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Western Digital Blue WD20SPZX Technical Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 WD B ™ MN1000M SATA 6 Gb/s Hard Drives WD20SPZX...
  • Page 2 WD. WD reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice. Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; and WD Blue, Data Lifeguard, CacheFlow, and FIT Lab are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
  • Page 3 WD Blue MN1000M Technical Reference Manual WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 3 -...
  • Page 4 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.6.1 Data Lifeguard™ ........................27 3.6.2 Thermal Management ......................27 3.6.3 Internal Environmental Protection System ................28 3.6.4 Unrecoverable Errors ......................28 3.6.5 Self Test........................... 28 3.6.6 ATA Error Logging........................28 3.6.7 Defect Management ....................... 29 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 5 -...
  • Page 6 5.3.2 Screw Type and Screw Length Limitations ................. 58 5.3.3 Grounding ..........................59 5.4 Jumper Settings ..........................60 6. M ........................ 61 AINTENANCE 7. T ...................... 62 ECHNICAL UPPORT 7.1 WD Online Services........................62 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 6 -...
  • Page 7 Table of Contents 8. G ........................63 LOSSARY WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 7 -...
  • Page 8 Table of Contents WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 8 -...
  • Page 9 Figure 2-3 Forced Airflow Direction......................21 Figure 2-4 Operating Drive DC magnetic Field Susceptibility ..............22 Figure 5-1 Drive Handling Precautions ....................... 56 Figure 5-2 Hard Drive Removal From Static Shielding Bag ..............57 Figure 5-3 Grounding Diagram ........................59 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 9 -...
  • Page 10 List of Figures WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 10 -...
  • Page 11 Table 4-3 Obsolete Command Opcodes....................35 Table 4-4 SCT Action Codes........................36 Table 4-5 Definitions for the 512 Bytes...................... 36 Table 4-6 Log Address Definition ....................... 39 Table 4-7 Identify Device Command......................40 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 11 -...
  • Page 12 List of Tables WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 12 -...

  • Page 13: Description And Features

    Fluid Dynamic Bearings (FDB): A bearing design that allows ultra-low rotational  drag while providing high lateral stiffness to steadily hold the spinning center of the diskpack for high-accuracy of reading and writing of data. FDB provide WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 13 -...
  • Page 14 The correct password must be supplied to the hard drive in order to access user data. Both the User and Master Password features are supported, along with the High and Maximum security modes. The Master Password Revision code is also supported. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 14 -...

  • Page 15: Specifications

    Defined as the time from power-on to the setting of Drive Ready and Seek Complete including calibration. Dependent on the condition of the drive. Defined as the time from power-on to when the full spindle rotational speed is reached. Controlled unload at ambient condition. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 15 -...

  • Page 16: Physical Specifications

    Height 0.28 inches ±0.01 inch 7.0 mm ±0.20 mm Length 3.94 inches ±0.01 inch 100.2 mm ±0.25 mm Width 2.75 inches ±0.01 inch 69.85 mm ±0.13 mm Weight 0.20 lb — 92 gm (typical) WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 16 -...

  • Page 17: Mechanical Characteristics

    Specifications Mechanical Characteristics Figure 2-1 shows the mounting dimensions and locations of the screw holes for the drive. Figure 2-1. Mounting Dimensions WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 17 -...

  • Page 18: Electrical Characteristics

    Direct air discharges 15 kV Indirect contact discharges (VCP & HCP) 8 kV Indirect air discharges (VCP & HCP) 15 kV Non-Op Drive Level Direct contact discharges 8 kV Direct air discharges 15 kV WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 18 -...

  • Page 19: Environmental Specifications

    Table 2-1. Packaged Shock and Vibration The shipping packaging is designed to meet the National/International Safe Transit Association (N/ISTA) standards for packaged products. The drive incurs no physical damage when subjected to the N/ISTA standards. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 19 -...

  • Page 20: Temperature And Humidityy

    The system environment must allow sufficient air flow to limit maximum base casting temperatures as defined in Figure 2-2 below. 2.5.3 Thermocouple Location Component Location Drive base casting #1, Figure 2-2 Figure 2-2. Drive Base Casting Thermocouple Location WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 20 -...

  • Page 21: Cooling

    Electromagnetic Field/Magnetic Field Immunity Test Level Frequency Range 5 V/m 100 Khz to 200 MHz 5 Gauss DC to 0.200 MHz 1 Gauss 0.200 Mhz to 0.400 MHz .005 Gauss 0.400 Mhz to 20 MHz WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 21 -...

