Seagate Barracuda Green, Barracuda Green ST2000DL003, Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 Product Manual

Product Manual

Barracuda® Green

ST2000DL003
ST1500DL003

100649225
Rev. A
November 2010

Document Revision History

Revision Date Description of changes

Rev. A 11/05/2010 Initial release.

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Contents

Seagate Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.1 About the Serial ATA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.0 Drive Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.1 Specification summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2.1 LBA mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.3 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.4 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.5 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.6 Seek time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.7 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.8 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.8.1 Power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.8.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.8.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.8.4 Power-management modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.9 Environmental specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.9.1 Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.9.2 Temperature gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.9.3 Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.9.4 Altitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.9.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.9.6 Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.10 Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.10.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.11 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.12 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.13 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.13.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.13.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.14 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . 22

2.14.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.15 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4.0 Serial ATA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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

4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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

4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Figures

Figure 1 Typical Current Profiles (5V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 2 Typical Current Profiles (12V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 3 Attaching SATA cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 4 Mounting dimensions (2000 and 1500GB models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Available services include:

• Presales & Technical support

• Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours

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For information regarding Warranty Support, visit

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1.0 Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate
Barracuda® Green SATA model drives:

ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003

These drives provide the following key features:

• 5900 RPM spindle speed

• Seagate SmartAlign™ technology manages read-modify-write conditions dynamically in the drive without host
computer intervention, allowing a 4K drive to behave like a legacy 512-byte sector drive without the necessity
of a hardware utility.

• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB 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

• Compliant with RoHS requirements in China and Europe

• 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.

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 disk drive in your current system
and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.

The Serial ATA interface connects each disk 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.

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

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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 3.0”. 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 models:

ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003

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 manuals.

Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 2000GB and 1500GB Models

Drive specification ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003

Formatted capacity (4096 bytes/
sector)*

Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168

Heads 6 6

Disks 3 3

Bytes per sector 4096 4096

Default sectors per track 63 63

Default read/write heads 16 16

Default cylinders 16,383 16,383

Recording density (max) 1632kb/in 1632kb/in

Track density (avg) 274ktracks/in 274 ktracks/in

Areal density (avg) 422Gb/in

Spindle speed 5900 RPM 5900 RPM

Internal data transfer rate (max) 1928Mb/s 1928Mb/s

Sustained data transfer rate OD 144MB/s 144MB/s

I/O data-transfer rate 300MB/s 300MB/s

2000GB 1500GB

2

422Gb/in

2

ATA data-transfer modes sup­ported

Cache buffer 64MB 64MB

Height (max) 26.1mm / 1.028 in 26.1mm / 1.028 in

Width (max) 101.6mm / 4.0 in

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PIO modes: 0 to 4
Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2
Ultra DMA modes: 0 to 6

(± 0.010 in)

101.6mm / 4.0 in
(± 0.010 in)

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Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 2000GB and 1500GB Models (Continued)

Drive specification ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003

Length (max) 146.99mm / 5.787 in 146.99mm / 5.787 in

Weight (typical) 622g / 1.371 lb 622g / 1.371 lb

Average latency 4.16ms 4.16ms

Power-on to ready (max) <15s <15s

Standby to ready (max) <15s <15s

Track-to-track seek time (typical) <1.0ms read;

<1.2ms write

Average seek (typical) <12ms read;

<13ms write

<1.0ms read;
<1.2ms write

<12ms read;
<13ms write

Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.0A 2.0A

Voltage tolerance
(including noise)

Ambient temperature 0° to 60°C (operating)

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

Relative humidity 5% to 95% (operating)

5V +10% / -7.5%
12V +10% / -7.5%

–40° to 70°C (nonoperating)

30°C per hour (nonoperating)

5% to 95% (nonoperating)

5V +10% / -7.5%
12V +10% / -7.5%

0° to 60°C (operating)
–40° to 70°C (nonoperating)

20°C per hour (operating)
30°C per hour (nonoperating)

5% to 95% (operating)
5% to 95% (nonoperating)

Relative humidity gradient (max) 30% per hour 30% per hour

Wet bulb temperature (max) 37.7°C (operating)

40.0°C (nonoperating)

Altitude, operating –304.8m to 3,048m

(–1000 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)

Altitude, nonoperating
(below mean sea level, max)

–304.8m to 12,192m
(–1000 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)

37.7°C (operating)

40.0°C (nonoperating)

–304.8m to 3,048m
(–1000 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)

–304.8m to 12,192m
(–1000 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)

