Seagate Medalist 17242 User Manual

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Medalist 17242, Medalist 13032

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Medalist 10232, Medalist 8422

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Medalist 4312

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Ultra ATA Interface Drives

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Medalist 17242, Medalist 13032

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Medalist 10232, Medalist 8422

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Medalist 4312

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Ultra ATA Interface Drives

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 1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved
Publication Number: 20400143-001, Rev. A, 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 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A v

Contents

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

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

1.12.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.3 Ultra ATA/66 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.0 ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.1 ATA interface signals and connector pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.2 ATA Interface commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.2.1 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.2.2 Identify Drive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.2.3 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Figures

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

Figure 2. Alternate capacity jumper and master/slave jumper . . . . . 19

Figure 3. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A 1

Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi­cations for the Medalist
(ST313032A), Medalist 10232 (ST310232A), Medalist 8422
(ST38422A) and the Medalist 4312 (ST34312A). 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 66.6 Mbytes per

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second) using Ultra DMA mode 4
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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17242 (ST317242A), Medalist 13032

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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 ST317242A ST313032A ST310232A ST38422A ST34312A

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
Default read/write

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

heads
Discs 43321
Recording density

(bits/inch max)
Track density

(tracks/inch)
Areal density

(Mbits/inch
Spindle speed

(RPM)
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

)

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

63

16

86642

239,000

13,405

3,200

5,400

188

66.6

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

Multiword DMA modes 0, 1, 2;

Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

512

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Drive Specification ST317242A ST313032A ST310232A ST38422A ST34312A

Length (mm max) 147.00
Weight

(grams typical)
Track-to-track seek

time (msec typical)
Average seek time

(msec typical)
Full-stroke seek time

(msec typical)
Average latency

(msec)
Power-on to ready

(sec typical)
Standby to ready

(sec typical)
Startup current:

12V (peak)
5V (RMS)

Seek power and
current (mean)

Read/Write power
and current (typical)

Idle mode power and
current (typical)

Standby mode pow­er and current
(typical)

Sleep mode power
and current (typical)

Voltage tolerance
(including noise)

Ambient
temperature

Temperature gradi­ent (per hour max)

Relative humidity
(op. and nonop.)

1.3 (read), 2.1 (write)

9.0 (read), 10.5 (write)

0° to 55°C (op.), –40° to 70°C (nonop.)

558

18 (read), 20 (write)

5.6

12

12

2.2 amps

0.6 amps

8.5 watts

5.5 watts

5.5 watts

1.1 watts

1.1 watts
5V ± 5%

12V ± 10%

20°C

8% to 80% (op.)

5% to 95% (nonop.)

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Drive Specification ST317242A ST313032A ST310232A ST38422A ST34312A

Relative humidity
gradient

Wet bulb
temperature (max)

Altitude
(meters below mean
sea level, max)

Shock, operating
(Gs max at 2 msec)

Shock, nonoperating
(Gs max at 2 msec)

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

Mean time between
failures
(power-on hours)

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

Service life (years) 5

10% per hour max

29.4°C (op.), 29.4°C (nonop.)

–122 to 3,048 (op.)

–122 to 12,192 (nonop.)

63

300

5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 22–350 Hz)

3.3 (typical), 3.8 (max)
30 (typical)

3.7 (typical), 4.1 (max)

1 per 10

32 (typical)

14

bits read

400,000

40,000

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1.0 Drive specifications

Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient
conditions, at 25 °C, and no min al power. For convenie nce, the phrases

the drive

ST317242A, ST313032A, ST310232A, ST38422A and the ST34312A.

1.1 Formatted capacity

and

this drive

are used throughout this manu al to indi cate the

Drive
Model

ST317242A 17,245 33,683,328 512
ST313032A 13,022 25,434,228 512
ST310232A 10,242 20,005,650 512
ST38422A 8,622 16,841,664 512
ST34312A 4,311 8,420,832 512

Note.

DOS systems ca nnot access more than 52 8 Mbytes o n a drive
unless 1) the host system supp orts and is configured for LBA
addressing or for extended CHS addressing, 2) the host system
contains a specialized drive controller, or 3) the host system runs
BIOS translation software. Contact your Seagate
for details.

