Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA3 manual

Product Manual Barracuda 100672652 Rev . B A ugust 2011 ST500DM002 ST320DM000 ST250DM000[...]

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Barracuda SATA Product Manual , Rev. B Contents Seagate Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.0 Introduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.1 Abo ut[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B Figures Figure 1 Attaching SATA c abling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Figure 2 Mounting dim ensions (5 00, 320 an d 250 mode ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 7 For information r egar ding online suppor t and services, visit http://www .s ea gate.com/www/en-us/about/ contact_ us/ Available services include: • Pres ales & T echnic al support • Global Support Serv ices telephone numbers & busin ess hours • Authorized Service Centers For informat ion regar[...]

8 Barracuda SATA Product Manual , Rev. B[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 9 1.0 Intr oduction This manual descr ibes the function al, mechanica l and interface specifications fo r the following Seagate Barracuda ® model drives: These drives pr ovide t he following key fe atur es: • 7200 RPM spindle s peed. • Seagate Smart Align™ techn ology provides a simple, transparent migra[...]

10 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Introduction www.seagate.com The Serial A T A host adapter and drive shar e the func tion of emulating pa rallel A T A device behavior to provide backward compatibility with existing host systems and software. The Command and Control Block r egisters, PIO and DMA data tra nsfers, resets, and interru pts are[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 11 2.0 Drive Specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifica tions are measured under ambient condit ions, at 25°C, and n ominal power . For convenien ce, the phra ses the drive and this drive are used throughout this manu al to indicate the following drive models: 2.1 Specification summary tables The spe[...]

12 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Drive Specifications www.seagate.com * All specifications v alues based on native capacity configuration. **One GB equals one billion bytes when refe rring to hard drive ca pacity . Accessi ble capacity may vary depending on operating en viro nment and formatting. * **During periods of drive idl e, some off[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 13 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.2 Formatted capacity *One GB equals one billion bytes when refe rring to hard drive capacity . Accessible capacity may v ary depending on operating env ironment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (se ctors) are consecutiv[...]

14 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.4 Recor ding and in terface technology 2.5 Physical characteristics 2.6 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambie nt temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are de fined as follows[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 15 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.7 Start/stop times Start/stop times for alll models are listed below . Time-to-r eady may b e longer than normal if the drive power is r emoved with out going thr ough normal OS po wer - down pr ocedur es. 2.8 Power specifications The drive r eceives DC power (+5V or +1[...]

16 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power su pply across an equivalent 80-ohm r esistive load on the +12 volt line or an equivale nt 15-ohm r esistive load on th e +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power , the drive is expected to operat[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 17 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.9 Environmental specifications 2.9.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperat ure is defined as the temp eratur e of the env ironmen t immediately sur roundin g the drive. Actua l drive case te mperatur e should no t exceed 69° C (156°F) within t he operating ambient cond[...]

18 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.9.6 Vibration All vibration specifications as sume that the driv e is mounted securely wi th the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. Vibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z a xis. 2.9.6.1 Operating vib ration The maximum vibra tion levels th at the [...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 19 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity When properly installed in a repr esentative host sy stem, the dr ive operates witho ut errors or degradation in performance wh en subjected to the radio fr equency (RF) envir onments defined in the following Table 4 : T able 4 Radio frequenc[...]

20 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.12 W arranty T o determine the wa rranty for a spe cific drive, use a web browser to access the following we b page: support.seagate.com/custom er/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click on the “V erify Y o ur W arranty” link. Y ou will be asked to provide th[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 21 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications This equipment is designed to pr ovide r easonable pr otecti on agains t such inte rference in a residential installation. However , there is no guarantee that in terference will not oc cur in a particular installati on. If this equipment does cause interf erence to radio[...]

22 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.15 Corrosive envir onment Seagate electronic drive compon ents pass acce lerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 y ears exposure to light industrial environments con taining sulfurous gases, ch lorine and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845. However , this a[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 23 3.0 Configuring and Mounting the Drive This section contains th e specif ications and instructions for co nfiguring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and static-d ischarge precautions After unpacking , and befor e instal lation, the dr ive ma y be exposed to pote ntial handling an d electrostatic discharg[...]

