Seagate PIPELINE HD MINI SERIES SATA ST9320328CS, ST9250311CS, ST91603110CS Product Manual

Product Manual

Pipeline HD Mini Series SATA

ST9500323CS

ST9320328CS

ST9250311CS

ST91603110CS

100560196
Rev. E
December 2010

Revision history

Revision Date Sheets affected or comments

Rev. A 03/26/09 Initial release.
Rev. B 04/15/09 4 and 8.
Rev. C 05/01/09 fc, 1, 3-6, 13, 15 and 289-30.
Rev. D 05/12/09 4 & 8.
Rev. E 12/15/10 Updated AFR information; added section 2.13.1.

Copyright © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Publication number: 100560196, Rev. E December 2010

Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC
in the United States and/or other countries. Pipeline HD, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or
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and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or
TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of measure­ment and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other
functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Quantitative usage examples for various applica­tions are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size,
file format, features and application software. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, prod­uct offerings or specifications.

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Contents

1.0 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2.1 LBA mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.3 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.4 Physical organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.5 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.6 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.7 Seek time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.8 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.9 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.9.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.9.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.9.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.9.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.10 Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.10.1 Base plate temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.10.2 Temperature gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.10.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.10.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.10.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.11 Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.12 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.13 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.13.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.14 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.14.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.14.2 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.14.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.15 Environmental protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.15.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.16 Corrosive environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.4 Drive mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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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List of Figures

Figure 1. Typical +5V only startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

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Seagate Technology Support Services

For information regarding online support and services, visit http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/contact_us/

Available services include:

• Presales & Technical support

• Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours

• Authorized Service Centers

For information regarding Warranty Support, visit

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/warranty_&_returns_assistance

For information regarding data recovery services, visit http://www.i365.com
For Seagate OEM and Distribution partner portal, visit https://direct.seagate.com/portal/system
For Seagate reseller portal, visit http://spp.seagate.com

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1.0 Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate
Pipeline HD®Mini Series SATA model drives:

• ST9500323CS

• ST9320328CS

• ST9250311CS

• ST91603110CS

These drives provide the following key features:

• 5,400-RPM spindle speed.

• 8-Mbyte buffer.

• Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.

• High instantaneous (burst) data rate 3.0 Gbits/sec default, 1.5 Gbit/sec available via Seagate specific SCT com­mand.

• Perpendicular recording technology.

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

• Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with command ordering.

• Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.

• 800 Gs nonoperating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock.

• The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense and Diagnostic Defense, offers the
industry’s most comprehensive protection for disc drives.

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

• Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.

• Support for ATA8 Streaming commands.

• Supports Power Up and Standby features.

• Supports Trusted Send/Receive Security Protocol.

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 normally 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.

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

The Serial ATA interface connects each disc 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.

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

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: High Speed Serialized AT
Attachment” specification. The specification can be downloaded from http://www.serialata.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 Pipeline HD
Mini Series SATA models.

2.1 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.

Table 1: Drive specifications

Drive specification ST9500323CS ST9320328CS ST9250311CS ST91603110CS

Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 500 320 250 160

Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 625,142,448 488,397,168 312,581,808

Bytes per sector 512

Physical read/write heads 4 3 2

Discs 2 1

Cache (Mbytes) 8

Recording density in BPI (bits/inch avg) 1,490k

Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg) 265k

Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg) 394

Spindle speed (RPM) 5,400

Average latency (msec) 5.6

Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec max) 1,175

I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 300 default / 150 available via Seagate specific SCT command

ATA data-transfer modes supported SATA 1.0, Serial ATA Revision 2.6

Height (max) 9.5 +/- 0.2 mm (0.374 +/- .0078 inches)

Width (max) 69.85 mm +/- 0.25 mm (2.75 +/- 0.0098 inches)

Length (max) 100.35 + 0.35 / - 0.25 mm (3.957 + 0.079 / - 0.0098 inches)

Weight (max) 110 grams (0.243 lb.)

