Serial Ata (Sata) Interface; Hot-Plug Compatibility - Seagate Barracuda ST31000340AS 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 7200.11 Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in
accordance with the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification. This specification can be downloaded from
www.serial-io.org.
Barracuda 7200.11 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F 25