Seagate ST36421A, ST34311A, ST38421A, ST32112A User Manual

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U4 Family

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ST32112A, ST34311A

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ST36421A, ST38421A

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Ultra ATA Interface Drives

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Product Manual

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U4 Family

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ST32112A, ST34311A

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ST36421A, ST38421A

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Ultra ATA Interface Drives

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Product Manual

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Contents

Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1.1 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 Physical organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

1.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.5 Seek time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.7 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.7.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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

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2.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

2.2 Jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.2.1 Master/slave configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.2.2 Cable-select option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.3 Ultra ATA/66 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

3.0 ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 ATA interface signals and connector pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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

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

3.2.2 Identify Drive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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

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

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Figures

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

Figure 2. Master/slave jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

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

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Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the U4 ST32112A. These drives provide the following key features:

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Low power consumption

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Quiet operation

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10-5 msec seek time, 5-400 -RPM and 256 -Kbyte buffer for excel lent desktop performance

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High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 66.6 Mbytes per second) using Ultra DMA mode 4

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300 Gs nonoperating shock

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

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

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MR recording heads and EPRML technology, which provide the drives with increased areal density

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

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Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands

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ST38421A, ST36421A, ST34311A and the

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

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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

Guaranteed Mbytes (×106 bytes)

Guaranteed sectors 4,225,536 8,452,080 12,596,850 16,498,944 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 15 15 16 Default cylinders 4,192 8,944 13,330 16,368 Physical read /write

heads 1 2 3 4 Discs 1 1 2 2 Recording density

BPI (bits/inch max) 241,000 Track density

TPI (tracks/inch) 13,100 Areal density

(Mbits/inch Spindle speed (RPM) 5,400 Internal data-transfer

rate (Mbits/sec max)

max) 3,179

ST32112A ST34311A ST36421A ST38421A

2,160 4,320 6,448 8,440

206

I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/se c ma x)

A TA data-transfer modes supported

Cache buffer (Kbytes) 256 Height (mm max) 26.1 Width (mm max) 102 Length (mm max) 147.0 Weight (typical) 580 grams (1.2 lb)

PIO modes 0–4

Multiword DMA modes 0–2

Ultra DMA modes 0–4

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Drive Specification

Track-to-track seek time (msec typical) 2.0 (read), 2.75 (write)

Aver age seek time (msec typical) 10.5 (read), 11.5 (write)

Full-stroke seek time (msec typical) 24.0 (read), 26.0 (write)

Average latency (msec) 5.56 msec Power-on to ready

(sec typical) 8 sec Standby to ready

(sec typical) 7 sec Startup current (typical):

12V (peak) Seek power (typical) 7.0 watts Idle mode (typical) 3.1 watts Standby mode (typical) 0.8 watts Sleep mode ( typical) 0.8 watts Voltage tolerance

(including noise) 5V ± 5%, 12V ± 10%

ST32112A ST34311A ST36421A ST38421A

1.5 amps

Ambient temperature 0° to 55°C (op.), –40° to 70°C (nonop.) Temperature gradient

(°C per hour max) 20°C Relative humidity

(op. and nonop.) Relative humidity

gradient 30% per hour max Wet bulb temperature

(°C max) 29.4 (op.), 40.0 (nonop.) Altitude, operating –61 m to 3,048 m (–200 ft to 10,000 Altitude, nonoperating –122 m to 12,192 m (–400 ft to 40,000 Shock (Gs at 2 msec)

operating nonoperating

Vibration, operating 0.5 Gs (0 to peak, 5–350 Hz)

5% to 90% (op.)

5% to 95% (nonop.)

63 Gs

300 Gs

ft)

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Drive Specification

ST32112A ST34311A ST36421A ST38421A

Vibration, nonoperating 5 Gs (0 to peak, 5–350 Hz) Drive acoustics

Sound power

Idle mode Seek mode

Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

3.3 (typical), 3.7(max)

3.9 (typical), 4.3 (max)

bits read

Mean time between failures (po wer-on hours) 400,000

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

50,000

humidity) Service life (years) 5

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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

U4 ST38421A, ST36421A, ST34311A and the ST32112A.

1.1 Formatted capacity

and

this drive

are used throughout this manu al to indi cate the

Drive Model

ST38421A 8,440 16,498,944 512 ST36421A 6,448 12,596,850 512 ST34311A 4,320 8,452,080 512 ST32112A 2,160 4,225,536 512

Guaranteed Mbytes

(1 Mbyte = 10

bytes)

Guaranteed

sectors

Bytes per

sector

1.1.1 Default logical geometry

CHS Mode Cylinders Read/Write heads Sectors per track

ST38421A 16,368 16 63 ST36421A 13,330 15 63 ST34311A 8,944 15 63 ST32112A 4,192 16 63

LBA Mode

When addressing either drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to guaranteed sectors as defined above

n–1,

where

n is

the number of

1.2 Physical organization

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

ST38421A ST36421A 3 2 ST34311A 2 1 ST32112A 1 1

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