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Product Manual Constellation.2 TM Serial A T A 100545983 Rev . B October 2010 St andard Models ST91000640NS ST9500620NS ST9250610NS Self-Encrypting Drive Models ST91000641NS ST9500621NS ST925061 1NS SED FIPS 140-2 Models ST91000642NS ST9500622NS ST9250612NS[...]

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Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B i Contents 1.0 Seagate Technology support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 [...]

ii Constellation.2 Serial AT A Product Manu al, Rev. B 6.4 Drive locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.5 Data bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.6 Cryptograp[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V/12V startup and oper ation current profile for 1TB models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 2. Typical 5V/12V startup and oper ation current profile for 500GB models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 3. Typical 5V/12V startup and oper atio[...]

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Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 1 1.0 Seagate T echnology support services SEAGA TE ONLINE SUPPORT and SERVICES For information regarding pr oducts and services, visit http://www .sea gate.com/www/en-us/ about/contact_us/ Available services include: Presales & T echnical support Global Support Services telephone numbe rs &[...]

2 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Prod uct Manual , Rev. B 2.0 Introduction This manual describes the functiona l, mechanical an d in terface specifications for the foll owing Seagate Constellation.2 TM Serial A T A model drives: . Note. Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models we re called Full Disk Encryption (FDE) models before a [...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 3 Constellation.2 Serial A T A Self-Encrypting Dr ive models have the following additional features: • Automatic data en cryption/decryption • Controlled access • Random numb er genera tor • Drive locking • 16 independe nt data bands • Cryptographic erase of us er data for a drive that w[...]

4 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Prod uct Manual , Rev. B 3.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are measured und er ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenie nce, the phrase s the drive and this drive are us ed throughout this manual to indicate the following drive models: Unless otherwise sta ted, th[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 5 T able 1: Drive specifications summary for 1TB, 500 and 250 GB models Drive specification ST91000640NS ST91000641NS ST91000642NS ST9500620NS ST9500621NS ST9500622NS ST9250610NS ST925061 1NS ST9250612NS Formatted GB (512 bytes/sector)* 1000 500 250 Guaranteed sectors 1,953,525,168 976,773,168 488,3[...]

6 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Prod uct Manual , Rev. B * On e Gbyte equals one billion byte s when referring to h ard driv e capacity. Accessible capacit y may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. * * During perio ds of drive idle, some offli ne a ctivity may occur accordin g to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase a c[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 7 3.2 Formatted cap acity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sector ST91000640NS ST91000641NS ST91000642NS 1000 GB 1,953,525,168 512 ST9500620NS ST9500621NS ST9500622NS 500 GB 976,773,168 ST9250610NS ST925061 1NS ST9250612NS 250 GB 488,397,168 *One GB equals one billion bytes whe[...]

8 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Rev. B 3.5 Physical characteristics Maximum height 14.8 mm (0.583 in) Maximum width 70.0 mm (2.76 in) Maximum length 100.5 mm (3.957 in) Max weight 1TB m odels 500GB models 250GB models 200 g (0.441 lb) 183 g (0.403 lb) 179 g (0.395 lb) Cache buffer 64 Mbytes (65,536 KB) 3.6 Seek time Seek measurement s[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 9 3.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+ 5V or +12V) thro ugh a na tive SA T A power connector . See Figure 5 on page 26. 3.8.1 Power consumption Power requirement s for the drives are listed in the t able on p age 9. T ypical power measurement s ar e based on an average of drives t[...]

10 Constellation.2 Ser ial ATA Produc t Manual, Rev. B T able 2: 1000GB drive (St andard & SED model) DC power requirementss Pa rame te r Vo lt ag e + 5 V + 12 V Po we r + 5 V + 1 2 V Powe r R eg u la tio n (w at ts ) (w att s) Av er age  Idl e  C u rr en t 0 .2 7 0 .1 6 3. 27 0 .27 0 .16 3. 31 Adv an ce d  Id le  Cur rent  ?[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 11 500GB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requireme n ts * During period s 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 . Pa rame te r Vo lt ag e + 5 V + 12 V Po we r + 5 V + 1 2 V Powe[...]

12 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 250GB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requirement s * During period s 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 . Pa rame te r Vo lt ag e + 5 V + 12 V Po we r + 5 V + 1 2 V Pow[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 13 3.8.1.1 T ypical current profiles Figure 1. T ypical 5V/12V startup and op eration curren t pro f ile for 1TB models Figure 2. T ypical 5V/12V startup and op eration curren t profile for 50 0GB models[...]

