Seagate Enterprise Value User Manual
Product Manual
®
Seagate Terascale HDD
Standard Model
ST4000NC001
Instant Secure Erase Model
ST4000NC000
100724268
Rev. B
May 2013
Document Revision History
Revision Date Description of Change
Rev. A 05/16/2013 Initial release.
Rev. B 05/30/2013 20.
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Contents
Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 About the SATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.0 Drive Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Specification summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2.1 LBA mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.3 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5 Seek time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.7.4 Power-management modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.8 Environmental limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8.1 Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8.2 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8.3 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.4 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.8.5 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.9 Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.10 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.11 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.12 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF). . . . . 15
2.13 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.13.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.14 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.14.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . 17
2.14.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.15 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.16 Product warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.3 SATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.0 SATA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2 SATA device plug connector pin definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3.1 Identify Device command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Figures
Figure 1 Typical 4TB model 5V - 6Gb/s startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 2 Typical 4TB model 12V - 6Gb/s startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 3 Location of the HDA temperature check point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 4 Attaching SATA cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 5 Mounting dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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1.0 Introduction
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate
Seagate® Terascale HDD model drives:
Model Number Seagate Instant Secure Erase (ISE)
ST4000NC001 No
ST4000NC000 Yes
These drives provide the following key features:
• 5900 RPM spindle speed.
• PowerChoice™ for selectable power savings
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 600MB per second).
• Perpendicular recording technology provides 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.
• 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 SATA interface
The Serial ATA (SATA) 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, SATA makes the transition from parallel ATA easy by providing legacy software support. SATA was designed to
allow you to install a SATA host adapter and SATA disk drive in your current system and expect all of your existing
applications to work as normal.
The SATA interface connects each disk drive in a point-to-point configuration with the SATA host adapter. There is no master/
slave relationship with SATA devices like there is with parallel ATA. If two drives are attached on one SATA 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 devices on
Note
The SATA 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 SATA host adapter contains a set of registers that shadow the contents of the traditional device registers, referred to as the
Shadow Register Block. All SATA devices behave like Device 0 devices. For additional information about how SATA
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.
separate SATA 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 SATA environment.
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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:
Standard models Seagate In(SED) models
ST4000NC001 ST4000NC000
2.1 Specification summary tables
The specifications listed in Table 1.
For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual.
Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 3TB, 2TB and 1TB models
Drive Specification*
Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 4000GB (4TB)
Guaranteed sectors 7,814,037,168
Heads 8
Disks 4
Bytes per sector 4096 (512 byte emulation)
Recording density, KBPI (Kb/in max) 1807
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in avg.) 340
Areal density, (Gb/in2 avg) 625
Spindle speed (RPM) 5900
Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max) 1813
Sustained data transfer rate OD (MiB/s) 130 to 160
I/O data-transfer rate MB/s max) 600
ATA data-transfer modes supported
Cache buffer 64MB
Height (max) 26.1mm / 1.028 in
Width (max) 101.85mm /4.010 in
Length (max) 147.00mm / 5.787 in
Weight (typical) 606g (1.33 lb)
Average latency
Power-on to ready (sec max) 17.0
Standby to ready (sec max) 17.0
Track-to-track seek time (ms typical)
Average seek, read (ms typical)
Average seek, write (ms typical)
Startup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.0A
Voltage tolerance (including noise)
Temperature gradient (°C per hour max)
Relative humidity
Relative humidity gradient (per hour max) 30%
Altitude, operating
ST4000NC001
ST4000NC000
PIO modes 0–4
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6
5.1ms
1.0 read
1.2 write
16.0
16.0
5V: ± 5%
12V: ± 10%
20°C (operating)
30°C (non-operating)
5% to 90% (operating)
5% to 95% (non-operating)
–304.80 m to 3048 m
(–1000 ft to 10,000+ ft)
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Table 1 Drive specifications summary for 3TB, 2TB and 1TB models (Continued)
Drive Specification*
Altitude, non-operating
(below mean sea level, max)
Operational Shock (max @ 2 ms) Read 70 Gs / Write 40 Gs
Non-Operational Shock (max @ 2 ms)) 300 Gs
Vibration, operating
Vibration, non-operating
Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
Idle**
Performance seek
Non-recoverable read errors 1 per 10
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 1.095% based on 8760 POH
To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web
browser to access the following web page:
Warranty
http://www.seagate.com/support/warranty-and-returns/
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.
