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    Prod uct Ma nu al Barracuda ® 7200.9 Ser ial A T A 10041 7177 Rev . C Aug ust 2007 ST31 60 81 1A S ST31 60 21 1A S ST31 20 81 1A S ST31 20 21 1A S ST38 08 1 1AS ST38 02 1 1AS ST34 02 1 1AS[...]

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    ©2006- 2007, S eagate T echnology LL C All rig hts res erved. Pub lication nu mber: 100 41717 7, 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 Un ited S tates and/or oth er count ries. Barr ac uda, SeaT ool s and SeaTDD are either tr ademarks or register ed t[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figu[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 ® 7 200.9 Se rial A T A model dri ves: These d rives provide the fo llowing key fe atures: • 7,200 R PM sp indle speed. • High instant aneo us [...]

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    2 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial 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 interface . The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy inst allat ion and configu ration with true pl ug-and -play connectivi ty . • Thinner and mor[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 : 2. 1 [...]

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    4 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C T a ble 1: Drive sp ecific atio ns s ummary for 160 Gb yte models Drive sp ecifi cation ST316 081 1AS ST3160 21 1AS Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 160 Heads 2 Discs 1 Guarantee d secto rs 312,581,8 08 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default read /write heads 16 Def[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 i[...]

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    6 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C T a ble 2: Drive sp ecific atio ns s ummary for 120 Gb yte models Drive sp ecifi cation ST3 120811AS ST31202 1 1AS Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 12 0 Heads 2 Discs 1 Guarantee d secto rs 234,44 1,648 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 63 Default read /write heads 16 Def[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, 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 i[...]

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    8 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C T a ble 3: Drive sp ecific atio ns s ummary for 80 an d 40 Gbyt e mod els Drive sp ecifi cation ST380 81 1AS ST38 021 1AS ST3 4021 1AS Formatted Gbyte s (51 2 bytes/ sector)* 80 40 Heads 1 Discs 1 Guarantee d secto rs 156,301,4 88 78 ,165 ,360 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors p er tr ack 6[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 9 * 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 i[...]

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    10 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.2 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. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e consecutivel y nu[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 11 2. 4 Rec ord in g an d i nt er fac e te ch no l o gy 2.5 Phy sic al cha ra cteri sti cs Int erfa c e Serial A T A (SA T A) Recording method 16/17 EPRML Recording dens ity KBPI (kbit s/inch max) 756.09 T rack dens ity KTPI (ktracks/inch av g) 141.95 Areal density (Gbits/inch 2 avg) 103. 8 S [...]

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    12 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.6 S ee k ti me 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 [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 13 2. 8 Po w er spe cif 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 4 on p age 24. 2. 8.1 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[...]

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    14 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.8.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofiles Figure 1. T ypical 5V st artup and operation current profile Figure 2. T ypical 12V st artup and operation current profile 2.8.2 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[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 15 2.8.4 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 m[...]

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    16 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.9 E nvi ron men t al sp ec if i cat ions 2.9.1 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 dr ive case tempe rature should not exceed 69°C (1 56°F) withi n the operating am bient cond itio[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 17 2.9.6 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. 2.9.6.1 Oper ating v ibratio n The maximu m vibration leve ls that the dr ive [...]

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    18 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.1 1 Elec tro mag ne ti c i mmuni 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: 2.12 Reli abilit y T a ble 6: [...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 19 2.1 3 Agen cy cert ifi cat ion 2.13.1 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. 2.13.2 Elect roma gnetic com p atib ilit y Hard dri ve s tha[...]

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    20 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 2.13.3 FCC ver ificatio n These dr ives are intende d to be cont ained solel y wit hin a person al compute r or similar encl osu re (no t atta ched as an e xtern al device ). As su ch, ea ch dr i ve is co nsi dere d to be a suba ssembly even when it i s indivi du ally mar - keted to the custo[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 21 2. 15 Co rr os iv e e nvi ron m ent 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 acce[...]

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    22 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 23 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 H and l in 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 potent[...]

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    24 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 3.2 C onf 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 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 25 3. 4 Driv e mo un ti 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- 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 t[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 27 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (SA T A) inte rf a ce 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 nfor[...]

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    28 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial 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 7 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[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 29 4.3 S uppor ted A T A comm 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 Att achment speci fication . See “S.M.A .R.T . commands”[...]

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    30 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA 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 Feat ures regis - ter as def ined to the rig[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 31 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 8 on page 29 . All re served bit s[...]

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    32 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA s ectors available (see Section 2.2 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 ac[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 33 Note. Advanced Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acoustic M anagement (AAM) features are not supported Note. See t he bit descriptio ns below for wor ds 63, 88, a nd 93 of the Identi fy Drive d ata. 104– 127 AT A - r e s e r v e d 0000 H 128 Secu r i t y statu s 0001 H 129– 159 Seaga[...]

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    34 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA 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 t he Features reg ister , clears B SY and gene rates an inter - rupt. If the va[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 35 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 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[...]

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    36 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 37 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:[...]

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    38 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial 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 iss[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 39 Index A ACA 19 accelerat ion 17 acoustics 17 Activ e 15 Active m ode 15 actuator arm 13 Agency certification 19 altitude 1 6 Ambie nt temper ature 16 ambient temp eratu re 1 2 , 13 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 18 areal de nsity 1 , 11 ATA co mma nd s 29 Austr alia/New Ze aland S tandard[...]

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    40 Barracuda 72 00.9 Ser ial ATA Product Manu al, Rev. C Identify Device 29 Identify Device command 3 1 Idle 15 , 29 Idle Imm ediate 29 Idle mod e 13 , 15 IEC950 19 Inform ation Techn ology E quipment ( ITE) 19 Init ialize D evice Para mete rs 29 Input no ise ripp le 14 input voltage 13 Interfa ce 11 interface 27 Interlea ve 11 internal d ata-trans[...]

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    Barr acuda 7200 .9 Serial A TA Pro duct Manua l, Rev. C 41 S S.M.A. R.T. D isable O perati ons 30 S.M.A. R.T. E nable Opera tions 3 0 S.M.A.R .T. Enable/ Disabl e Autosave 30 S.M. A.R.T. Ex ecu te Offlin e 30 S.M.A.R .T. imple ment ation 29 S.M.A. R.T. Read Attri bute Thr esholds 30 S.M.A.R.T. Read Data 30 S.M.A.R .T. Read Log Secto r 30 S.M. A.R.T[...]

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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 00417177, Rev . C, Printed in USA[...]