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    Prod uct Ma nu al Barracuda 720 0.1 1 Se rial A T A 10045 2348 Rev . C Januar y 2008 ST31 00 0340 AS ST31 00 0640 AS ST37 50 330A S ST37 50 630A S ST35 00 320A S ST35 00 620A S ST35 00 820A S[...]

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    Revisi on hist or y Copyri ght © 200 7-20 08 Seagate T echnology L LC. A ll right s reserve d. Printe d in U.S.A . Pub lication nu mber : 10045234 8, Rev . C, January 2008 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and th e W ave logo are regi stered t rademarks of Seagat e T echnology LL C in the Un ited S tates and/or oth er count ries. Barr ac uda, SeaT o[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    ii Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Fig[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, 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 Barr acuda ® 7 200.1 1 Ser ial A T A m odel dri ves: These d rives provide the fo llowing key fe atures: • 7,200 R PM sp indle speed. • High instant aneo[...]

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    2 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 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 in stalla tion and con figura tion with true plug- and-pl ay connectivity . It is not necessa[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, 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 pow er . For conveni ence, the phra ses the drive and this drive are used througho ut this man ual to indica te the fo llo win g dr iv e mod els : S pe[...]

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    4 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C T a ble 1: Drive sp ecific atio ns s ummary for 1000 a nd 750 Gb yte mode ls Drive speci fication ST31 000340A S ST310 00640AS ST3750 330AS ST375 0630AS Formatte d capaci ty (512 bytes /se ctor) * 1000 Gbyt es 750 Gby tes Guarantee d secto rs 1,953,52 5,16 8 1,465,149 ,168 Heads 8 6 Discs 4 [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 5 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to har d drive capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va r y dependin g on ope rating en vi ronmen t and formatting. * *During per io ds of drive i dle, some offl ine act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . speci fic ation , wh [...]

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    6 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C T a ble 2: Drive sp ecific atio ns s ummary for 500 Gb yte models Drive speci fication ST350 0320AS ST350 0620 AS ST3500820 AS Formatte d capaci ty ( 512 bytes /secto r)* 500 Gbytes Guarantee d secto rs 976,773,1 68 Heads 4 Discs 2 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 7 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to har d drive capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va r y dependin g on ope rating en vi ronmen t and formatting. * *During per io ds of drive i dle, some offl ine act ivity ma y occur ac cor ding to the S.M .A.R.T . speci fic ation , wh [...]

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    8 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.1 Forma tte d ca pacity *One Gb yte equals one billion bytes whe n refer r ing to h ard drive capacity . Accessibl e capacity may vary depe nding on operating enviro nment and formatting. 2.1.1 LBA mode When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e consecutivel y n[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 9 2.4 Phy sic al cha ra cteri 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 re defi ned as foll ows: • T rack-to-track seek [...]

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    10 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2. 7 Power sp eci f ica ti ons The driv e receive s DC po wer ( + 5V or + 12V ) t hrou gh a nat ive S A T A po wer connect or . See Figu re 4 on p age 20. 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 powe r measu rem ent s[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 11 2.7.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofiles Figure 1. T ypical 5V st artup and o peration current profile Figure 2. T ypical 12V st artup and o peration current profile[...]

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    12 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 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 the +5 vol t line . • Using 12-volt powe r , the drive is expect ed to oper at e with a[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 13 2.8 Envi ron men t al sp ecif ica tio ns 2.8.1 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 69°C (156°F) with in the operati ng ambient condit[...]

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    14 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.8.6 V ibration All vi bration specifi cations assum e that th e drive is m ounted secure ly with the inpu t 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 [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 15 2.9 A coust ics Drive acoustics are measu red as over all A-wei ghted ac ou stic sound power l evels (n o pure ton es). All me a- sureme nts are consi stent with ISO document 7779. S ound power m easuremen ts are t aken und er e ssentially free-f ield cond itions ove r a reflecting plane. [...]