Operational Shock (max) 80 Gs at 2ms 80 Gs at 2ms

Non-Operational Shock (max) 300 Gs at 2ms 300 Gs at 2ms

Vibration, operating 2Hz–22Hz: 0.25 Gs,

Vibration, nonoperating 5Hz–22Hz: 3.0 Gs

Drive acoustics, sound power

Idle** 2.1 bels (typical)

Seek 2.3 bels (typical)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

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Limited displacement
22Hz–350Hz: 0.50 Gs
350Hz–500Hz: 0.25 Gs

22Hz–350Hz: 3.0 Gs
350Hz–500Hz: 3.0 Gs

2.3 bels (max)

2.4 bels (max)

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bits read 1 per 10

2Hz–22Hz: 0.25 Gs,
Limited displacement
22Hz–350Hz: 0.50 Gs
350Hz–500Hz: 0.25 Gs

5Hz–22Hz: 3.0 Gs
22Hz–350Hz: 3.0 Gs
350Hz–500Hz: 3.0 Gs

2.1 bels (typical)

2.3 bels (max)

2.3 bels (typical)

2.4 bels (max)

14

bits read

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Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 2000GB and 1500GB Models (Continued)

Drive Specifications

Drive specification ST2000DL003 ST1500DL003

Warranty To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to

access the following web 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 display the warranty information for
your drive.

Load/Unload cycles 300K at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity

Supports Hotplug operation per

Yes
the Serial ATA Revision 3.0
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.

2.2 Formatted capacity

Model

Formatted

capacity*

ST2000DL003 2000GB 3,907,029,168 4096

ST1500DL003 1500GB 2,930,277,168 4096

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

Guaranteed

sectors

Bytes per sector

2.2.1 LBA mode

When addressing these drives 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 48-bit
addressing support of drives with capacities over 137GBs.

2.3 Default logical geometry

Cylinders Read/write heads Sectors per track

16,383 16 63

LBA mode

When addressing these drives 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.

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2.4 Recording and interface technology

Interface Serial ATA (SATA)

Recording method Perpendicular

Recording density (max) 1632kb/in

Track density (avg) 274 ktracks/in

Areal density (avg) 422Gb/in

Spindle speed (RPM) 5900 ± 0.2%

Internal data transfer rate (max) 1928Mb/s

Sustained data transfer rate (max) 144MB/s

I/O data-transfer rate (max) 300MB/s

2.5 Physical characteristics

Maximum height

2000GB and 1500GB models 26.1mm / 1.028 in

Maximum width 101.6mm / 4.0 in (± 0.010 in)

Maximum length 146.99mm / 5.787 in

Typical weight

2000GB and 1500GB models 622g / 1.371 lb

Cache buffer

2000 and 1500GB models 64MB

2.6 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:

• Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions.

• Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5,000 measurements of seeks between ran­dom tracks, less overhead.

Typical seek times (ms) Read Write

Track-to-track 1.0 1.2

Average 12.0 13.0

Average latency 4.16 4.16

These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical

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seeks, regardless of mode (such as track-to-track and average), are expected to meet the noted values.
However, due to the manner in which these drives are formatted, benchmark tests that include
command overhead or measure logical seeks may produce results that vary from these specifications.

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2.7 Start/stop times

Start/stop times @ 25°C 2000 and 1500GB models

Power-on to ready (max) <17.0s

Standby to ready (max) <17.0s

Ready to spindle stop (max) 10.0s

2.8 Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. (Refer to Figure 3 ).

2.8.1 Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in Table 2 on page 15. 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.

• Spinup power

Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating
speed.

• Read/write power and current

Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-ms delay,
then a 16-sector read followed by a 32-ms delay.

• Operating power and current

Operating power is measured using 40 percent random seeks, 40 percent read/write mode (1 write for each 10
reads) and 20 percent drive idle mode.

• Idle mode power

Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in a
random track location.

• Standby mode

During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/write
electronics are in power-down mode.

Table 2 DC power requirements

Power dissipation (3/2-disk values shown) Avg (watts 25°C) Avg 5V typ amps Avg 12V typ amps

Spinup — — 2.0

Idle* † 4.5 0.151 0.303

Operating 5.8 0.440 0.300

Standby 0.50 0.085 0.01

Sleep 0.50 0.085 0.01

*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.

†5W IDLE, Standby and Sleep,with DIPLM Enabled

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Figure 1 Typical Current Profiles (5V)

Figure 2 Typical Current Profiles (12V)

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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
+12V line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5V line.

• Using 12-V power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave
injected noise at up to 10MHz.

• Using 5-V power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave
injected noise at up to 10MHz.

