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Prod uct Ma nu al Momentus 5 400.6 SA T A 10052 8359 Rev . A Sep tembe r 2008 ST95 00 325A S ST93 20 325A S ST92 50 315A S ST91 60 314A S ST91 20 315A S ST95 00 325AS G ST93 20 325AS G ST92 50 315AS G ST91 60 314AS G[...]
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Copyri ght © 200 8 Seagat e T echnology LL C. All r ight s reserved . Printed in U.S. A. Pub lication nu mber : 10052835 9, Rev . A Septem ber 2008 Sea gate, Sea gate T echnolog y and the W ave logo are registe red trade marks of S eagate T echnology LL C in the U nited S tates and/o r oth er countries. M omentus, S eaT ools a nd SeaTDD ar e eithe[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A i[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A iii Conte nts 1.0 In troduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 A bout the S erial ATA interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A v List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Typical + 5V only sta rtup and o peration cur rent pro file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Seria l ATA connect ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Fig[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 Mom e ntu s ® 5400. 6 SA T A model driv es: • ST9 500325A S • ST9 500325A SG • ST9 320325A S • ST9 320325A SG • ST9 250315A S • ST9 250315A SG • ST9 160[...]
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2 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 int erface. The prim ary advant age s include: • Easy inst allation and confi guration wi th true plug -and-pl ay connectivity . It is not norma lly necess[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA mo dels. 2. 1 S pe ci[...]
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4 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to har d drive capacity . Accessible ca pacity may va ry dependin g on operating en viro nmen t Full-stroke seek, read (msec max) 3 0 S tartup curren t, +5V ( max) 1.0 am p Seek powe r (typ ical) 1.54 w atts Read/wr ite power (typ ical) Rea d: 2.6[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 5 and formatting. **During peri od s of dri ve idl e, some off lin e acti vity may occu r ac cor ding to th e S. M.A. R.T. spe c ifica tion, w hic h ma y inc rease a coustic and power to op erat ional levels . ***Typical n otebooks will pull powe r to the drive when ente ring S3 and S4; while in the S[...]
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6 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.4 Phys ica l org aniz ati on 2. 5 Rec ord in g an d i nt er fac e te ch no l o gy 2.6 Phy sic al ch a racte ri sti cs Drive mode l Read/write heads Number of discs ST9500325AS an d ST9500325ASG 4 2 ST9320325AS an d ST9320325ASG 3 2 ST9250315AS an d ST9250315ASG 2 1 ST9160314AS an d ST9160314ASG 2 [...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 7 2.7 S ee 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 ned as foll ows: • T rack-to-track seek time is a n average o f all possib le single[...]
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8 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2. 9 Power sp eci fi cat i ons The dr ive re ceives DC powe r (+5V ) thro ugh a nativ e SA T A power co nnecto r . 2. 9.1 Power c onsum pt ion Power requir emen ts for the dr i ves are li sted in the ta bl e on p age 8. T ypical power measu rem ent s are ba sed on an aver age of dri ves tested, unde[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9 2.9.1.1 T ypica l cu rrent pr ofile Figure 1. T yp ical +5V only star tup and operation current profile 2.9.2 Defer red spinu p Momen tus 5400 .6 SA T A driv es do no t support the def erre d spinup opti on. If you requir e this option , refer to the Momen tus 54 00.3 SA T A Blade Server family of d[...]
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10 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.9.5 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: • Act ive mod e The[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 11 2.1 0 Envir on men t al sp ec if ica tio ns 2.10.1 Am bient t emperatu re Ambie nt 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 d rive ca se tempera ture shoul d not exce ed 70°C (158°F ) with in the opera ting am bient condi ti[...]
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12 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.10.5 S hock All shock specifi cations assume that the dri ve is moun ted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in th e X, Y or Z axis. Note. Addition al shock protection i s provid ed by the Free Fall Protection feature o n ST9500325 ASG, ST93203[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 13 2. 1 1 Ac o ust ic s Drive emission of sound is measured con sistent wit h the ECMA- 74 and its ’ r eferenced st an dards. T esting is conducted at room tempera ture ( appr oximately 25 ° C). Emission levels are reported a s the to tal A-weighted sound po wer levels for st eady st ate, idl e, an[...]
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14 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.13 Reli abilit y 2.13.1 Free Fal l Protect ion fea tur e The Free F all P rotection feature p rovide s enhanced dat a pro tection agai nst shock events that may occur while the dr ive is ope rating . This feature is d esigned to decrease the like lihood o f data loss by de tecting a free fall eve[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 15 directi ves. The dr ive is designe d for o peration i nside a prop erly desig ned en closure, with properl y shield ed I/O cable (i f necessary) and te rminators on all unuse d I/O port s. Computer manufacturer s and system integra tors shoul d confirm E MC c omplian ce and provid e CE marking for [...]
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16 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.15 Env iro nme ntal p ro tec tio n Seag ate designs i ts product s to meet envi ronm ental pro t ection r equirement s wor ldwide, incl uding regu lations restricti ng certain chemic a l substances . 2.15.1 European Unio n Restr ictio n of Ha zardou s Sub st anc es (RoH S) Seag ate designs i ts p[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 an d 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 [...]
