Seagate ST8000VX004 Manual

SATA Product Manual

Standard 512E model

ST8000VX004

100844776, Rev. B

Gen 2 - May 2019

Document Revision History

	Revision	Date	Pages affected and Description of changes
	Rev. A	04/30/2019	Initial release.
	Rev. B	05/09/2019	fc, 5-7, 22 & 27: Removed 6TB model and specs
			8: Updated Table 2 DC power requirements Operating &* footnote

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Contents

Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1 Specification summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2.1 LBA mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.4 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.5 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.5.1 Power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.5.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.5.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.5.4 Extended Power Conditions - PowerChoice™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.6 Environmental limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.6.1 Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.6.2 Effective Altitude (sea level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.7 Shock and Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.7.1 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.7.2 Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.8 Acoustics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.9 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.10 Electromagnetic immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.11 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.11.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.12 Agency and Safety Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.2 Regulatory Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.3 European Union (EU) CE Marking Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.4 Australian RCM Compliance Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.5 Canada ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.6 South Korean KC Certification Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.12.7 Morocco Commodity Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.12.8 Taiwanese BSMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.12.9 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.13 Environmental protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.13.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substance Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.13.2 China Requirements —China RoHS 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.13.3 Taiwan Requirements — Taiwan RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.14 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.15 Reference documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.16 Product warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Contents

3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.4.1 Mechanical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.3 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.3.1 Identify Device command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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1.0Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following:

Seagate® SkyHawk™ Serial ATA model drives::

5xxE Standard models

ST8000VX004

These drives provide the following key features:

•7200 RPM spindle speed.

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

•High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 600MB per second).

•Native Command Queuing with command ordering to increase performance in demanding applications.

•Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density.

•PowerChoice™ for selectable power savings

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

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

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

•Supports latching SATA cables and connectors.

•Tarnish-resistant components to help protect drive from environmental elements, increasing field reliability.

•Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.

	Note	Seagate recommends validating the configuration with the selected HBA/
		RAID controller manufacturer to ensure use of full capacity is supported.

1.1About 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 users to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive in the current system and expect all of the 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 devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and Note 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 www.serialata.org.

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2.0Drive 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

5xxE Standard models

ST8000VX004

2.1Specification summary tables

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

Table 1 Drive specifications summary

	Drive specification	ST8000VX004
	Formatted (512 bytes/sector)#	8TB
	Guaranteed sectors	(see Section 2.2)
	Heads	10
	Discs	5
	Bytes per logical sector	512
	Bytes per physical sector	4096
	Recording density, KBPI (Kb/in max)	2509
	Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in, 0 skew)	371
	Areal density, (Gb/in2, @ 0 skew mid-disk)	930
	Spindle speed (RPM)	7200
	Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max)	2850
	Sustained data transfer rate OD (MiB/s max)	200 (210 MB/s max)
	I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max)	600
		PIO modes 0–4
	ATA data-transfer modes supported	Multiword DMA modes 0–2
		Ultra DMA modes 0–6
	Cache buffer	256MB (262,144KB)
	Weight: (maximum)	716g (1.579 lb)
	Average latency	4.16ms
	Power-on to ready (sec) (typ/max)	23/30
	Standby to ready (sec) (typ/max)	23/30
	Startup current (typical) 12V (peak)	1.8A
	Voltage tolerance (including noise)	5V +10/-5%
		12V ±10%
	Non-Operating temperature	–40° to 70°C (Ambient Temperature, see sections 2.6 and 2.11)
	Operating temperature*	5°C
	Operating temperature*	70°C
	Temperature gradient (°C per hour max)	20°C (operating)
		30°C (nonoperating)
	Relative humidity*	5% to 95% (operating)
		5% to 95% (nonoperating)
	Relative humidity gradient	30% per hour max
	Altitude, operating	–304.8 m to 3,048 m
		(–1000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

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	Drive specification	ST8000VX004
	Altitude, nonoperating	–304.8 m to 12,192 m
	(below mean sea level, max)	(–1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)
	Operational Shock (max at 2 ms - typical)	Read 70 Gs / Write 40 Gs
	Non-Operational Shock (max at 2 ms - typical)	300 Gs
		5–22 Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement
	Vibration, operating	22–350 Hz: 0.50 Gs
		350–500 Hz: 0.25 Gs
	Operation Rotational vibration	20–1500Hz: 12.5 rads/s²
	Vibration, nonoperating	10–500 Hz: 5.0 Grms ref
	Drive acoustics, sound power (bels)
		2.8	(typical)
	Idle	3.0	(max)
		During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the
		SMART specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
	Performance seek	3.2	(typical)
		3.4	(max)
	Nonrecoverable read errors	1 sector per 1015 bits read
	Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)*	0.87% based on 8760 POH
		Maximum rate of <180TB/year
	Maximum Rated Workload*	Workloads exceeding the annualized rate may degrade the drive MTBF and impact product
		reliability. The Annualized Workload Rate is in units of TB per year, or TB per 8760 power on
		hours. Workload Rate = TB transferred * (8760 / recorded power on hours).
		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 “Is my Drive under Warranty” link. The following are required to
		be provided: the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of
		purchase.The system will display the warranty information for the drive.
	Load-unload cycles (command controlled)	300,000
	Supports Hotplug operation per		Yes
	Serial ATA Revision 3.3 specification

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

* See Section 2.11, "Reliability" for rated MTBF device operating condition requirements.

2.2Formatted capacity

ST models	Formatted capacity*	Guaranteed sectors	Bytes per logical sector
ST8000VX004	8TB	15,628,053,168	512

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

2.2.1LBA 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 137GB.

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2.3Recording and interface technology

Interface	Serial ATA (SATA)
Recording method	Perpendicular
Recording density, KBPI (Kb/in max)	2509
Track density, KTPI (ktracks/in, 0 Skew)	371
Areal density (Gb/in2, @ 0 skew mid-disk)	930
Spindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%)	7200
Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max)	2850
Sustained data transfer rate (MiB/s max)	200	(210 MB/s max)
I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max)	600	(Ultra DMA mode 5)

2.4	Start/stop times
Power-on to Ready (sec) (typ/max)		23/30
Standby to Ready (sec) (typ/max)		23/30
Ready to spindle stop (sec) (max)		23
2.5	Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 2 on page 21 .

2.5.1Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in Table 2. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature.

Table 2 DC Power Requirements

Power Dissipation	Avg (25°C) (Watts)	Avg 5V typical (Amps)	Avg 12V typical (Amps)
Spinup (max)			1.8A
Idle1	7.06	0.233	0.501
Operating*	8.73	0.332	0.590
Standby	0.96	0.166	0.011
Sleep	0.96	0.166	0.011

1.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.

*Based on IDEMA 3 stream workload

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2.5.1.1Typical current profiles

Figure 1. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile

2.5.2Conducted noise

Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 V line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5V line.

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

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

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

2.5.3Voltage tolerance

Voltage tolerance (including noise):

5V +10/ -5% 12V ± 10%

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