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    Product Manual Constellation ® ES Serial ATA 100650923 Rev. F January 2013 Standard Models ST2000NM0011 ST1000NM0011 ST500NM0011 Self-Encrypting Drive Models ST2000NM0031 ST1000NM0031 ST500NM0031 SED FIPS140-2 Models ST2000NM0051 ST1000NM0051 ST500NM0051[...]

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    © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Publication number: 100650923, Rev. F January 2013 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Constellation ES Serial ATA and SeaTools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Tech[...]

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    i Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F Contents Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    ii Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F Contents 5.3 Random number generator (RNG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.4 Drive locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5.5 Data bands . . . . . [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F III F IGURES Figure 1. Typical 2TB model 5V & 12V startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2. Typical 1TB model 5V & 12V startup and operation current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 3. Typical 500GB model 5V[...]

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    Constellation ES Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F 1 For information regarding online support and services, visit http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/contact_us/ Available services include: • Presales & Technical support • Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours • Authorized Service Centers For information regard[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 2 1.0 I NTRODUCTION This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Constellation ® ES Serial ATA model drives:. Note. Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption (FDE) models before a [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 3 1.1 A BOUT THE S ERIAL ATA INTERFACE The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It is not necessary to set any jumpers or o[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 4 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: 2.1 S PECIFICATION SUMMARY [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 5 * One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. * *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic a[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 6 2.3 D EFAULT LOGICAL GEOMETRY C YLINDERS R EAD / WRITE HEADS S ECTORS PER TRACK 16,383 16 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to n–1, where n is the number of guaranteed sectors as defined above . 2.4 R ECORDING AND[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 7 2.7 S TART / STOP TIMES 2TB models 1TB models 500GB models Power-on to Ready (sec) 15 (max) 10 (max) 7 (max) Standby to Ready (sec) 15 (max) 10 (max) 7 (max) Ready to spindle stop (sec) 20 (max) 2.8 P OWER SPECIFICATIONS The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 8 Table 3 2TB Drive DC power requirements 3.0Gb mode 6.0Gb mode Voltage +5V +12V +5V +12V Regulation ±5% ±5% ±5% ±5% Avg Idle Current * 0.24 0.41 0.24 0.42 Advanced Idle Current * Idle_A 0.24 0.41 0.24 0.42 Idle_B 0.14 0.36 0.15 0.37 Idle_C 0.14 0.20 0.15 0.20 Standby 0.13 0.02 0.14 0.02[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 9 Table 4 1TB Drive DC power requirements 3.0Gb mode 6.0Gb mode Voltage +5V +12V +5V +12V Regulation ±5% ±5% ±5% ±5% Avg Idle Current * 0.23 0.28 0.24 0.28 Advanced Idle Current * Idle_A 0.23 0.28 0.24 0.28 Idle_B 0.14 0.25 0.15 0.25 Idle_C 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.14 Standby 0.13 0.01 0.14 0.02[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 10 * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase ac oustic and power to operational levels . Table 5 500GB Drive DC power requirements 3.0Gb mode 6.0Gb mode Voltage +5V +12V +5V +12V Regulation ±5% ±5% ±5% ±5[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 11 2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles 2TB model current profile Figure 1. Typical 2TB model 5V & 12V startup and operation current profile[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 12 1TB model current profile Figure 2. Typical 1TB model 5V & 12V startup and operation current profiles[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 13 500GB model current profile Figure 3. Typical 500GB model 5V & 12V startup and operation current profiles 2.8.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 V line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 14 2.8.4 Power-management modes The drive provides programmable power management to provide greater energy efficiency. In most systems, you can control power management through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management modes: • Active mode The drive is in [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 15 2.8.4.1 Extended Power Conditions - PowerChoice TM Utilizing the load/unload architecture a programmable power management interface is provided to tailor systems for reduced powe r consumption and performance requirements. The table below lists the supported power conditions available in [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 16 PowerChoice Manufacture Default Power Condition Timer Values Default power condition timer values have been established to assure product reliability and data integrity. A minimum timer va lue threshold of two minutes ensures the appropriate amount of background drive maintenance activiti[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 17 2.9 E NVIRONMENTAL LIMITS Temperature and humidity values experienced by the drive must be such that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Altit ude and atmospheric pressure specifications are referenced to a standard day at 58.7°F (14.8°C). Maximum wet bulb temperature is 82°[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 18 2.9.2 Humidity 2.9.2.1 Relative humidity Operating: 5% to 90% noncondensing (30% per hour max) Nonoperating: 5% to 95% noncondensing (30% per hour max) 2.9.3 Altitude Operating: –60.96 m to 3,048 m (–200 ft. to 10,000+ ft.) Nonoperating: –60.96 m to 12,192 m (–200 ft. to 40,000+ f[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 19 2.10 A COUSTICS Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All measurements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane. For all tests, the dr[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 20 2.13 R ELIABILITY 2.13.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.73% (MTBF of 1.2 million hours) when operated nominal power and typical case temperatures of 40°C. Operation at temperatures outsid[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 21 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo, they comply with paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 22 2.15 E NVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive Seagate designs its products to me[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 23 2.17 R EFERENCE DOCUMENTS Self-Encrypting Drives Reference Manual Seagate part number: 100515636 Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Documents (apply to Self-Encrypting Drive models only) TCG Storage Architecture Core Specification, Rev. 1.0 TCG Storage Security Subsystem Class Enterprise Speci[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 24 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, the drive may be exposed to potential handling and electrost[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 25 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 h oles. See Figure 6 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive: • Allow a minimum cl[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 26 4.0 A BOUT FIPS The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a U.S. Government Computer Security Standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. It is titled 'Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules (FIPS PUB 140-2)' and is issued b y th e Nat[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 27 5.0 A BOUT SELF - ENCRYPTING DRIVES Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security serv ices for the protection of stored data, commonly known as “prot ection of data at rest.” These drives are compliant with the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise Storage Specificat[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 28 5.4 D RIVE LOCKING In addition to changing the passwords, as described in Section 5.2.3, the owner should also set the data access controls for th e individual bands. The variable "LockOnReset" should be set to "PowerCycle" to ensure that the data bands will be locked [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 29 5.10 R EVERT SP SED models will support the RevertSP feature which erases all data in all bands on the device and returns the contents of all S Ps (Security Providers) on the device to their original factory state. In order to execute the RevertSP method the unique PSID (Physical Sec ure [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 30 6.0 S ERIAL ATA (SATA) INTERFACE These drives use the industry-standard Seri al ATA interface that supports FIS data tran sfers. 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 [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 31 6.3 S UPPORTED ATA COMMANDS The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T. commands” on page 37.for details and[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 32 Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max Address com- mands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis- ter as defined to the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlock: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Max Address Extended 37 H [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 33 6.3.1 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 9 on page 31. All reserved bits or words should [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 34 Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data. 66 Recommended multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120 ns) 0078 H 67 Minimum PIO cycle time without IORDY flow control (240 ns) 00F0 H 68 Minimum PIO cycle time with IORDY flow control (120 n[...]