Power-on to ready (sec typical) 3.6

Power-on to ready (sec max) 3.8

Standby to ready (sec typical) 1.8

Standby to ready (sec max) 2

Track-to-track seek time, read (msec typical) 1

Average seek, read (msec typical) 14

Full-stroke seek, read (msec max) 30

Startup current, +5V (max) 1.0 amp

Seek power (typical) 1.54 watts

PIO modes 0–4
Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–6

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Table 1: Drive specifications

Drive specification ST9500323CS ST9320328CS ST9250311CS ST91603110CS

IDEMA 3 Stream power (typical) 1.7 watts 1.6 watts

Idle mode, low power (typical) 0.72 watts 0.67 watts

Standby mode 0.40 watts (typical)***

Sleep mode 0.40 watts (typical)***

Voltage tolerance (including noise) +5V ± 5%

Baseplate temperature 0° to 70°C (operating),

Temperature gradient
(°C per hour max)

Relative humidity 5% to 95% (operating)

Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max

Wet bulb temperature
(°C max)

Altitude, operating –304.8 m to 3,048 m (–1,000 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)

Altitude, nonoperating
(meters below mean sea level, max)

Shock, operating (Gs max at 2 msec) 350

Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 2 msec) 800

Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 1 msec) 800

Shock, nonoperating (Gs max at 0.5 msec) 600

Vibration, operating 1.0 G (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)

Vibration, nonoperating 5.0 Gs (0 to peak, 10–500 Hz)

Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)

Idle** 2.1 (typical)

CE seek 2.3 (typical)

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 0.55%

Load/Unload (U/UL) cycles

25°C, 50% relative humidity

32°C, 80% relative humidity
5°C, 80% relative humidity
5°C, 10% relative humidity
55°C, 16% relative humidity

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

Supports Hotplug operation per Serial ATA
Revision 2.6 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.

***Drive supports PHY power management. When enabled, a power savings will be achieved in Idle, Standby, and Sleep modes.

–40° to 70°C (nonoperating)

20°C (operating)
35°C (nonoperating)

5% to 95% (nonoperating)

37.7 (operating)
40 (nonoperating)

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

2.2 (max)

2.4 (max)

14

bits read

600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles
50,000 hard power on/off cycles

600,000 software-controlled power on/off cycles
50,000 hard power on/off cycles

web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp
You will be asked to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and
country of purchase. After submitting this information, the system will display the warranty
information for your drive.

Yes (requires COMRESET from host after a hotplug event)

2.0 (typical)

2.1 (max)

2.1 (typical)

2.2 (max)

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2.2 Formatted capacity

Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector

ST9500323CS 500 Gbytes 976,773,168

ST9320328CS 320 Gbytes 625,142,448

ST9250311CS 250 Gbytes 488,397,168

ST91603110CS 160 Gbytes 312,581,808

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

and formatting.

512

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 137 Gbytes.

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 Physical organization

Drive model Read/write heads Number of discs

ST9500323CS 4

ST9320328CS 3

ST9250311CS

2 1

ST91603110CS

2

2.5 Recording and interface technology

Interface Serial ATA (SATA)

Recording method Perpendicular

Recording density BPI (bits/inch avg) 1,490k

Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg) 265k

Areal density (Gbits/inch2 avg) 394

Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%) 5,400

Maximum Internal transfer rate (Mbits/sec) 1,175

I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max) 300 default / 150 available via Seagate specific SCT command

Interleave 1:1

Cache buffer 8 Mbytes (8,192 kbytes)

2.6 Physical characteristics

Drive specification

Height (mm)

(inches)

Width (mm)

(inches)

Length (mm)

(inches)

Weight (max)
ST9500323CS, ST9320328CS,
ST9250311CS, ST91603110CS

9.5 +/-0.2

0.374 +/-0.0078

69.85 +/-0.25

2.75 +/-0.0098

100.35 +0.55 / -0.25

3.957 +0.079 / -0.0098

110 grams

0.243 pounds

2.7 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.

