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Product Manual Pulsar TM 100596473 Re v . A April 2010 ST920001 1FS ST910001 1FS ST95001 1FS[...]
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Revision history © 2010 Se agate T echnology LLC. All rights reserved. Publication number: 1005 96473, Rev . A. April 2010 Seagate T echnology and th e W ave logo are regist ered trad emarks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and/or other co untries. Pulsar and SeaT ools are either tradem arks or registe red trademarks of Seagate T e[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Drive specifications . [...]
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ii Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation c urrent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 2. Attaching SATA cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Figure 3. Mounting dimens[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d interface specifications for the following Seagate Pulsar TM model drives: These drives provide the following key fea tures: • Single Layer Cell (SLC) NAND Fl ash storage. • High instant aneous (burst) data-tran s fer rates (up to 300MB/s) . [...]
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2 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 1.1 About the Serial A T A interface The Serial A T A interface provide s several advant ages: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity . It is not necessary to set any jump - ers or other configuration options. • Thinner and more flexible cabling for improved enclosure airflow [...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are me asured un der ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenience, t he phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to in dicate the following drive models: Product dat a communicated in this manua l is spec[...]
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4 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A * On e GB equals one billion bytes when referring to drive ca pacit y. Accessible capacity may va ry depending on operating environm en t and formatting. Sustainable 4KB Random IOPs for 5 year Endurance (65%/35% R/W 70% Duty Cycle) 10,500 S tartup current (typical) 5V (peak) 0.83 amps V oltage tolerance (including n[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 5 2.2 Formatted cap acity Model Forma tte d capacity* Guaranteed LBAs Emulated LBA Size (Bytes) ST920001 1 FS 200GB 390,721,968 512 ST910001 1 FS 100GB 195,371,568 ST95001 1FS 50GB 97,696,368 *One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to drive capac ity. Accessible capacity ma y vary depending on operating environ[...]
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6 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Re v. A 2.4.3 Perfor mance Notes 200GB 100GB 50GB Maximum Burst T ransfer Rate 300MB/s Peak sequential 128KB read/write data transfer rate (MB/s max) [1] 240/220 Sustained sequential 128KB read/wr ite dat a transfer rate (MB/s) [2] 200/100 200/60 200/30 Peak 4KB random read/write command rate (IOPs) [3] 30,000/25,000 Susta[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 7 2.6 Access time Access measurement s are ta ken with nominal powe r at 25°C ambient temp erature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. T he specifica tions in the table below are defined as follows: • Page-to-p age access time is an average of all possibl e p age-to-page accesses in both dir ections f o[...]
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8 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) thr ough a native SA T A power connector . See Figure 2 on p age 20. 2.8.1 Power co nsumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the t able on p age 9. T ypical power measurements ar e based on an average of drives tested, under no minal condit[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 9 T able 2: 200GB DC power requirement s Pa r amet e r Re gu l ati on + / ‐ 5% Vo lt a g e +5 V Curren t (A ) Po wer (W ) Aver ag e Id le Cu rr e nt DCx 0 .1 5 0 .7 5 S[...]
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10 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Re v. A T able 3: 100GB DC power requirement s Pa r amet e r Re gu l ati on + / ‐ 5% Vo lt a g e +5 V Curren t (A ) Po wer (W ) Aver ag e Id le Cu rr e nt DCx 0 .1 4 0 .7 0 ?[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 11 T able 4: 50GB DC power requirement s Pa r amet e r Re gu l ati on + / ‐ 5% Vo lt a g e +5 V Curren t (A ) Po wer (W ) Aver ag e Id le Cu rr e nt DCx 0 .1 3 0 .6 5 S[...]
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12 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Re v. A 2.8.1.1 T ypical current prof iles Figure 1. T y pical 5V startup and operation current pro file 2.8.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is meas ured at th e host sys tem po we r supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 5-volt power , the drive is expe cted to operate wit[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 13 2.9 Environment al specifications 2.9.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperature is defined as th e temperature of th e envi ronment immed iatel y surroundin g the drive. Actual drive c ase temper ature shou ld not exce ed 60 °C (140°F) within the operating ambient conditions. Above 1000 feet ( 305 meters), the ma[...]
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14 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 2.9.6 Vibration All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted secure ly with the input vibration applied at the drive mounting screws. V ibration may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.9.6.1 Operating vibration The maximum random vibr ation levels that th e drive ma y exp erience while meeting the [...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 15 2.1 1 Reliability 2.1 1.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean T ime Between Failures (MTBF ) The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate - AFR - of 0.44%. AFR and MTBF are popula t ion statis- tics that are n ot relevant to individual units. AFR and MTBF specifications are based on the following assump t[...]
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16 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 2.12 Agency certification 2.12.1 Safety certification These product s are certified to meet the requirem ent s of UL60950-1, CSA60950-1 and EN60950 and so marked as to the certify agency . 2.12.2 Electromagnetic comp atibil ity Drives that display the CE mark co mply with the European Unio n (EU) requirement s spec[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 17 Radio and television inter ference. This equipment generates and uses radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in strict accord ance with the manufactu rer ’s instructions, may cause in terference to radio and television reception. This equipment is designed to provide re asonable protecti on against [...]
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18 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A "X" indicates the hazardous and toxic subst ance content of the part (at the homogen ous material level) is over the threshold defined by the China Ro HS MCV S tandard. 2.14 Corrosive environment Seagate electronic dr ive component s pass accelerated corrosion testing equiva lent to 10 years exposure to l[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and st atic-discharge precautions After unp acking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to pote ntial handling and electrostatic dis- charge (ESD) ha z[...]
