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    Product Manual Constellation ® ES Serial A T A 100516232 Re v . D April 2010 ST32000644NS ST31000524NS ST3500514NS[...]

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    Revision history © 2010 Seagate T echnology LLC. All right s reserved. Publication number: 100516232, Rev . D, April 2010 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and the W ave logo are re gistered trademark s of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S t ates and/or other countr ies . Constellation ES and SeaT ools are either trade - marks or registered trade[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D i Contents 1.0 Seagate Technology support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.[...]

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    ii Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation c urrent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 3. Attac[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 1 1.0 Seagate T echnology support services SEAGA TE ONLINE SUPPORT and SERVICES For information regarding pr oducts and services, visit http://www .sea gate.com/www/en-us/ about/contact_us/ Available ser v ices include: Presales & T echnical support Global Support Services telephone nu mbers &[...]

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    2 Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual , Rev. D 2.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate Constellation ® ES Serial A T A model drives: These drives provide the following key fea t ures: • 7200 RPM spindle speed. • PowerChoic e™ for selec table power savin[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 3 2.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface provides several ad vantages over the traditional (p arallel) A T A interf ace. The p rimary advantages include : • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity . It is not necessary to set any jump - e[...]

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    4 Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual , Rev. D 3.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are measured und er ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manu al to indicate the following drive models: 3.1 Spec ification summary tab[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 5 * On e GB equals one billion bytes when referrin g to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on op erating env ironment and formatting. * * During perio ds of drive idle, some offli ne a ctivity may occur accordin g to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase a coust[...]

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    6 Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manua l, Rev. D 3.2 Formatted cap acity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST32000644NS 2TB 3,907,029,168 512 ST32000544NS 1TB 1,953,525,168 ST31000524NS 500GB 976,773,168 *One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 7 3.5 Physical characteristics Maximum height 26.1mm (1.028 in) Maximum width 101.6mm (4.000 +/- 0.010 in) Maximum length 146.99mm (5.787 in) Max weight ST32000644NS 710g (1 .565 lb) ST31000524NS 640g (1 .41 1 lb) ST3500514NS 610g (1 .345 lb) Cache buffer ST32000644NS ST31 000524NS and ST3500514NS[...]

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    8 Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual , Rev. D 3.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+ 5V or +12V) thro ugh a na tive SA T A power connector . See Figure 3 on page 24. 3.8.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the t able on p age 9. T ypical power measurements ar e based on an average of drives[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 9 T able 2: 2000GB Drive DC power requirement s 1.5Gb mode 3.0Gb mod e V oltage +5V +12V Power +5V +12V Power Regulati on ±5% ±5% (Watt s ) ±5% ±5% (W atts) A vg Idle Current * 0.26 0.42 6.38 0.27 0.42 6.39 Advanced Idle Curr ent * Idle_A 0.13 0.35 4.83 0. 14 0.42 5.70 Idle_B 0.13 0.36 5.01 0.[...]

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    10 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D T able 3: 1000GB Drive DC power requirement s 1.5Gb mode 3.0Gb mode V oltage +5V +12V Power +5V +12V Power Regulati on ±5% ±5% (Watt s ) ±5% ±5% (W atts) A vg Idle Current * 0.2 7 0.27 4.5 9 0.27 0.27 4 .61 Advanced Idle Curr ent * Idle_A 0.14 0.27 3.86 0. 15 0.27 3.99 Idle_B 0.14 0.23 3.5[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 1 1 * During period s of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase ac oustic and power to operational levels . T able 4: 500GB Drive DC power requirement s 1.5Gb mode 3.0Gb mod e V oltage +5V +12V Power +5V +12V Power Regulati on ±5%[...]

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    12 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 3.8.1.1 T ypical current prof iles[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 1 3 Figure 1. T ypical 5V startup and operation current profile Figure 2. T ypical 12V startup and operatio n cu rrent profile 3.8.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is meas ured at th e host sys tem po we r supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 V line or an equivalent 1[...]

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    14 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 3.8.4 Power-man agement mo des The drive provides prog rammable power man agement to provide greater energy effici 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 [...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 1 5 3.8.4.1 Extended Power Conditions - PowerChoice TM Utilizing the load/unlo ad architecture a progr ammable power management interf ace is provided to tailor sys- tems for reduced power consumption and performance requiremen ts. The ta ble below lists the suppor ted power conditions av ailable [...]

