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Prod uct Ma nu al NL35 Series ® Seri al A T A 10036 7731 Rev . B Aug ust 2007 ST34 00 832N S ST34 00 632N S ST32 50 823N S ST32 50 623N S[...]
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Copyri ght © 200 6-20 07 Seagate T echnology L LC. All rights r eserved. P rinted in U SA Pub lication nu mber: 100 36773 1, Rev . B Aug ust 2007 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and th e W ave logo are regi stered t rademarks of Seagat e T echno logy LLC in the United S tates a nd/or oth er countr ies. DB 35 Se ries, Sea T ools an d SeaTD D are ei[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B i Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 [...]
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ii NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical 5V star tup a nd operatio n current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Typical 12 V startup and opera tion cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 3.[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 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 Ser ial A T A model dr ives: NL35 S eries Ser ial A T A • ST3 400832N S • ST3 400632N S • ST3 250823N S • ST3 250623N S These d rives provide the f[...]
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2 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 1.1 Abo ut th e Se rial A T A inte rfac 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 ry to set [...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 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 ST3 400832NS, ST3250 823NS, ST34 0063 2NS, an[...]
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4 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B T able 1: Drive speci ficat ion s Drive specificati on ST3400832NS ST3400632NS ST3250823NS ST3250623NS Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector) 400 250 Guaranteed sec tors 781,422,768 488,397,168 Bytes per sector 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/w rite heads 16 Default cylin ders 16,383 Recor[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 5 *During periods of drive idle, some o ffline activity may occur ac cording to t he S.M.A.R.T. spec ification, which m ay increase acoustic and power to operat ional levels . T emperature gradient (°C per hour max) 20°C ( operating) 30°C ( nonoperating) Relative humidity 5% to 90% (operating) 5% to[...]
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6 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 2.2 Forma tte d ca pacity* *One Gb yte equals one billion byt es when referr ing to ha rd dr ive capacity . A ccessible cap acity may vary depend ing on operating en vironm ent and fo rmat ting. 2.2.1 LBA mo de When addre ssing these drive s in LBA mode, all blo cks (sectors) ar e consecutivel y numb[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 7 2. 4 Re c ord i n g an d int er fac e tech no lo gy 2.5 Phy sic al ch ar acte risti cs 2.6 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 n[...]
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8 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B values. H owever , due to the mann er in wh ich t hese dri ves are fo rmatted, b enchmark te sts that includ e command overhead o r measure logical seeks m ay produce result s that vary fr om t hese specifications. 2.7 S t art/ stop time s 2. 8 P ower sp ecif ica ti on s The driv e receive s DC po we[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 9 *During periods of drive idle, some o ffline activity may occur ac cording to t he S.M.A.R.T. spec ification, which m ay increase acoustic and power to operat ional levels . 2.8.1.1 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 ar[...]
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10 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 2.8.2 Conduct ed 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 maxi m u[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 11 drive acti vity is requir ed, the drive make s a transition to S ta ndby mode. In bo th Idle and S tan dby mode, the drive acce pt s all commands and r eturns to Active m ode wh en disc access i s necessary . 2.9 Envi r on m en t al sp ec if ica tio ns 2.9.1 Ambient t emper ature Ambie nt temp eratu[...]
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12 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 2.9.5.2 Nono peratin g sho ck The non operating shock l evel that the dri ve can experie nce without i ncurring physical dama ge or degrad ation in perfor mance wh en subse quent ly p ut into ope ration is 30 0 Gs based o n a nonrepeti tive half-si ne shock pulse of 2 mse c dur ation. 2.9.6 V ibrati[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 13 2.1 1 Elec tro mag neti c i mmu ni ty When pr operly inst alled in a re present ative host syst em, the drive operates without 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 4: Radi o f[...]
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14 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 2.1 3 Agen cy cer ti fica tio n 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 that displ [...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 15 Austr alian C-T ick (N 176) If the se m odels have the C-T ick marking, th ey co mply with t he Aus tralia/New Zeal and S tanda rd A S/NZS3548 1995 and meet the Electromagne tic Comp atibility (EM C) Framewor k require ments of the A ustralian Comm uni- cation Author ity (ACA). 2.13.3 FCC ver ificat[...]
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16 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B copper , nicke l and gold film s used in Seag ate pr oduct s are especially sen sitiv e to the p resen ce of sulfide, chl o- ride, and nitrat e cont aminant s. Sulfur is found t o be the most d amag ing. In addi tion, el ectronic component s should neve r be expo sed to condensing wate r on the surf[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 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 t ions Af ter unpa cking, and before instal lation, the dr ive may be expo sed to potential hand li[...]
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18 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 3.2 Conf i gu ri n g th e 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 is 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 ives[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 19 3. 4 D riv e mo unt i ng Y ou can mou nt th e drive in a ny orie ntation 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 5 on p age 19 for d rive mounti ng dimensio ns. F ollow these impo rt ant mounting pre cautions when mountin g the d[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 21 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 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 nformation ab[...]
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22 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 4. 2 Seri al A T A de vice p lug con ne ct or p in de fin iti on s Table 5 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 of [...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 23 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. 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 . comm ands” on page[...]
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24 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 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 . Add[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 25 4.3.1 Ident ify Device comma nd 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 6 on pag e 23. All reserved bit s or wor ds sh[...]
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26 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 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 actual nu[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 27 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. 128 Security st atus 0001 H 129– 159 Seagate-reserved xxxx H 160– 254 A T A-reserved 0000 H 255 Int[...]
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28 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 4.3.2 Set Featur es 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 generate s an inter- rupt. If the value i n t[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 29 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R .T . p rovides near- term fai lure pred iction for disc drives. Whe n S.M.A .R.T . is enabled, the drive 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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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 31 5.0 Seagat e T echn olo 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 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B Custo mer Servi ce O pera tio ns 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. R[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 33 Index A ACA 15 accelerat ion 12 acoustics 5 , 12 Activ e 10 Active m ode 10 actuator arm 8 Agency certification 14 altitude 1 1 Altitude , nono perating 5 Altitude , operati ng 5 Ambie nt temper ature 4 , 1 1 ambient temp eratu re 7 , 8 Area l density 4 , 7 ATA co mmands 23 ATA da ta-transfer modes [...]
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34 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B gradien t 5 Gs 12 Guaran teed se ctors 4 , 6 guaran teed sectors 6 H Handl ing precautio ns 17 heads 4 , 6 Height 4 humi dity 5 , 11 I I/O data- transfer r ate 4 , 7 Identify Device 23 Identify Device command 2 5 Idle 9 , 1 0 , 23 Idle Imm ediate 23 Idle mod e 4 , 8 , 10 IEC950 14 Inform ation Techn[...]
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NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B 35 Rea d/write heads 6 Rea d/write pow er 8 Ready to sp indle stop 8 Recalibrate 23 Recordi ng density 4 , 7 Recording method 7 Recordi ng techno logy 7 Relative humidity 5 relative h umidity 11 Reliability 13 Restricti on of Hazard ous Substa nces 1 5 RF 13 RMS r ead/writ e current 10 RoHS 15 RPM 4 RR[...]
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36 NL35 Ser ies SAT A Pro d uct Ma nual, Re v . B W Weight 4 Wet bulb temper ature 5 wet bulb temper atur e 11 Width 4 Write Buffer 24 Write DMA 24 Write DMA Ex tended 24 Write DMA FU A Ex tended 24 Write DMA Without Retries 24 Write Log Exte nded 24 Write Multiple 24 Write Multiple Ext ended 24 Write Multipl e FU A Extende d 24 Write Sectors 24 Wr[...]
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