Guaranteed Mbytes

(1 Mbyte = 10

6

bytes)

Guaranteed

sectors

Bytes per

sector

®

representative

1.1.1 Default logical geometry

CHS Mode Cylinders Read/Write heads Sectors per track

ST317242A 16,383 16 63
ST313032A 16,383 16 63
ST310232A 16,383 16 63
ST38422A 16,383 16 63
ST34312A 8,354 16 63

LBA Mode

When addressing either drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are

n–1,

where

n is

consecutively numbered from 0 to
guaranteed sectors as defined above

.

the number of

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1.1.2 Supported CHS translation geometries

These drives support any tr anslation geometry that satis fies
following conditions:

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Sectors per track ≤ 63

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Cylinders ≤ 16,383 (for drives over 8.4 Gbytes)

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Read/Write heads ≤ 16

Note.

The CHS addressing supports capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes. To see

the full capacity of drives greater than 8.4 Gbytes, use the LBA
addressing mode.

The ST317242A logical cylinders are:
Logical cylinders=33,683,328/(logical sectors per track × logical heads)

The ST313032A logical cylinders are:
Logical cylinders=25,434,228/(logical sectors per track × logical heads)

The ST310232A logical cylinders are:
Logical cylinders=20,005,650/(logical sectors per track × logical heads)

The ST38422A logical cylinders are:
Logical cylinders=16,841,664/(logical sectors per track × logical heads)

The ST34312A logical cylinders are:
Logical cylinders=8,420,832/(logical sectors per track × logical heads)

all

of the

1.2 Physical organization

Drive Model Read/Write heads (MR) Number of discs

ST317242A 8 4
ST313032A 6 3
ST310232A 6 3
ST38422A 4 2
ST34312A 2 1

1.3 Recording and interface technology

Interface ATA
Recording method EPRML (16,17)
Recording density

(bits/inch)
Track density (tracks/inch) 13,405

239,000

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Areal density (Mbits/inch
Spindle speed (RPM)

( ± 0.2%)
Internal data-transfer rate

(Mbits per second max)
I/O data-transfer rate

(Mbytes per second max)

Interleave 1:1
Cache buffer (Kbytes) 512

)3,200

5,400

188

16.6 (PIO mode 4 with IORDY)

16.6 (multiword DMA mode 2)

66.6 (Ultra DMA mode 4)

1.4 Physical characteristics

ST317242A, ST313032A,

Drive Specification

ST310232A, ST38422A,

ST34312A

Maximum height (mm)

(inches)

Maximum width (mm)

(inches)

Maximum length (mm)

(inches)

Typical weight (grams)

(pounds)

26.10

1.028

101.85

4.010

147.00

5.787
558

1.2

1.5 Seek time

The 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.

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Full-stroke seek time is one-half the time needed to seek from the first
data cylinder to the maximum data cylind er an d b ac k t o th e fi rst dat a
cylinder. The full-stroke typic al v al ue is determined by averaging 100
full-stroke seeks in both directions.

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Read

Seek type

Track-to-track 1.3 2.1
Average 9.0 10.5
Full-stroke 18 20
Average latency: 5.6 msec

Note. These drives are des igned to consis tently meet th e seek times

represented in th is m anu al. P hy si cal se ek s, r ega r dle ss of mode
(such as track-to-track and average) are expected to meet or
exceed the noted values. Due to the manner in which these drives
are formatted, however, benchmark tests that include command
overhead or that measure logical seeks may produce results that
vary from these specifications.

(msec, typ.)

Write
(msec, typ.)

1.6 Start/stop times

Power-on to Ready (sec) 12 (typical)
Standby to Ready (sec) 12 (typical)
Ready to spindle stop (sec) 12 (typical)

1.7 Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a four-pin standard
drive power connector.

1.7.1 Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on pag e 9.
Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested,
under nominal conditions, using 5.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient
temperature.

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

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 electron ics are active. Seek mode pow er 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 worst­case information.

