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Product Manual EE25.2 Series 100448541 Rev . E December 2008 SA T A ST980817SM ST980818SM ST960817SM ST960818SM ST940817SM ST940818SM ST930817SM ST930818SM PATA ST980817AM ST980818AM ST960817AM ST960818AM ST940817AM ST940818AM ST930817AM ST930818AM[...]
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Copyright © 2007 - 2008 Seagate T echnology LLC. All rights reser v ed. Printed in USA. Publication number: 100448541, Rev . E, December 2008 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and the W ave logo ar e registered tradem arks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United St ates and/or othe r countries. EE25 Seri es is either a trademark or registered trademar[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2[...]
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ii EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Manu al, Rev. E iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation c urrent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure 2. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 3. Breather filter hole [...]
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iv EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical a nd interface specifications for the following Seagate ® EE25.2 Series drives: These drives provide the following key fea tures: • Extreme operating en vironment capabilities: • 5,400-RPM spindle speed and 8-Mb yte buffer combine for supe[...]
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2 EE25.2 Series Produc t Manual, Re v. E •9 0 0 Gs nonoperating shock and 300 Gs operating shock. • SeaTools™ diagnostic softwar e performs a drive se lf-test that eliminates unn ec es sar y dr ive retu rns. • The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defens e, Data Defense, and Diag nostic De fense, offers the industry’s mo st compr[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are me asured unde r ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used to indicate the models documented in this manual. 2.1 Spec ification summary The specifications listed in t[...]
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4 EE25.2 Series Produc t Manual, Re v. E T able 1: S pecifications for 80 Gbyte models Drive spec i fication ST980817AM (Extreme) ST980818AM (Rugged) ST980817SM (Extreme) ST980818SM (Rugged) Formatted (512 bytes/sector)* 80 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 156,301,488 Interface PATA SA T A Bytes per secto r 512 Physical read/write heads 2 Discs 1 Cache 8 [...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 5 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard dr ive capa city. Accessi ble capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. ** During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur, according to the S . M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power t[...]
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6 EE25.2 Series Produc t Manual, Re v. E T able 2: S pecifications for 60 Gbyte models Drive spec i fication ST960817AM (Extreme) ST960818AM (Rugged) ST960817SM (Extreme) ST960818SM (Rugged) Formatted (512 bytes/sector)* 60 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 1 17,210,240 Interface PATA SA T A Bytes per secto r 512 Physical read/write heads 2 Discs 1 Cache 8[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 7 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard dr ive capa city. Accessi ble capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. ** During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur, according to the S . M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power t[...]
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8 EE25.2 Series Produc t Manual, Re v. E T able 3: S pecifications for 40 Gbyte models Drive spec i fication ST940817AM (Extreme) ST940818AM (Rugged) ST940817SM (Extreme) ST940818SM (Rugged) Formatted (512 bytes/sector)* 40 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 78,140,160 Interface PATA SA T A Bytes per secto r 512 Physical read/write heads 1 Discs 1 Cache 8 M[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 9 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard dr ive capa city. Accessi ble capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. ** During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur, according to the S . M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power t[...]
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10 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E T able 4: S pecifications for 30 Gbyte models Drive spec i fication ST930817AM (Extreme) ST930818AM (Rugged) ST930817SM (Extreme) ST930818SM (Rugged) Formatted (512 bytes/sector)* 30 Gbytes Guaranteed sectors 58,605,120 Interface PATA SA T A Bytes per secto r 512 Physical read/write heads 1 Discs 1 Cache 8 M[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 11 * One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard dr ive capa city. Accessi ble capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. ** During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur, according to the S . M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power [...]
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12 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 2.2 Formatted cap acity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to hard drive capacity. Accessible c apa city may vary dependin g on operating envir onment and formatting. 2.3 Default logical geometry LBA mode When addressing these d rives in LBA mode, all bloc ks (sectors ) are consecutively num[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 13 2.4 Physical organization 2.5 Recording technology Model Read/write hea ds Number of disks ST980817AM 2 1 ST980818AM 2 1 ST980817SM 2 1 ST980818SM 2 1 ST960817AM 2 1 ST960818AM 2 1 ST960817SM 2 1 ST960818SM 2 1 ST940817AM 1 1 ST940818AM 1 1 ST940817SM 1 1 ST940818SM 1 1 ST930817AM 1 1 ST930818AM 1 1 ST930817[...]