Note. Equivalent resistance is calculated by dividing the nominal voltage by the typical RMS read/write current.

2.8.3 Voltage tolerance

Voltage tolerance (including noise):

5V +10% / -7.5%
12V +10% / -7.5%

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 power­management modes:

Power modes Heads Spindle Buffer

Active Tracking Rotating Enabled

Idle Tracking Rotating Enabled

Standby Parked Stopped Enabled

Sleep Parked Stopped Disabled

• Active mode

The drive is in Active mode during the read/write and seek operations.

• Idle mode

The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode any time disk
access is necessary.

• Standby mode

The drive enters Standby mode when the host sends a Standby Immediate command. If the host has set the
standby timer, the drive can also enter Standby mode automatically after the drive has been inactive for a spec­ifiable length of time. The standby timer delay is established using a Standby or Idle command. In Standby
mode, the drive buffer is enabled, the heads are parked and the spindle is at rest. The drive accepts all com­mands and returns to Active mode any time disk access is necessary.

• Sleep mode

The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from the host. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer is
disabled, the heads are parked and the spindle is at rest. The drive leaves Sleep mode after it receives a Hard
Reset or Soft Reset from the host. After receiving a reset, the drive exits Sleep mode and enters Standby mode
with all current translation parameters intact.

• Idle and Standby timers

Each time the drive performs an Active function (read, write or seek), the standby timer is reinitialized and
begins counting down from its specified delay times to zero. If the standby timer reaches zero before any drive
activity is required, the drive makes a transition to Standby mode. In both Idle and Standby mode, the drive
accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is necessary.

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2.9 Environmental specifications

2.9.1 Ambient temperature

Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual
drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions.

Operating 0° to 60°C (32° to 140°F)

Nonoperating –40° to 70°C (–40° to 158°F)

2.9.2 Temperature gradient

Operating 20°C per hour (68°F per hour max), without

condensation

Nonoperating 30°C per hour (86°F per hour max)

2.9.3 Humidity

2.9.3.1 Relative humidity

Operating 5% to 95% noncondensing

(30% per hour max)

Nonoperating 5% to 95% noncondensing

(30% per hour max)

2.9.3.2 Wet bulb temperature

Operating 37.7°C (99.9°F max)

Nonoperating 40°C (104°F max)

2.9.4 Altitude

Operating –304.8m to 3048m (–1000 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)

Nonoperating –304.8m to 12,192m (–1000 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)

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

These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum
operating shock of 80 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2ms during read operations. Shocks should not be
repeated more than two times per second.

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2.9.5.2 Nonoperating shock

2000GB and 1500GB models

The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in
performance when subsequently put into operation is 300 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of
2ms duration.

2.9.6 Vibration

All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the drive
mounting screws. Vibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis, with linear swept sine inputs.

2.9.6.1 Operating vibration

The maximum vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified
in this document are specified below.

2Hz to 22Hz 0.25 Gs (Limited displacement)

22Hz to 350Hz 0.50 Gs

350Hz to 500Hz 0.25 Gs

2.9.6.2 Nonoperating vibration

The maximum nonoperating vibration levels that the drive may experience without incurring physical damage or
degradation in performance when subsequently put into operation are specified below.

5Hz to 22Hz 3.0 Gs (limited displacement)

22Hz to 350Hz 3.0 Gs

35Hz to 500Hz 3.0 Gs

2.10 Acoustics

Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All
measurements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially
free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the drive is oriented with the cover facing upward.

For seek mode tests, the drive is placed in seek mode only. The number of seeks per second is defined by the

Note

Table 3 Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor acoustics

following equation:

(Number of seeks per second = 0.4 / (average latency + average access time)

Idle* Seek

All models

*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.

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2.3 bels (max)

2.3 bels (typ)

2.4 bels (max)

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2.10.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs)

Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this
process is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses this threshold curve (originated in ISO 389-

7) to discern tone audibility and to compensate for the inaudible components of sound prior to computation of

tone ratios according to Annex D of the ECMA-74 standards.

2.11 Electromagnetic immunity

When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in
performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table:

Table 4 Radio frequency environments

Test Description

Electrostatic
discharge

Radiated RF
immunity

Electrical fast
transient

Surge
immunity

Conducted RF
immunity

Voltage dips,
interrupts

Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; Air: ± 8 kV

80MHz to 1,000MHz, 3 V/m,
80% AM with 1kHz sine
900MHz, 3 V/m, 50% pulse modulation @
200Hz

± 1 kV on AC mains, ± 0.5 kV on external I/O

± 1 kV differential, ± 2 kV common, AC mains

150kHz to 80MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1kHz
sine

0% open, 5 seconds
0% short, 5 seconds
40%, 0.10 seconds
70%, 0.01 seconds

Performance

Level

B EN61000-4-2: 95

A EN61000-4-3: 96

B EN61000-4-4: 95

B EN61000-4-5: 95

A EN61000-4-6: 97

C
C
C
B

Reference
standard

ENV 50204: 95

EN61000-4-11: 94

2.12 Warranty

To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web 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 display the warranty information for your
drive.

