Seagate ST3120827AS manual

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    Barracuda 720 0.7 Serial A T A ST320082 2AS ST316082 7AS ST316002 3AS ST316002 1AS ST312082 7AS ST312002 6AS ST312002 2AS ST380817 AS ST380013 AS ST38001 1AS ST3401 1 1 AS ST340014 AS[...]

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    Barracuda 720 0.7 Serial A T A ST320082 2AS ST316082 7AS ST316002 3AS ST316002 1AS ST312082 7AS ST312002 6AS ST312002 2AS ST380817 AS ST380013 AS ST38001 1AS ST3401 1 1 AS ST340014 AS[...]

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    ©2003–2 004–20 05 Sea gate T e chnology LLC All rights res erved Public ation num ber: 1002 70024, R ev . N Septemb er 20 05 Seagate and Seag ate T echn ology ar e regis tered tra demarks of Se agate T echnology LLC. SeaT ool s, Se aFON E, Se aBOARD, SeaT DD, and the Wave logo are e ither r egister ed tr ade- marks or tradem arks of Seag ate T[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial ATA P roduct M anual, Rev. N iii Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA in terface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2[...]

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    iv Barrac uda 720 0.7 Ser ial AT A Prod uct Ma nual, R ev. N[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial ATA P roduct M anual, Rev. N v List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and ope ration c urrent p rofile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Typical 12V s tartup and operati on current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure [...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 1 1.0 Introduction This m anual describes the fun ctional , mecha nical an d inte rface sp ecific ations for the fo llowing S eagate Barracud a ® 7200 .7 Seria l A T A model dri ves: T able 1: Barracuda 7200.7 Serial A T A mod els [1] OEM mod el that may supp ort NCQ These d rives pr ovide [...]

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    2 Barracuda 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A inter face provi des se veral a dva nta ges ov er the trad itio nal ( par alle l) A T A inte rface. The primar y advantages i nclu de: • Easy ins tallation and configurat ion with t rue plug-a nd-play c onnectivity . It is not n ecessar[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 3 2.0 Drive speci fications Unless ot herwise n oted, all sp ecifi cations are measur ed under ambien t condition s, at 25° C, and nominal power . For conveni ence, the phr ases the dri v e and t his drive a re used through out this manual to indicate the ST32008 22AS, ST3160 827AS , ST3160[...]

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    4 Barracuda 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N Average latency (msec) 4.16 Power-on t o ready (typical) 10 sec S t andby to ready (typical) 10 sec S t ar tup current (typical) 12V (peak) 2.8 amps Track-to-track seek time (m sec typical) <1.0 (read), <1.2 (write) Average seek, read (msec typical) 8.5 Average seek, write (msec typica[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 5 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive c apacity . Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating e nvironment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, som e offli ne activity may occur ac cording to the S .M.A.R.T . specification, which may increase a[...]

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    6 Barracuda 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 2.4 Physical or ganization 2.5 Recording and interf ace technology 2.5.1 Physica l charact eristic s Drive mode l Read/wr ite heads Number of d iscs ST3200822AS, ST3160827 AS, ST3160023 AS and ST316 0021AS 4 2 ST3120827AS, ST3120026 AS and ST3120 022AS 3 2 ST380817AS, ST 380013AS an d ST3800[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 7 2.6 Seek time Seek mea suremen ts are taken with nomina l power at 25°C am bient tempe rature. A ll times are meas ured us ing drive d iagnosti cs. Th e specif ications in th e table below a re def ined as fo llows: • T rack- to-trac k see k time i s an av erage o f all p ossible sing l[...]