Read/Write power an d current are me asured with t he heads on trac k,
based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-msec delay, then a 16-sector
read followed by a 32-msec delay.

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Operating power and cu rrent are measured using 40 percent random
seeks, 40 perce nt read /write mode (1 wr ite f or e ach 10 reads ), and 20
percent drive inactive.

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

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

Mode Typical Watts RMS Typical Amps RMS

5V 12V

Spinup — 0.6 (Peak) 2.2 (Peak)
Seek

8.5 0.5 0.5
(Random,
no read/write)

Read/Write 5.5 0.5 0.2 5
Operating 7.3 0.5 0.4
Idle 5.5 0.5 0.2 5
Standby 1.08 0.2 0.007
Sleep 1.08 0.2 0.007

1.7.1.1 Typical current profile

Figure 1 shows a typical current profile.

Current (Amps)

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0

5

4321078 9 10

Time (seconds)

Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile

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1.7.2 Conducted noise

Input noise ripple i s mea su re d a t the host system powe r su ppl y ac ross
an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line or an equivalent
15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line.

•

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

•

Using 5-volt power, th e dri ve is expec ted to op er ate with a ma xi mum
of 100 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to 10 MHz.

Note.

Equivalent resis tance is calcu lated by dividing the nomina l volt­age by the typical RMS read/write current.

1.7.3 Voltage tolerance

Voltage tolerance (including noise): 5V ± 5% and 12V ± 10%

1.7.4 Power-management modes

These drives provide programmable power management to provide
greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power
management through the system setup program. These Seagate drives
feature several power -management modes, which are summarized in
the following table and described in more detail below:

Mode Heads S pindle Buffer

Active Tracking Rotating Enabled
Idle Tracking Rotating Enabled
Standby Parked Stopped Enabled
Sleep Parked Stopped Disabled

Active mode

operations.

Idle mode

commands and returns to Active mode any time disc access is
necessary.

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

. The buffer remains enabled, and the drive accepts all

Standby mode

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
heads are parked and the spindle is at rest. The drive accepts all
commands and returns to Active mode any time disc access is necessary.

. The drive enters Standby mode when the host sends a

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Sleep mode. The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep
command from the host. 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 rec eiving a reset, the driv e exits Sleep mode and
enters Active 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 a ny drive activity is required , the drive makes a
transition to Standb y mode. In both Idle and Standby mod e, the drive
accepts all commands and r etur ns to Ac tive mode when disc access is
necessary.

1.8 Environmental tolerances

1.8.1 Ambient temperature

Operating 0° to 55°C (32° to 131°F)
Nonoperating –40° to 70°C (–40° to 158°F)

Note. Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is

derated linearly to 1 12°F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) .
Operating ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of
the environment immediately surrounding the drive.

1.8.2 Temperature gradient

Operating 20°C/hour (36°F/hour) max, without condensation
Nonoperating 20°C/hour (36°F/hour) max, without condensation

1.8.3 Humidity

1.8.3.1 Relative Humidity

Operating 8% to 80% noncondensing (10% per hour max)
Nonoperating 5% to 95% noncondensing (10% per hour max)

1.8.3.2 Wet bulb temperature

Operating 29.4°C (84°F) max
Nonoperating 29.4°C (84°F) max

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1.8.4 Altitude

Operating –122 m to 3,048 m (–400 ft to 10,000+ ft)
Nonoperating –122 m to 12,192 m (–400 ft to 40,000+ ft)

1.8.5 Shock

During shock tests, the drive was mounted securely with the input shock
applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y
or Z axis.

1.8.5.1 Operating shock

These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this docu­ment when subjected to a maximum op erating shock of 63 Gs (ba sed
on half-sine shock puls es of 2 msec). Shocks are not to b e repeated
more than two times per second.

1.8.5.2 Nonoperating shock

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 2 msec duration). Shock pulses are defined by MIL-STD­202F.

1.8.6 Vibration

During vibration te sts, the drive was mounted securely with the input
vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. Vibration may be applied
in the X, Y or Z axis.