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    16 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D S.M.A.R.T . Read Data Repor t s • Attribute 192 - Emergency Retract Co unt • Attribute 193 - Loa d/Unload Cycle Count PowerChoice Manufacture Default Power Condition Timer V alues Default power condition timer values have been established to assure product reliability and data integrity . [...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 1 7 3.9 Environment al limits T emperature and humidity values experienced by the driv e must be such that condens ation does not occur on any drive part. Altitude and atmospheric pressure specif icat ions are referenced to a st andard day at 58.7°F (14.8°C). Ma ximum wet b ulb temper ature is 8[...]

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    18 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 3.9.4 Shoc k All shock specifications assu me that the drive is mounted secu rely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 3.9.4.1 Operating shock These drives comply with t he performance levels specified in this document when subj[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 1 9 3.10 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measur ed as over all A-weighted ac oustic sound powe r levels (no pure tones) . All mea- surements are co nsistent with ISO d o cument 7779. S ound powe r measurement s are taken under e ssentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all te st[...]

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    20 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 3.13 Reliability 3.13.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean T ime Between Failures (MTBF ) The product shall achi eve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.73% (MTBF of 1.2 million hours) when oper- ated nominal powe r and typical case temper atures of 40 °C. Operation at tempe ratures out[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 2 1 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo , they comply with paragraph 1 of Article 1 1 of the El ectromagnetic Compatib ility control Regulation and meet the Electrom agnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework require ments of the Ra dio Resear ch Laboratory ([...]

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    22 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 3.15 Environment al protection Seagate designs it s products to meet en vironmental pr otection requirement s worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 3.15.1 European Union Restric tion of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) Directive Seagate designs it s products to [...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 2 3 4.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 4.1 Handling and st atic-discharge precautions After unp acking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrost atic[...]

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    24 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 4.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Seri al A T A interface connects point-to-point with the Serial A T A host adapter . There is no master/slave rela tionship becaus e each drive is consid er ed a master in a point-to -point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial A T A[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 2 5 4.4 Drive mounting Y ou can mount the drive in any orient ation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mou nting holes. Se e Figure 4 f or drive mou nting dimens ions. Follo w these impor tant mounting preca u- tions when m ounting the drive: • Allow a mini[...]

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    26 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 5.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandard Ser ial A T A interfac e that supp orts FIS data transfers. It supp orts A T A programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; mult iword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DM A modes 0–6. For det ailed information abou t the Ser[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 2 7 5.2 Serial A T A device plug conn ector pin definitions Table 7 summarizes the sig nals on the Se rial ATA interface and power co nn ectors. Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blindmat[...]

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    28 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 5.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able list s Serial A T A standard comman ds that the drive suppo rts. For a detailed descriptio n of the A T A commands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Attachment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on p age 35.for [...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 2 9 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 the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: Free[...]

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    30 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 5.3.1 Identify D evice comma nd The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) tran sfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The da t a is or ganized as a single 512-b yte block of data, whose contents are sho wn in T a ble 8 on page 28. All reserved bits or words sh[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 3 1 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 3.2 for related information) *Note: The maximum value all owed in this field is: 0FFF FFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 GB). Drives with capacities over 137GB will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual number of u[...]

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    32 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 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) fo r the drive. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1 indicating 64-bit WWN support. Each drive will have a unique value. [...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 3 3 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 D[...]

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    34 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D 5.3.2 Set Featu res comman d This command controls the implemen tation of various fe at ur es that the drive su pports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Features r e gister , clears BSY and generate s an inter- rupt. If the value in the register do[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 3 5 5.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure p rediction for disc drives. Wh en S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, th e drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep t ible to degradation over time. If self-moni toring determines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T[...]

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    36 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 3 7 Index A ACA 21 acoustics 19 Active 14 Active m ode 14 actuator arm 8 Agency certification 20 air flow 17 altitude 17 ambient 17 ambient temper ature 7 , 8 , 17 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 20 areal density 2 , 6 ATA commands 28 Australia/New Zealan d Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 2 1 Australian Comm[...]

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    38 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D Identify Devic e 28 Identify Devic e command 30 Idle 14 , 28 Idle Immediat e 28 Idle mode 8 , 14 Information Technology Equipm ent (ITE) 20 Initialize Device Parameters 28 Input noise ripple 13 input voltage 8 interface 6 , 26 interferen ce 21 internal da ta-transfer rate OD 6 is 7 ISO documen[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Pr oduct Manual, Rev. D 3 9 S S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 29 S.M.A.R.T. Enable O perations 29 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 29 S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline 29 S.M.A.R.T. implement ation 28 S.M.A.R.T. Read At tribute Th resholds 29 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 29 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 29 S.M.A.R.T. Return Status 29 S.M.[...]

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    40 Constellation ES S erial ATA Pro duct Manual, Rev. D[...]

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