14 Constellation.2 Ser ial ATA Produc t Manual, Rev. B Figure 3. T ypical 5V/12V startup and op eration current p rofile for 250GB m odels 3.8.2 Conducted noise Noise is specified as a period ic and random distributi on of frequencies covering a ban d from DC to 10 MHz. Maximum allowed noise values give n below are peak-t o-peak meas urements and a[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 15 3.8.4 P ower-man agement mo des The drive provides progr ammable power man agement 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 i[...]

16 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B Each power condition has a set of curr ent, saved and de fault settings. Default settings are no t modifiable. Default and saved setting s persist ac ross power- on rese ts. The current settings do not per sist across power-on resets. At the time of manufacture, the default, save d and current [...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 17 3.9 Environment al limit s T emperature and hum idity values experienced by the driv e must be such th at condens ation does not occur on any drive part. Altitude and atmospheric pre ssure specif ications are referen ced to a standard da y at 58.7°F (14.8°C). Ma ximum wet b ulb temper ature is [...]

18 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 3.9.3 Effective altitude (s ea level) a. Operating -200 to +10,000 feet (-61 to +3,048 meters) b. Non-operating -200 to +40,000 feet (-61 to +12,210 meters) 3.9.4 Sh ock All shock specifications assu me that the drive is mounted secu rely with the input shock ap plied at the drive mounting scre[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 19 3.9.5 Vibra tion All vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted secur e ly with the input vibration applied at the drive mountin g screws. Vibration may be ap plied in the X, Y or Z a xis. 3.9.5.1 Operating vibration The maximum vibration levels that the drive may expe rience while[...]

20 Constellation.2 Ser ial ATA Produc t Manual, Rev. B 3.1 1 Electromagnetic immunity When properly installed in a repres entative host syst em , the drive operates without e rrors or degradation i n performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the following table: 3.12 Reliability 3.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (A[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 21 3.13 Agency certification 3.13.1 Safety certification The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 60950-1 as tested by UL, CSA 60950-1 as tested by CSA, and EN60950-1 as tested by TUV . The security featur es of Self-Enc rypt ing Drive models are b ased on the “ TCG S torage Archite cture C[...]

22 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B Radio and television interferenc e. This equipme nt generates and uses r adio frequency energy an d if not installed and used in strict acco rdance wi th the manu fa cturer ’s instructions, may cau se interference to radi o and television reception. This equipment is designed to provide re as[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 23 The remaining warranty for a partic ular drive can be determ ined by calling Seagate Customer Service at 1- 800-468-347 2. Y ou can a lso determine rema ining warran ty using the Seagate we b site (www .seagate.com). The drive serial number is required to determine remaining wa rr anty informatio[...]

24 Constellation.2 Ser ial ATA Produc t Manual, Rev. B 3.14.4 China Restriction of Hazar dous Subst ances (RoHS) Directive This product has an Environmen tal Protection Us e Period (EPUP) of 20 years. The following table cont ains information mandated by China's "Marking Requireme nts for Co ntrol of Pollution Caused by Electronic Informa[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 25 4.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting th e drive. 4.1 Handling and st atic-discharge prec autions After unp acking, and before inst allation, the drive may b e exposed to potential handlin g and electrostati[...]

26 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 4.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Seri al A T A interface connect s point-to-point with the Ser ial 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-po int relationship. If two drives are attached on one Serial A T [...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 27 4.4 Drive mounting Y ou can mo unt the drive in any orient ation using four screws in the side-mountin g holes or four screws in the bottom-mou nting holes. Se e Figur e 6 for drive mou nting dimens ions. Follo w these imp ortant mounting pr ecau- tions when m ounting th e drive: • Allow a mini[...]

28 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 4.5 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be desig ned by the customer so that the ambient t emperature imm ediately surround ing the drive will not exceed temperat ure conditions specified in Section 3.9.1, "T emperature." The rack, cabinet, or drawer envir onment for the driv e must provide [...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 29 5.0 About FIPS The Federal Information Proce ssing S t andard (FIPS) Publication 140- 2, FIPS PU B 140-2, is a U.S. govern- ment computer securi ty st andard used to accre dit cryptogr aphic modules. It is titled “Security Require ment s for Cryptographic Mo dule s”. Th e initial pub licat io[...]

