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    Product Manual Barracuda LP Series SA T A 100564361 Rev . B June 2009 ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS[...]

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    Revision history Copyright © 2009 Seagate T echnology LLC. All right s reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 1005 64361, Rev . B June 2009 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and the W ave logo ar e registere d trademarks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and/or other co untries. Barrac uda LP Series, SeaT ools and SeaTDD are eit[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Dri[...]

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    ii Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B[...]

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    Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. B iii List of Figures Figure 1. Serial ATA connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda ® LP Series model drives: These drives provide the following key fea tures: • 5,900 RPM spindl e speed. • High instant aneous (burst) da ta-tr ansfer rates (up [...]

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    2 Barracuda LP Series SAT A Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface pr ovides several advant ages over the traditional (p arallel) A T A interface. The primary advantages include : • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-pla y connectivity . It is not necessary to set a ny jump - e[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are me asured unde r ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenienc e, the ph rases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to in dicate the following drive models: S pecification summary t able[...]

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    4 Barracuda LP Series SAT A Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B T able 1: Drive specifications summary for 200 0 and 1500 Gbyte models Drive specification ST32000542AS ST31500541AS Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 2000 Gbytes 1500 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168 Heads 8 Discs 4 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Defa[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 5 * On e Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating envir onment and formatting. * *During pe riods of drive idle, some offli ne activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coustic [...]

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    6 Barracuda LP Series SAT A Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B T able 2: Drive specifications summary for 100 0 and 500 Gbyte models Drive specification ST31000520AS ST3500412AS Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 500 Gbytes 500 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 976,773,168 Heads 4 2 Discs 2 1 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Defaul[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 7 * On e Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard driv e capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating envir onment and formatting. * *During pe riods of drive idle, some offli ne activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coustic [...]

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    8 Barracuda LP Series SAT A Pr oduct Manua l, Rev. B 2.1 Formatted cap acity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST32000542AS 2000 Gbyte s 3,907,029,168 512 ST31500541AS 1500 Gbyte s 2,930,277,168 ST31000520AS 1000 Gbyte s 1,953,525,168 ST3500412AS 500 Gb ytes 976,773,168 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng[...]

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    Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. B 9 2.4 Physical characteristics ST32000542AS and ST3 1500541AS ST31000520AS ST3500 412AS Maximum height 26.1 mm (1.028 inches) 20.20 mm (0.794 inches) Maximum wid th 101.85 mm (4.010 inches) Maximum length 146.99 mm (5.787 inche s) T ypica l weight 655 grams (1.444 lb.) 622 grams (1.371lb.) 415 grams [...]

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    10 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 2.7 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+ 5V or +12V) thro ugh a na tive SA T A power connector . See Figure 2 on page 22. 2.7.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. T ypical power measurement s are based on an average of drives test[...]

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    Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. B 11 T able 3: DC power r equirement s Power dissip ation (2 TB and 1.5T B models) A vg (watt s 25° C) A vg 5V typ amp s A vg 12V typ amp s Sp i n u p — — 2.0 (peak) Idle* † 5.50 0.168 0.337 Operating (average) 6.80 0.360 0.420 S t andby 0.500 0.350 0.010 Sleep 0.500 0.350 0.010 * During per iod[...]

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    12 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 2.7.1.1 T ypical cu rrent profile s Note. T ypical 12V st artup and operation current prof ile (2 disk typical) 2.7.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is measured at the ho st system powe r supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 volt line or an equiva lent 15-ohm resistive[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 13 2.7.4 Power-man agement mo des The drive provides progr ammable powe r management to provid e greater energy ef fici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is i[...]

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    14 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 2.8 Environment al specifications 2.8.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperatur e is defined as the temperatur e of th e en vironmen t immediatel y surr ounding the drive. Actual drive c ase temper ature should not exce ed 69°C (156 °F) within th e operating ambient co nditions. * See Section 2.1[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 15 2.8.5 Sho ck All shock specifications assu me that the drive is mounted secu rely with the input sh ock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.8.5.1 Operating shock These drives comply with t he performance levels specifie d in this document when subj [...]

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    16 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 2.9 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measur ed as overall A- weighted ac oustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea- surements ar e consistent with ISO document 7779. Soun d power measurem en ts a re ta ken under e ssentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all te sts, the d[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 17 2.1 1 Reliability 2.1 1.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) an d Mean T ime Between Failures (MTBF ) The product shall achieve an Annualiz ed Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.32% (MTB F of 0.75 million hours) when oper- ated in an envir onment of am bient air tem peratures of 25 ° C. Operation at temperature[...]

