Seagate Medalist 17240,Medalist 13030,Medalist 8420,Medalist 10231,Medalist 4310 Product Manual

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Medalist 17240, Medalist 13030

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Medalist 10231, Medalist 8420

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Medalist 4310

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Ultra ATA Interface Drives

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Product Manual

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Medalist 17240, Medalist 13030

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Medalist 10231, Medalist 8420

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Medalist 4310

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Ultra ATA Interface Drives

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Product Manual

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 1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved
Publication Number: 20400134-001, Rev. B, March 1999
Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the

Medalist logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc.
Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
owners.

Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings
or specifications. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
form without written permission fro m Seagate Technology, Inc.

Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420 and 4310, Rev. B iii

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

1.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

1.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

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

1.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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

1.8 Environmental tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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

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

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

1.8.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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

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

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

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

1.11 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

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

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

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

3.2.3 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Figures

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

Figure 2. Alternate capacity jumper and master/slave jumper . . . . . 18

Figure 3. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . . . . 19

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

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Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420 and 4310, Rev. B 1

Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi­cations for the Medalist
(ST313030A), Medalist 10231 (ST310231A), Medalist 8420
(ST38420A) and the Medalist 4310 (ST34310A). These drives are
referred to throughout this manual by their model numbers. These drives
provide the following key features:

Low power consumption

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Quiet operation

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

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High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 33.3 Mbytes per

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second) using Ultra DMA mode 2
Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor

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intervention
512-Kbyte cache

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

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Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands

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Support for autodetection of master/slave drives that use cable select

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(CSEL)
These drives use MR recording heads and EPRML technology, which

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provide the drives with increased areal density.

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17240 (ST317240A), Medalist 13030

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Specification summary table

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

Drive Specification ST317240A ST313030A ST310231A ST38420A ST34310A

Guaranteed Mbytes

6

bytes)

(×10
Guaranteed sectors 33,683,328 25,434,228 20,005,650 16,841,664 8,420,832
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per

track 63
Default read/write

heads 16
Default cylinders 16,383 16,383 16,383 16,383 8,354
Physical read/write

heads 86642
Discs 43321
Recording density

(bits/inch max) 234,000
Track density

(tracks/inch) 13,405
Areal density

(Mbits/inch
Spindle speed

(RPM) 5,400
Internal data-

transfer rate
(Mbits/sec max)

I/O data-transfer rate
(Mbytes/sec max)

ATA data-transfer
modes supported

Cache buffer
(Kbytes)

Height (mm max) 26.10
Width (mm max) 101.85

2

) 3,146

17,245 13,022 10,242 8,622 4,311

188

33.3

PIO modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4;

Multiword DMA modes 0, 1, 2;

Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2

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Drive Specification ST317240A ST313030A ST310231A ST38420A ST34310A

Length (mm max) 147.00
Weight

(grams typical) 544
Track-to-track seek

time (msec typical) 1.5
Average seek time

(msec typical) 9.0
Full-stroke seek time

(msec typical) 16.5
Average latency

(msec) 5.6
Power-on to ready

(sec typical) 12
Standby to ready

(sec typical) 12
Startup current:

12V (peak)
5V (peak)

Seek power and
current (mean)

Read/Write power
and current (typical) 6.6 watts

Idle mode power and
current (typical) 5.5 watts

Standby mode pow­er and current
(typical)

Sleep mode power
and current (typical) 1.1 watts

Voltage tolerance
(including noise)

Ambient
temperature 5° to 55°C (op.), –40° to 70°C (nonop.)

Temperature gradi­ent (per hour max) 20°C

Relative humidity
(op. and nonop.)

2.2 amps

0.72 amps

10.3 watts

1.1 watts

5V ± 5%

12V ± 10%

8% to 90% (op.)

5% to 95% (nonop.)

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Drive Specification ST317240A ST313030A ST310231A ST38420A ST34310A

Relative humidity
gradient 10% per hour max

Wet bulb
temperature (max) 29.4°C (op.), 29.4°C (nonop.)

Altitude
(meters below mean
sea level, max)

Shock, operating
(Gs max at 2 msec) 63

Shock, nonoperating
(Gs max at 2 msec) 300

Vibration, operating 0.50 G (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)
Vibration,

nonoperating
Drive acoustics

(bels—sound power)
Idle mode
(dBA—sound pres­sure)

Drive acoustics
(bels—sound pow­er)
Read/Write mode
(dBA—sound pres­sure)

Nonrecoverable
read errors 1 per 10

Mean time between
failures
(power-on hours)

Contact start-stop
cycles (25°C, 40%
relative humidity)

Service life (years) 5

–122 to 3,048 (op.)

–122 to 12,192 (nonop.)

5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)

3.5 (typical), 3.9 (max)

30 (typical)

4.0 (typical), 4.3 (max)

32 (typical)

14

bits read

400,000

40,000