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    8 Barracuda 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N • Operating power and c urrent Operating power is mea sured u sing 40 percen t random seeks, 40 pe rcent r ead/writ e mode (1 write for e ach 10 reads ) and 20 percent drive i dle mo de. • Idle mode power Idle mode powe r is measur ed with the dri ve up to speed , with servo el ectronic [...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 9 2.8.1.1 T ypical curr ent pro files Figure 1. T ypical 5V st artup and operation curre nt profile Figure 2. T ypical 12V st artup and operati on current profile 2.8.2 Defer red sp inup Barracud a 7200. 7 Ser ial A T A driv es prov ide a deferre d spinup featur e whic h stora ge subsy stem [...]

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    10 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N cessful excha nge of Out-O f-Band (OOB ) sign als with a fu nction al ho st-sid e Seri al A T A po rt. In d eskto p system s, SA T A trans ceiver s shoul d initi alize OO B as soo n as po wer come s ready to guar antee th e drive spi ns up quick ly . Seag ate disc drives will no t spin up [...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 1 1 2.8.5 Power-m anageme nt modes The driv e provides programmab le power mana gement to p rovide grea ter energy effici ency . In most s ystems, you can co ntrol power manage ment thr ough the s ystem setu p program . The drive fea tures the fol lowin g power-m ana gem ent mod es : • Act[...]

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    12 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 2.9.2 T emperat ure grad ient 2.9.3 Humidity 2.9.3.1 Relative hu midity 2.9.3.2 Wet bulb temperatu re 2.9.4 Altitude 2.9.5 Shock All shoc k speci fication s ass ume that th e drive is mounted secure ly with th e input s hock appl ied at the drive mounting s crews . Shock may be applied i n[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 13 2.9.6 Vibration All vib ration sp ecifi cations assume tha t the dri ve is moun ted secur ely with th e input vibr ation applied at th e drive m ountin g screw s. Vibration may b e appl ied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.6.1 Operating vibrat ion The maxi mum vibrat ion level s that the driv e[...]

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    14 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 2.1 1 Electroma gnetic immunity When pro perly i nstalled in a repres entative host sys tem, the d rive ope rates withou t error s or degr adation i n perform ance when subje cted to the radi o freq uency ( RF) env ironmen ts defined in the followin g table: 2.12 Re lia bility T able 7: Ra[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 15 2.13 Agency certifi cation 2.13.1 Safety ce rtification The drive s a re re co gni ze d in ac co rd ance wi th UL 1950 and CSA C22 .2 ( 950 ) a nd m eet a ll appl ic ab le s ec ti ons of IEC950 a nd EN 6 0950 as tested by TUV Nor th Am erica. 2.13.2 Electromagne tic compatibility Hard dri[...]

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    16 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N Australian C-Tick (N176) If these mode ls h ave the C-Tick marking, they com ply wi th the Austr alia/N ew Zeal and St andard AS/NZS 3548 1995 and me et the Electrom agneti c Compatibilit y (EMC) Framework requirem ents of the Austra lian Com muni- cation A uthority (ACA). 2.13.3 FCC verif[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 17 2.14 Environmental protection Seaga te designs its prod ucts to meet environ mental protectio n requirements wor ldwide, incl uding regul ations restri cting cer tain chem ical su bstances . European Union Restriction of Hazardous Sub sta nces (RoHS) The Euro pean Unio n Restrict ion of H[...]

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    18 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 19 3.0 Configur ing and mo untin g the drive This sec tion c ontains the s peci fication s and instruc tions for con figuring and mo unting the driv e. 3.1 Handling and st atic-discharge precauti ons After unpacking, a nd before ins t alla tion, the drive may be exposed to potential h andlin[...]

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    20 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 3.2 Configuring t he drive Each drive on the S erial A T A inter face co nnects i n a p oint-to- point configur ation with the Serial A T A host adapter . The re is n o mas ter/slav e re lation ship because each driv e is c onsider ed a m aster i n a poi nt-to -point relatio nships. If two[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 21 3.4 Drive mounti ng Y ou can mount the drive in any o rientation u sing four s crews in the side -mountin g holes or four sc rews in th e bottom-m ounting holes. S ee Figu re 5 on page 2 2 for d rive mo unting di mensions . Follo w these important mounting precauti ons when m ountin g the[...]

