Seagate ST3250310SV manual

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    Product Manual SV35.3 Series S erial A T A 100480760 Rev . B February 20 08 ST31000340SV ST3750330SV ST3500320SV ST3250310SV[...]

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    Revision history Copyright © 2007- 2008 Seagat e T echnolog y LLC. All rig hts reserved. P rinted i n U.S.A . Public ation num ber: 1 0048076 0, Rev . B February 2008 Seagate, Seagate T echnolog y and the W a ve logo are regist ered trademarks of S eagate T echnolog y LLC in the Unite d S tates and/or other countrie s. SV35.3 Series, S eaT ools an[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA in terface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0[...]

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    ii SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Man ual, Rev . B[...]

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    SV35.3 S erie s Serial A TA Product Manual , Rev. B iii List of Figures Figure 1. Serial ATA connec tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Figure 2. Attachin g SATA c abling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 1 1.0 Introduction This m anual describes the fun ction al, mecha nica l and inte rface specifi catio ns for th e foll owing Sea gate SV35.3 S eries ® S erial A T A mode l drive s: These d rives pr ovide the follo wing key featur es: • High i nstantaneous (burst) d ata-tran sfer ra tes (up to [...]

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    2 SV35.3 S eries S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Seri al A T A interf ace provi des seve ral a dva nt ages ov er th e tr adi tio nal (p aral lel) A T A int erf ace. The prim ary 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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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 3 2.0 Drive speci fications Unless ot herwise n oted, all specifi catio ns are mea sured und er ambien t condi tions, at 25° C, and nomi nal power . For convenien ce, the phras es the drive and this drive are used through out this manual to indicate th e foll owi ng d ri v e mode l s : 2.1 Speci[...]

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    4 SV35.3 S eries S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B T able 1: Drive specifi cati ons summary for 1000, 750 and 500 Gbyte models Drive specification ST31000340SV ST3750330SV ST3500320S V Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* 1000 Gbytes 750 Gbytes 500 Gbytes Guaranteed sector s 1,953,525,168 1,465,149,168 976,773,168 Heads 8 6 4 Discs 4 3 2 Byte[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 5 * O ne Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Acces sible capacity may vary depending on operating env ironment and formatting. * *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to t he S.M.A.R.T. sp ecification, which may increase a cous [...]

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    6 SV35.3 S eries S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B Ta b l e 2 : Drive specifi cati ons summary for 2 50 Gb yte model s Drive specification ST3250310SV Formatted c apacity (512 bytes/ sector)* 250 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 488,397,168 Heads 2 Discs 1 Bytes per sec tor 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 7 * O ne Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Acces sible capacity may vary depending on operating env ironment and formatting. * *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to t he S.M.A.R.T. sp ecification, which may increase a cous [...]

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    8 SV35.3 S eries S erial AT A Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2.2 Formatted cap acity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when r eferring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacit y m ay vary depending on operating e nvironment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addr essing these d rives in LB A mode , all bloc ks (secto rs) are c onsecuti vely num bere[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 9 2.4 Recording and interf ace technology 2.5 Physical char acteristi cs Models S T31000 340SV, ST3 750330SV & ST350032 0SV ST3250310SV Interface S erial A T A (SA T A) Record ing meth od Perpe ndicu lar Record ing de nsity (k bit s/inch m ax) 1,090 1,049 T ra ck dens ity (kt racks /inch av g[...]

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    10 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 2.6 Seek time Seek mea suremen ts are taken with nomina l power at 25°C am bient te mperatur e. All ti mes are m easured usin g drive d iagnosti cs. Th e specif icati ons in the table bel ow are def ined as foll ows: • T rack-to- track seek time i s an aver age o f all p ossible sing le-tr[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 11 2.8 Power specificat ions The driv e receives DC power (+5V o r +12V) th rough a native S A T A power con nector . See Fig ure 1 on page 24 . 2.8.1 Power cons umption Power r equirem ents for the dr ives a re liste d in th e table on page 9 . T y pical p ower m easurem ents are bas ed on an av[...]

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    12 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B T a ble 3: DC power requirement s * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur accord ing to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase ac oustic and power to operational levels . Power dissip ation (1 TB models) A vg (w att s 25° C ) A vg 5V typ amp s A v g 12V typ [...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 13 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ri ppl e is mea su re d at the ho st sy stem powe r supp ly acr o ss an equ iv al ent 80 -ohm r es isti ve load on the +1 2 volt li ne or an equiv alent 1 5-ohm resis tive loa d on the +5 v olt li ne. • Using 12- volt po wer , t he drive is expe cted to oper[...]

