Seagate ST500LT033, ST320LT031 User Manual

Product Manual

Seagate® Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA

Standard models

ST500LT032

ST320LT030

Self-Encrypting Drive models

ST500LT033

ST320LT031

Gen 9.3 100715053 Rev. A May 2013

Document Revision History

Revision Date Description of Change

Rev. A 05/07/2013 Initial release.

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When referring to 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. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features and application software. Actual data rates may vary depending on operating environment and other factors. The export or re-export of hardware or software containing encryption may be regulated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (for more information, visit www.bis.doc.gov), and controlled for import and use outside of the U.S. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.

CONTENTS

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.1 ABOUT THE SERIAL ATA INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.0 DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.1 FORMATTED CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.1.1 LBA mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.3 RECORDING AND INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.4 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.5 SEEK TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.6 START/STOP TIMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.7 POWER SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.7.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.7.4 Power management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.8 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.8.1 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.8.2 Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.9 ACOUSTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.9.1 Test for prominent discrete tones (PDTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10 ELECTROMAGNETIC IMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.11 RELIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.12 AGENCY CERTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.12.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.12.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.12.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.13.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. . . . . 13

2.13.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.14 CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3.0 CONFIGURING AND MOUNTING THE DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.1 HANDLING AND STATIC-DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.2 CONFIGURING THE DRIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.2.1 Serial ATA Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.3 DRIVE MOUNTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4.0 SERIAL ATA (SATA) INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.1 HOT-PLUG COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.2 SERIAL ATA DEVICE PLUG CONNECTOR PIN DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.3 SUPPORTED ATA COMMANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4.3.1 Identify Device command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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FIGURES

FIGURE 1TYPICAL 5V STARTUP AND OPERATION CURRENT PROFILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

FIGURE 2ATTACHING SATA CABLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

FIGURE 3MOUNTING DIMENSIONS (FOR STANDARD MODELS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Seagate Technology Support Services

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• Presales & Technical support

• Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours

• Authorized Service Centers

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate® Laptop Ultrathin HDD SATA model drives:

Standard models Standard SED models

ST500LT032 - 1E9142 ST500LT033 - 1ED142

ST320LT030 - 1E914C ST320LT031 - 1ED14C

Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full

NOTE

These drives provide the following key features:

 5400-RPM spindle speed.  16MB buffer.  Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.  High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 6Gb/s).  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.  1000 Gs nonoperating shock and 400 Gs of operating shock.

 SeaTools  The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense and Diagnostic Defense,

offers the industry’s most comprehensive protection for disk drives.

 Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.  Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.  Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.

Disk Encryption (FDE) models before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryption was necessary.

The Self-Encrypting Drive models indicated on the cover of this product manual have provisions for “Security of Data at Rest” based on the standards defined by the Trusted Computing Group (see

diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.

www.trustedcomputinggroup.org).

Momentus Thin Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features

 Automatic data encryption/decryption  Controlled access  Random number generator  Drive locking  16 independent data bands  Cryptographic erase of user data for a drive that will be repurposed or scrapped  Authenticated firmware download.

There is no significant performance difference between Self-Encrypting Drive and standard (non-Self-Encrypting Drive) models.

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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 necessary to set any jumpers or other configuration

options.

 Thinner and more flexible cabling for improved enclosure airflow and ease of installation.  Scalability to higher performance levels.

In addition, 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 disk drive in your current system and expect all of your existing applications to work as normal.

The Serial ATA interface connects each disk 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.

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

NOTE

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 International Organization: Serial ATA (Revision 3.0). The specification can be downloaded from

www.serialata.org.

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.

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DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS

2.0 DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS

Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models:

The specification summaries listed in the following tables are for quick reference. For details on specification measurement or definition, refer to the appropriate section of this manual.