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14 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 2.6 Physical characteristics 2.7 Seek time Seek measurement s are t aken with nominal power . All times are me as ur ed u s in g dr ive dia g no st ic s. Th e sp ec - ifications below are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possib le single-track seeks in both directions. ?[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 15 2.8 St art/stop times 2.9 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) throug h the interface connector . 2.9.1 Power consumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the table b elow . T y pical power measu rements a re based on an average of drives tested, under nominal con ditions, u[...]
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16 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A. R.T. specification, which may increa se acoustic and power to operational levels . Power dissip ation +5V A verage 25C SA T A Wa t ts Amps S pinup, typical 5.0 1.0 S pinup, maximum 6.70 1.34 Idle, active* 2.35 0.47 Seekin[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 17 2.9.1.1 T ypical cu rrent prof ile Figure 1. T y pical 5V startup and operation curre nt profile 2.9.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripp le is meas ured at the 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 expected to operat e wit[...]
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18 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 2.9.4 Po wer-manage ment modes The drive provides prog rammable power manag ement to provide greater energy ef fici ency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The drive features the following power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is in Active mode[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 19 2.10 Environment al specifications 2.10.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperature is defined as th e temperature of the envi ronment immediatel y surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temp erature, measur ed on baseplate, should not exceed 90°C (19 4°F) within the oper ating ambient cond itio ns . 2.10[...]
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20 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 2.1 1.1.2 Nonoperating shock The nonoperatin g shock level that the drive can exper ience without in curring physical dama ge or degradatio n in performance when subsequen tly put into ope ration is 800 Gs based on a nonr epetitive half-sin e shock pulse of 2 msec duration. The nonoperatin g shock level that[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 21 (Number of seeks per second = 0.4 / (avera ge latency + average access time) * During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A. R.T. specification, which may increase ac ou stic and power to operational levels . Acoustic mod e Idle* Seeks 1.7 bels (typ) 1.9 bels (max) 1.9[...]
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22 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 2.13 Electromagnetic immunity When properly installed in a represen tative host system , the drive operates with out errors or degrad ation in performance when subjected to the rrad io frequen cy (RF) envir onments de fined in the following table: A - 1) No upset or degradation in p erfor mance beyond manufa[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 23 2.14 Reliability 2.15 Agency certification 2.15.1 Safety certification The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 195 0 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all applicable sectio ns of IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested by TUV North America. 2.15.2 Electromagnetic comp atibility Hard drives that display the CE mark [...]
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24 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E These drives have been tested and comply with the Elec tromagne tic Interfer ence/Ele ctroma gnetic Susceptibil- ity (EMI/EMS) for Class B products. Drives are tested in a representative, end-user system by a Korean-recog- nized lab. • EUT name: EE25 Series • Certificate numbers:STX-EE251 (B) • Trade n[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 25 2.16 Environment al protection Seagate des igns it s products to meet env ironmental pr otection requirement s worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.16.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Su bst ances (RoHS) The Europea n Union Restric tion of Hazar dous Substances[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 27 3.0 Mounting and configuring the drive This section contains the specifications an d instructions for mo unting and configu ring the drive. 3.1 Handling and st atic discharge p recautions After unp acking, and before installation, the drive ma y be exposed to pote ntial handling and electrost atic dis- charg[...]
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28 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E Figure 2. Moun ti ng dimensio ns —top, side and en d view BOTH SIDES 2 2 .12 MIN FULL THREAD 2X M3 X 0.5-6H MOUNTING HOLES; BOTH SIDES 0.148 ±.010 X 90 4X M3 X 0.5-6H MOUNTING HOLES; BOTH SIDES .10 MIN FULL THREAD 0.148 ±.010 X 90 1 DIMENSIONS PER EIA-720 OR SFF 8201 SPECIFICATION. 2 DIMENSIONS PER SFF 8[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 29 3.3 Breather filter hole precautions Observe the following breathe r filter hole precautions to ensure full functionality an d prevent possible damage to the drive. Figure 3 Breather filt er hole loca tio n Caution: Do not cover, seal, or insert any object into this hole. This hole has two pur poses: • T o[...]
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30 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 3.4 How to configure the drive See Section 3.4.1 beginning on page 30 for SA T A drives. See Section 3.4.2 beginn ing on page 31 fo r P A T A drives. 3.4.1 How to configure and connect Serial A T A (SA T A) drives 3.4.1.1 How to con fig u r e th e d ri ve Each drive on the SA T A interface connects in a poin[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 31 3.4.2 How to configure Parallel A T A (P A T A) drives Use the options jumper block show n in Figure 6 to confi gure the dr ive for operation. T his jumper block is the 4-pin header a djacent to pins 1 and 2 of the I/O signal pins. For addit ional inform ation about using the Cable select option, see Section[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 33 4.0 Interface The following sections apply to both SA T A and P A T A drives: • Supported comman ds ( See Secti on 4. 3 beginni ng on p age 37 ) • Identify Device command ( See Section 4.4 beg inn ing on page 39 ) • Set Features command ( See Section 4.5 beginning on page 42 ) • S.M.A.R.T . commands [...]