  • Page 22: Operating Drive Dc Magnetic Field Susceptibility

    The average Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) calculations assume the reliability characteristics below. When the system in which the drive is installed is not capable of meeting the characteristics listed below, please use a WD drive that matches your WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 22 -...

  • Page 23: Device Plug Connector Pin Definitions

    Korean KC Mark: Registered as a Class-B product with the South Korean Ministry  of Information and Communication with MSIP Registration. Taiwan BSMI w/RoHS (exemption) EMI Certification: Certified as a Class-B  product with the Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection (BSMI). WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 23 -...

  • Page 24: Full Model Number Specification

    Table 2-2. Full Model Number Description Model Number Format Product Brand Description WD20SPZX-xxCRATx WD Blue 5400 MN1000M 2TB, 128 MB, SATA 6 Gb/s, AF MN1000M 2TB, 128 MB, SATA 6Gb/s, AF WD20SPZX-xxUA7Tx WD Blue 5400 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 24 -...

  • Page 25: Product Features

    512 Byte Emulated Device drives are backward compatible with 512 byte sector accesses. WD Advanced Format hard drives may require you to run the WD Align software utility after you install your operating system or partition and format the drive as a WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 25 -...

  • Page 26: Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (Pmr)

    SCT is also used for issuing commands that require more than 8 parameter bytes. ATA8-ACS provides detailed information on the usage and capabilities of SCT. The SCT feature set includes the following commands: WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 26 -...

  • Page 27: Write Same

    3.6.2 Thermal Management The drive is designed with Thermal Management features for high reliability. State-of-the-art mechanical design—Mechanical design is optimized to reduce  the drive’s temperature. State-of-the-art thermal dissipation and windage design is employed. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 27 -...

  • Page 28: Internal Environmental Protection System

    Error Logging can reliably and quickly determine whether a system problem is the result of a hard drive failure or other component malfunction. Error Logging retains total error count for the life of the drive and complete records for the last five errors. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 28 -...

  • Page 29: Defect Management

    Hot Plug Support SATA supports hot plugging (also known as “hot swapping”), the ability to swap out a failed hard drive without having to power down the system or reboot. This capability WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 29 -...

  • Page 30: Active Led Status

    When multiple disks are installed in an enclosure, it is desirable to provide a simple mechanism by which a subsystem controller can sequence hard drive initialization to minimize the current load presented during power up. Staggered spinup provides WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 30 -...

  • Page 31: Activity Indication

    The write cache adaptively detects random and sequential access patterns during application execution. If a defective sector is found during a write cache operation, that sector is automatically relocated before the write occurs. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 31 -...

  • Page 32: Read Cache

    The drive also stores a set of attribute thresholds that correspond to the calculated attribute values. Each attribute threshold indicates the point at which its corresponding attribute value achieves a negative reliability status. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 32 -...

  • Page 33: 3.14 Security Mode

    When the Security Erase Unit command is used to unlock the drive, all user data is erased. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 33 -...

  • Page 34: Ata Command Set

    READ SECTORS(S) EXT READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) EXT READ VERIFY SECTORS(S) S.M.A.R.T. SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD SECURITY ERASE PREPARE SECURITY ERASE UNIT SECURITY FREEZE LOCK SECURITY SET PASSWORD SECURITY UNLOCK SET FEATURES SET MAX SET MULTIPLE SLEEP STANDBY WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 34 -...

  • Page 35: Download Microcode -92H

    Obsolete Commands Table 4-3 lists the hexadecimal codes specific to each obsolete command supported by these hard drives. Table 4-3. Obsolete Command Opcodes COMMAND HEX OPCODE INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS RECALIBRATE SEEK DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 35 -...

  • Page 36: Sct Commands

    S.M.A.R.T. Data Structure Revision 2 - 361 S.M.A.R.T. Attribute Data Offline data collection status 0Xh OL disabled 8Xh OL enabled X0h scan not run X2h scan complete X4h scan suspended X5h scan aborted Self-Test execution status byte. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 36 -...
  • Page 37 Error logging capability. Bits are as follows: 1 = Error logging supported Reserved Reserved Short self-test routine completion time in minutes Extended self-test routine completion time in minutes Conveyance self-test routine completion time in minutes 375 - 510 Reserved Checksum WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 37 -...