1.8.6.1 Operating vibration

The following table lists the maximum vibration levels that the drive may
experience while mee ting the performance sta ndards specified in this
document.

5–22 Hz 0.020-inch displacement (peak to peak)
22–350 Hz 0.50 Gs acceleration (zero to peak)

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1.8.6.2 Nonoperating vibration

The following table lis ts the maximum nonoperating v ibration that the
drive may experience without incurring physical damage or degradation
in performance when subsequently put into operation.

5–22 Hz 0.20-inch displacement (peak to peak)
22–350 Hz 5.0 Gs acceleration (zero to peak)

1.9 Drive acoustics

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

For the Seek mode, the drive was placed in seek only. Currently for these
drives, the approximate number of seeks per second is 26.6. The number
of seeks per second is defined by the following equation:

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

Typical sound

Mode

Idle 3.3 3.8
Read/Write 3.7 4.1

power (bels)

Maximum sound
power (bels)

1.10 Electromagnetic susceptibility

The drive operates without errors when subjected to the following:
Radiated noise ≤ 3 volt/meter, 30 Hz to 500 MHz

Electrostatic discharge * ≤ 10 KVolts
Magnetic field strength ≤ 5 Gauss
* Electrostatic discharge susceptibility is measured with the drive

mounted in a representative computer system (mounted to a ground
plane with earth grounding). Discharges are applied to the bezel or
other external surfaces on the ground plane.

.

14 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

1.11 Reliability

14

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10
Mean time between failures 400,000 power-on hours

(nominal power, 25°C ambient tem­perature)

Contact start-stop cycles 40,000 cycles

(at nominal voltage and temperature,
with 60 cycles per hour and a 50%
duty cycle)

Preventive maintenance None required

bits read, max

1.12 Agency certification

1.12.1 Safety certification

The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2
(950) and meet all applicable sections of IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested
by TUV North America.

1.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility

Hard drives that display the CE marking comply with European Unio n
requirements specified in Electromagnetic Compatibility Directives.
Testing is performed to standards EN50082-1 and EN55022-B.

Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the
EC directives speci fied in t he previous p aragrap h. Drives are tested in
representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives
comply with the dir ectives when used in the t est systems, we cannot
guarantee that all sy stems will c omply with the d irectives. Th e 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 manuf acturers and system integrato rs should confirm
EMC compliance and provide CE marking for their products.

Australian C-Tick

If these models have the C-Tick marking, they comply with the Australia/
New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3548 1995 and meet the Electrom ag­netic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of Australia’s Spec­trum Management Agency (SMA).

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1.12.3 FCC verification

These drives are intended to be contained solely within a personal
computer or similar enclos ure (n ot attac hed as a n exte rnal dev ice ). As
such, each drive is considered to be a subassembly even when it is
individually mar keted to the customer. As a subassembly, no Federal
Communications Commission verification or certification of the device is
required.

Seagate Technology, Inc. has tested this devi ce in enclosures as de­scribed above to ensure th at the total assem bly (enclo sure, disc drive,
motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class
B computing devi ce, pursuant to Subp art J, P art 15 of the FCC rules .
Operation with noncertified as sembl ies is likel y to resu lt in interfe rence
to radio and television re ception.

Radio and Television Interference.

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 desig ned to provide reasonable protection against
such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no
guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particu lar 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 s hould consult your de aler or an experienced radio/
television technician for additional suggestions. You may find helpful the
following booklet pr epared by the Federal Communications Com mis-

How to Identify and Resolve Radi o-Television Interfer ence Prob-

sion:

. This booklet is available from the Supe rintendent of Doc uments,

lems

U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Refer to pub­lication number 004-000-00345-4.

This equipment generates and

16 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A 17

2.0 Drive mounting and configuration

2.1 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:

Keep the drive in its static-shielded bag until you are ready to complete

•

the installation. Do not at tach any c ables t o the driv e while it is i n its
static-shielded bag.