Table 2: Typical seek times

Seek times (msec) Read

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Table 2: Typical seek times

Track-to-track (typical) 1

Average (typical) 14

Full-stroke (max) 30

Average latency 5.56

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

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.

2.8 Start/stop times

Time to ready Typical

Power-on to Ready (sec) 3.6 3.8

Standby to Ready (sec) 1.8 2

Max @ 25

°C

2.9 Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector.

2.9.1 Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 7. Typical power measurements are based on an
average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, 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 is measured based on three
random seek operations every 100 msecs. This mode is not typical.

• Read/write power and current

Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on three 63 sector read or write operations every
100 msecs.

• 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

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

Table 3: DC power

Power dissipation

ST9500323CS and ST9320328CS ST9250311CS and ST91603110CS

Spinup (max) 1 amp

Seek 1.54 watts

IDEMA 3 Stream 1.7 watts 1.6 watts

Idle, performance* 1.5 watts

Idle, active* 0.90 watts 0.81 watts

Idle, low power mode* 0.72 watts 0.67 watts

Standby** 0.40 watts

Sleep 0.40 watts

*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.

**Standby power is measured at steady state (after 200ms from transition)

+5V input average (25° C)

2.9.1.1 Typical current profile

Figure 1. Typical +5V only startup and operation current profile

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2.9.2 Conducted noise

Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the
+5 volt line.

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

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

rent.

2.9.3 Voltage tolerance

Voltage tolerance (including noise):

5V ± 5%

2.9.4 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 power-man­agement modes:

Table 4: Power management modes

Power modes Heads Spindle Buffer

Active (operating) Tracking Rotating Full power

Idle, performance Tracking Rotating Self refresh—low power

Idle, active Floating Rotating Self refresh—low power

Idle, low power Parked Rotating Self refresh—low power

Standby Parked Stopped Self refresh—low power

Sleep Parked Stopped Self refresh—low power

• 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 disc 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 in Self Refresh Low Power 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.

• Sleep mode

The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from the host. In Sleep mode, the drive buffer is
in Self Refresh Low Power mode, 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.

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• 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 disc access is necessary.

2.10 Environmental specifications

2.10.1 Base plate temperature

Actual drive base plate temperature should not exceed 70°C (158°F).

Above 1,000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly by 1°C every 1000 feet.

Operating: 0° to 70°C (32° to 158°F)

Nonoperating:

–40° to 70°C (–40° to 158°F)

2.10.2 Temperature gradient

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

Nonoperating 35°C per hour (95°F per hour max), without condensation

2.10.3 Humidity

2.10.3.1 Relative humidity

Operating 5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per hour max)

Nonoperating 5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per hour max)

2.10.3.2 Wet bulb temperature

Operating 37.7°C (99.86°F max)

Nonoperating 40°C (104°F max)

2.10.4 Altitude

Operating –304.8 m to 3,048 m (–1,000 ft. to 10,000+ ft.)

Nonoperating –304.8 m to 12,192 m (–1,000 ft. to 40,000+ ft.)

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2.10.5 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.

2.10.5.1 Operating shock

These drives comply with the performance levels specified in this document when subjected to a maximum operat­ing shock of 350 Gs based on half-sine shock pulses of 2 msec. Shocks should not be repeated more than two
times per second.

2.10.5.2 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 800 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of 2
msec duration.

The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in
performance when subsequently put into operation is 800 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of 1
msec duration.

The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without incurring physical damage or degradation in
performance when subsequently put into operation is 600 Gs based on a nonrepetitive half-sine shock pulse of 0.5
msec duration.

2.10.6 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.

2.10.6.1 Operating vibration

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

5–500 Hz 1.0 Gs (0 to peak). Max displacement may apply below 10 Hz.