ST4000NC001
ST4000NC000
–304.80 m to 12,192 m
(–1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)
5–22 Hz:___0.25 Gs,
Limited displacement
22–350 Hz: 0.50 Gs
350–500 Hz: 0.25 Gs
5Hz to 22Hz: 3.0 Gs
22Hz to 350Hz: 3.0 Gs
350Hz to 500Hz: 3.0 Gs
2.3_(typical)
2.5___(max)
2.8_(typical)
3.0___(max)
14
bits read
Load/Unload cycles (25°C, 50% rel. humidity) 300,000
Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Rev. 3.0 specification Yes
* One GB equals one billion bytes and 1TB equals one trillion 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* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector
ST4000NC001
ST4000NC000
*One GB equals one billion bytes and 1TB equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating
environment and formatting.
4TB 7,814,037,168
(512 byte emulation)
4096
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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 137GB.
2.3 Recording and interface technology
Interface Serial ATA (SATA)
Recording method Perpendicular
Recording density, KBPI (Kb/in max) 1807
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in avg) 340
Areal density (Gb/in2 avg) 625
Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%) 5900
Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max) 1813
Sustained data transfer rate (MiB/s) 130 to 160
I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max) 600 (Ultra DMA mode 5)
2.4 Physical characteristics
Weight: (maximum)
4TB models 606g (1.33 lb)
Cache buffer 64MB (64,768KB)
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2.5 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 5000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less
overhead.
Typical seek times (ms) Read Write
Track-to-track 1.0 1.2
Average 16.0 16.0
Average latency 5.1
These drives are designed to consistently meet the seek times represented in this manual. Physical seeks,
Note
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.
2.6 Start/stop times
4TB models
Power-on to ready (sec) 17 (max)
Standby to ready (sec) 17 (max)
Ready to spindle stop (sec) 20 (max)
2.7 Power specifications
The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to Figure 4 on page 19.
2.7.1 Power consumption
Power requirements for the drives are listed in Table 2:. 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.
• Seek mode
During seek mode, the read/write actuator arm moves toward a specific position on the disc surface and does not execute a
read or write operation. Servo electronics are active. Seek mode power represents the worst-case power consumption, using
only random seeks with read or write latency time. This mode is not typical and is provided for worst-case information.
• 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 16sector 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..
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Table 2: 4TB Drive DC power requirements
6.0Gb mode
Voltage
Regulation
Avg Idle Current *
Advanced Idle Current *
Idle_A 0.182 0.282
Idle_B 0.167 0.237
Idle_C 0.167 0.104
Standby 0.162 0.006
Average Sleep Current
Maximum Start Current
DC (peak DC) 3σ 0.34 0.51
AC (peak DC) 3σ 0.71 1.73
Peak operating current (random read):
Typical DC 0.29 0.42
Maximum DC 3σ 0.29 0.42
Peak operating current (random write)
Typical DC 0.29 0.42
Maximum DC 3σ 0.29 0.42
Peak operating current (sequential read)
+5V +12V
±5% ±5%
0.27 0.27
0.162 0.006
Typical DC 0.48 0.30
Maximum DC 3σ 0.50 0.30
Peak operating current (sequential write)
Typical DC 0.40 0.32
Maximum DC 3σ 0.47 0.33
* 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.
• Spinup power
Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating
speed.
• Operating Read/Write power and current
Sequential read/write - 128 block transfer, QD=16, minimum 10 data points
Random read/write - 8 block transfer, QD=16, minimum 10 data points
Typical DC - average of average operating currents
Maximum DC - average of max operating currents
• Average Idle Current
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in
a random track location.
• EPC Idle/Standby/Sleep mode
The current is measured in the desired EPC idle/standby state.
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2.7.1.1 Typical current profiles
4TB model current profile
Figure 1 Typical 4TB model 5V - 6Gb/s startup and operation current profile
Figure 2 Typical 4TB model 12V - 6Gb/s startup and operation current profile
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