Before handling the drive, put on a grounde d wrist strap, or ground

•

yourself frequentl y by touching the metal chas sis of a com puter 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

•

The drive is extremely fragile—handle it with care. Do not press down

•

on the drive top cover.
Always rest the drive on a padd ed, anti static sur face unt il 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 factory­installed labels contain information needed to service the drive. Other
labels are used to seal out dirt and contamination.

only

.

2.2 Jumper settings

2.2.1 Master/slave configuration

You must establish a master/slave relationship between two drives that
are attached to a single AT bus. You can configure a drive as a master
or slave by setting the master/slave jumpers, shown in Figure 2 on page

19.
These drives support mas ter /s lave c on f ig urati on u si ng t he c abl e s el ect

option. This requi res a special daisy-chai n cable that grounds pin 28
(CSEL) on one of its two drive connectors. If you attach the drive to the
grounded CSEL conn ector, i t is a ma ster . If y ou atta ch the drive to th e
ungrounded CSEL con nector, it is a sl ave. To us e this optio n, the h ost
system and both drives must support cable select, and both drives must

18 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

be configured for c able select. To con figure this drive for cabl e select,
install a jumper as shown in Figure 2.

For the master drive to recognize the slave drive using the DASP– signal,
the slave drive must assert the DASP– signal at power up, and the
master drive must monitor DASP– at power up.

2.2.2 Alternate capacity jumper

Some older computers may “hang” if their BIOS detects a hard drive that
has more than 4,092 cyl inders at sta rtup. To allow th ese compu ters to
recognize the ST317242A, ST313032A, ST310232A, ST38422A or the
ST34312A, these drive s include a capac ity-limiting jum per, which sets
the drive’s default translation geometry to 4,092 cylinders. This limits the
drive’s capacity to 2.1 Gbytes, unless third-party software is used.

2.3 Ultra ATA/66 cable

An 80-conductor 40-pin cable is required to run Ultra DMA mode 3 and

4. This cable uses even-numbered conductors connected to the ground
pins to improve signal integrity.

Note.

The drive supports both host and drive cable detection. The host

detects the 80-conductor cable by sampling pin 34, CBLID—, on
the interface bus. The drive detects the 80-conductor cable by
sensing a capacitor at the host side through the CBLID— signal.
The result is reported in a Fast Rise Detected bit (b it 1 3 of w or d
93 in the Identify drive parameter block).

Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A 19

ATA interface

connector

pin 1

24

8

Alternate capacity and master/slave
jumper settings

1.

The drive is shipped with a jumper on pins 7

and 8. This configures the drive for master or
single drive operation.

2. Consult your computer manual to determine
whether your computer supports cable select.

3. Use this jumper setting
not work with a jumper on pins 7 and 8.

4. Use this jumper setting if your computer fails
to boot because it cannot recognize drives with
more than 4,092 cylinders.

only

if the drive does

4-pin power

connector

Slave

Master or single drive

Enable cable select

Master with non-ATA
compatible slave

Limit capacity to 2.1 Gbytes
(4,092 cylinders)

1

2

3

4

135

6

7

Figure 2. Alternate capacity jumper and master/slave jumper

2.4 Drive mounting

You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side­mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure
3 on page 20 for drive mounting dimensions.

Important mounting precautions:

•

Allow a minimum clearanc e of 0.030 inches (0.76 mm) around the
entire perimeter of the drive for cooling.

•

Use only 6-32 UNC mounting screws.

•

The screws should be inserted no more than 0.22 inch (5.58 mm) into
the bottom mounting holes and no more than 0.20 inch (5.0 mm) into
the side mounting holes.

•

Do not overtighten the mou nti ng s cre ws (m ax im um t orque : 3 i nc h- lb,

0.34 N.m, 3.45 kgf.cm) .

•

Do not use a drive interface cable that is more than 18 inches
(457 mm) long.