2.10.6.2 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

5–500 Hz: 5.0 Gs (0 to peak). Max displacement may apply below 22 Hz.

.

2.11 Acoustics

Drive emission of sound is measured consistent with the ECMA-74 and its’ referenced standards. Testing is con­ducted at room temperature (approximately 25°C). Emission levels are reported as the total A-weighted sound
power levels for steady state, idle, and active seek modes of operation.

Table 5: Drive A-weighted Sound Power Levels (SWL, BA)

ST9500323CS and ST9320328CS ST9250311CS and ST91603110CS

Idle* CE seek Idle* CE seek

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Table 5: Drive A-weighted Sound Power Levels (SWL, BA)

2.1 bels (typ)

2.2 bels (max)

*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.

2.3 bels (typ)

2.4 bels (max)

2.0 bels (typ)

2.1 bels (max)

2.1 bels (typ)

2.2 bels (max)

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 the lower limit for the threshold curve* 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.

*Defined as the median curve given by ISO 389-7 (Tf curve) minus 10dB at all frequencies.

2.12 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 6: Radio frequency environments

Performance

Test Description

Electrostatic discharge Contact, HCP, VCP: ± 4 kV; Air: ± 8 kV B EN 61000-4-2: 95

Radiated RF immunity 80 to 2,000 MHz, 10 V/m,

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

level

A EN 61000-4-3: 96

Reference
standard

ENV 50204: 95

Electrical fast transient ± 1 kV on AC mains, ± 0.5 kV on external I/O B EN 61000-4-4: 95

Surge immunity ± 1 kV differential, ± 2 kV common, AC mains B EN 61000-4-5: 95

Conducted RF immunity 150 kHz to 80 MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1 kHz

Power Frequency H-field
immunity

Voltage dips, interrupts 30% Reduction for 25 cycles

sine

1 A/m, 50Hz/60Hz, 3 axes A EN 61000-4-8: 97

>95% Reduction for 250 cycles
>95%, 0.5 cycles

A EN 61000-4-6: 97

C
C
B

EN 61000-4-11: 94

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2.13 Reliability

Measurement type Specification

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 1014 bits read, max.

Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)

Contact start-stop cycles 50,000 cycles

Warranty

Preventive maintenance None required.

0.55% (nominal power, 25°C ambient temperature)
Also, refer to Section 2.13.1.

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

To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following
web page:

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.

support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

2.13.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)

The product will achieve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.55% when operated in an environment of ambient
air temperatures of 25°C. Operation at temperatures outside the specifications in Section 2.10 may increase the
product AFR. AFR is a population statistics that is not relevant to individual units.

AFR specifications are based on the following assumptions for consumer electronics environments:

• 8760 power-on-hours per year

• 10,000 average motor start/stop cycles per year

• Operations at nominal voltages

• Temperatures outside the specifications in Section 2.10 may reduce the product reliability.

• Normal I/O duty cycle for consumer electronics environments. Operation at excessive I/O duty cycle may degrade
product reliability.

The consumer electronics environment of power-on-hours, temperature, and I/O duty cycle affect the product AFR.
The AFR will be degraded if used in a enterprise application.

2.14 Agency certification

2.14.1 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.

2.14.2 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 EN
55022, Class B and the immunity levels are defined by EN 55024.

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.

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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.

• Certificate number: STX-54006 (B)

• Trade name or applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

• Manufacturer/nationality: USA, Singapore and China

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).

2.14.3 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,
disc 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 004-000­00345-4.

2.15 Environmental protection

Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations
restricting certain chemical substances.

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2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

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.

2.15.2 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.

2.16 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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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:

• Keep the drive in the electrostatic discharge (ESD) bag until you are ready for installation to limit the drive’s exposure
to ESD.

• 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 only by its edges or frame.

• The drive is 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 in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter.
There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationships. 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 means both drives behave as if they are Device 0 (master) devices.

