Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Pipeline HD .2 Series model drive: ST31000322CS ST31000424CS ST3500312CS ST3500414CS ST3250312CS These drives provide the following key features: • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second). •...
About the Serial ATA interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jump- ers or other configuration options. •...
Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive model: ST31000322CS ST31000424CS Specification summary tables The specifications listed in the following tables are for quick reference.
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Drive specifications summary Table 1: Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Discs Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density Track density Areal density Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate Sustained data transfer rate I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer...
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Drive specification Operational Shock Non-Operational Shock Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** CE Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
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Drive specifications summary Table 2: Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Discs Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density Track density Areal density Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate Sustained data transfer rate I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer...
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Drive specification Operational Shock Non-Operational Shock Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** CE Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
Formatted capacity Formatted Model capacity* ST31000424CS 1000 Gbytes ST31000322CS ST3500414CS 500 Gbytes ST3500312CS ST3250312CS 250 Gbytes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing the drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above.
Physical characteristics Maximum height Maximum width Maximum length Typical weight Cache buffer ST31000424CS and ST3500414CS ST31000322CS, ST3500312CS and ST3250312CS Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows: •...
Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 3 on page 20. 2.8.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.
2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. •...
2.8.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management modes: Power modes Heads Active Tracking Idle Tracking Standby Parked...
Environmental specifications 2.9.1 Drive case temperature Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly to 112°F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters). Drive case temperature should be measured at the location indicated in Figure 4 on page 21. Operating (Drive case temperature) Nonoperating (Ambient *) * Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive.
2.9.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.5.1 Operating shock The drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum oper- ating shock of 70 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 msec.
2.10 Acoustics emissions Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its referenced standards. Testing is conducted at room temperature (approximately 25 degrees C). Emission levels are reported as the total A-weighted sound power levels for, steady state, idle and active (seek) modes of operations. Table 4: Drive A-weighted Sound Power Levels (SWL, BA) Idle[1]...
2.12 Reliability 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.55% when operated in an environment of ambient air temperatures of 25 C. Operation at temperatures outside the specifications in Section 2.9 may °...
Korean RRL If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, they comply with para- graph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea.
2.14 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances.
Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic dis- charge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions: Caution: •...
Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as if they were both “masters”...
Drive mounting You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precau- tions when mounting the drive: •...
Recommended case temperature measurement location Figure 5. Mounting dimensions (for 500 and 250 GB models) Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. A...
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”...
Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions Table 6 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors. Table 6: Serial ATA connector pin definitions Segment Function Ground Ground Signal Ground Key and spacing separate signal and power segments Ground Ground Ground...
Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http:// www.sata-io.org). See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 32.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T.
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Command name Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Security Set Password Security Unlock Seek Set Features Set Max Address Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis- ter as defined to the right. Set Max Address Extended Set Multiple Mode Sleep...
4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 7 on page 25. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero. Parameters listed with an “x” are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive.
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Word Description Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 for related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh 60–61 (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes). Drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual number of user-addressable LBAs specified in words 100-103.
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Word Description 108–111 The mandatory value of the world wide name (WWN) for the drive. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1 indicating 64-bit WWN support. 112–127 ATA-reserved Security status 129–159 Seagate-reserved 160–254 ATA-reserved Integrity word Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported...
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Word 88 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported. Ultra DMA mode 0 is currently active.
4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does not represent a feature that the drive supports, the command is aborted. Power-on default has the read look-ahead and write caching features enabled.
4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T. makes a status report available to the host. Not all failures are predictable. S.M.A.R.T.
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Index ACA 17 acceleration 14 acoustics 15 Active 12 Active mode 12 AFR 16 Agency certification 16 altitude 13 ambient temperature 9 Annualized Failure Rate 16 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 16 areal density 1 ATA commands 25 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 17 Australian C-Tick 17 Average seek time 9...
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Identify Device command 27 Idle 12 Idle Immediate 25 Idle mode 10 IEC950 16 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 16 Initialize Device Parameters 25 Input noise ripple 11 input voltage 10 interface 8 interference 17 internal data-transfer rate OD 8 ITE 16 Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) 17 Korean RRL 17...
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S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 26 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 26 Safety certification 16 SATA 23 screws 14 sectors 8 Sectors per track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 25 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Security Set Password 26 Security Unlock 26 Seek 26 Seek time 9...
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