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    22 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N Figure 5. Mounting dime nsio ns—to p, side and end view 4.000 (101.6) 5.787 (146.9898) max. 1.028 max (26.111 max) 2.00 (50.80) 1.638 (41.605) 4.000 (101.6) 2 x 1.750 (2 x 44.45) 2 x 3.750 (2 x 95.25) C L of drive [1] Notes: Dimensions are shown in inches (mm). [1] Dimensions per SFF-830[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 23 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (SA T A) in te r fac e These drives use th e industry- st andar d Serial A T A interf ace that sup ports FIS data trans fers. It sup ports A T A programme d input/o utput ( PIO) mod es 0–4; mul tiword D MA modes 0– 2, and Ult ra DMA modes 0– 6. The driv e also su [...]

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    24 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 4.2 Serial A T A dev ice plug connec tor pin def initions T a ble 8 s ummari zes the s ignals on the Ser ial A T A inte rface an d power connect ors. Notes: 1. All pin s are in a singl e row , with a 1.27 mm ( 0.050”) pitch. 2. The com ments on th e matin g sequenc e appl y to the case o[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 25 3. There are thr ee power pins for each voltage. One pin from each volta ge is used for pre-ch arge whe n installed i n a bl ind-ma te back plane c onfig uration. 4. All use d vol tage pins (V x ) must be termina ted.[...]

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    26 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 4.3 Supported A T A commands The follo wing table lists Ser ial A T A standard co mmands that the driv e supports. Fo r a detailed desc riptio n of the A T A co mmands, r efer to th e Seria l A T A: High S peed Seriali zed A T At tachment spec ificati on . See “S.M.A.R .T . co mmands” [...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 27 Write DMA without Retries CBh Write Multi ple C5h Wri te Multip le Extende d 39h Wri te Sectors 30h , 31h Wri te Sectors Extended 34h A T A-st andard power-m anagement co mmands Che ck Po we r Mode 98h or E5h Idl e 97h or E3h Idle Imme diate 95h or E1h Sleep 99h or E6 h S ta ndby 96h or E[...]

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    28 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 4.3.1 Identify De vice comman d The Ident ify Device c omman d (comma nd code E C H ) trans fers inf ormation about the drive to the host fol lowin g power up. T he data is o rg anize d as a s in gle 51 2- byte b loc k of data, who se c onte nts are sho w n in the table o n page 27. All re[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 29 53 Words 54–58, 64 –70 and 8 8 are vali d 0007 H 54 Number of c urrent logica l cylin ders xxxx H 55 Number of c urrent log ical head s xxxx H 56 Number of c urrent logica l sectors per logi cal track xxxx H 57– 58 Current c ap acity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sec tors trans fer[...]

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    30 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N Note. Advance d Powe r Manag ement (APM) and Au tomatic Ac oustic Mana gement (AAM) featu res are n ot supporte d Note. See the b it descri ptions below for words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identi fy Drive da ta. 90 Enhanced security era se time 0000 H 92 Master p assword revision code FFFE H 9[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 31 Description (if bit is set to 1 ) Bit Word 63 0 M ult i w ord DMA mo de 0 i s sup por ted. 1 M ult i w ord DMA mo de 1 i s sup por ted. 2 M ult i w ord DMA mo de 2 i s sup por ted. 8 M ult iw ord DMA mo de 0 i s cur rent ly a cti ve. 9 M ult iw ord DMA mo de 1 i s cur rent ly a cti ve. 10[...]

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    32 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N 4.3.2 Set Features command This com mand c ontrols the im plemen tation of v arious f eature s that the d rive s upports. Wh en the d rive r eceives this comma nd, it sets BSY , ch ecks the cont ents of the Features re gister , clears BS Y and generates an inter- rupt. If the value i n the[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 33 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-ter m failure predicti on for disc drives . When S.M .A.R.T . is enabled, the dr ive moni- tors pre dete rm in ed driv e attri bute s tha t a re s usce pti ble t o degr ad ati on ov er t ime . I f s el f-mon ito ring de termi nes that a[...]