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 inches). See Table 7 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.

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For installations which require cables, you can connect the drive as illustrated in Figure 2.

inter ace connector

ower connector

inter ace ca le

ower ca le

Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling

Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation.

3.4 Drive mounting

You can mount the drive using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting
holes. See Figure 3 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting
the drive:

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

• Use only M3 UNC mounting screws.

• Do not overtighten the mounting screws. Maximum torque: 4.0 inch-lb. (0.4519 N-m).

• Four (4) threads (0.080 inches, 2.032 mm) minimum screw engagement recommended.

• Avoid excessive drive distortion when mounting. Refer to the following specifications for stiffness/deflection
information:

Top cover stiffness/deflection

Operating with no performance degradation, emitted noise,
mechanical damage, or hard errors

Non-operating with no hard errors 20 mm probe: 2kgf at any point of top cover

10 mm probe: 1.02kgf or
5 mm probe: 0.92kgf

20 mm probe: 15kgf at top cover edges only

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Measurements shown in Figure 3 are in inches.

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

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4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface

These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA pro­grammed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. The drive also
supports the use of the IORDY signal to provide reliable high-speed data transfers.

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

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility

Pipeline HD Mini Series SATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accor­dance with the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification revision 2.0. This specification can
be downloaded from http://www.serialata.org. This device requires a COMRESET from the host after a hotplug
event.

4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions

Table 7 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and power connectors.

Table 7: Serial ATA connector pin definitions

Segment Pin Function Definition

S1 Ground 2nd mate

S2 A+ Differential signal pair A from Phy

S3 A-

S4 Ground 2nd mate

S5 B- Differential signal pair B from Phy

S6 B+

Signal

S7 Ground 2nd mate

Key and spacing separate signal and power segments

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Table 7: Serial ATA connector pin definitions

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 Reserved The pin corresponding to P11 in the backplane receptacle connector is also reserved

The corresponding pin to be mated with P11 in the power cable receptacle connector shall
always be grounded

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 1.27 mm (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: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. See “S.M.A.R.T. com-
mands” on page 29.for details and subcommands used in the S.M.A.R.T. implementation.

Command name Command code (in hex)

ATA-standard commands

Configure Stream 51h

Device Configuration Restore B1h/C0h

Device Configuration Freeze Lock B1h/C1h

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Command name Command code (in hex)

Device Configuration Identify B1h/C2h

Device Configuration Set B1h/C3h

Download Microcode 92h

Execute Device Diagnostics 90h

Flush Cache E7h

Flush Cache Extended EAh

Identify Device ECh

Initialize Device Parameters 91h

Read Buffer E4h

Read DMA C8h

Read DMA Extended 25h

Read DMA without Retries C9h

Read Long with Retries 22h

Read Long without Retries 23h

Read Multiple C4h

Read Multiple Extended 29h

Read Native Max Address F8h

Read Native Max Address Extended 27h

Read Sectors 20h

Read Sectors Extended 24h

Read Sectors without Retries 21h

Read Stream DMA Extended 2Ah

Read Stream Extended 2Bh

Read Verify Sectors 40h

Read Verify Sectors Extended 42h

Read Verify Sectors without Retries 41h

Seek 70h

Set Features EFh

Set Max Address F9h

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

Address:
Password:
Lock:
Unlock:
Freeze Lock:

Set Multiple Mode C6h

00
01
02
03
04

H
H
H
H
H

S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations B0h/D9h

S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave B0h/D2h

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Command name Command code (in hex)