2.13 Agency certification

2.13.1 Safety certification

These products are certified to meet the requirements of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked
as to the certify agency.

2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility

Hard drives that display the CE mark comply with the European Union (EU) requirements specified in the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2004/108/EC) as put into place 20 July 2007. Testing is performed to the
levels specified by the product standards for Information Technology Equipment (ITE). Emission levels are defined
by EN55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by EN55024.

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Drive Specifications

Drives are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the
directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply with the directives.
The drive is designed for operation inside a properly designed enclosure, with properly shielded I/O cable (if
necessary) and terminators on all unused I/O ports. Computer manufacturers and system integrators should
confirm EMC compliance and provide CE marking for their products.

Korean RRL

If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo, they comply with paragraph 1 of Article
11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Communications Commission, Republic of
Korea.

These drives have been tested and comply with the Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Susceptibility
(EMI/EMS) for Class B products. Drives are tested in a representative, end-user system by a Korean-recognized
lab.

• Family name: Barracuda LP

• Certificate number: STX-BarracudaLP (B)

Australian C-Tick (N176)

If these models have the C-Tick marking, they comply with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22
and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Australian Communication
Authority (ACA).

2.13.3 FCC verification

These drives are intended to be contained solely within a personal computer or similar enclosure (not attached as
an external device). As such, each drive is considered to be a subassembly even when it is individually marketed
to the customer. As a subassembly, no Federal Communications Commission verification or certification of the
device is required.

Seagate has tested this device in enclosures as described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure,
disk drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant
to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in interference to
radio and television reception.

Radio and television interference. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not
installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio and
television reception.

This equipment is designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause interference to radio or television, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, you are
encouraged to try one or more of the following corrective measures:

• Reorient the receiving antenna.

• Move the device to one side or the other of the radio or TV.

• Move the device farther away from the radio or TV.

• Plug the computer into a different outlet so that the receiver and computer are on different branch outlets.

If necessary, you should consult your dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional
suggestions. You may find helpful the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission:
How to Identify and Resolve Radio-Television Interference Problems. This booklet is available from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Refer to publication
number 004-000-00345-4.

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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

The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, restricts the presence of chemical
substances, including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Hexavalent Chromium, PBB and PBDE, in electronic products,
effective July 2006. This drive is manufactured with components and materials that comply with the RoHS
Directive.

2.14.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive

This product has an Environmental Protection Use Period (EPUP) of 20 years. The following table
contains information mandated by China's "Marking Requirements for Control of Pollution Caused
by Electronic Information Products" Standard.

"O" indicates the hazardous and toxic substance content of the part (at the homogenous material level) is lower
than the threshold defined by the China RoHS MCV Standard.

"X" indicates the hazardous and toxic substance content of the part (at the homogenous material level) is over the
threshold defined by the China RoHS MCV Standard.

2.15 Corrosive environment

Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 years exposure to light
industrial environments containing sulfurous gases, chlorine and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845.
However, this accelerated testing cannot duplicate every potential application environment. Users should use
caution exposing any electronic components to uncontrolled chemical pollutants and corrosive chemicals as
electronic drive component reliability can be affected by the installation environment. The silver, copper, nickel
and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide, chloride, and nitrate
contaminants. Sulfur is found to be the most damaging. In addition, electronic components should never be
exposed to condensing water on the surface of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an
ambient relative humidity greater than 95%. Materials used in cabinet fabrication, such as vulcanized rubber, that
can outgas corrosive compounds should be minimized or eliminated. The useful life of any electronic equipment
may be extended by replacing materials near circuitry with sulfide-free alternatives.

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Configuring and Mounting the Drive

3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive

This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive.

3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions

After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrostatic
discharge (ESD) hazards. Observe the following standard handling and static-discharge precautions:

Caution:

• Before handling the drive, put on a grounded wrist strap, or ground yourself frequently by touching the metal chassis

of a computer that is plugged into a grounded outlet. Wear a grounded wrist strap throughout the entire installation
procedure.

• Handle the drive by its edges or frame only.

