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CHAPTER 1
Welcome to the Spinpoint
consists of the following models: ST2000LM005 and ST1500LM008. This chapter provides an overview of the
contents of this manual, including the intended user, manual organization, terminology and conventions. In
addition, it provides a list of references that might be helpful to the reader.
1.1
User Definition
The Spinpoint M9TU-USB 3.0 product manual is intended for the following readers:
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Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
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Distributors
1.2
Manual Organization
This manual provides information about installation, principles of operation, and interface command
implementation. It is organized into the following chapters:
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Chapter 1 - SCOPE
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Chapter 2 - DESCRIPTION
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Chapter 3
- SPECIFICATIONS
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Chapter 4 - INSTALLATION
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Chapter 5 - DISK DRIVE OPERATION
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Chapter 6 - USB INTERFACE AND USB COMMANDS
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Chapter 7 - MAINTENANCE
In addition, this manual contains a glossary of terms to help you understand important information
1.3
USB
A USB system has an asymmetric design, consisting of a host, a multitude of downstream USB ports, and
multiple peripheral devices connected in a tiered-star topology. Additional USB hubs may be included in
the tiers, allowing branching into a tree structure, subject to a limit of 5 levels of tiers. USB host may have
multiple host controllers and each host controller may provide one or more USB ports. Up to 127 devices,
including the hub devices may be connected to a single host controller.
USB supports four data rates:
A Low Speed (1.1, 2.0) rate of 1.5Mbit/s (187.5kB/s) that is mostly used for Human Interface Devices
(HID) such as keyboards, mice, and joysticks.
A Full Speed (1.1, 2.0) rate of 12Mbit/s (1.5MB/s). Full Speed was the fastest rate before the USB 2.0
specification and many devices fall back to Full Speed. Full Speed devices divide the USB bandwidth
between them in a first-come first-served basis and it is not uncommon to run out of bandwidth with
several isochronous devices. All USB Hubs support Full Speed.
A Hi-Speed (2.0) rate of 480Mbit/s (60MB/s).
A SuperSpeed (3.0) rate of 5Gbit/s (625MB/s)
Spinpoint M9TU-USB 3.0 Product Manual REV 1.0
SCOPE
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M9TU USB 3.0 series of Samsung
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hard disk drive. This series of drives
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