  • Page 38: Supported Attributes

    The S.M.A.R.T. data saving process is a background task. After a pre-determined idle period, the self-monitoring data is automatically saved to the disk. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 38 -...

  • Page 39: Read Log Sector

    Data log 26h-2Fh Reserved IDENTIFY DEVICE data Supported none GPL,SL 31h7Fh Reserved 80h-9Fh Host Specific Supported SMART GPL,SL A0h-DFh Device Vendor Specific Supported SMART GPL,SL SCT Command/Status Supported GPL,SL SCT Data Transfer Supported GPL,SL WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 39 -...

  • Page 40: Identify Device (Ech)

    Reserved for assignment by the 0000h CompactFlash™ Association Retired 0000h 10-19 Serial Number (ATA String) WDnnnnnnnnnnnn 20-21 Retired 0000h Obsolete 0000h 23-26 Firmware Revision (ATA String) nn.nnnnn 27-46 Model Numbers (ATA String) WDC WD20SPZX-nnnnnnn WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 40 -...
  • Page 41 Bit 15-8: Free-fall Control Sensitivity Bit 7-3: Reserved 0006h Bit 2: If set, the fields reported in word 88 are valid Bit 1: If set, the fields reported in words (64-70) are valid Bit 0: Obsolete WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 41 -...
  • Page 42 Minimum Multi-Word DMA Transfer 0078h Cycle Time Manufacturer Recommended Multi- 0078h word DMA Cycle Time Minimum PIO Transfer Cycle Time 0078h without flow control Minimum PIO Transfer Cycle Time 0078h with IORDY flow control WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 42 -...
  • Page 43 Bit 3: If set, supports SATA Gen3 Sig- naling Speed (6GB/s) Bit 2: If set, supports SATA Gen2 Sig- naling speed (3Gb/s) Bit 1: If set, supports SATA Gen1 Sig- naling speed (1.5Gb/s) Bit 0: Shall be cleared to zero WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 43 -...
  • Page 44 Bit 4: If set, In-order data delivery enabled Bit 3: If set, device initiated power management enabled Bit 2: If set, DMA Setup Auto-activa- tion enabled Bit 1: If set, non-zero buffer offsets enabled Bit 0: Cleared to zero WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 44 -...
  • Page 45 PACKET feature set is not sup- ported. Bit 3: If set, mandatory Power Man- agement Feature Set supported Bit 2: Obsolete Bit 1: If set, Security Feature Set sup- ported Bit 0: If set, SMART Feature Set sup- ported WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 45 -...
  • Page 46 Bit 5: If set, GPL feature set sup- ported Bit 4: If set, Streaming Feature Set supported Bit 3: Obsolete Bit 2: Reserved Bit 1: If set, SMART Self-Test sup- ported Bit 0: If set, SMART Error Logging supported WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 46 -...
  • Page 47 Bit 5: If set, PUIS feature set enabled Bit 4: Obsolete Bit 3: If set, APM feature set enabled Bit 2: If set, CFA Feature Set enabled Bit 1: Obsolete Bit 0: If set, Download Microcode command supported WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 47 -...
  • Page 48 Bit 3: Ultra DMA mode 3 and below are supported Bit 2: Ultra DMA mode 2 and below are supported Bit 1: Ultra DMA mode 1 and below are supported Bit 0: Ultra DMA mode 0 supported WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 48 -...
  • Page 49 Bit 14-8: Extended Time required for 00B7h Normal Erase mode SECURITY ERASE UNIT command Bit 7-0: Time required for Normal Erase mode SECURITY ERASE UNIT command Bit15-8: Reserved 0080h Bit 7-0: Current APM level value Master Password Identifier FFFEh WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 49 -...
  • Page 50 0000h Stream Performance Granularity 98-99 0000h (Dword) Number of User Addressable Logical 100-103 88B0E8E000000000h Sectors (QWord) Streaming Transfer Time - PIO 0000h Maximum number of 512 byte blocks 000Ah per Data Set Management command WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 50 -...
  • Page 51 CODE with offsets supported Bit 3: If set, READ and WRITE DMA EXT commands supported Bit 2: If set, WRITE UNCORRECTABLE EXT supported Bit 1: If set, Write-Read-Verify feature set supported Bit 0: Obsolete WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 51 -...
  • Page 52 Bit 4: If set, Security count expired Bit 3: If set, Security Frozen Bit 2: If set, Security Locked Bit 1: If set, Security enabled Bit 0: If set, Security supported 0000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000 0000000000040000000000 129-159 Vendor Specific 0000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000 00000000000001h WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 52 -...
  • Page 53 Mode 3 Write-Read-Verify Sector Count 212-213 0000h Mode 2 214-216 Obsolete 0000h Nominal media rotation rate 1518h Reserved 0000h Obsolete 0000h Bit 15-8: Reserved 0000h Bit 7-0: Write-Read-Verify feature set current mode Reserved 0000h WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 53 -...
  • Page 54 CODE command for mode 03h Maximum number of 512-byte data blocks per DOWNLOAD MICRO- 1000h CODE command for mode 03h 236-254 Reserved 0000h Integrity Word Bit 15-8: Checksum 4EA5h Bit 7-0: Checksum Validity Indicator WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 54 -...