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    16 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.1 1 Re liab ility 2.1 1.1 An nualized Failur e Rat e (AFR ) and M ean T ime Betw een Failur es (MTBF ) The pr oduct shall achieve an A nnualized Failure Rate (A FR) of 0.34% (MTBF of 0. 7 million hours) when oper- ated in an env ironment of ambien t air temper atures o f 25 ° C. Ope rati[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 17 Korean RRL If these driv es have the Korea Mini stry of Informat ion and C ommun ication (MIC ) logo, they comply with par agr aph 1 of Article 1 1 of t he Electr omag netic Co mp at ibility co ntro l Regula tion a nd m eet the E lectr omagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirement s [...]

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    18 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.13 En v iro nme ntal p ro tec tion 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 . 2.13.1 Europ ean U nion Re strictio n of Hazard ous S ubst ances (RoH S) Dire ctiv e Seag[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 19 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 potent[...]

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    20 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 3.2 Conf igu rin g the dr ive Each dr ive on the Seria l A T A interface connect s point -to-point wi th the Seria l A T A host adapt er . There is no master /slave relationsh ip beca use each dr ive is consid er ed a ma ster in a poi nt-to-poin t relat ionship. If two drives a re att ached[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 21 3. 4 Driv e mo un ti ng Y ou can mou nt the dr ive in a ny orie ntation using fo ur screws i n the sid e-mo unting holes or f our screw s in the bottom- mou nti ng holes. S ee Figur e 5 for drive moun ti ng dimensio ns. Foll ow these impor t ant moun ti ng preca u- tion s when mount ing th[...]

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    22 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 23 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (SA T A) in te rf ace These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rface th at su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It s uppor ts 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 nf[...]

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    24 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 4. 2 Seri al A T A devi ce p lug c onne c tor p in de fin iti on s Table 6 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 [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 25 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A c omm ands The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A stand ard comma nds that the dri ve support s. For a de ta iled descrip tion of the A T A comma nds, refer to the S erial A T A Interna tional O rganizati on: Seri al A T A Revi sion 2.6 (ht tp:// www .sata-io.org).[...]

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    26 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Security Era se Prepare F3 H 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 Feat ures reg[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 27 W rite Sectors Extended 34 H Command n ame Command co de (in hex)[...]

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    28 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 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 able 7 on pag e 25. All reserved bit s or[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 29 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 sect ors, 137 Gbytes). D rives with capac ities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the a[...]

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    30 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic M anagement (AAM) features are not supported Note. See the bit descriptions below for w ords 63, 88, and 93 of t he Identify Drive data. 128 Security st atus 0001 H 129–159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160–254 A T A-reserved 0000 H[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 31 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 t he Features reg ister , clears B SY and gene rates an inter - rupt. If the[...]

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    32 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . co mmand s S.M. A.R.T . provides near- term fai lure pred iction for disc drives. W hen S. M.A.R.T . is enabl ed, the driv e 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 [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 33 5.0 Seagat e T echnology suppo rt service s Onli ne s ervic es 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 [...]

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    34 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s W arranty S ervice 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 i[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 35 Index A ACA 17 accelerat ion 14 acoustics 15 Activ e 12 Active m ode 12 actuator arm 10 AFR 16 Agency certification 16 altitude 1 3 Ambie nt temper ature 13 ambient temp eratu re 9 , 10 Annu alized F ailure Rate 16 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 16 areal de nsity 1 , 8 ATA co mma nd s 25[...]

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    36 Bar racuda 720 0.11 Seri al ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C I I/O data- transfer r ate 8 I/O duty cycle 16 Identify Device 25 Identify Device command 2 8 Idle 12 , 25 Idle Imm ediate 25 Idle mod e 10 , 12 IEC950 16 Inform ation Techn ology E quipment ( ITE) 16 Init ialize D evice Para mete rs 25 Input no ise ripp le 12 input voltage 10 interface 8 ,[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .11 Ser ial ATA Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. C 37 RMS r ead/writ e current 12 RoHS 18 RRL 17 S S.M.A. R.T. D isable O perati ons 26 S.M.A. R.T. E nable Opera tions 2 6 S.M.A.R .T. Enable/ Disabl e Autosave 26 S.M. A.R.T. Ex ecu te Offlin e 26 S.M.A.R .T. imple ment ation 25 S.M.A. R.T. Read Attri bute Thr esholds 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 2[...]

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