Maxtor ST31000424CS, ST3500312CS, ST3500414CS, ST3250312CS, ST31000322CS User Manual
Product Manual
Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA
ST31000424CS
ST31000322CS
ST3500414CS
ST3500312CS
ST3250312CS
100529372
Rev. A
January 2009
Revision history
Revision Date Sheets affected or comments
Rev. A 01/07/09 Initial release.
Copyright © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.
Publication number: 100529372, Rev. A January 2009
Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC
in the United States and/or other countries. Pipeline HD.2 Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trade
marks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or
TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of measure
ment and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other
functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without
notice, product offerings or specifications.
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6 Seek time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.7 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.8 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.8.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.8.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.9 Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.9.1 Drive case temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.9.2 Temperature gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.9.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.9.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.9.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.9.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.10 Acoustics emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.11 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.12 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.14 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . 18
2.14.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.15 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.3.1 Identify Device command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 2. Serial ATA connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 3. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Figure 4. Mounting dimensions (for 1000 GB models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 5. Mounting dimensions (for 500 and 250 GB models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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1.0 Introduction
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate
Pipeline HD
ST31000322CS ST31000424CS ST3500312CS ST3500414CS ST3250312CS
These drives provide the following key features:
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300 Mbytes per second).
• Perpendicular recording, Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) recording heads and EPRML technology, for
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.
• 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.
• Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.
TM
.2 Series model drive:
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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. It is not necessary to set any jumpers or other configuration options.
• 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 parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. Serial
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 adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the traditional device registers, 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 International
Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6”. The specification can be downloaded from www.sata-io.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 model:
ST31000322CS ST31000424CS ST3500312CS ST3500414CS ST3250312CS
2.1 Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in the following tables are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section of this manual.
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Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 1000 Gbyte models
Drive specification ST31000424CS ST31000322CS
Formatted capacity
(512 bytes/sector)*
Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168
Heads 4
Discs 2
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density 1417 kbits/in max
Track density 236 ktracks/in avg
Areal density 341.5 Gbits/in2 avg
Spindle speed 5,900 RPM
Internal data transfer rate 1285 Mbits/sec max
Sustained data transfer rate 120 Mbytes/sec max
I/O data-transfer rate 300 Mbytes/sec max
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4
Cache buffer 16 Mbytes 8 Mbytes
Height (max) 26.1 mm (1.028 inches)
Width (max) 101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
Length (max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (typical) 600 grams (1.323 lb.)
Average latency 5.1 msec
Power-on to ready <12 sec typical
Standby to ready <12 sec typical
Track-to-track seek time <1.0 msec typical read;
Average seek, read <14.0 msec typical
Average seek, write <15.0 msec typical
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.0 amps
Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%
Operating temperature
(Drive Case temperature)
Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) –40° to 70°C
Temperature gradient (max) 20°C per hour max (operating)
Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)
Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature (max) 37.7°C max (operating)
Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m
Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max)
1000 Gbytes
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
<1.2 msec typical write
12V ± 10%
0° to 75°C
30°C per hour max (nonoperating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
40.0°C max (nonoperating)
(–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
–60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)
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Drive specification ST31000424CS ST31000322CS
Operational Shock 70 Gs at 2 msec max
Non-Operational Shock 350 Gs at 2 msec max
Vibration, operating 5–350 Hz: 0.50 Gs
Vibration, nonoperating 5–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power
Idle** 2.1 bels (typical)
CE Seek Profile 2.4 bels (typical)
Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.55%
Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web
Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity
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.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and
power to operational levels.
350–500 Hz:: 0.25 Gs
350–500 Hz:: 1.0 Gs
2.3 bels (max)
2.5 bels (max)
15
bits read
page:
support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive
serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will dis
play the warranty information for your drive.
Yes
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Table 2: Drive specifications summary for 500 and 250 Gbyte models
Drive specification ST3500414CS ST3500312CS ST3250312CS
Formatted capacity
(512 bytes/sector)*
Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 488,397,168
Heads 2 1
Discs 1
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383
Recording density 1417 kbits/in max
Track density 236 ktracks/in avg
Areal density 341.5 Gbits/in2 avg
Spindle speed 5,900 RPM
Internal data transfer rate 1285 Mbits/sec max
Sustained data transfer rate 120 Mbytes/sec max
I/O data-transfer rate 300 Mbytes/sec max
ATA data-transfer modes supported PIO modes 0–4
Cache buffer 16 Mbytes 8 Mbytes
Height (max) 20.20 mm (0.795 inches)
Width (max) 101.85 mm (4.010 inches)
Length (max) 146.99 mm (5.787 inches)
Weight (typical) 380 grams (0.838 lb.)
Average latency 5.1 msec
Power-on to ready <6 sec typical
Standby to ready <6 sec typical
Track-to-track seek time <1.0 msec typical read;
Average seek, read <14.0 msec typical
Average seek, write 5.1 msec
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.0 amps
Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5%
Operating temperature
(Drive Case temperature)
Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) –40° to 70°C
Temperature gradient (max) 20°C per hour max (operating)
Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating)
Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max
Wet bulb temperature (max) 37.7°C max (operating)
Altitude, operating –60.96 m to 3,048 m
Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max)
500 Gbytes 250 Gbytes
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
<1.2 msec typical write
12V ± 10%
0° to 75°C
30°C per hour max (nonoperating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)
40.0°C max (nonoperating)
(–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)
–60.96 m to 12,192 m
(–200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)
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Drive specification ST3500414CS ST3500312CS ST3250312CS
Operational Shock 70 Gs at 2 msec max
Non-Operational Shock 350 Gs at 2 msec max
Vibration, operating 5–350 Hz: 0.50 Gs
Vibration, nonoperating 5–350 Hz: 5.0 Gs
Drive acoustics, sound power
Idle** 1.9 bels (typical)
CE Seek Profile 2.3 bels (typical)
Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.55%
Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web
Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity
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.
**During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and
power to operational levels.
350–500 Hz:: 0.25 Gs
350–500 Hz:: 1.0 Gs
2.1 bels (max)
2.4 bels (max)
15
bits read
page:
support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp
From this page, click on the “Verify Your Warranty” link. You will be asked to provide the drive
serial number, model number (or part number) and country of purchase. The system will dis
play the warranty information for your drive.
Yes
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2.2 Formatted capacity
Model
ST31000424CS
ST31000322CS
ST3500312CS
ST3250312CS 250 Gbytes 488,397,168
*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment
and formatting.
Formatted
capacity*
1000 Gbytes 1,953,525,168
500 Gbytes 976,773,168
Guaranteed
sectors
Bytes per sector
512ST3500414CS
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.
See Section 4.3.1, "Identify Device command" (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes.
2.3 Default logical geometry
Cylinders Read/write heads Sectors per track
16,383 16 63
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.
2.4 Recording and interface technology
1000, 500 and 250 GB models
Interface Serial ATA (SATA)
Recording method Perpendicular
Recording density (kbits/inch max) 1417 kbits/in max
Track density (ktracks/inch avg) 236 ktracks/in avg
Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg) 341.5 Gbits/in2 avg
Spindle speed (RPM) 5,900 +/- 0.2%
Internal data transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) 1285 Mbits/sec max
Sustained data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 120 Mbytes/sec max
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 300 (Mbytes/sec max)
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