• The drive is extremely fragile—handle it with care. Do not press down on the drive top cover.

• Always rest the drive on a padded, antistatic surface until you mount it in the computer.

• Do not touch the connector pins or the printed circuit board.

• Do not remove the factory-installed labels from the drive or cover them with additional labels. Removal voids the

warranty. Some factory-installed labels contain information needed to service the drive. Other labels are used to
seal out dirt and contamination.

3.2 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” on two separate ports. Both drives behave as if they are Device 0 (master) devices.

Serial ATA drives are designed for easy installation. It is usually not necessary to set any jumpers on the drive for
proper operation; however, if you connect the drive and receive a “drive not detected” error, your SATA-equipped
motherboard or host adapter may use a chipset that does not support SATA speed autonegotiation.

3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors

The Serial ATA interface cable consists of four conductors in two differential pairs, plus three ground connections.
The cable size may be 30 to 26 AWG with a maximum length of one meter (39.37 in). See Table 5 for connector
pin definitions. Either end of the SATA signal cable can be attached to the drive or host.

For direct backplane connection, the drive connectors are inserted directly into the host receptacle. The drive and
the host receptacle incorporate features that enable the direct connection to be hot pluggable and blind
mateable.

For installations which require cables, you can connect the drive as illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 3 Attaching SATA cabling

Signal connector

Power connector

Signal cable

Power cable

Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation. Barracuda LP drives support latching SATA connectors.

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3.4 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
precautions when mounting the drive:

• Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 in (0.76mm) around the entire perimeter of the drive for cooling.

• Use only 6-32 UNC mounting screws.

• The screws should be inserted no more than 0.150 in (3.81mm) into the bottom or side mounting holes.

Do not overtighten the mounting screws (maximum torque: 6 in per lb).

Figure 4 Mounting dimensions (2000 and 1500GB models)

Recommended case temperature
measurement location

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4.0 Serial ATA Interface

These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA (SATA) interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports
ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0 to 4; multiword DMA modes 0 to 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6.

For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT
Attachment” specification.

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility

Barracuda LP drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the
Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.org.

4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions

Table 5 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors.

Table 5 Serial ATA connector pin definitions

Segment Pin Function Definition

S1 Ground 2nd mate

S2 A+ Differential signal pair A from PHY

S3 A-

Signal

S4 Ground 2nd mate

S5 B- Differential signal pair B from PHY

S6 B+

S7 Ground 2nd mate

Key and spacing separate signal and power segments

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Table 5 Serial ATA connector pin definitions (Continued)

Segment Pin Function Definition

Power

P1 V

P2 V

P3 V

33

33

33

3.3V power

3.3V power

3.3V power, pre-charge, 2nd mate

P4 Ground 1st mate

P5 Ground 2nd mate

P6 Ground 2nd mate

P7 V

P8 V

P9 V

5

5

5

5V power, pre-charge, 2nd mate

5V power

5V power

P10 Ground 2nd mate

P11 Ground or LED signal If grounded, drive does not use deferred spin

P12 Ground 1st mate.

P13 V

P14 V

P15 V

12

12

12

12V power, pre-charge, 2nd mate

12V power

12V power

Notes:

1. All pins are in a single row, with a 1.27mm (0.050”) pitch.

2. The comments on the mating sequence apply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only. In this

case, the mating sequences are:

• the ground pins P4 and P12.

• the pre-charge power pins and the other ground pins.

• the signal pins and the rest of the power pins.

3. There are three power pins for each voltage. One pin from each voltage is used for pre-charge when installed

in a blind-mate backplane configuration.

4. All used voltage pins (Vx) must be terminated.

4.3 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 3.0 (http://www.sata-io.org).

See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Table 6 Supported ATA commands

Command name Command code (in hex)

Check Power Mode E5

Device Configuration Freeze Lock B1H / C1

Device Configuration Identify B1H / C2

H

H

H

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Table 6 Supported ATA commands (Continued)

Command name Command code (in hex)

Device Configuration Restore B1H / C0

Device Configuration Set B1H / C3

Device Reset 08

Download Microcode 92

Execute Device Diagnostics 90

Flush Cache E7

Flush Cache Extended EA

Format Track 50

Identify Device EC

Idle E3

Idle Immediate E1

Initialize Device Parameters 91

Read Buffer E4

Read DMA C8

Read DMA Extended 25

Read DMA Without Retries C9

Read Log Ext 2F

Read Multiple C4

Read Multiple Extended 29

Read Native Max Address F8

Read Native Max Address Extended 27

Read Sectors 20

Read Sectors Extended 24

Read Sectors Without Retries 21

Read Verify Sectors 40

Read Verify Sectors Extended 42

Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 41

Recalibrate 10

Security Disable Password F6

Security Erase Prepare F3

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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Table 6 Supported ATA commands (Continued)

Command name Command code (in hex)

Security Erase Unit F4

Security Freeze F5

Security Set Password F1

Security Unlock F2

Seek 70

Set Features EF

Set Max Address F9

Note: Individual Set Max Address
commands are identified by the
value placed in the Set Max Fea­tures register as defined to the right.