S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations B0h/D8h

S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Auto Offline B0h/DBh

S.M.A.R.T. Enable One Attribute Modification B0h/E0h

S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline B0h/D4h

S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds B0h/D1h

S.M.A.R.T. Read Data B0h/D0h

S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector B0h/D5h

S.M.A.R.T. Return Status B0h/DAh

S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values B0h/D3h

S.M.A.R.T. Write Attribute Thresholds B0h/D7h

S.M.A.R.T. Write Attribute Values B0h/E1h

S.M.A.R.T. Write Log Sector B0h/D6h

Write Buffer E8h

Write DMA CAh

Write DMA Extended 35h

Write DMA without Retries CBh

Write Long with Retries 32h

Write Long without Retries 33h

Write Multiple C5h

Write Multiple Extended 39h

Write Sectors 30h/31h

Write Sectors Extended 34h

Write Stream DMA Extended 3Ah

Write Stream Extended 3Bh

ATA-standard power-management commands

Check Power Mode E5h

Idle E3h

Idle Immediate E1h

Sleep E6h

Standby E2h

Standby Immediate E0h

ATA-standard security commands

Security Set Password F1h

Security Unlock F2h

Security Erase Prepare F3h

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Command name Command code (in hex)

Security Erase Unit F4h

Security Freeze Lock F5h

Security Disable Password F6h

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 the table on page

27. 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.

Word Description Value

0

Configuration information:

• Bit 15: 0 = ATA; 1 = ATAPI

• Bit 7: removable media

0C5A

• Bit 6: removable controller

• Bit 0: reserved

1 Number of logical cylinders 16,383

2 ATA-reserved 0000

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

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

20 Retired 0000

21 Retired 0400

22 Obsolete 0000

23–26 Firmware revision (8 ASCII character string, padded with blanks

x.xx

to end of string)

27–46 Drive model number: (40 ASCII characters, padded with blanks

to end of string)

ST9500323CS
ST9320328CS
ST9250311CS
ST91603110CS

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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

Write multiple (16)

48 Reserved 0000

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

50 ATA-reserved 0000

51 PIO data-transfer cycle timing mode 0200

52 Retired 0200

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

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8010

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

Word Description Value

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 or Write

xxxx

Multiple command

60–61 Total number of user-addressable sectors

This field contains a value that is one greater than the total num­ber of user-addressable sectors. The maximum value that shall
be placed in this field is 0FFFFFFFh. The 0FFFFFFFh value
applies to all capacities over 137Gbytes (see Section 2.2 and 2.3
for related information).

ST9500323CS = 0FFFFFFFh
ST9320328CS = 0FFFFFFFh
ST9250311CS = 0FFFFFFFh
ST91603110CS = 0FFFFFFFh

62 Retired 0000

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

0078

(120 nsec)

66 Recommended multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120

0078

nsec)

67 Minimum PIO cycle time without IORDY flow control

00F0

(240 nsec)

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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

69–74 ATA-reserved 0000

75 Queue depth 0000

76 Serial ATA capabilities 0508

77 ATA-reserved 0000

78 Serial ATA features supported 0048

79 Serial ATA features enabled 0040

80 Major version number 003E

81 Minor version number 0000

82 Command sets supported 306B

83 Command sets supported 4001

84 Command sets support extension 4000

85 Command sets enabled 30xx

86 Command sets enabled 0001

87 Command sets enable extension 4000

88 Ultra DMA support and current mode

xx7F

(see note following this table)

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

89 Security erase time 0000

90 Enhanced security erase time 0000

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H

H

Word Description Value

92 Master password revision code FFFE

93 Hardware reset value

(see description following this table)

94 Auto acoustic management setting 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.

104–118 ATA-reserved 0000

H

xxxx

H

H

H

ST9500323CS = 976,773,168
ST9320328CS = 625,142,448
ST9250311CS = 488,397,168
ST91603110CS = 312,581,808

H

119 Free Fall Protection support (bit 5) 1 = Free Fall Protection supported

0 = Free Fall Protection not supported

120 Free Fall Protection enable/disable (bit 5) 1 = Free Fall Protection feature is enabled

0 = Free Fall Protection feature is disabled

121–127 ATA reserved 0000

128 Security status 0001

129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx

160–254 ATA-reserved 0000

255 Integrity word xxA5

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.

