Seagate ST480HM000 manual

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    Product Manual Seagate ® 600 SSD 100722309 Rev. A April 2013 Standard 2.5” 7mm Usage Based models ST480HM000 ST240HM000 ST120HM000 Standard 2.5” 5mm Usage Based models ST480HM001 ST240HM001 ST120HM001[...]

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    © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Publication number: 100722309, Rev. A April 2013 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Seagate 600 SSD and SeaTools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or [...]

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    iii Seagate 600 SSD Product Manual, Rev. A Contents Seagate Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1 Abo[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A IV F IGURES Figure 1. Typical 5V Startup and Operation Current Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 6 Figure 3. Mounting [...]

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    Seagate 600 SSD Product Manual, Rev. A 1 For information regarding online support and services, visit http://www.seagate.com/about/contact-us/technical-support/ Available services include: • Presales & Technical support • Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours • Authorized Service Centers Warranty terms will vary b[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 2 1.0 I NTRODUCTION This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate ® 600 SSD model drives: These drives provide the following key features: • Multi-Level Cell (19nm MLC) NAND Flash storage. • Serial ATA 3.1 Host Interface (SATA 6Gb/s). • Hig[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 3 2.0 D RIVE SPECIFICATIONS Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models: Product data communicated in this manual[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 4 * One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environm ent and formatting. **Warranty terms are “Usage Based”, see Warranty information in Section 2.10.2 or consult your Seagate sales representative for warranty terms and con[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 5 2.4 P ERFORMANCE , R ECORDING AND INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY 2.4.1 Interface technology 480GB models 240GB models 120GB models Interface Serial ATA (SATA-II) Interface Speeds Supported 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s, 1.5Gb/s Maximum Burst Transfer Rate 600MB/s Hot Plug Support Yes Native Command Queuing Support Yes Trim Suppo[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 6 2.5 P HYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ST480HM000, ST240HM000 & ST120HM000 ST480HM001, ST240HM001 & ST120HM001 Maximum height 7.00 mm (0.276 in) 5.00 mm (0.197 in) Maximum width 70.10 mm (2.760 in) Maximum length 100.45 mm (3.955 in) Max weight 77 g (0.170lb) 67 g (0.148 lb) 2.6 T IME TO R EADY 480GB 24[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 7 2.7 P OWER SPECIFICATIONS The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector. See 2 on page 16. 2.7.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under nominal conditions[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 8 Table 3 240GB DC power requirements Parameter ST240HM000, ST240HM001 (6.0Gb) Voltage +5V Power Regulation +/- 5% (watts) Average Idle Current 0.22 1.10 Average Sleep Current 0.10 0.50 Maximum Start Current 0.95 DC (Peak DC) 0.52 AC (Peak AC) 0.38 Peak Operating Current (random read): Typical DC 0.32 1.[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 9 Table 4 120GB DC power requirements Parameter ST120HM000, ST120HM001 (6.0Gb) Voltage +5V Power Regulation +/- 5% (watts) Average Idle Current 0.22 1.10 Average Sleep Current 0.10 0.50 Maximum Start Current 0.95 DC (Peak DC) 0.54 AC (Peak AC) 0.70 Peak Operating Current (random read): Typical DC 0.34 1.[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 10 2.7.2.1 Typical current profiles Figure 1. Typical 5V Startup and Operation Current Profile[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 11 2.8 E NVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS 2.8.1 Temperature Temperature is defined as the drive's internal temperature as reported by SMART attribute 194 for operation or the drive case temperature for non-operating. Above 1000 feet (305 meters), the maximum temperature is derated linearly to 112°F (44?[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 12 2.8.6.1 Operating vibration The maximum random vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting the performance standards specified in this document are specified below. This sp ecification does not cover connection issues that may result from testing at this level. 2.8.6.2 Nonoperating vi[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 13 2.10 R ELIABILITY 2.10.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate - AFR - of 0.58%. AFR and MTBF are population statistics that are not relevant to individual units. AFR and MTBF specifications are based on the following a[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 14 2.11 A GENCY CERTIFICATION 2.11.1 Safety certification These products are certified to meet the requirements of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as to the certify agency. 2.11.2 Electromagnetic compatibility Drives that display the CE mark comply with the European Union (EU) requirement[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 15 2.12 E NVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.12.