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

Address:
Password:
Lock:
Unlock:
Freeze Lock:

Set Max Address Extended 37

Set Multiple Mode C6

Sleep E6

H

H

H

S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations B0H / D9

S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave B0H / D2

S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations B0H / D8

S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline B0H / D4

S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds B0H / D1

S.M.A.R.T. Read Data B0H / D0

S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector B0H / D5

S.M.A.R.T. Return Status B0H / DA

S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values B0H / D3

S.M.A.R.T. Write Log Sector B0H / D6

Standby E2

Standby Immediate E0

Write Buffer E8

Write DMA CA

Write DMA Extended 35

Write DMA FUA Extended 3D

Write DMA Without Retries CB

Write Log Extended 3F

Write Multiple C5

Write Multiple Extended 39

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

00

H

01

H

02

H

03

H

04

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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Table 6 Supported ATA commands (Continued)

Command name Command code (in hex)

Serial ATA Interface

Write Multiple FUA Extended CE

Write Sectors 30

Write Sectors Without Retries 31

Write Sectors Extended 34

Write Uncorrectable 45

H

H

H

H

H

4.3.1 Identify Device command

The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to the host following
power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in on page 26. 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.

The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be included in the Serial ATA specification.

Table 7 Identify Device commands

Word Description Value

0 Configuration information:

• Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI

• Bit 7: removable media

• Bit 6: removable controller

• Bit 0: reserved

0C5A

H

1 Number of logical cylinders 16,383

2 ATA-reserved 0000

H

3 Number of logical heads 16

4 Retired 0000

5 Retired 0000

6 Number of logical sectors per logical track: 63 003F

7–9 Retired 0000

H

H

H

H

10–19 Serial number: (20 ASCII characters, 0000H = none) ASCII

20 Retired 0000

21 Retired 0400

22 Obsolete 0000

23–26 Firmware revision

H

H

H

x.xx

(8 ASCII character string, padded with blanks to end of string)

27–46 Drive model number:

(40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks to end of string)

47 (Bits 7–0) Maximum sectors per interrupt on Read multiple and

Write multiple (16)

ST2000DL003
ST1500DL003

8010

H

48 Reserved 0000

49 Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled 2F00

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Word Description Value

50 ATA-reserved 4000

51 PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode 0200

52 Retired 0200

53 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007

54 Number of current logical cylinders xxxx

55 Number of current logical heads xxxx

56 Number of current logical sectors per logical track xxxx

57–58 Current capacity in sectors xxxx

59 Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple

xxxx

or Write Multiple command

60–61 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available

0FFFFFFFh*
(see Section 2.2 for related information)
*Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh

(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. This is
required for drives that support the 48-bit addressing feature.

62 Retired 0000

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

63 Multiword DMA active and modes supported

xx07
(see note following this table)

64 Advanced PIO modes supported (modes 3 and 4 supported) 0003

65 Minimum multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120 nsec) 0078

66 Recommended multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word

0078
(120 nsec)

67 Minimum PIO cycle time without IORDY flow control (240 nsec) 0078

68 Minimum PIO cycle time with IORDY flow control (120 nsec) 0078

69–74 ATA-reserved 0000

75 Queue depth 001F

76 Serial ATA capabilities xxxx

77 Reserved for future Serial ATA definition xxxx

78 Serial ATA features supported xxxx

79 Serial ATA features enabled xxxx

80 Major version number 01F0

81 Minor version number 0028

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

82 Command sets supported 346B

83 Command sets supported 7F01

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Table 7 Identify Device commands (Continued)

Word Description Value

Serial ATA Interface

84 Command sets support extension

4163
(see note following this table)

85 Command sets enabled 34xx

86 Command sets enabled BE01

87 Command sets enable extension 4123

88 Ultra DMA support and current mode (see note following this

xx7F
table)

89 Security erase time 00A9

90 Enhanced security erase time 00A9

92 Master password revision code FFFE

93 Hardware reset value xxxx

95–99 ATA-reserved 0000

100–103 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see

Section 2.2 for related information). These words are required for
drives that support the 48-bit addressing feature. Maximum
value: 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFh.

