Seagate ST9250827AS manual

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    Prod uct Ma nu al Momentus 5 400.4 SA T A 10046 8842 Rev . A Oc tober 2007 ST92 50 827A S ST92 00 827A S ST91 60 827A S ST91 20 817A S[...]

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    Revisi on hist or y Copyri ght © 200 7 Seagat e T echnology LL C. All r ight s reserved . Printed in U.S. A. Pub lication nu mber: 100 46884 2, Rev . A October 20 07 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and the W ave logo are registe red trade marks of S eagate T echnology LL C in the U nited S tates and/o r oth er countries. M omentus, S eaT ools a nd[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A i[...]

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    ii Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A iii Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2[...]

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    iv Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A v List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical + 5V only sta rtup and o peration cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Seria l ATA connect ors and j umper o ptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 3. Atta[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 Mom e ntu s ® 5400. 4 SA T A model driv es: • ST9 250827A S • ST9 200827A S • ST9 160827A S • ST9 120817A S These d rives provide the fo llowing key fe atures[...]

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    2 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 1.1 Abo ut th e Se ria l A T A i nterf ac e The Serial A T A i nterface provides several advant ages ov er the trad itional (p ara llel) A T A int erface. The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy inst allation and confi guration wi th true plug -and-pl ay connectivity . It is not norma lly necess[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 pow er . For conveni ence, the phra ses the drive and this drive are used througho ut this man ual to indica te the ST9 250827AS, S T92008 27AS, ST 9160827A S, [...]

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    4 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to har d drive capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry dependin g on operating en viro nmen t and formatting. Full-stroke seek (msec) 20 (typical); 24 (max) S tartup curren t, +5V ( typi cal) 1.0 amps Seek powe r (typical ) 2.0 watts Read/wr ite[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 5 **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A. R.T. spe c ifica tion, w hic h ma y inc rease a coustic and power to op erat ional levels . ***Typical n otebooks will pull powe r to the drive when ente ring S3 and S4; while in the S3 and S4 states [...]

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    6 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.4 Phys ica l org aniz ati on 2. 5 Rec ord in g an d i nt er fac e te ch no l o gy 2.6 Phy sic al ch a racte ri sti cs Drive mode l Read/write heads Number of discs ST9250827AS 4 2 ST9200827AS 4 2 ST9160827AS 3 2 ST9120817AS 2 1 Int erfa c e Serial A T A (SA T A) Recording method Perpendicular Reco[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 7 2.7 See 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 re defi ned as foll ows: • T rack-to-track seek time is a n average o f all possib le single-[...]

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    8 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2. 9 Power sp eci fi cat i ons The dr ive re ceives DC powe r (+5V ) thro ugh a nativ e SA T A power co nnecto r . 2. 9.1 Powe r c onsum ption Power requir emen ts for the dr i ves are li sted in the ta bl e on p age 8. T ypical power measu rem ent s are ba sed on an aver age of dri ves tested, unde[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9 2.9.1.1 T ypica l current prof ile Figure 1. T yp ical +5V only star tup and operation current profile 2.9.2 Defer red spinu p Momen tus 5400 .4 SA T A driv es do no t support the def erre d spinup opti on. If you requir e this option , refer to the Momen tus 54 00.3 SA T A Blade Server family of dr[...]

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    10 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.9.5 Powe r-man ag 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: • Act ive mod e The[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 11 2.1 0 E nvir onm en t al sp ec if i ca t ions 2.10.1 Ambie nt tem perature Ambie nt 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 65°C (149°F ) with in the opera ting am bient condi t[...]

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    12 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.10.5 S hock All shock specifi cations assume that the dri ve is moun ted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in th e X, Y or Z axis. 2.10.5.1 Op eratin g shoc k These drives comply with th e perform ance levels specifi ed in this docume nt whe [...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 13 2.1 1 Acou sti c em issi on Drive emission o f sound is measur ed consi stent with th e ECMA-74 an d its’ r eferenced st andard s. T esting is conducted at room tempera ture (approxim ately 25 C). Emissino levels a re repor ted a s the tot al A-wei ghted sound po wer leve ls for , steady st ate, [...]

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    14 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.13 Reli abilit y 2.1 4 A gen cy cer ti fica tio n 2.14.1 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. 2.14.2 Elect roma gnetic comp atibility Hard dr[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 15 Korean RRL If these drive s have the Korea Ministr y of Informatio n and Com munication (MIC) l ogo, they comply with par a- graph 1 of Ar ticle 1 1 of the Electrom agnetic Comp atib ility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirement s of the Radio Resea[...]

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    16 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.15 Env iro nme ntal p ro tec tio n Seag ate designs i ts product s to meet envi ronm ental pro t ection r equirement s wor ldwide, incl uding regu lations restricti ng certain chemic a l substances . 2.15.1 European Union R estr iction of Ha zardou s Sub st anc es (RoH S) The Euro pean Union R es[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 17 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 and st ati c-di sc ha rg e pre cau tio ns Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential hand l[...]