30 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 6.0 About self-e ncrypting drives Self-encrypting d rives (SEDs) offer encryption and secu rity services for the protection of stored dat a, com- monly known as “protection of data at rest.” These drives are compliant with the Tr usted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise S torage S pecificatio[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 31 6.2.2 L ocking SP The Locking SP contro ls read/write a ccess to the media an d the cryptographic erase feature. Access to the Locking SP is available using the BandMasterX or Er aseMaster passwo rds. Since the drive owner can define up to 16 data bands on the drive, each data band has its own pa[...]

32 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 6.6 Cryptographic erase A significant featur e of SEDs is the ability to perfo rm a cryptographic er ase. This involves the host telling the drive to change the dat a encryption key for a p articul ar ban d. On ce chang ed , the dat a is no longe r recover abl e since it was written with one ke[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 33 7.0 Serial A T A (SA T A) interface These drives use the industry-s tandard Seri al A T A interfac e that supp orts FIS dat a transfers. It support s A T A programmed input/o utput (PIO) modes 0–4; mult iword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DM A mo des 0–6. For det ailed information about the Seri[...]

34 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 7.2 Serial A T A device p lug connector pin definitions Table 5 summarizes the sig nals on the Se ria l ATA interface and power connecto rs. Notes: 1. All pins are in a single row , with a 1.27 mm (0.050”) pitch. 2. The comments on the mating sequence apply to the case of b ackplane blindmate[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 35 7.3 Supported A T A commands The following t able lists Seri al A T A standard comman ds that the drive support s. For a det ailed description of the A T A commands, refer to the Serial A T A: High S peed Se rialized A T Attachment specification . See “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on page 42 .for de[...]

36 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B Security Erase Unit F4 H Security Freeze F5 H Security Set Password F1 H Security Unlock F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H 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: Pass[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 37 7.3.1 I d e nt ify Device command 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 organized as a single 512-byte block of da t a, whose conten t s are shown in T able 6 on page 35. All reserved bits or words sho[...]

38 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 60–61 T o tal number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 3.2 for related information) *Note: The maximum value allowed in this field is: 0FFFFFFF h (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes). Dr ive s with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and the actual n[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 39 Note. See the bit descriptio ns below for words 63 , 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data. 108–1 1 1 The mandatory value of the world wide name (WWN) for the drive. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1 indi ca ting 64-bit WWN support. Each drive will have a uniq ue value. 1 [...]

40 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B Bit Wor d 8 8 0 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Ultra DMA mode 2 is supported. 3 Ultra DMA mode 3 is supported. 4 Ultra DMA mode 4 is supported. 5 Ultra DMA mode 5 is supported. 6 Ultra DMA mode 6 is supported. 8 Ultra DMA mode 0 is currently active. 9 Ultra DM[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 41 7.3.2 S et Featu res comman d This command controls the implement ation of various fe at ures th at the drive suppo rts. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Features r egister , clears BSY and generate s an inter- rupt. If the value in the register does [...]

42 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B 7.3.3 S.M.A.R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . provides near-term failure prediction for d isc drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self-mon itoring determines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . m[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 43 Index A ACA 21 acceleration 19 acoustics 19 Active 15 Active m ode 15 Admin SP 30 AES-128 data encryption 30 Agency certification 21 altitude 18 ambient 17 ambient temper ature 8 , 9 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 20 areal density 2 , 7 ATA commands 35 Australia/New Zealan d Standard AS/NZ CISPR22[...]

44 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Produc t Manual, Re v. B G geometry 7 Global Data Ba nd 31 gradient 1 7 Gs 19 guaranteed sect ors 7 H Handling precautions 25 heads 7 height 8 humidity 17 humidity limits 17 I I/O data-tr ansfer ra te 7 Identify Devic e 35 Identify Devic e command 37 Idle 15 , 35 Idle Immediat e 35 Idle mode 15 Information Technology E[...]

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B 45 Read Verify Sectors Extended 35 Read Verify Sect ors Withou t Retries 35 Read/write h eads 7 Recalibrate 35 recording density 7 recording m ethod 7 Recording technology 7 reference documents 22 relative humidity 17 Reliability 20 RF 20 RMS read/write current 14 RNG 31 RoHS 22 , 24 RRL 21 S S.M.A.[...]

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