and ST33220A Write DMA Write Multiple Write Sectors ATA-standard power-management commands Check Power Mode or E5 Idle or E3...

  • Page 33: Identify Drive Command

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be described in the Draft ATA-4 Standard . 3.2.2 Identify Drive command The Identify Drive command (command code EC ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up.
  • Page 34 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A continued from previous page Word Description Contents Serial number: 10–19 ASCII (20 ASCII characters, 0000 = none) Retired 0000 Retired 0000 Obsolete 0000 Firmware revision (8 ASCII character x.xx 23–26 string, padded with blanks to end of...
  • Page 35 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A Word Description Contents Total number of user-addressable E2A6 00C1 LBA sectors available: (ST36540A) A189 0098 60–61 12,706,470 (ST36540A) (ST35130A) 10,002,825 (ST35130A) 2D30 0060 6,303,024 (ST33220A) (ST33220A) Retired 0000 Multiword DMA active and modes...
  • Page 36 Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A continued from previous page Word Description Contents Ultra DMA support and current mode 0 x 07 (see note following this table) Security erase time 0000 Enhanced security erase time 0000 91–127 ATA-reserved...

  • Page 37: Set Features Command

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2.3 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 interrupt.

  • Page 38: Commands

    Medalist 6540, 5130 and 3220 Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring deter- mines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 40 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, USA Publication Number: 20400070-001, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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