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    18 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 3.2 Conf igu rin g th e dri ve 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 is n o master/ slave r elationsh ip because each drive i s consi dered a master in a point -to-point relationsh ips. If two dr ives are[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 19 3. 4 Driv e mo un ti ng Y ou can mount the dr ive using four screw s in the side-mount ing holes or fou r screws in the bo ttom-mou nting hol es. See Figur e 4 for driv e mo unting dim ensi ons. Follow these impo rt ant mo unti ng pr ecautio ns when mou nt- ing the drive: • A llow a min imum cle [...]

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    20 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 21 4.0 Serial A T A (S A T A) in terf a ce These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rfa ce that su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It suppor ts A T A progr ammed inp ut/out put (PI O) modes 0–4; mul tiwor d DMA modes 0–2, and U ltra DMA mo des 0–6. T he driv e also suppo rt s th[...]

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    22 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 of backpl ane blindm ate co nnector on ly . In this case, the mating sequences ar e: • the gro und p ins P4 and P12. • the pre -charge p ower p ins and th[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 23 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A com mand s The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A standard co mma nds that the drive sup port s. For a de taile d descripti on of the A T A com mands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Attachme nt specification . See “S.M.A .R.T . command s” on pa ge[...]

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    24 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Note: Individua l Set Max commands are identi- fied by t he value placed in the Set M ax Fea- tures register as defined t o the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlo ck: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Multiple Mode C6h S.M.A.R.T . Disable Operat ions B0h/D9h S.M.A.R.T . Enable/Disable Aut[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 25 Security Set P assword F1h Secu r i t y Unl o ck F2 h Security Era se Prepare F3h Security Era se Unit F4h Security Freez e Lock F5h Security Dis able Password F6h Command n ame Command code (i n hex)[...]

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    26 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 dat a is organi zed as a sin gle 512-b yte b lock of data, whose content s are sh own in the table on pag e 27. All reser ved bi ts or wo [...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 27 57–58 Current cap acity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors t ransferred during a R ead Multiple or Write M ultiple command xxxx H 60–61 T ot al num ber of user-addressable LB A sectors available (see Section 2.2 for related information) ST9250827AS = 488,397,168 ST9200827AS = 390,721,968 ST[...]

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    28 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 95–99 A T A-reserved 0000 H 100– 103 T ot al num ber of user-addressable LB A sectors available (see Section 2.2 for related information) These words are required for driv es that support t he 48-bit addressing feature. Maximum val ue: 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFh. ST9250827AS = 488,397,168 ST9200827AS = [...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 29 4.3.2 Set Feat ures com mand 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 con tents of t he Featur es reg ister , clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value i n t[...]

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    30 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 4.3.3 S.M.A.R. T . commands S.M. A.R.T . provides near- term fail ure pred iction for disc drives. Whe n S.M.A .R.T . is enab led, the dri ve moni- 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 ikely[...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 31 5.0 Seagat e T echnolo gy support ser vice s Inter net For info rma tion regardin g Seagate pr oducts and services, vi sit www .sea gate.com . Worl dwide sup port is 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: DiscSup[...]

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    32 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s 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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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 33 Index A ACA 15 acoustics 4 , 13 Active m ode 10 Addr ess 23 AFR 14 Agency certification 14 Altitude 11 Altitude , nono perating 4 Altitude , operati ng 4 Ambie nt temper ature 4 , 1 1 ambient temp eratu re 7 Annu alized F ailure Rate 14 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 4 Area l density 3 , 6 areal [...]

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    34 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Guaran teed se ctors 3 , 5 guaran teed sectors 5 H handl ing 17 Handl ing precautio ns 17 heads 5 Height 3 hei ght 6 Humidity 11 humi dity 4 I I/O data- transfer r ate 3 , 6 Identify 23 Identify Device 23 Identify Device command 2 6 Idle 8 , 2 4 Idle and Standby ti mers 1 0 Idle Imm ediate 24 Idle [...]

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    Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 35 Rea d/write heads 5 Rea d/write pow er 4 read/wr ite powe r and curr ent 8 Recordi ng density 3 , 6 Recording method 6 Recordi ng techno logy 6 Relative humidity 4 , 11 Reliability 14 resistance 9 Retries 23 RF 13 RoHS 16 RPM 3 RRL 15 S S.M. A.R.T. 24 S.M.A.R .T. imple ment ation 23 Safety certific[...]

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    36 Momen tus 5400.4 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A[...]

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    Seag ate T ech nolog y LLC 920 D isc Drive , Scot ts V alley, Califo rnia 95 066-4544 , USA Public ation N umber: 1 00468842, Rev . A, Printed i n USA[...]