Serial Ata (Sata) Interface; Hot-Plug Compatibility - Seagate CONSTELLATION ST9160511NS Product Manual

5.0

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.
5.1

Hot-Plug compatibility

Constellation Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accor-
dance with the Serial ATA II: Extension to Serial ATA 1.0a 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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