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34 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 4.1 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandard Ser ial A T A interfac e that support s FIS data transfers. It supp orts A T A programmed inpu t/output (PIO) modes 0– 4; multiword DMA modes 0–2 , and Ultra DMA modes 0 –6 . The drive also support s the use of the IORDY signal[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 35 Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comment s on the mating se quence apply to the case of backplane blindmate connector only . In this case, the mating sequences ar e: • the ground pins P4 and P12. • the pre-charge power pints and th e other ground pins . •[...]
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36 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 4.2 Parallel A T A (A T A) interface These drives use the industry-st andard A T A task file interf ace tha t support s 16-bit dat a transfers. It suppo rts A T A programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also support s the use of the IORDY sig[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 37 4.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able lists A T A-standard comman ds that the drive su pports. For a detailed descrip tion of the A T A commands, refer to the A T A-6 St andard. EE25.2 Series drives suppo rt all stand ard 48-bit extended command s. Command name Command code (i n hex) A T A-standa[...]
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38 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E Set Multiple Mode C6 H Sleep 99 H, E6 H S.M.A.R.T . B0 H S t andby 96 H, E2 H S t andby Immediate 94 H, E0 H V endor Unique 9A H, FA H, FB H Write Buffer E8 H Write DMA CA H, CB H Write Log Extended 3F H Write Multiple C5 H Write Sectors 3 0 H, 31 H A T A-standard power-management commands Check Power Mode 9[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 39 4.4 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) tran sfers information about the drive to the host following power up. T he data, shown below , is organized as a sing le 512-b yte block of dat a. All reserved bits or wor ds should be set to zero. Parameters lis ted with an “x?[...]
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40 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 53 W ords 54–58, 64–70 and 88 are valid 0007 H 54 Number of current logical cylinders xxxx H 55 Number of current logical heads xxxx H 56 Number of current logical sectors per logical track xxxx H 57–58 Current capacity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write [...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 41 89 Security erase time 0000 H 90 Enhanced security erase time 0000 H 91 Advanced power management value 0040 H 92 Master p assword revision code FFFE H 93 Hardware reset value (see description following this table) xxxx H 94 Auto acoustic management setting xxxx H 95–127 A T A -reserved 0000 H 128 Security[...]
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42 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 4.5 Set Features command 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 content s of the Features regi ster , clears BSY and generates an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does n ot represent a [...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 43 4.6 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 d rive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self-m onitoring dete rmines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . makes a status r[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 45 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Internet For information regarding Seag ate products and ser vices, visit www .sea gate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours da ily by email fo r your questions. Presales Support: Presales@Seagate.com T e chnical Support: DiscSupport@Seagate.com W arranty Sup[...]
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46 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E Customer Service Operations W arranty Service Seagate of fers worldwide customer su ppo rt fo r Seag ate product s. Seagate d istr ibuto r s, OEMs and ot her direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Serv ice Operations (CSO) re presentative for wa rranty- related issues. Resellers or e nd users[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 45 Index Numerics 3D Defense System 2 A acoustics 20 Active m ode 18 agency certification (regulatory) 22 altitude 19 ambient cond itio ns 3 ambient temperature 19 areal density 1 , 13 ATA-standard com mands 35 Australian C-Tick 23 autodetection 2 average se ek time 14 B BPI 13 breather filter hole precautions [...]
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46 EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E interface signals 34 interference 23 interleave 13 internal data-transfer rate OD 13 ISO document 7779 20 K Korean RRL 22 L LBA mode 12 length 14 logical geometry 12 M master/slave 2 Master/slave c onfiguration 29 Mean time betw ee n fa ilur es 22 modes 34 monitoring 2 mounting the drive 25 MTBF 22 N noise 1[...]
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EE25.2 Series Product Ma nual, Rev. E 47 spinup power 15 Standby 16 , 36 Standby Immediate 36 Standby mode 15 , 18 static-dischar g e pr ec au tio ns 25 subassembly 23 support services 43 surge immunit y 21 T technica l support services 43 temperature 19 temperature grad ient 19 time to ready 15 timers 18 track density 13 track-to-track seek time 1[...]
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Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts V alley, California 95 066-4544, USA Publication Number: 100448541 , Rev . E, Printed in U.S.A.[...]