ST2000DL003 = 3,907,029,168

ST1500DL003 = 2,930,277,168

104–107 ATA-reserved 0000

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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

Each drive will have a unique

value.
indicating 64-bit WWN support.

112–127 ATA-reserved 0000

128 Security status 0001

129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx

160–254 ATA-reserved 0000

255 Integrity word xxA5

Note

Note

Table 8 Bit Descriptions

Description (if bit is set to 1)

Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not
supported.

See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data.

Bit Word 63

H

H

H

H

H

0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported.

1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported.

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Table 8 Bit Descriptions (Continued)

2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported.

8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active.

9 Multiword DMA mode 1 is currently active.

10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is currently active.

Bit Word 84

0 SMART error login is supported.

1 SMART self-test is supported.

2 Media serial number is supported.

3 Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supported.

4 Streaming feature set is supported.

5 GPL feature set is supported.

6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are supported.

7 WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command is supported.

8 64-bit World Wide Name is supported.

9-10 Obsolete.

11-12 Reserved for TLC.

13 IDLE IMMEDIATE command with IUNLOAD feature is supported.

14 Shall be set to 1.

15 Shall be cleared to 0.

Bit Word 88

0 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported.

1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported.

2 Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported.

3 Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported.

4 Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported.

5 Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported.

6 Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported.

8 Ultra DMA mode 0 is currently active.

9 Ultra DMA mode 1 is currently active.

10 Ultra DMA mode 2 is currently active.

11 Ultra DMA mode 3 is currently active.

12 Ultra DMA mode 4 is currently active.

13 Ultra DMA mode 5 is currently active.

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Serial ATA Interface

14 Ultra DMA mode 6 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 interrupt. 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. The acceptable values for the Features
register are defined as follows:

Table 9 Set Features command values

02

03

Enable write cache (default).

H

Set transfer mode (based on value in Sector Count register).

H

Sector Count register values:

00

Set PIO mode to default (PIO mode 2).

H

01HSet PIO mode to default and disable IORDY (PIO mode 2).

08HPIO mode 0

09HPIO mode 1

0AHPIO mode 2

0BHPIO mode 3

0CHPIO mode 4 (default)

20HMultiword DMA mode 0

21HMultiword DMA mode 1

22HMultiword DMA mode 2

40HUltra DMA mode 0

41HUltra DMA mode 1

42HUltra DMA mode 2

43HUltra DMA mode 3

44HUltra DMA mode 4

45HUltra DMA mode 5

46HUltra DMA mode 6

10

55

82

90

AA

F1

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Enable use of SATA features

H

Disable read look-ahead (read cache) feature.

H

Disable write cache

H

Disable use of SATA features

H

Enable read look-ahead (read cache) feature (default).

H

Report full capacity available

H

Note

At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indicated above.

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

S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors
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.
predictability is limited to the attributes the drive can monitor. For more information on S.M.A.R.T. commands and
implementation, see the Draft ATA-5 Standard.

SeaTools diagnostic software activates a built-in drive self-test (DST S.M.A.R.T. command for D4H) that eliminates
unnecessary drive returns. The diagnostic software ships with all new drives and is also available at:

http://seatools.seagate.com.

This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. You must have a recent BIOS or software package that
supports S.M.A.R.T. to enable this feature. The table below shows the S.M.A.R.T. command codes that the drive
uses.

Table 10 S.M.A.R.T. commands

Code in features register S.M.A.R.T. command

D0

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D8

D9

DA

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

Note

S.M.A.R.T. Read Data

S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave

S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values

S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate (runs DST)

S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector

S.M.A.R.T. Write Log Sector

S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations

S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations

S.M.A.R.T. Return Status

If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the command is aborted and 0x 04 (abort) is
written to the Error register.