20 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

Note. Dimensions are shown in mm (inches)

94.3± 0.8

[3.71 ± 0.03]

71.8 ± 0.8

[2.83 ± 0.03]

56.5 ± 0.8

[2.23 ± 0.03]

26.10

MAX

[1.028]

147.00 MAX
[5.787]

3X 6.35 ± 0.31
[0.250 ± 0.012]

BOTH SIDES

5.83 ± 0.38

[0.230 ± 0.015]

27.90 ± 0.27

[1.098 ± 0.011]

41.60 ± 0.33

[1.638 ± 0.013]

101.60 ± 0.33

[4.000 ± 0.013]

3X 6-32 UNC 2B
MAX INSERTION DEPTH

0.20 (5.0 mm) BOTH SIDES

40.77±0.27

[1.605 ±

44.45 ± 0.33

[1.750 ± 0.013]

4X 6-32 UNC 2B
MAX INSERTION
DEPTH 0.22
(5.6 mm)

PIN ONE J2

PIN ONE J3

0.011]

PIN ONE J4

95.24

[3.750 ± 0.014]

3.18 ± 0.27

[0.125 ± 0.011]

101.85 MAX

[4.010 MAX]

±

0.35

4.66 ± 0.38

[0.183 ± 0.015]

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

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3.0 ATA interface

These drives use the industry-standard ATA task file interface that
supports 16-bit data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output
(PIO) modes 0, 1, 2, 3 a nd 4; multiword DMA modes 0, 1 and 2; an d
Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. The drive als o supports the use of
the IORDY signal to provide reliable high-speed data transfers.

You can use a da isy-chain ca ble to connect two drives to a single AT
host bus. For detailed info rmati on abou t the ATA interf ace, refe r to the
draft of

NCITS T13 1153D,
dard

3.1 ATA interface signals and connector pins

Figure 4 on page 23 summarizes the signals on the ATA interface
connector that the drive supports. For a detailed des cription of these
signals, refer to the

AT Attachment with Packet Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-4),

subsequently referr ed to as the

.

Draft ATA-4 Standard.

Draft ATA-4 Stan-

Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A 23

Drive pin #

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

24
25

26
27

28
29
30
31
32
33
34

35
36
37
38
39
40

Signal name

–

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Reset

Ground

DD7
DD8
DD6
DD9
DD5

DD10

DD4

DD11

DD3

DD12

DD2

DD13

DD1

DD14

DD0

DD15

Ground

(removed)

DMARQ

Ground

DIOW–

STOP

Ground

DIOR

HDMARDY

DDMARDY–

–

HSTROBE

Ground

IORDY

DSTROBE

CSEL

DMACK

Ground

INTRQ

–

IOCS16

DA1

–

PDIAG

CBLID–

DA0
DA2

–

CS0

–

CS1

–

DASP

Ground

–

–

Host pin # and signal description

1

Hardware Reset

2

Ground

3

Host Data Bus Bit 7

4

Host Data Bus Bit 8

5

Host Data Bus Bit 6

6

Host Data Bus Bit 9

7

Host Data Bus Bit 5

8

Host Data Bus Bit 10

9

Host Data Bus Bit 4

10

Host Data Bus Bit 11

11

Host Data Bus Bit 3

12

Host Data Bus Bit 12

13

Host Data Bus Bit 2

14

Host Data Bus Bit 13

15

Host Data Bus Bit 1

16

Host Data Bus Bit 14

17

Host Data Bus Bit 0

18

Device Data (15:0)

19

Ground
(No Pin)

20
21

DMA Request

22

Ground

23

Device I/O Write:
Stop Ultra DMA Burst

24

Ground

25

Device I/O Read:
Host Ultra DMA Ready:
Host Ultra DMA Data Strobe

26

Ground

27

I/O Channel Ready
Device Ultra DMA Ready
Device Ulta DMA Data Strobe

28

Cable Select

29

DMA Acknowledge

30

Ground

31

Device Interrupt

32

Reserved

33

Host Address Bus Bit 1

34

Passed Diagnostics
Cable Assembly Type Identifier

35

Device Address (2:0)

36

Device Address (2:0)

37

Chip Select (1:0)

38

Chip Select (1:0)

39

Drive Active/Slave Present

40

Ground

Pins 28, 34 and 39 are used for master-slave communication (details shown below).

