Seagate ST9250311CS, ST91603110CS User Manual

Product Manual

Pipeline HD Mini Series SATA

ST9250311CS

ST91603110CS

100560196 Rev. A March 2009

Revision history

Revision Date Sheets affected or comments

Rev. A 03/26/09 Initial release.

Publication number: 100560196, Rev. A March 2009

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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 measure ment 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 applica tions 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.

Contents

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

1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

2.9 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.9.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

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

2.9.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.10 Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10.1 Base plate temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10.2 Temperature gradient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.10.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.10.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.11 Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.12 Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.13 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.14 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.14.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.14.2 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.14.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.15 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.15.2 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.16 Corrosive environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2 Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.4 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.3.1 Identify Device command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4.3.2 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

5.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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List of Figures

Figure 1. Typical +5V only startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 3. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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1.0 Introduction

This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Pipeline HD

• 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 1.5 Gbits/sec default, 3.0 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.

Mini Series SATA model drives:

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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 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.

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 ST9250311CS ST91603110CS

Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 250 160

Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 312,581,808

Bytes per sector 512

Physical read/write heads 2 2

Discs 1 1

Cache (Mbytes) 8

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

Track density TPI (tracks/inch avg) 265k

Areal density (Gbits/inch

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) 150 default / 300 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

avg) 394

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

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Table 1: Drive specifications

Drive specification ST9250311CS ST91603110CS

Read/write power (typical) Read: 2.6 watts; Write: 2.85 watts

Idle mode, low power (typical) 0.67 watts

Standby mode 0.35 watts (typical)***

Sleep mode 0.35 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

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** 2.0 (typical)

CE seek 2.1 (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 follow-

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)

+ ft.)

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

2.1 (max)

2.2 (max)

bits read

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

ing 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)

+ ft.)

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2.2 Formatted capacity

Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector

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 48bit 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

ST9250311CS 2 1

ST91603110CS 2 1

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) 150 default / 300 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)

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

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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

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

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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 8. 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

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 +5V input average (25° C)

Spinup (max) 1 amp

Seek 1.54 watts

Read 2.6 watts

Write 2.85 watts

Idle, performance* 1.5 watts

Idle, active* 0.81 watts

Idle, low power mode* 0.67 watts

Standby** 0.35 watts

Sleep 0.35 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)

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2.9.1.1 Typical current profile

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

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

current.

2.9.3 Voltage tolerance

Voltage tolerance (including noise):

5V ± 5%

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