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Index

A

ACA 21
acceleration 19
acoustics 19
Active 17
Active mode 17
Agency certification 20
altitude 18
Ambient temperature 18
ambient temperature 14, 15
Annualized Failure Rate 20
areal density 9, 14
ATA commands 26
Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 21
Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 21
Australian C-Tick 21
Average latency 14
Average seek time 14

B

buffer 14

C

cables and connectors 23
cache 14
capacity 13
case temperature 18
CE mark 20
certification 20
Check Power Mode 26
China RoHS directive 22
compatibility 20
Conducted noise 17
Conducted RF immunity 20
Configuring the drive 23
connectors 23
Corrosive environment 22
CSA60950-1 20
Cylinders 13

D

data-transfer rates 9
DC power 15
Default logical geometry 13
density 14
Device Configuration Freeze Lock 26
Device Configuration Identify 26
Device Configuration Restore 27
Device Configuration Set 27
Device Reset 27
dissipation 15
Download Microcode 27

E

Electrical fast transient 20
Electromagnetic compatibility 20
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 21
Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation 21

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2004/108/EC)

20

Electromagnetic immunity 20
Electrostatic discharge 20
electrostatic discharge (ESD) 23
EN 55022, Class B 20
EN 55024 20
EN60950 20
enclosures 21
Environmental specifications 18
EPRML 9
error-correction algorithms 9
ESD 23
EU 20
EU RoHS directive 22
European Union (EU) requirements 20
Execute Device Diagnostics 27

F

FCC verification 21
features 9
Flush Cache 27
Flush Cache Extended 27
Format Track 27
Formatted capacity 13

G

geometry 13
Gs 19
guaranteed sectors 13

H

Handling precautions 23
heads 13
height 14
humidity 18

I

I/O data-transfer rate 14
Identify Device 27
Identify Device command 29
Idle 17, 27
Idle Immediate 27
Idle mode 15, 17
Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 20
Initialize Device Parameters 27
Input noise ripple 17
input voltage 15
interface 14, 25

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interference 21
internal data-transfer rate OD 14
is 14
ISO document 7779 19
ITE 20

K

KCC 21
Korean Communications Commission 21
Korean RRL 21

L

latency 14
LBA mode 13
length 14
logical geometry 13

M

master/slave 9
mounting 24
mounting screws 18
mounting the drive 23

N

noise 17
nominal power 14
Nonoperating shock 19
Nonoperating vibration 19

radio and television interference 21
radio frequency (RF) 20
random seeks 15
Read Buffer 27
Read DMA 27
Read DMA Extended 27
Read DMA without Retries 27
Read Log Ext 27
Read Multiple 27
Read Multiple Extended 27
Read Native Max Address 27
Read Native Max Address Extended 27
Read Sectors 27
Read Sectors Extended 27
Read Sectors Without Retries 27
Read Verify Sectors 27
Read Verify Sectors Extended 27
Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 27
Read/write heads 13
Read/write power 15
Recalibrate 27
recording density 14
recording method 14
Recording technology 14
relative humidity 18
Reliability 20
RF 20
RMS read/write current 17
RoHS 22
RRL 21

O

operating 15
Operating power 15
Operating shock 18
Operating vibration 19

P

Physical characteristics 14
point-to-point 9, 23
Power consumption 15
power dissipation 15
Power modes 17
Power specifications 15
Power-management modes 17
Power-on to Ready 15
precautions 23
printed circuit board 23
programmable power management 17
prominent discrete tone 20

Q

quick reference 11

R

Radiated RF immunity 20

S

S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 28
S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 28
S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 28
S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline 28
S.M.A.R.T. implementation 26
S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 28
S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 28
S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 28
S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 28
S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 28
S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 28
Safety certification 20
screws 18
sectors 13
Sectors per track 13
Security Disable Password 27
Security Erase Prepare 27
Security Erase Unit 28
Security Freeze 28
Security Set Password 28
Security Unlock 28
See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 26
Seek 28
Seek time 14
Serial ATA (SATA) interface 25

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serial ATA ports 9
servo electronics 15
Set Features 28
Set Max Address 28
Set Max Address Extended 28
Set Multiple Mode 28
Shock 18
single-track seeks 14
Sleep 15, 17, 28
Sleep mode 17
sound 19
Specification summary table 11
spindle speed 14
Spinup 15
Spinup power 15
Standby 15, 17, 28
Standby Immediate 28
Standby mode 15, 17
standby timer 17
Standby to Ready 15
Start/stop times 15
static-discharge 23
subassembly 21
Surge immunity 20

Write Multiple FUA Extended 29
Write Sectors 29
Write Sectors Extended 29
Write Sectors Without Retries 29

T

temperature 14, 18
temperature gradient 18
timer 17
timers 17
track density 14
Track-to-track 14
Track-to-track seek time 14
tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) recording heads 9

U

UL60950-1 20

V

Vibration 19
voltage 15
Voltage dips, interrupts 20
Voltage tolerance 17

W

weight 14
wet bulb temperature 18
width 14
Write Buffer 28
Write DMA 28
Write DMA Extended 28
Write DMA FUA Extended 28
Write DMA Without Retries 28
Write Log Extended 28
Write Multiple 28
Write Multiple Extended 28

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