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    14 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 2.8.4 Power-m anageme nt modes The driv e provides programmab le power mana gement to p rovide grea ter energy effici ency . In most sy stems, you can co ntrol power manage ment t hrough the s ystem setu p program . The driv e features the follow ing power-m ana gem ent mod es : • Active mo[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 15 2.9 Environment al specificati ons 2.9.1 Drive c ase temp erature Above 1,000 feet (305 met ers), the ma ximum tempe rature is derated linearly to 1 12° F (44°C) at 10,000 feet (3,048 me ters). Drive cas e tempe rature s hould be mea sured a t the lo catio n indi cated in F igure 1 on page 2[...]

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    16 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 2.9.5 Shock All shoc k speci ficat ions ass ume that th e drive is mounted secur ely w ith the in put shock applie d at the driv e mounting s crews . Shock may be appli ed in the X , Y or Z axis. 2.9.5.1 Ope rating s hock These d rives co mply with the perform ance lev els specifi ed in t his[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 17 2.10 Acoustic s Drive acoustic s are measur ed as o vera ll A-weig hted ac ousti c soun d powe r leve ls ( no pu re tones ). All mea- suremen ts are consis tent with ISO docum ent 7779. S ound powe r measureme nt s are taken under ess ential ly free-field cond itions ov er a re flecting plane.[...]

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    18 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 2.12 Re lia bility 2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean T ime Between Failures (MTBF) The produc t shall achiev e an Annu alized Fail ure Rate (AFR) of 0.80% ( MTBF of 1+ mil lion hours ) when operated in an environme nt of ambie nt air tem peratures of 25°C, ass uming delta betwee [...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 19 2.13 Agency certi ficati on 2.13.1 Sa fety 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 applic ab le s ec ti ons of IEC950 a nd EN 6 0950. 2.13.2 El ectromagnetic compatibility Hard drive s that disp lay the CE mark c ompl[...]

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    20 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B • Move the device t o one s ide or th e other of the radio or T V. • Move the device f arther a way fr om the ra dio or TV. • Plug the comput er into a differ ent out let so that the receiv er and c ompute r are on differen t branch outlets . If necess ary , you sho uld co nsult your de[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 21 2.15 Corrosive en vironment Seaga te electro nic drive c ompone nts pass accele rated corrosion testin g equiv alent to 10 years ex posu re to light indus trial env ironmen ts containing sulfu rous gases, chlorine and nitric oxide , classes G and H per ASTM B845. Howev er , thi s accel erated [...]

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    22 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 23 3.0 Configur ing and mo untin g the drive This sec tion c ontains t he speci ficat ions and instr uctio ns for con figu ring and mounti ng the drive. 3.1 Handling and st atic-discharge precauti ons After unpacking, a nd before ins t allatio n, the drive may be exposed to potential h andling an[...]

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    24 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 3.2 Configuring t he drive Each drive on the Serial A T A interfa ce conn ects poi nt-to-po int wi th the S erial A T A host adapter . There is no master/s lave re lation ship be cause eac h drive i s consid ered a ma ster in a poi nt-to -poin t relation ship. If two drives ar e attached on o[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 25 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 1 o n page 25 for d rive mo unting dimensi ons. Follo w these impor tant mounting precauti ons when m ountin g the dri [...]

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    26 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 27 4.0 Seria l A T A (SA T A ) inte rfa c e These drives use th e industry- st andard S erial A T A interfa ce that suppor t s FIS d at a trans fers. It suppor t s A T A programme d input /output ( PIO) mod es 0–4 ; multi word D MA modes 0–2, an d Ultra DM A mode s 0–6. For de tailed in for[...]

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    28 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 4.2 Serial A T A device plu g connector pin defi nitions Table 6 summa rizes the signa ls on the Se rial ATA inter face and power connec tors. Notes: 1. All pin s are in a singl e row , with a 1.27 mm (0.05 0”) pit ch. T a ble 6: Serial A T A connector pin definitions Segment Pin Function D[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 29 2. The com ments on th e matin g sequenc e appl y to the case of bac kplane bl indma te conn ector on ly . In this case , the ma ting sequ ences are: • the gr ound pins P4 an d P12. • the pr e-char ge powe r pins a nd the o ther gro und pins . • the si gnal p ins and t he res t of the po[...]

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    30 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 4.3 Supported A T A commands The follo wing table lis ts Serial A T A standard co mmands that the driv e suppor ts. For a detailed descrip tion of the A T A co mmands, r efer to th e Ser ial A T A: High S p eed Ser ializ ed A T Attachme nt speci ficati on . Se e “S.M.A.R .T . comma nds” o[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 31 Read Se ctors 20 H Read Se ctors Extend ed 24 H Read Se ctors Withou t Retries 21 H Read V erify Secto rs 40 H Read V erify Sectors Extended 42 H Read V erify Sectors With out R etries 41 H Recalibrate 10 H Security Disabl e Passw ord F6 H Security Eras e Prep are F3 H Security Eras e Unit F4 [...]

