Serial Ata (Sata) Interface; Hot-Plug Compatibility - Seagate CONSTELLATION ES.2 SERIAL ATA ST33000650NS Product Manual

7.0

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.
7.1

Hot-Plug compatibility

Constellation ES.2 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.serialata.org.
Caution:
The drive motor must come to a complete stop (Ready to spindle stop time indicated in Section 3.7)
prior to changing the plane of operation. This time is required to insure data integrity.
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