Seagate 2531, 3240 User Manual

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Medalist 3240

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Medalist 2531

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ATA Interface Drives

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Product Manual

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Medalist 3240 (ST33240A)

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Medalist 2531 (ST32531A)

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ATA Interface Drives

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Product Manual

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Contents

Introdu c tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1.1 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1.2 Supported CHS translation geometries . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Physical organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.3 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.5 Seek time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.7 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.7.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.7.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.8 Environ mental tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.8.1 Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.8.2 Temperature gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.8.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.8.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.8.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.8.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.9 Drive acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.10 Electromagnetic susceptibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.11 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.12 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.12.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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1.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.12.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.0 Drive mounting and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2.1 Master/slave configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2.2 Alternate capacity jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.3 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.0 ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 ATA interface signals and connector pins . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1.1 AT bus signal levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2 ATA Interface commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.2.1 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.2.2 Identify Drive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.2.3 Set Features comman d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Figures

Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . 9

Figure 2. Master/slave jumpers and alternate capacity jumper . . 18 Figure 3. Drive mounting dimensions—top, end and side view . . . 19

Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Introduction

The Medalist the following key features:

• Low power consumption

• Quiet operation

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

• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 16.6 Mbytes per

second) using PIO mode 4 and DMA mode 2

• Full-track multisector transfer capability without local processor intervention

• 128-Kbyte adaptive multisegmented cache

• S tat e- of-the-ar t cachi ng and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms

• Support for Read/Write Multiple commands

• S upport for autodetection of master/slave drives using cable select

(CSEL)

3240 (ST33240A) and Medalist 2531 (ST32531A) provide

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Specification summary table

The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definit ion, see the appropriate section of this manual.

Dr ive Specificatio n ST33240A ST32531A

Guaranteed Mby te s (×106 bytes) Guaranteed sectors 6,303,024 4,995,648 Bytes per sector 512 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 6,253 4,956 Physical read/wr ite he ads 8 6 Discs 4 3 Recording densit y (bit s/ i nch m ax) 108,770 Track density (tracks/inch) 5,104 Areal density (Mbit s/ in ch Spindle speed (RPM) 4,500 Internal data-transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) 88 I/O data-transf er ra te (M byt es /s ec m ax) 16.6 A TA data-tr ansf er mo des supported PIO modes 0, 1, 3, 4;

Cache buffer (Kbytes) 128 Height (mm max) 26.2 Width (mm max) 102.1 Length (mm max) 146.9 Weig ht (gra ms typical) 567.5 Track-to- tr ack seek t i me (msec t ypical) 2 (seek), 2.5 (read), 3.5 (writ e) Average seek time (msec typical) 12 (seek), 12.5 (read), 14.5 (write) Full-stroke seek time (msec typical) 23.5 (seek), 24 (read), 25 (write) Average latency (msec) 6.67 Power-on to ready (sec typical) 9 Standby to ready (sec typical) 9

)553

3,227 2,557

Multiword DMA modes 0, 1, 2

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Dr ive Specificatio n ST33240A ST32531A

Startup current: 12V (peak)

5V (RMS)

1.6 amps

0.5 amps Seek power (mean) 4.3 watts Operating power (typi ca l) 4.6 watts Idle mode power (typical) 4.5 watts Standby mode power (typical) 1.0 watts Sleep mode power (ty pical) 0.7 watts Voltage tolerance (including noise)

5% Ambient temperature (°C) 5 to 55 (op.), –40 to 60 (nonop.) Temperature gradient (°C per hour max) 20 Relative humidity (op. and nonop.) 8% to 80% Relative humidity grad ie nt 10% per hour max Wet bulb temper at ur e (°C max) 29 (op.and nonop.) Altitude (meters ab ove m ean sea level, max) –61 to 3,048 (op. )

–61 to 12,192 (nonop.) Shock, operating (G s ma x at 11 msec) 5 Shock, nonoperati ng (Gs max at 11 ms ec) 75 Vibration, oper ati ng 0.020 in. (peak to peak, 5–22 Hz)

0.50 G (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)

Vibration, nono per at in g 0.081 in. (peak to peak, 5–22 Hz)

5 Gs (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)

Drive acoustics (bel s— sound power) Idle mode

Drive acoustics (bel s— sound power) Read/Writ e mo de

Nonrecoverable rea d error s 1 per 10

3.7 (typical)

4.1 (max)

4.3 (typical)

4.5 (max)

bits read Mean time between failures (power-on hours) 300,000 Contact start-st op cy cl es

40,000

(40°C, ambient humidi t y) Service life (years) 5

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