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    18 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Korean RRL If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo , they comply with par agraph 1 of Article 1 1 of the El ectromagnetic Compatib ility control Regulation and meet the Electrom agnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requiremen ts of the Radio Rese arch Laboratory (RRL) [...]

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    Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. B 19 2.13 Environmental prot ection Seagate des igns its products to meet envi ronmental pr otection requirements worldwid e, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.13.1 European Un ion Restriction of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) Direc tive The European Un ion Restriction of H[...]

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    20 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 21 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and st atic-dis charge precautions After unp acking, and befo re installation, the drive may be exposed to po tential handling and ele ctrostatic[...]

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    22 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial A T A interface connects point-to-point with the Serial A T A host ada pter . There is no master/slave rela tionship beca use each drive is cons ider ed a master in a point-to -point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Seria l A T A hos[...]

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    Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Re v. B 23 3.4 Drive mounting Y ou can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mou nting holes. Se e Figure 3 f or drive mount ing dimension s. Follow thes e important mountin g precau- tions when m ounting the drive: • Allow a minimum cl[...]

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    Recommended case temperature measurement location 24 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Figure 4. Mounting dimen sions (500 GB models)[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 25 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandar d Serial A T A interfac e th at support s FIS dat a transfers. It support s A T A programmed input/o utput (PIO) modes 0–4; mult iword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultr a DMA modes 0–6. For det ailed information abou t the Ser[...]

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    26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 4.2 Serial A T A device p lug connector pin definitions Table 6 summarizes the sig nals on the Se rial ATA interface and power co nnectors. Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blin dmate co[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 27 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able lists Seria l A T A standar d commands that the dr ive supports. For a det ailed description of the A T A commands, refe r to the Serial A T A International Organization: Serial A T A Revision 2 .6 (http://www .sata-io.o rg). See “S.M.A.R.T . co[...]

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    28 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Security Erase Prepare F3 H Security Erase Unit F4 H Security Freeze F5 H Security Set Password F1 H Security Unlock F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identifie d by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis - ter as defined to [...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 29 4.3.1 Identify Dev ice command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The da ta is organized as a sing le 512-byte block of data, whose contents are sho wn in T abl e 7 on page 27. All reserved bit s or words should b[...]

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    30 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors availabl e (see Section 2.1 for related information) *Note: The maximum value all owed in this field is: 0FFF FFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes). Drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFF h in this field and the actual numbe[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 31 Note. Advance d Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acou stic Manage ment (AAM) feat ures are not supp orted Note. See the bit descriptio ns below for words 63 , 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data. 108–1 1 1 The mandatory value of the worl d wide name (WWN) for the drive. NOTE: This field i[...]

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    32 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Bit Wor d 8 8 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. 9 Ultra DMA mo[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 33 4.3.2 Set Featu res command This command controls the implement ation of various fe at ures that th e drive support s. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Featur es register , clears BSY and gen erates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does n [...]

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    34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure prediction fo r disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the d rive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self- monitoring determin es that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . mak[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 35 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Internet For information regardin g Seagate product s and services, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours daily by e-mail for your questions. Presales Support: Presales@Seagate.com T echnical Support: DiscSupport@Seagate.com W a[...]

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    36 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Customer Service Operations W arranty Servi ce Seagate of fers worldwide customer support for Seagate product s. Seagate distributor s, OEMs and othe r direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Ser v ice Operat ions (CSO) repr esentative for warr anty- related issues. Resellers or en d[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 37 Index A ACA 18 acceleration 15 acoustics 16 Active 13 Active m ode 13 AFR 17 Agency certification 17 altitude 14 Ambient tempera ture 14 ambient temper ature 9 , 10 Annualized Failure Rate 17 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 17 areal density 1 , 8 ATA commands 27 Australia/New Zealan d Standard AS/N[...]

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    38 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Identify Devic e command 29 Idle 13 , 27 Idle Immediat e 27 Idle mode 10 , 13 Information Technology Equipm ent (ITE) 17 Initialize Device Parameters 27 Input noise ripple 12 input voltage 10 interface 8 , 25 interferen ce 18 internal da ta-transfer rate OD 8 is 9 ISO documen t 7779 16 ITE 17 K KCC[...]

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    Barracuda LP Serie s SATA Product Manu al, Rev. B 39 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 28 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 28 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 28 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 28 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log se ctor 28 Safety certification 17 SATA 25 screws 15 sectors 8 Sectors per track 8 Security Disable Password 27 Security Erase Pre pare 28 Security Erase Unit[...]

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    40 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. B[...]

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    Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts V a lley , California 95066 -4544, USA Publication Number: 1005643 61, Rev . B, Printed in U.S.A.[...]