5 Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported

6 Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported

8 Ultra DMA mode 0 is currently active.

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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.

14 Ultra DMA mode 6 is currently active.

Bit Word 93

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

0 = 40-conductor cable detected, CBLID below VIL

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 8: Set Features command values

02

03

06

07

55

H

H

H

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

Set PIO mode to default and disable IORDY (PIO mode 2).

01

H

PIO mode 0

08

H

PIO mode 1

09

H

PIO mode 2

0A

H

PIO mode 3

0B

H

PIO mode 4 (default)

0C

H

Multiword DMA mode 0

20

H

Multiword DMA mode 1

21

H

Multiword DMA mode 2

22

H

Ultra DMA mode 0

40

H

Ultra DMA mode 1

41

H

Ultra DMA mode 2

42

H

Ultra DMA mode 3

43

H

Ultra DMA mode 4

44

H

Ultra DMA mode 5

45

H

Ultra DMA mode 6

46

H

Enable PUIS set

PUIS feature set device spin-up

Disable read look-ahead (read cache) feature.

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82

86

AA

F1

H

H

H

Disable write cache

Disable PUIS feature set

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

H

Report full capacity available

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 disc 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-8 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 9: S.M.A.R.T. commands

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

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

D8

D9

DA

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

H

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

Vendor-specific

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

Vendor-specific

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

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

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

Note. 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 14
acoustics 4, 11
Active mode 9
Address 23
AFR 13
Agency certification 13
Altitude 10
Altitude, nonoperating 4
Altitude, operating 4
ambient temperature 6
Annualized Failure Rate 13
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 4
Areal density 3, 6
ATA commands 22
ATA data-transfer modes supported 3
Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 14
Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 14
Australian C-Tick 14
Average seek time 6
Average seek, read 3

B

Base plate 10
Base plate temperature 10
baseplate temperature 4
bels 4
BPI 3
buffer 3, 6
Bytes per sector 3, 5

C

cables and connectors 17
Cache 3
cache 6
capacity 5
CE mark 13
certification 13
Check Power Mode 24
chemical substances 14
China RoHS directive 15
compatibility 13
Conducted noise 9
Conducted RF immunity 12
Configure Stream 22
Configuring the drive 17
connectors 17
CSA60950-1 13
current 3
cycles 13
Cylinders 5

D

data-transfer rates 1
DC power 7
Default logical geometry 5
density 3
Device Configuration Freeze Lock 22
Device Configuration Restore 22
Device Configuration Set 23
Diagnostics 23
dimensions 19
Discs 3
dissipation 8
Download Microcode 23
duty cycle 13

E

Electrical fast transient 12
Electromagnetic compatibility 13
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 14
Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation 14
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2004/108/

EC) 13
Electromagnetic immunity 12
Electrostatic discharge 12
electrostatic discharge (ESD) 17
EN 55022, Class B 13
EN 55024 13
EN60950 13
enclosures 14
Environmental protection 14
Environmental specifications 10
error-correction algorithms 1
errors 4, 13
ESD 17
EU 13
European Union (EU) requirements 13
European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substanc-

es 15
evice Configuration Identify 23
Execute Device Diagnostics 23

F

FCC verification 14
features 1
Flush Cache 23
Flush Cache Extended 23
Formatted capacity 5
Formatted Gbytes 3
Freeze Lock 22

G

Gbytes 5
geometry 5
gradient 4

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Guaranteed sectors 3, 5
guaranteed sectors 5

H

handling 17
Handling precautions 17
heads 5
Height 3
height 6
Humidity 10
humidity 4

mounting 18
mounting screws 11
mounting the drive 17

N

noise 9
nominal power 6
Nonoperating shock 11
Nonoperating vibration 11
Nonrecoverable read errors 4
nonrecoverable read errors 13