24 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Configuring and Mounting the Drive www.seagate.com Figure 1 Attaching SA T A cabling Each cable is key ed to ensure correct orientation. Barracuda drives support latch ing SA T A connec tors. 3.4 Drive mounting Y o u can moun t the drive in any orientation using four scre ws in the side-mounting hole s or f[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 25 www.seagate.com Configuring and Mounting the Drive Figure 2 Mounting dimensions (500, 320 and 250 models) Recommended case temperature measurement location[...]

26 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Configuring and Mounting the Drive www.seagate.com[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 27 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface These drives u se the indust ry-standard Serial A T A interface that supports F IS data transf ers. It supports A T A prog rammed input/outpu t (PIO) modes 0 to 4; multiwor d DMA modes 0 to 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0 t o 6. For detailed info rmation about the Ser ial A T A i[...]

28 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface www.seagate.com Notes 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050 ”) pitch. 2. The comments on the mati ng sequence apply to the case of back plane blindmate connec tor only . In this case, the matin g sequences are: • the gr ound p ins P4 and P12. • the pre[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 29 www.seagate.com Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface Device Reset 08 H Download Microcode 92 H Execute Device Diagno stics 90 H Flush Cache E7 H Flush Cache Ext ended EA H Format T rack 50 H Identify Device EC H Idle E3 H Idle Immediate E1 H Initialize Device Parameters 91 H Read Buff er E4 H Read DMA C8 H Read D[...]

30 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface www.seagate.com Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max Address commands ar e identifi ed by the value plac ed in the S et Max Features register as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: Free ze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Max Address Extended 37 [...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 31 www.seagate.com Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identi fy Device comma nd (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host followin g power up. The d ata is or ganized a s a single 512-byte bloc k of data, whose c ontents ar e shown in on p age 28. All [...]

32 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface www.seagate.com 56 Number of curr ent logi cal sectors per lo gical track xxxx H 57–58 Current capacity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors tran sferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command xxxx H 60–61 T o tal number of user -addr essable LBA sectors avail[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 33 www.seagate.com Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface 87 Command sets enable extension 400 0 H 88 Ultra DMA support an d current mode (see note following this table) xx 3F H 89 Security erase time 0000 H 90 Enhanced sec urity erase t ime 0000 H 92 Master password revision code FFFE H 93 H a rd w a re re se t v a l[...]

34 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface www.seagate.com 0 SMART error login is supporte d. 1 SMART self-test is supported. 2 Media serial number is supported. 3 Media Card Pass Thr ough Comma nd featur e set is s upported. 4 Str eaming featur e set is supported. 5 GPL feature set is support ed. 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT [...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 35 www.seagate.com Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface 4.3.2 Set Features command This command contr ols the imple mentation of va rious featur es th at the drive suppor ts. When the drive r eceives this command, it se ts BSY , checks the con tents of the Fe atures r egister , clears BSY and generates an in terrupt[...]

36 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface www.seagate.com 4.3.3 S.M .A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near -te rm failure pr ediction for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to deg radation over time. If self-mon itoring dete rmines tha[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev. B 37 www.seagate.com Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface[...]

38 Barracuda SATA Product M anual, Rev. B Serial A T A (SA T A) Interface www.seagate.com[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev . B 39 A ACA 20 acceleration 18 acoustics 18 Active 16 Active mode 16 Agency certification 20 altitude 17 Ambient temperature 17 ambient temper ature 14, 15 Annualized Failure Rate 20 areal density 14 ATA commands 28 Australia/New Zealan d Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 20 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 20 Austr[...]

40 Barracuda SATA Product Ma nual, Rev. B Input noise ripple 16 input voltage 15 interface 14, 27 interference 20 internal data-trans fer rate OD 14 is 14 ISO document 7779 18 ITE 20 K KCC 20 Korean Communicatio ns Commission 20 Korean RRL 20 L latency 14 LBA mode 13 length 14 logical geometry 13 M master/slave 9 mounting 24 mounting screws 17 moun[...]

Barracuda SATA Product Manual, Rev . B 41 Security Erase Unit 29 Security Freeze 29 Security Set Password 29 Security Unlock 29 See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 34 28 Seek 29 Seek time 14 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 27 serial ATA ports 9 servo electronics 15 Set Features 29 Set Max Address 30 Set Max Address Extended 30 Set Multiple Mode 30 Sh[...]

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