28
34
39

Drive 0 (master)Drive 1 (slave)

28
34
39

CSEL

PDIAG

DASP–

–

Host

28
34
39

Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals

24 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

3.2 ATA Interface commands

3.2.1 Supported ATA commands

The following table lis ts ATA-standard commands that the driv e sup­ports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the

ATA-4 Standard.

See Section 3.2.4 on page 31 for details and subcom-

mands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Supported by

Command name Command

code

ST317242A, ST313032A,

ST310232A, ST38422A,

ST34312A

ATA-standard commands

Draft

Download Microcode 92
Execute Device Diagnostics 90
Flush Cache E7
Format Track 50
Identify Device EC
Initialize Device Parameters 91
Read Buffer E4
Read DMA C8

H, C9H

Read Multip le C4
Read Sectors 20
Read Verify Sectors 40

H, 21H

H, 41H

Recalibrate 10
Seek 70
Set Features EF
Set Multiple Mode C6

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

H

Yes
Yes
Yes

H

H

H

H

Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
S.M.A.R.T. B0
Write Buffer E8

H

H

Yes

Yes

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Supported by

Command name Command

code

ST317242A, ST313032A,

ST310232A, ST38422A,

ST34312A

Write DMA CA
Write Multiple C5
Write Sectors 30

H, CBH

H

H, 31H

ATA-standard power-management commands

Check Power Mode 98
Idle 97

or E5

H

or E3

H

Idle Immediate 95H or E1
Sleep 99
Standby 96

or E6

H

or E2

H

Standby Immediate 94H or E0

Yes
Yes
Yes

H

H

H

H

H

H

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

26 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

The following commands contain drive-specific features that may not be
described in the

Draft ATA-4 Standard

.

3.2.2 Identify Drive command

The Identify Drive command (command code ECH) transfer s information
about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as
a single 512-byte bl ock of data, whose contents are shown in the tabl e
below. 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. See drive
specifications in Section 1 of this manual for default parameter settings.

Note.

If the alternate capacity j umper is install ed on these drives , the
drive capacity is reduced in word 1 to 4,092 cylinders.

Word Description Value

Configuration information:

•

Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI

•

0

Bit 7: removable media

•

Bit 6: removable controller

•

Bit 0: reserved

1 Number of logical cylinders:

16,383 (ST317242A)
16,383 (ST313032A)
16,383 (ST310232A)

(ST317242A)
(ST313032A)
(ST310232A)

16,383 (ST38422A)
8,354 (ST34312A)

2 ATA-reserved
3 Number of logical heads:

16 (ST317242A, ST313032A,

ST310232A, ST38422A,
ST34312A)

4 Retired

0C5A

H

3FFF

H

(ST38422A)

20A2

0000

0010

0000

H

H

H

H

(ST34312A)

5 Retired
6 Number of logical sectors per logical

track: 63

7–9 Retired

10–19 Serial number:

(20 ASCII characters, 0000

= none)

H

0000

003F

0000

ASCII

H

H

H

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Word Description Value

20 Retired
21 Retired
22 Obsolete

23–26 Firmware revision (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)
48 Reserved
49 Standard Standby timer, IORDY

supported and may be disabled
50 ATA-reserved
51 PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode

0000

H

0400

H

0000

H

x.xx

ST317242A
ST313032A
ST310232A

ST38422A

or

ST34312A

8010

H

0000

H

2F00

H

0000

H

0200

H

52 Retired
53 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid
54 Number of current logical cylinders
55 Number of current logical heads
56 Number of current logical sectors per

logical track

57–58 Current capacity in sectors

59 Number of sectors transferred during a

Read Multiple or Write Multiple

command

0200
0007

xxxx
xxxx

xxxx
xxxx

xxxx

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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Word Description Value

60–61 Total number of user-addressable

LBA sectors available:

33,683,328 (ST317242A)
25,434,228 (ST313032A)
20,005,650 (ST310232A)
16,841,664 (ST38422A)
8,420,832 (ST34312A)

62 Retired
63 Multiword DMA active and modes sup-

ported (see note following this table)

64 Advanced PIO modes supported

(modes 3 and 4 supported)