  • Page 55: Set Features (Efh)

    Don’t care PUIS feature set device spinup Don’t care Enable/disable reverting to defaults Changes are only valid while power remains applied to the drive. After power is cycled, the drive reverts to the default settings. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 55 -...

  • Page 56: Installation And Setup Procedures

    CAUTION: To avoid damage to internal drive components, do not apply a load greater than 2.6 lbf to a circular 10 mm diameter area anywhere on the top cover. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 56 -...

  • Page 57: Inspection Of Shipping Container

    Do not attempt to open the drive and service it yourself. Removing the cover may  expose you to harmful electrical voltages and will void the warranty. To allow ventilation, do not block the air slots on the underside and rear of the  enclosure. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 57 -...

  • Page 58: Moving Precautions

    The industry standard as defined in the SFF 8201, specifies for Side Mounting a maximum of 3 mm screw penetration, and a minimum of 3 threads engagement, for Bottom Mounting a maximum of 2.5 mm screw penetration, and a minimum of 2.5 threads engagement. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 58 -...

  • Page 59: Grounding

    C, D, and then B. You must use a screw in position A. Top face Mounting–Use two metal screws in 1 and 2. Removal order does not matter. You must use a screw in position 1. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 59 -...

  • Page 60: Jumper Settings

    Installation and Setup Procedures Jumper Settings It is not necessary to put a jumper shunt on the drive for notebook use. Advanced settings for the drive: in RPS Mode default setting is disabled. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 60 -...

  • Page 61: Maintenance

    To protect your data, back it up regularly. WD assumes no responsibility for loss of data.  For information about back-up and restore procedures, consult your operating system manual. There are also a number of utility programs available that you can use to back up your data. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 61 -...

  • Page 62: Technical Support

    Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm WD Online Services WD provides a wide variety of technical support services on our Internet site at http:/ / support.wd.com. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 62 -...
  • Page 63 For a disk rotating at 5400 RPM, the average latency is 5.5 milliseconds. Logical Address: A storage location address that may or may not relate directly to a physical location. The logical address is usually used when requesting information from a controller. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 63 -...
  • Page 64 Unrecoverable Error: A read error that cannot be overcome by an ECC scheme or by rereading the data when host retries are enabled. Write Cache: A feature in CacheFlow that posts “command complete” prior to completing the actual write. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 64 -...
  • Page 65 Security Levels, 33 Seek Time, 15 Host Interface Commands, 34 Servo Type, 16 Identify Drive, 40 Shock, 19 S.M.A.R.T., 36 Specifications, 15 Set Features, 55 Electrical, 18 Hot Plug Support, 29 Environmental, 19 Mechanical, 17 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 65 -...
  • Page 66 Unpacking Container Inspection, 57 Drive Removal - Container, 57 Drive Removal - Static Shielding Bag, 57 Handling Precautions, 56 Moving Precautions, 58 User Sectors per Drive, 16 —V— Vibration, 19 —W— Write Cache, 31 WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL - 66 -...
  • Page 67 For service and literature: support.wdc.com www.wdc.com 800.ASK.4WDC North America 949.832.4778 Latin America (Spanish) +800.6008.6008Asia Pacific 00800.ASK.4WDEUEurope (toll free where available) +31.88.0062100 Europe/Middle East/Africa Western Digital 5601 Great Oaks Parkway 2679-800108-A01 San Jose, CA 95119 April 2018 U.S.A. WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL...

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