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18 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 3.2 Conf igu rin g the 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 n o master/ slave r elationsh ip because each drive i s consi dered a master in a point -to-point relationsh ips. If two dr ives are [...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 19 3. 4 Driv e mo un ti ng Y ou can mount the dr ive using four screw s in the side-mount ing holes or fou r screws in the bo ttom-mou nting hol es. See Figur e 4 for driv e mo unting dim ensi ons. Follow these impo rt ant mo unti ng pr ecautio ns when mou nt- ing the drive: • A llow a min imum cle [...]
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20 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Measur ements show n in Figu re 4 are in i nches. Figu re 4 . Mou nt i ng dim e n sion s— t op , s id e an d e nd v ie w[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 21 4.0 Ser ia l A T A (S A T A) in te rf a ce These drive s use the industry-st an dard Serial A T A inte rfa ce that su pports FI S dat a tran sfers. It suppor ts A T A progr ammed inp ut/out put (PI O) modes 0–4; mul tiwor d DMA modes 0–2, and U ltra DMA mo des 0–6. T he driv e also suppo rt s[...]
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22 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 backpl ane blindm ate co nnector on ly . In this case, the mating sequences ar e: • the gro und p ins P4 and P12. • the pre -charge p ower p ins and th[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 23 4.3 Supp ort ed A T A c omm ands The foll owing tab le list s Serial A T A standard co mma nds that the drive sup port s. For a de taile d descripti on of the A T A com mands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Serialized A T Attachme nt specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on pa ge 3[...]
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24 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Note: Individua l Set Max commands are identi- fied by t he value placed in the Set M ax Fea- tures register as defined t o the right. Address: Password: Lock: Unlo ck: Freeze Lock: 00 H 01 H 02 H 03 H 04 H Set Multiple Mode C6h S.M.A.R.T . Disable Operat ions B0h/D9h S.M.A.R.T . Enable/Disable Aut[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 25 A T A-standar d security commands Security Set P assword F1h Secu r i t y Unl o ck F2 h Security Era se Prepare F3h Security Era se Unit F4h Security Freez e Lock F5h Security Dis able Password F6h Command n ame Command code (i n hex)[...]
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26 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 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 dat a is organi zed as a sin gle 512-b yte b lock of data, whose content s are sh own in the table on pag e 27. All reser ved bi ts or wo [...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 27 55 Number of current logic al heads xxxx H 56 Number of current logic al sectors per l ogical track xxxx H 57–58 C urrent capacity in s ectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors t ransferred during a R ead Multiple or Write M ultiple command xxxx H 60–61 T otal num ber of user-addressable s ectors Thi[...]
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28 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 90 Enhanced s ecurity erase time 0000 H 92 Master password revision code FFFE H 93 Hardware reset value (see description following t his table) xxxx H 94 Auto ac oustic management setting xxxx H 95–99 A T A-reserved 0000 H 100– 103 T ot al num ber of user-addressable LB A sectors available (see[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 29 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 con tents of t he Featur es reg ister , clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value i n [...]
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30 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Note. At power-on, or af ter a ha rdware o r sof tware re set, the defaul t values o f th e featur es are as indi - cated ab ove. 45 H Ultra DMA mode 5 46 H Ultra DMA mode 6 55 H Disable read look-ahead (read cache) feature. 82 H Disable w rite cache AA H Enable read look-ahead (read c ache) featur[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 31 4.3.3 S.M.A. R.T . commands S.M.A.R .T . provides near-t erm failur e predi ction for di sc drives. Whe n 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 is l ikel[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 33 5.0 Seagate T echnolo gy suppo rt service s Inter net For in formati on regar ding Seag ate produ cts and ser vices, visit www .sea gate.com . W orldwid e support is a vailabl e 24 hou rs daily b y email f or your qu estions. Pre sales Su ppor t: Presa les@Seaga te.com T e chn ical Su pp ort: DiscS[...]
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34 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Custo mer Se rvice Op era tion s 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 issue s .[...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 35 Index A ACA 15 acoustics 4 , 13 Active m ode 10 Addr ess 23 AFR 14 Agency certification 14 Altitude 11 Altitude , nono perating 4 Altitude , operati ng 4 Ambie nt temper ature 4 , 1 1 ambient temp eratu re 7 Annu alized F ailure Rate 14 Annu alized F ailure Rate (AF R) 4 Area l density 3 , 6 ATA co[...]
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36 Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A H handl ing 17 Handl ing precautio ns 17 heads 5 Height 3 hei ght 6 Humidity 11 humi dity 4 I I/O data- transfer r ate 3 , 6 Identify 23 Identify Device 23 Identify Device command 2 6 Idle 8 , 2 4 Idle and Standby ti mers 1 0 Idle Imm ediate 24 Idle mod e 4 , 10 Idle mod e power 8 IEC950 14 Inform [...]
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Momen tus 5400.6 S ATA P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 37 Rea d/write heads 5 Rea d/write pow er 4 read/wr ite powe r and curr ent 8 Recordi ng density 3 , 6 Recording method 6 Recordi ng techno logy 6 Relative humidity 4 , 11 Reliability 14 resistance 9 Retries 23 RF 13 RoHS 16 RPM 3 RRL 15 S S.M. A.R.T. 24 S.M.A.R .T. imple ment ation 23 Safety certific[...]
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Seag ate T ech nolog y LLC 920 D isc Drive , Scot ts V alley, Califo rnia 95 066-4544 , USA Public ation N umber: 1 00528359, Rev . A, Printed i n USA[...]