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    Description (if bit is set to 1) B IT W ORD 63 0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active. 9 Multiword DMA mode 1 is currently active. 10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is currently active. B IT W ORD 84 0 SMART error logging is supported. 1 SMART s[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 36 6.3.2 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 register, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If the value in the register does not re[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 37 6.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc 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. ma ke[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 38 I NDEX A ACA 21 acoustics 19 Active 14 Active mode 14 actuator arm 7 Admin SP 27 AES-256 data encryption 27 Agency certification 20 altitude 18 ambient 17 ambient temperature 6 , 7 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 20 areal density 2 , 6 ATA commands 31 Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CI[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 39 I NDEX guaranteed sectors 5 , 6 H Handling precautions 24 heads 6 humidity 18 humidity limits 17 I I/O data-transfer rate 6 Identify Device 31 Identify Device command 33 Idle 14 , 31 Idle Immediate 31 Idle mode 7 , 14 Information Technology Equipment (ITE) 20 Initialize Device Parameters [...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 40 I NDEX Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 31 read/write actuator arm 7 Read/write heads 6 Read/write power 7 Recalibrate 31 recording density 6 recording method 6 Recording technology 6 reference documents 23 relative humidity 18 Reliability 20 RevertSP 29 RF 19 RMS read/write current 13[...]

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    C ONSTELLATION ES S ERIAL ATA P RODUCT M ANUAL , R EV . F 41 I NDEX W weight 6 wet bulb temperature 18 Write Buffer 32 Write DMA 32 Write DMA Extended 32 Write DMA FUA Extended 32 Write DMA Without Retries 32 Write Log Extended 32 Write Multiple 32 Write Multiple Extended 32 Write Multiple FUA Extended 32 Write Sectors 32 Write Sectors Extended 32 [...]

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