Maxtor DIAMONDMAX 21 User Manual

DiamondMax 20 Serial AT

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Publication number: 100462887, Rev. A

March 2007

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Contents

1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 Specification summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.2.1 LBA mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.4 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.5 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.6 Seek time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.7 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.8 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.8.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.8.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.8.3 Voltage tolerance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.8.4 Power-management modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.9 Environmental specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9.1 Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9.2 Temperature gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9.3 Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9.4 Altitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9.5 Shock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9.6 Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.10 Acoustics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.11 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.12 Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.13 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.13.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.13.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.14 Environmental protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.15 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.3.1 Identify Device command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

5.0 Maxtor support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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List of Figures

Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Figure 3. Serial ATA connectors and jumper options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 4. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 5. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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1.0 Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following DiamondMax
20 Serial ATA model drives:

STM3160811AS STM380811AS STM340211AS
STM3160211AS STM380211AS

These drives provide the following key features:

• 7,200 RPM spindle speed.

• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second).

• Tunneling Giant Magnetoresistive (TGMR) recording heads and EPRML technology, provide the drives with
increased areal density.

• State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.

• Native Command Queueing with command ordering to increase performance in demanding applications.

• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.

• Quiet operation.

• 350 Gs nonoperating shock.

• SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.

• Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.

• Supports latching SATA cables and connectors.

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1.1 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.

• Thinner and more flexible cabling for improved enclosure airflow and ease of installation.

• Scalability to higher performance levels.
In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from pa rallel ATA easy by providing legacy softwar e suppo rt. S erial

ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disc drive in your current
system and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.

The Serial ATA interface connects each disc drive in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host
adapter. There is no master/slave relationship with Serial ATA devices like there is with parallel ATA. 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” on two separate ports. This essentially means both drives behave as if they are Device 0
(master) devices.

Note. The host adapter may, optionally, emulate a master/slave environment to host software where two

devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and
Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of host bus addresses. A host adapter that emulates a
master/slave environment manages two sets of shadow registers. This is not a typical Serial ATA
environment.

The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function of emulating parallel ATA device behavior to provide
backward compatibility with existing host systems and software. The Command and Control Block registers,
PIO and DMA data transfers, resets, and interrupts are all emulated.

The Serial ATA host ada pter cont ains a set of registe rs that sha dow the conte nt s of the trad it ional devic e regi s­ters, referred to as the Shadow Register Block. All Serial ATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For addi­tional information about how Serial ATA emulates parallel ATA, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized
AT Attachment” specification. The specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org.

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2.0 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 models:

STM3160811AS STM380811AS STM340211AS
STM3160211AS STM380211AS

2.1 Specification summary tables

The specification s li sted in the fol lowing table are for quick r efer ence. For det ail s on sp ecifi cation measurement
or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.

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T a ble 1: Drive specifications summary for 160 Gbyte models

Drive specification STM3160811AS STM3160211AS

Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 160
Heads 2
Discs 1
Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density, KBPI (kbits/in max) 756.09
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in avg.) 141.95
Areal density, (Gbits/in2 avg) 103.8
Spindle speed (RPM) 7,200
Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) 867.2
Sustained data transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec max) 80
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 300
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4

Cache buffer 8 Mbytes 2 Mbytes
Height (mm max) 19.99 mm (0.787 inches)
Width (mm max) 101.6 mm (4.000 inches) +/- 0.010 inches
Length (mm max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (max) 380 grams (0.838 lb.)
Average latency (msec) 4.16
Power-on to ready (sec max) <10.0 sec
Standby to ready (sec max) <10.0 sec
Track-to-track seek time (msec typical) <0.8 (read), <1.0 (write)
Average seek time (msec typical) <12.9 (read, <13.9 (write)
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.8 amps
Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%

Ambient temperature 0° to 60°C (operating)

Temperature gradient (°C per hour max) 20°C (operating)

Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)

Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature (°C max) 37.7 (operating)

Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m

Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max)

Operational Shock (Gs max at 2 msec) 63
Non-Operational Shock (Gs max at 2 msec) 350 Gs
Vibration, operating 5–22 Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement

Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6

12V ± 10%

–40° to 70°C (nonoperating)

30°C (nonoperating)

5% to 95% (nonoperating)

40.0 (nonoperating)

(–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
–60.96 m to 12,192 m

(–200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)

22–350 Hz: 0.5 Gs
350–500 Hz:: 0.25 Gs

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Drive specification STM3160811AS STM3160211AS

Vibration, nonoperating 5–22 Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement

Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle** 2.7 (typical)

Seek 2.9 (typical)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.34%
Warranty 3 years on distribution units.
Contact start-stop cycles

(25°C, 50% rel. humidity)
Supports Hotplug operation per SATA II

specification

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment

and formatting.

**Dur ing per io ds of driv e idle, some offline activity may oc cur accor di ng to the S.M .A.R.T . speci ficati on , wh ich may i ncrea se acoustic and

power to operational levels.

22–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
350–500 Hz:: 1.0 Gs

2.8 (max)

3.1 (max)

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bits read

50,000

Yes

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T a ble 2: Drive specifications summary for 80 and 40 Gbyte models

Drive specification STM380811AS STM380211AS STM340211AS

Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 80 40
Heads 1
Discs 1
Guaranteed sectors 156,301,488 78,165,360
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density, KBPI (kbits/in max) 756.09
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in avg.) 141.95
Areal density, (Gbits/in2 avg) 103.8
Spindle speed (RPM) 7,200
Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) 867.2
Sustained data transfer rate OD (Mbytes/sec max) 80
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 300
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4

Cache buffer 8 Mbytes 2 Mbytes
Height (max) 19.9 mm (0.787 inches)
Width (max) 101.6 mm (4.000 inches) +/- 0.010 inches
Length (max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (max) 365 grams (0.805 lb.)
Average latency (msec) 4.16
Power-on to ready (sec max) <10.0 sec
Standby to ready (sec max) <10.0 sec
Track-to-track seek time (msec typical) <0.8 (read), <1.0 (write)
Average seek time (msec typical) <12.9 (read, <13.9 (write)
Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%

Ambient temperature 0° to 60°C (opera ting)

Temperature gradient (°C per hour max) 20°C (operating)

Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)

Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature (°C max) 37.7 (operating)

Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m

Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max)

Operational Shock (Gs max at 2 msec) 63
Non-Operational Shock (Gs max at 2 msec) 350 Gs
Vibration, operating 5–22 Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement

Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6

12V ± 10%

–40° to 70°C (nonoperating)

30°C (nonoperating)

5% to 95% (nonoperating)

40.0 (nonoperating)

(–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
–60.96 m to 12,192 m

(–200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)

22–350 Hz: 0.5 Gs
350–500 Hz:: 0.25 Gs

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Drive specification STM380811AS STM380211AS STM340211AS

Vibration, nonoperating 5–22 Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement

Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle** 2.7 (typical)

Seek 2.9 (typical)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.34%
Warranty 3 years on distribution units.
Contact start-stop cycles

(25°C, 50% rel. humidity)
Supports Hotplug operation per SATA II

specification

*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment

and formatting.

**Dur ing per io ds of driv e idle, some offline activity may oc cur accor di ng to the S.M .A.R.T . speci ficati on , wh ich may i ncrea se acoustic and

power to operational levels.

22–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
350–500 Hz:: 1.0 Gs

2.8 (max)

3.1 (max)

14

bits read

50,000

Yes