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20 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Seri al A T A interface connects point-to-point with the Seri al A T A host adapter . There is no master/slave rela tionship becaus e each drive is consid er ed a master in a point-to -point relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial A T A host adapter , the h[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 21 3.4 Drive mounting Y ou can mount th e drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mo unting holes or four screws in the bottom-mou nting holes. Se e Figure 3 for drive mount ing dimens ions. Follow th ese important moun ting precau - tions when m ounting the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 [...]
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22 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 3.5 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be desig ned by the customer so that the ambient temper ature immediately surrounding the drive will not exceed temperatur e conditions specified in Sectio n 2.9.1, "Ambient temperature." The rack, cabin et, or drawer en vironment for the d rive mu st provide he at removal[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 23 4.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandard Ser ial A T A interfac e that supp orts FIS dat a transfers. It supports A T A programmed input/o utput (PIO) modes 0–4; mult iword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DM A modes 0–6. For det ailed information abou t the Serial A T A interface, r[...]
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24 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 4.2 Serial A T A device plug conn ector pin definitions Table 6 summarizes the sig nals on the Se ria l ATA interface and power conn ectors. Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating sequence a pply to the case of backplane blindma t e connector only . [...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 25 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able list s Serial A T A standard comman ds that the drive suppo rts. For a det ailed description of the A T A commands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Att a chment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on page 35 .for details and su bcomma[...]
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26 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identifie d 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 Set Multiple Mode C6 H Sleep E6 H S.M.A.R.T . Disable Operations B0 H / D9 H[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 27 4.3.1 Identify Dev ice comma n d The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) tran sfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The da t a is or ganized as a single 512-b yte block of data, whose contents are shown in T able 7 on page 25. All reserved bits or words should be set to zero . Pa[...]
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28 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 64 Advanced PIO modes supported. SA T A = 0003h 0003 H 65 Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120ns) 0078 H 66 Recommended Multiword DMA trans fer cycle time (120ns) 0078 H 67 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control (120ns) 0078 H 68 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time wit h IORDY flow cont[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 29 1 12–1 15 Reserved 0000 H 1 16 Reserve d for TLC 0000 H 1 17–1 18 Logical sector size (D Word) 0000 H 1 19 Commands and feature sets supported 4010 H 120 Commands and feature sets supported or enabled 4010 H 121–126 Reserved for expanded su pported and enabled settings 0000 H 127 Obsolete 0000 H 128 Security s[...]
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30 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 49, 50, 69, 76, 78, 82-86, 1 19 and 1 19-120 of the Identify D rive data. Description (if bit is set to 1) Bit Wor d 4 9 8 DMA Supported 9 Shall be set to 1 10 IORDY May be disabled 11 IORDY supported 13 S tandby Timer V alues supported Bit Wor d 5 0 14 Shall be set to[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 31 6 Device supports Software Settings Preservation 7-15 Reserved for Serial A T A Bit Wor d 8 2 0 The SMART feature set is supported 1 The Security feature set is supp orted 2 Obsolete 3 Mandatory Power Manag ement feature set is suppo rted 4 P ACKET feature set is supported 5 V olatile write cache is suppo rted 6 Rea[...]
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32 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 2 Media serial number is supported 3 Media Card Pass Through Command feature set is supp orted 4 S treaming feature set is supported 5 GPL feature set is supported 6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MUL TIP LE FUA EXT commands are supported 7 Obsolete 8 64-bit World wide name i s supported 9-10 Obsolete 11 - 1 2 Reserve[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 33 14 Shall be set to one 15 Shall be cleared to zero Bit Wor d 119 0 Reserved 1 Write-Read-V erify feature set is supported 2 WRITE UNCORRECT ABLE EXT command is supported 3 READ LOG DMA EXT and WRITE LOG DMA EXT commands are supported 4 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command with mode 3 is supporte d 5 Free-fall Control featur e[...]
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34 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A 4.3.2 Set Featu res comman d This command controls the implemen tation of various fe at ur es that the drive su pports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Features r e gister , clears BSY and generate s an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does n ot represent a fe[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 35 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failu re prediction for drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive mo nitors predetermined drive attributes that ar e susceptible to degradation over time . If self-monitoring de termines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . makes a st atus report avail[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 37 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online services Web For information regardin g Seagate product s and services, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours daily by email fo r your questions. W arranty Support: http://www .sea gate.com/www/en-us/ support/warranty_&_returns_assistanc[...]
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38 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A Customer Service Operations Presales Support Our Presales Support staf f can help you determine which Seagate product s are best suited for your specific application or comput er system, as well as product availability an d compatibility . T echnical Support Seagate tec hnical support is available to a ssist you on[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 39 Index A ACA 16 acceleration 14 Access time 7 Agency certification 16 altitude 13 Ambient tempera ture 13 ambient temper ature 7 , 8 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 15 ATA commands 25 Australia/New Zealan d Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 1 6 Australian Communicat ion Authority (AC A) 16 Australian C-Tick 16 Average latency 7 A[...]
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40 Pulsar Produc t Manual, Rev. A L latency 7 LBA mode 5 length 6 logical geometry 5 M maintenance 15 master/slave 2 maximum temperat ure 13 mounting 21 mounting screws 13 mounting the dr ive 19 N noise 12 nominal po wer 7 Nonoperating shock 13 Nonoperating vibrat ion 14 O Operating shock 13 Operating vibratio n 14 P Page-to-pa ge 7 Page-to-pa ge a[...]
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Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. A 41 T technica l support services 37 temperatur e 7 , 13 temperatur e gradient 13 Time to Ready 7 U UL60950-1 16 V Vibration 14 voltage 8 Voltage dips, interru p ts 14 Voltage tolerance 12 W weight 6 wet bulb tem peratur e 13 width 6 Write Buffer 26 Write DMA 26 Write DMA Extended 26 Write DMA FUA Extended 26 Write FPDM[...]
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