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    32 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B S.M.A.R. T . Read Log Sector B0 H / D5 H S.M.A.R.T . Return S tatus B0 H / DA H S.M.A.R. T . Save Attri bute V alues B0 H / D3 H S.M.A.R. T . Wr ite Log Sector B0 H / D6 H S tandby 96 H or E2 H S tandby Im medi ate 94 H or E0 H Wri t e B u ff e r E8 H Wri t e D MA CA H Wr ite DM A Extended 35[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 33 4.3.1 Identify De vice command The Ident ify Device c omman d (comma nd code E C H ) trans fers inf ormation about the drive to the hos t follow ing power up. T he data is organized a s a single 512-by te block of data, whose co ntents are shown in T able 7 on page 30 . All res erved b its or [...]

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    34 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B 53 Words 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are va lid 0007 H 54 Number of c urrent lo gical c ylinders xxxx H 55 Number of c urrent lo gical heads xxxx H 56 Number of c urrent lo gical s ectors per log ical trac k xx xx H 57–58 Curre nt c apacit y in secto rs xxxx H 59 Number of secto rs transf erred[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 35 Note. Advance d Power Ma nagem ent (APM) a nd Autom atic Ac oustic M anagem ent (AAM) f eatures are not s upporte d 83 Command s ets s upporte d 7C03 H 84 Command s ets support e xtens ion 4003 H 85 Command s ets enabl ed 30 xx H 86 Command s ets enabl ed 0001 H 87 Command s ets enabl e ext en[...]

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    36 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B Note. See the b it descri ptions below f or words 63, 88, and 93 of the Identify D rive da ta. Description (if bit is set to 1 ) Bit Wor d 6 3 0 Multiwo rd DM A mode 0 i s suppor ted. 1 Multiwo rd DM A mode 1 i s suppor ted. 2 Multiwo rd DM A mode 2 i s suppor ted. 8 Multiwo rd DM A mode 0 i [...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 37 4.3.2 Set Features command This com mand c ontrols the im plemen tation of v arious f eature s that the driv e supp orts. When th e drive receiv es this comma nd, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Featu res regi ster , clears BSY and gener ates an inter- rupt. If the value i n the regis[...]

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    38 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B Note. At powe r-on, or after a ha rdware or software res et, the de fault val ues of the fe atures ar e as ind i - cated above . F1 H Repor t fu ll capac ity av aila ble T a ble 8: Set Features command values[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 39 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . pro vides near -term failu re predic tion for disc dr ives. Whe n S.M.A. R.T . is enabled, the dr ive mon i- 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 itori ng de termi nes that a [...]

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    40 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 41 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online serv ices Internet For in formatio n reg ardin g Seag ate produ cts and servic es, v isit www .sea gate .co m . W orldwi de su pport is availab le 24 h ours dai ly b y email f or yo ur ques tions. Presales Support: Presal es@Seag ate.co m T echni[...]

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    42 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B Customer Se rvice Operations W ar ranty Servic e Seagate o ffers worldwi de cu stome r suppor t for S eagate produ cts. Seagate distr ibutors, OEMs and o ther dire ct cust omers sh ould conta ct their S eagate Custome r Servic e Opera tions ( CSO) rep rese ntative for war rant y- related issu[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 43 Inde x A ACA 1 9 acceler ation 16 acousti cs 17 Active 14 Active mode 14 actuator arm 11 AFR 18 Agenc y ce rtifi catio n 1 9 altitude 15 ambi en t tem per at u re 10 , 11 Annua lized F ailure Rate 18 Annua lized F ailure Rate (AF R) 18 areal de nsity 1 , 9 ATA co mmand s 30 Austral ia/New Zeal[...]

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    44 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B Idle Immed iate 30 Idle mode 11 , 14 IEC950 19 Informati on Tech nol ogy Equipm ent (ITE ) 19 Initiali ze Devic e Param eters 30 Input nois e rippl e 13 input vol tage 1 1 interfac e 9 , 27 interfer ence 19 internal data-tr ansfer rat e OD 9 is 10 ISO doc ument 7 779 17 ITE 19 K Korea Min ist[...]

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    SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Pr oduct Manual , Rev. B 45 S.M. A.R. T. Ex ecut e Off line 31 S.M.A.R.T . implem entatio n 30 S.M.A.R.T . Read Attr ibute T hresholds 31 S.M.A.R.T. Read D ata 31 S.M.A.R.T . Read L og Secto r 32 S.M.A.R.T. Return S tatus 32 S.M. A.R. T. Save Attri bute Valu es 32 S.M.A .R.T. Wr ite Log sect or 32 Safety c ertif ication [...]

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    46 SV35.3 S eries S erial A TA Produ ct Man ual, Rev . B[...]

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    Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Dri ve, Sco tts Valley , California 9 5066- 4544, USA Public ation Numbe r: 100 480760 , Rev . B, Pri nted in U.S.A.[...]