Seagate ST3500641NS manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al NL 35 Se ri es ® 7200. 2 Se rial A T A 10039 0104 Rev . C Aug ust 2007 ST35 00 841N S ST35 00 641N S[...]

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    Copyri ght © 200 6-20 07 Seagate T echnology L LC. A ll right s reserve d. Printe d in USA Pub lication nu mber: 100 39010 4, Rev . C Aug ust 2007 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and th e W ave logo are registered t rademarks of Seagat e T echnology LL C in the United S ta tes and/or ot her co untrie s. NL35 Serie s, SeaT ools and Se aTDD ar e eit[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 [...]

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    ii NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Figure 2. Jumper options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 1 1.0 I ntroducti on This ma nual de scribes t he functional , mechan ical and interfa ce specif ications fo r the foll owing Seag ate NL3 5 Series 7 200.2 Se rial A T A model dri ves: NL35 S eries 72 00.2 Seri al A T A • ST3 500841N S • ST3 500641N S These d rives provide the fo llowing key fe[...]

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    2 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 1.1 Abo ut th e Se rial A T A inte rf ace The Serial A T A i nterface provides several advant ages ov er the trad itional (p ara llel) A T A interface . The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy in stalla tion and con figura tion with true plug- and-pl ay connectivity . It is not necessa ry to s[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 3 2.0 Drive specificati ons Unles s otherwi se noted, all specific ations are m easur ed u nder amb ient con ditions, a t 25°C, a nd nominal power . For conv enience , the ph rases the dri ve and t h is dr iv e ar e used thro ughout th is ma nual to indi cate ST3 500841NS and ST3 500641NS models .[...]

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    4 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2. 3 Re c ord i n g an d int er f ac e te ch no l o gy 2.4 Phy sic al ch a racte ri sti cs 2.5 S ee k ti m e Seek mea surem ent s a re t ake n w ith nom inal po wer a t 25 °C amb ient t empe ratur e. All tim es a re m easu red using drive di agnostics. T he speci fications in the tab le below a r[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 5 2.6 S t art/ stop time s 2. 7 Power sp ecif ica ti on s The driv e receive s DC po wer ( + 5V or + 12V ) t hrou gh a nat ive S A T A power connect or . See Fi gu re 3 on p age 16. 2. 7.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requir emen ts fo r the driv e s are lis ted in the t able on pa ge 9. T ypical pow[...]

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    6 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.7.1.1 T ypical cu rrent prof ile Figure 1. T ypical 12V st artup and operation current profile 2.7.2 Cond ucted nois e Input noise r ipple is measured at th e host system power sup ply across an equivalen t 80-ohm resistive load on the + 12 volt lin e or an eq uivalent 1 5-ohm r esistive load on[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 7 2.7.4 Powe r- manag eme nt modes The drive provid es programm able power man agement to provide greater energy ef ficiency . I n most syst ems, you can contro l power ma nagement t hrough th e system setup pro gram. The dr ive fe atures the following pow er-mana gement mo des: • Acti ve mode Th[...]

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    8 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.8 Envi ron men t al sp ecif ica tio ns 2.8.1 Ambie nt tem perature Amb ient temp eratu re is d efined as the te mperatur e of t he environmen t im mediatel y surro unding the d rive. Actual d rive ca se tempera ture shoul d not exce ed 69°C (156°F) wit hin the operati ng ambient condition s. A[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 9 2.8.6 V ibration All vi bration specifi cations assum e that th e drive is mo unted secure ly with the i nput vibration applied at the driv e mounting screws. V ibra tion m ay be applied i n the X , Y or Z axi s. 2.8.6.1 Oper ating v ibratio n The maximu m vibration leve ls that the dr ive m ay e[...]

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    10 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.10 El ec tro mag neti c i mmu ni ty When pr operly inst alled in a re present ative host syst em, the drive operates wit hout errors or degr adation in perfor manc e when subj ected to the radi o frequency (RF) envi ronmen ts defi ned in the followi ng tab le: 2.1 1 Re liab ility T a ble 3: Rad[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 11 2.1 2 Agen cy cert ifi cat ion 2.12.1 Safe ty certific atio n The drives ar e recog nized in accord ance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all app licable sections of IEC9 50 and E N 60950 as tested by T UV North A merica. 2.12.2 Elect roma gnetic com p atib ilit y Hard dri ve s that di [...]

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    12 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Radi o and tele vision int erfer ence. This equipment gene rates and uses radi o frequency ene rgy and if not inst alled and use d in strict a ccordance wi th the man ufacturer’s inst ructions, may cau se inter ference to r adio and televi sion rece ption. This equ ipment is designe d to provid[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 13 2. 14 Co rr os iv e en vir on men t Seag ate electroni c drive component s p ass accel erated corr osion testing equ ivalent to 10 years expo sure to light industrial en vironment s cont aining sulfu rous gases, chlori ne and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845 . However , this accelerat[...]

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    14 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 15 3.0 Conf igur ing an d mountin g the dri ve This secti on cont ains t he specifica tions an d instructions f or con figuring and moun ting the dri ve. 3.1 Hand lin g an d st ati c-di sc ha rg e pre cau t ions Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential ha[...]