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Sub[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 16 3.0 C ONFIGURING AND MOUNTING THE DRIVE This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 H ANDLING AND STATIC - DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS After unpacking, and before installation, th e drive may be exposed to potential han dling and electrostatic discha[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 17 3.4 D RIVE MOUNTING You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom- mounting holes. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 in (0.76 mm) around the entire perimeter[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 18 Note. These dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard documented in SFF-8120 and SFF-8146 found at www.sffcommittee.org . Figure 4. Mounting configuration dimensions (5mm models)[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 19 3.5 C OOLING Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immediately surrounding the drive will not exceed temperature conditions specified in Section 2.8.1, "Temperature." The rack, cabinet, or drawer environment for the drive must provide heat removal. [...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 20 4.0 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) INTERFACE These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 21 Table 7 summarizes the 1.8” drive Signal and Power SATA Plug . Notes: [1] Ground pins 3 and 4 mate first on micro SATA backplane connectors [2] The two V 33 pins are unused but connected together on the drive. They can be used for a drive-in-place detection. Table 7 1.8” SATA Connector Plug Pinout[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 22 4.3 S UPPORTED ATA COMMANDS Th e f o ll o w in g t a bl e l i st s S e ri a l A TA s t a nd a r d co m m an d s t ha t t h e dr ive s u p po r t s. F o r a d et a i le d d e sc r i pt i o n of t h e A TA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification . Se e “S.M[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 23 Set Multiple Mode C6 H Sleep E6 H S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations B0 H / D9 H S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations B0 H / D8 H S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline B0 H / D4 H S.M.A.R.T. Read Data B0 H / D0 H S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector B0 H / D5 H S.M.A.R.T. Return Status B0 H / DA H S.M.A.R.T. Write Log Sector B0 H / D6[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 24 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in Table 8 on page 22. All reserved bits or words should be set to zer[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 25 67 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control (120ns) 0078 H 68 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY flow control (120ns) 0078 H 69 Additional Features and Commands supported. Trim Features supported, DMA commands supported 0100 H 70 Reserved 0000 H 71–74 Reserved for ATAPI 0000 H 75[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 26 Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 49, 69, 76, 78, 82-87 and 119-120 of the Identify Drive data. 127 Obsolete 0000 H 128 Security status 0001 H 129–159 Vendor specific xxxx H 160–167 Reserved for the CompactFlash Association 0000 H 168 Device Nominal Form Factor 0003 H 169 DATA SET MAN[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 27 Bit Word 69 5 Read zero after Trim is supported 6 Optional ATA 28-bit commands supported 8 Download Microcode DMA supported 9 Set Max Password DMA and Set Max Unlock DMA supported 10 Write Buffer DMA Supported 11 Read Buffer DMA Supported 12 DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY DMA and DEVICE CONFIGURATION S[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 28 Bit Word 83 0 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command is supported 1 Obsolete 2 CFA feature set is supported 3 APM feature set is supported 4 Obsolete 5 PUIS feature set is supported 6 SET FEATURES subcommand is required to spin-up after power-up 7 Reserved 8 SET MAX security extension is supported 9 AAM feature s[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 29 Bit Word 87 0 SMART error logging is supported 1 SMART self-test supported 3 The Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supported 5 The GPL feature set is supported 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are supported 8 The 64-bit World wide name is supported 13 The IDLE IMMED[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 30 4.3.2 Set Features command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features regis ter, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If the value in the register does not represent a fe[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 31 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-monitoring determines that a failure is likely, S.M.A.R .T. makes a status report [...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 32 I NDEX A ACA 14 acceleration 12 Agency certification 14 air flow illustrated 19 altitude 11 ambient temperature 7 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 13 ATA commands 22 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 14 Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 14 Australian C-Tick 14 C cables and connectors 16[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 33 I NDEX Nonoperating vibration 12 NOP 22 O Operating shock 11 Operating vibration 12 P Peak operating mode 7 Performance 5 Physical characteristics 6 point-to-point 2 , 16 Power consumption 7 Power specifications 7 precautions 16 printed circuit board 16 Q quick reference 3 R Radiated RF immunity 12 Ra[...]

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    S EAGATE 600 SSD P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . A 34 I NDEX Write Multiple Extended 23 Write Multiple FUA Extended 23 Write Sectors 23 Write Sectors Extended 23 write uncorrectable 23[...]

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