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    34 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 35 5.0 Seagate T echnol ogy support services Online serv ices Internet www .seagat e.com for infor matio n about Seag ate pro ducts and ser vices. World wide s upport is availab le 24 hours d aily by e-mail for your questio ns. Presales Suppo rt: www .sea ga te.com /suppo rt/ema il/email _pr[...]

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    36 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N Customer Se rvice Opera tions W arranty Service Seagate offers wo rldwide cus tomer supp ort for Seagate drives. Seag ate distri butors, OEMs and other direct cust omers sh ould contact t heir Sea gate Cus tomer Service O pera tions (CS O) rep resentative for warr anty- related i ssues. R [...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 37 European support services For presa les and tec hnical s upport in E urope, dia l the Sea gate Serv ice Cent er toll-fr ee number fo r your spe- cific lo catio n. If your location is not listed here, di al our presal es and tec hnical support ca ll cen ter at +1 -405- 324-4714 from 8: 00 [...]

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    38 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N Asia/Pacific support ser vices For Asia/ Paci fic pres ales and tec hnica l suppor t, dial the toll-fre e number for your spe cific lo cat ion. The As ia/ Pacific toll-fr ee numb ers are av ailable from 6:0 0 A . M . to 10:45 A . M . an d 12:00 P . M . to 6:00 P . M . (A ustralian East- er[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Produc t Manua l, Rev . N 39 Publica ti on fe edba ck survey We are intereste d in you r comm ents and su ggesti ons rega rding this pu blicatio n. Plea se take a few minutes to participate in our survey at the fo llowing U RL: http://surv ey .seagate. com/surv ey/techp ubs.nsf Thank y ou for y our time and comm ents[...]

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    40 Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial A T A Product M anual, Rev . N[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial ATA P roduct M anual, Rev. N 41 Inde x A ACA 16 acousti cs 4 , 13 Active 11 Active mode 11 actuator arm 7 Addres s 26 Agenc y ce rtifi catio n 15 Altitude 12 Altitude , nonope ratin g 4 Altitude , oper ating 4 Ambient t emper ature 4 , 11 ambi ent temp erat ure 7 Areal d ensit y 3 , 6 areal de nsity 1 ATA co mmands 2 6 ATA[...]

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    42 Barrac uda 720 0.7 Seri al ATA Prod uct Manua l, Rev. N H Handling pr ecauti ons 1 9 heads 3 , 5 Height 3 Humidity 12 humid ity 4 I I/O data-tr ansfer rat e 3 , 6 Identif y Device 26 Identify D evice c ommand 28 Idle 8 , 11 , 27 Idle Immed iate 27 Idle mode 4 , 8 , 11 IEC950 15 Informati on Tech nol ogy Equipm ent (ITE ) 15 Initiali ze Devic e P[...]

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    Barracud a 7200. 7 Serial ATA P roduct M anual, Rev. N 43 Read Sectors without Retries 26 Read Verify Sectors 26 Read Ver ify Sector s Exten ded 26 Read Ver ify Sector s without Retries 2 6 read/write ac tuato r arm 7 Read/write he ads 5 read/write hea ds 3 Read/write power 7 Ready to s pindle s top 7 Recording d ensity 3 , 6 Recording m ethod 6 Re[...]

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    44 Barrac uda 720 0.7 Seri al ATA Prod uct Manua l, Rev. N Write M ult iple 27 Write M ultipl e Extend ed 27 Write S ectors 27[...]

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    Seagate T ec hnol ogy LL C 920 Disc Dri ve, Sco tts Valley , Ca lifornia 9 5066-454 4, USA Public ation Numbe r: 100 270024 , Rev . N, Prin ted in USA[...]