DRIVE SPECIFICATION

Formatted capacity

(1)

ST500LT032 ST500LT033

500 GB 320 GB

ST320LT030 ST320LT031

Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 625,142,448 Heads 2 Disks 1 Bytes per sector 512 (logical) / 4096 (physical) Recording density 1885 Kb/in Track density 366 Ktracks/in avg Areal density 690 Gb/in

avg Spindle speed 5400 RPM Sustained data transfer rate OD 100 MB/s max I/O data-transfer rate 600 MB/s max

PIO modes 0–4

ATA data-transfer modes supported

Multiword DMA modes 0–2

Ultra DMA modes 0–6 Cache buffer 16 MB Height 5.0 ± 0.20 mm (0.197 ± 0.008 in) Width 69.85 ± 0.25 mm (2.750 ± 0.010 in) Length 100.35 +0.20 / -0.25 mm (3.951 +0.008 / -0.010 in) Weight (typical) <93g (0.205lb) Average latency 5.6 ms Startup current (typical) 5V (peak) 1.0 A Voltage tolerance (including noise) 5V ± 5% Operating temperature 0° to 60°C Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) –40° to 70°C

Temperature gradient (max)

Relative humidity

20°C per hour max (operating)

35°C per hour max (nonoperating)

5% to 95% (operating)

5% to 95% (nonoperating) Relative humidity gradient 30% per hour max

Wet bulb temperature (max)

37.7°C max (operating)

40.0°C max (nonoperating) Altitude, operating –304.8 m to 3048 m (–1000 ft to 10,000+ ft) Altitude, nonoperating

(below mean sea level, max)

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

Operational Shock 400 Gs at 2 ms max Non-Operational Shock 1000 Gs at 1 ms max

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DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS

RIVE SPECIFICATION

Vibration, operating

ST500LT032 ST500LT033

5–200 Hz: 2.0 Gs 201–500 Hz: 1.0 Gs

ST320LT030 ST320LT031

Vibration, nonoperating 5–500 Hz: 5.0 Gs Nonrecoverable read errors 1 per 10

bits read

To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page::http://www.seagate.com/support/warranty-and-replacements/

Warranty

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. Load-unload cycles 600,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity Supports Hotplug operation per the

Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification

1. One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

Yes

2.1 FORMATTED CAPACITY

MODEL

500GB model 320GB model

FORMATTED CAPACITY

(1)

500 GB 976,773,168 320 GB 625,142,448

GUARANTEED SECTORS BYTES PER SECTOR

512 (logical) / 4096 (physical)

1. One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.

2.1.1 LBA mode

When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1, guaranteed sectors as defined above.

Refer to Configuring and Mounting the Drive support of drives with capacities over 137 GB.

2.2 PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION

Drive model Read/write heads Number of discs

ST500LT032 and ST500LT033 ST320LT030 and ST320LT031

on page 14 (words 60-61 and 100-103) for additional information about 48-bit addressing

2 1

where n is the number of

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2.3 RECORDING AND INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY

Interface Serial ATA (SATA) Recording method Perpendicular Recording density 1885 Kb/in Track density 366 ktracks/in avg Areal density 690 Gb/in

avg Spindle speed 5400 RPM +/- 0.2% Sustained data transfer rate 100 MB/s max I/O data-transfer rate 600 MB/s max

2.4 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS

Height (max)

5.0 ± 0.20 mm (0.197 ± 0.008 in)

Width 69.85 ± 0.25 mm (2.750 ± 0.010 in)

All models

Length 100.35 +0.20 / -0.25 mm (3.951 +0.008 / -0.010 in) Typical weight <93g (0.205lb) Cache buffer 16 MB (16,192 KB)

2.5 SEEK TIME

Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows:

 Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possible single-track seeks in both directions.  Average seek time is a true statistical random average of at least 5000 measurements of seeks between random tracks, less overhead.

Table 1 Typical seek times

Typical seek times (ms) Read

Track-to-track 1.5 Average 13.0 Average latency 5.6

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

NOTE

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.

2.6 START/STOP TIMES

Table 2 Start/stop times

Typical seek times (ms) Typical

Max @ 25

Power-on to ready (sec) 3.0 3.2 Power-on to ready (sec) (SED models) 3.0 3.5 Standby to ready (sec) 2.5 3.0

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