65 Minimum multiword DMA transfer

cycle time per word (120 nsec)

66 Recommended multiword DMA

transfer cycle time per word (120 nsec)

67 Minimum PIO cycle time without

IORDY flow control (240 nsec)

F780H 0201
(ST317242A)
1874H 0184
(ST313032A)
4312H 0131
(ST310232A)

FBC0H 0100

(ST38422A)

7DE0H 0080

(ST34312A)

0000

H

07

xx

H

0003

H

0078

H

0078

H

00F0

H

H

H

H

H

H

68 Minimum PIO cycle time with IORDY

flow control (120 nsec)

69–74 ATA-reserved

75 Queue depth

76–79 ATA-reserved

80 Major version number
81 Minor version number
82 Command sets supported
83 Command sets supported
84 Command sets support extension
85 Command sets enabled

0078
0000

0000
0000

001E

0000
3069
4001
4000
30

xx

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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Word Description Value

86 Command sets enabled
87 Command sets enable extension
88 Ultra DMA support and current mode
89 Security erase time
90 Enhanced security eras e time

91–127 ATA-reserved

128 Security status
129–159 Seagate-reserved
160–255 ATA-reserved

0001
4000

1F

xx

0000
0000
0000
0000

xxxx

0000

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 88 and 93 of the

Identify Drive data:

Description (if bit is set to 1)

Bit Word 63

0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported.
1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported.
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 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.

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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.

Bit Word 93

13 1=80-conductor cable detected, CBLID above V

0=40-conductor cable detected, CBLID below V

IH

IL

3.2.3 Set Features command

This command control s the im pl eme ntati on of v ariou s f eatures 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, th e command is aborted . Power-on d efault has the
read look-ahead and write caching features enabled. Th e acceptable
values for the Features register are defined as follows:

02
03

H
H

Enable write cache

(default).

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

00

Set PIO mode to default (PIO mode 2).

H

01

Set PIO mode to default and disable IORDY

H

(PIO mode 2).

08

PIO mode 0

H

09

PIO mode 1

H

0A

PIO mode 2

H

(default)

0BHPIO mode 3
0C

PIO mode 4

H

20

Multiword DMA mode 0

H

21

Multiword DMA mode 1

H

22

Multiword DMA mode 2

H

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Ultra DMA mode 0

40

H

41

Ultra DMA mode 1

H

42

Ultra DMA mode 2

H

43

Ultra DMA mode 3

H

44

Ultra DMA mode 4

H

55
82
AA
F1

H
H

H

H

Disable read look-ahead (read cache) feature.
Disable write cache.
Enable read look-ahead (read cache) feature
Report full capacity available.

(default).

At power-on, or after a hardware reset, the default values of the features
are as indicated above. A softwa re reset also changes the fea tures to
default values.

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

S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When
S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes
that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self-monitor ing determines
that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R.T. makes a status report available to the
host. Not all failur es are predi ctable. S.M.A.R. T. predict ability is lim ited to
the attributes the drive can monitor . For more information on S.M.A.R.T.
commands and implementation, see the

Draft ATA-4 Standard.

These drives are shipped with S.M.A .R.T. featur es disa bled. You mus t
have a recent B IOS or software pac kage that supports S.M.A.R.T. to
enable the feature. The table below shows the S.M.A .R.T. command
codes that these drives use.

Supported by
Code in
Features
Register

S.M.A.R.T. Command

ST317242A

ST313032A

ST310232A

ST38422A

ST34312A

D0
D1
D2

H

H

H

S.M.A.R.T. Read Data Yes
Vendor-specific Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute

Yes

Autosave

32 Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A

Supported by
Code in
Features
Register

S.M.A.R.T. Command

ST317242A

ST313032A

ST310232A

ST38422A

ST34312A

D3
D4
D7
D8
D9
DA

H

H

H

H

H

H

S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate Yes
Vendor-specific Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Return Status Yes

Note. If an appropriate code is not written to the Features Register, the

command is aborted and 0

x

04 (abort) is written to the Error

register.

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