I

I/O data-transfer rate 3, 6
I/O duty cycle 13
IDEMA 3 Stream power 4
Identify 23
Identify Device 23
Identify Device command 25
Idle 8, 24
Idle and Standby timers 10
Idle Immediate 24
Idle mode 4, 9
Idle mode power 7
Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 13
Initialize Device Parameters 23
Input noise ripple 9
Interface 6
interface 21
interference 14
Interleave 6
Internal data transfer rate 3
Internal data-transfer rate 6
ITE 13

K

KCC 14
Korean Communications Commission 14
Korean RRL 14

L

latency 3
LBA mode 5
Length 3
length 6
logical geometry 5

M

maintenance 13
master/slave 2
Max Address 23
maximum temperature 10
Microcode 23

O

Operating shock 11
Operating vibration 11

P

Physical characteristics 6
Physical organization 6
Physical read/write heads 3
point-to-point 2, 17
Power consumption 7
power dissipation 8
power management 9
Power specifications 7
Power-management modes 9
Power-on to Ready 7
Power-on to ready 3
power-on-hours 13
precautions 17, 18
programmable power management 9

Q

quick reference 3

R

Radiated RF immunity 12
Radio and television interference 14
radio frequency (RF) 12
random track location 7
Read Buffer 23
Read DMA 23
Read DMA Extended 23
Read DMA without Retries 23
read errors 4, 13
Read Long with Retries 23
Read Long without Retries 23
Read Multiple 23
Read Multiple Extended 23
Read Native Max Address 23
Read Native Max Address Extended 23
Read Sectors 23
Read Sectors Extended 23

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Read Sectors without Retries 23
Read Stream DMA Extended 23
Read Stream Extended 23
Read Verify Sectors 23
Read Verify Sectors Extended 23
Read Verify Sectors without Retries 23
Read/write heads 5
read/write power and current 7
Recording density 3, 6
Recording method 6
Recording technology 6
Relative humidity 4, 10
Reliability 13
resistance 9
Retries 23
RF 12
RoHS 15
RPM 3
RRL 14

S

S.M.A.R.T. 24
S.M.A.R.T. implementation 22
Safety certification 13
SATA 6, 21
screws 11, 18
sector 5
sectors 5
Sectors per track 5
Security Disable Password 25
Security Erase Prepare 24
Security Erase Unit 25
Security Freeze Lock 25
Security Set Password 24
Security Unlock 24
Seek 23
seek mode 7
Seek power 3
Seek time 6
seek time 3
Seeking 8
Self refresh, low power 9
Serial ATA 6
Serial ATA (SATA) interface 21
serial ATA ports 2
servo electronics 7
Set Features 23
Set Max Address 23
Set Multiple Mode 23
Shock 11
Shock, nonoperating 4
Shock, operating 4
single-track seeks 6
Sleep 8, 24
Sleep mode 4, 9
sound power 4

Specification summary table 3
Spindle speed 3, 6
Spinup 8
spinup power 7
Standby 8, 24
Standby Immediate 24
Standby mode 4, 7, 9
Standby to Ready 7
Standby to ready 3
Start/stop times 7
start-stop cycles 13
Startup current 3
static-discharge 17
subassembly 14
support services 29
Surge immunity 12

T

technical support services 29
temperature 4, 6, 10
Temperature gradient 4, 10
timers 10
TPI 3
Track density 3, 6
Track-to-track seek time 3, 6

U

UL60950-1 13

V

Vibration 11
Vibration, nonoperating 4
Vibration, operating 4
Voltage dips, interrupts 12
Voltage tolerance 4, 9

W

Warranty 13
Weight 3
weight 6
Wet bulb temperature 4, 10
Width 3
width 6
Write Buffer 24
Write DMA 24
Write DMA Extended 24
Write Long with Retries 24
Write Long without Retries 24
Write Multiple 24
Write Sectors 24
Write Stream DMA Extended 24
Write Stream Extended 24

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