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    16 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 3.2 Conf igu rin g the dr ive Each drive on the Serial A T A i nterface connect s in a poin t-to-point conf iguratio n with the S erial A T A host adapter . There i s no m aster/sla ve relationsh ip be cause each drive is co nsidere d a ma ster i n a point -to- point relationsh ips. If two dr ive[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 17 3. 4 Driv e mo unt i ng Y ou can mou nt th e drive in a ny or ientation using fo ur screw s in the sid e-mo unting hol es or f our screw s in the bottom- mounti ng holes. See Figur e 4 on page 17 for d rive mounting d imensio ns. Fol low these impo rt ant mounting pre cautions when mountin g the[...]

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    18 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 19 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (SA T A) inte rf ace These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rfac e that su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It s upports A T A progr ammed inpu t/outp ut (PIO) mod es 0–4 ; multiwor d DMA m odes 0–2, an d Ultra DMA mode s 0–6. For detai led i nformation[...]

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    20 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 4. 2 Seri al A T A de vi ce plug c on nec tor p in def in iti on s Table 4 summari zes the si gnals on th e Seri al ATA inte rface and power co nnectors. . Notes: 1. All pi ns are in a single r ow , with a 1 .27 mm (0 .050”) pitch . 2. The co mment s on th e mating seq uence apply to the ca se [...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 21 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A c omm and s The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A stand ard comma nds that the dri ve support s. F or a deta iled descrip tion of the A T A command s, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Ser ialized A T Attachme nt specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . command s” on p[...]

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    22 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Security Era se Unit F4 H Sec ur ity F re ez e F5 H Security Set P assword F1 H Secu r i t y Unl o ck F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set M ax Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis - ter as def ined to the right . [...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 23 4.3.1 Ident ify D evice com mand The Id entify De vice command (command code EC H ) transfer s information abou t the drive to the host foll owing power up . The d ata is organized as a single 512 -byte bl ock of data, whose cont ents are shown in T a bl e 5 on page 21 . All re served bit s or w[...]

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    24 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA s ectors available (see Section 2.1 for relat ed information) *Note: The maximum value allow ed in this field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sector s, 137 Gbytes). Drives w ith capac ities over 137 Gbytes will hav e 0FFFFFFFh in t his field and the actual[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 25 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM) features are not supported Note. See the bit descriptions below for w ords 63, 88, and 93 of the I dentify Drive data. 129– 159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160– 254 AT A - r e s e r v e d 0000 H 255 Integrity word xxA [...]

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    26 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 4.3.2 Set Feat ures c omman d This com man d con trol s t he im pleme nt ation of var ious f eatur es th at th e dr ive sup port s . When th e dr iv e r eceives this command, it se ts BSY , checks the content s of the F eatures reg ister , clears BSY and gene rates an inter - rupt. If the value i[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 27 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . co mmand s S.M.A.R .T . provides near- term failure pred iction for disc drives. W hen S. M.A.R.T . is enabl ed, the drive m oni - tors pr edet ermined d rive at tribut es that ar e suscepti ble to deg rada tion over tim e. If self-monitor ing d etermines that a fai lure is l [...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 29 5.0 Seagat e T echnology suppo rt service s Inter net For info rma tion regardin g Seagate pr oducts and services, vi sit www .sea g ate.com . Worldw ide support i s availa ble 24 hour s daily by email fo r your que stions. Pre sales Su ppor t: Presa les@Seaga te.com T e chn ical Su pp ort: Disc[...]

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    30 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Custo mer Servi ce Op erat ions W arranty Ser vice Seag ate of fer s worldw ide custom er supp ort for Seagate pro duct s. Se agate distr ibutor s, OEMs and other di rect customer s should cont act their Sea gate Customer S ervice Operati ons (CSO) repr esent ative for warra nty- related issu es.[...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 31 Index A ACA 11 accelerat ion 9 acoustics 9 Activ e 7 Active m ode 7 actuator arm 5 AFR 10 Agency certification 11 altitude 8 Ambie nt temper ature 8 ambient temp eratu re 4 , 5 Annu alized F ailure Rate 10 Area l density 4 ATA co mmand s 21 Austr alia/New Ze aland S tandard A S/NZS3548 1995 11 A[...]

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    32 NL35 Ser ies 7200 .2 SATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Identify Device 21 Identify Device command 2 3 Idle 7 , 2 1 Idle Imm ediate 21 Idle mod e 5 , 7 IEC950 11 Inform ation Techn ology E quipment ( ITE) 11 Init ialize D evice Para mete rs 21 Input no ise ripp le 6 input voltage 5 Interfa ce 4 interface 19 Interlea ve 4 Interna l data- transfer rate [...]

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    NL35 S eries 7 200.2 SATA P roduct M anual, Rev. C 33 S.M.A. R.T. Read Attri bute Thr esholds 22 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 22 S.M.A.R .T. Read Log Secto r 22 S.M. A.R.T. Re turn St atu s 22 S.M. A.R.T. Sa ve At tribut e Valu es 22 S.M.A.R .T. Write Log sect or 22 Safety certification 11 SATA 4 , 1 9 screws 8 sector 3 sectors 3 Sectors per tra ck 3 Secur[...]

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    Seag ate T echnolog y LLC 920 D isc Drive , Scot ts V alley, Califo rnia 95 066-4544 , USA Public ation N umber: 1 00390104, R ev . C, Pri nted in USA[...]