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... power consumption enables eco-friendly systems. • Complies with RoHS directive and all major non-regulatory restrictions www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications 2TB1 1.5TB1 1TB1 500GB1 Model Number Interface Options Performance ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS ST3500412AS SATA SATA SATA SATA Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) Cache (MB) 300 300 300 300 95 95 95 95 32 32 32 16 Average Latency (ms) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 Spindle Speed (RPM) Configuration...
... power consumption enables eco-friendly systems. • Complies with RoHS directive and all major non-regulatory restrictions www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) Specifications 2TB1 1.5TB1 1TB1 500GB1 Model Number Interface Options Performance ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS ST3500412AS SATA SATA SATA SATA Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) Sustained Data Rate OD (MB/s) Cache (MB) 300 300 300 300 95 95 95 95 32 32 32 16 Average Latency (ms) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 Spindle Speed (RPM) Configuration...
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... of measurement and report a lower capacity. When referring to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Publication number: 100564361, Rev. Barracuda LP Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are the property of the listed capacity is used for data storage. Made minor text edits throughout. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. A Rev. write uncorrectable = 45h); 11. (DC...
... of measurement and report a lower capacity. When referring to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Publication number: 100564361, Rev. Barracuda LP Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are the property of the listed capacity is used for data storage. Made minor text edits throughout. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of Seagate Technology LLC or one trillion bytes. A Rev. write uncorrectable = 45h); 11. (DC...
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...Substances (RoHS) Directive 19 2.14 Corrosive environment 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 20 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 20 3.2 Configuring the drive 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 21 3.4 Drive mounting 22 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 23 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 24 4.3 Supported ATA commands 25 4.3.1 Identify Device command 27 4.3.2 Set Features command 31 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. D iii commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
...Substances (RoHS) Directive 19 2.14 Corrosive environment 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive 20 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions 20 3.2 Configuring the drive 21 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors 21 3.4 Drive mounting 22 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility 23 4.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions 24 4.3 Supported ATA commands 25 4.3.1 Identify Device command 27 4.3.2 Set Features command 31 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. D iii commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev.
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... identifies the drive. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® LP Series model drives: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS These drives provide the following key features: • 5900 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second). • Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density. • State-of-the-art cache and...
... identifies the drive. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda® LP Series model drives: ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS These drives provide the following key features: • 5900 RPM spindle speed. • High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 300MB per second). • Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density. • State-of-the-art cache and...
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... set of the traditional device registers, referred to work as the Shadow Register Block. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your existing applications to as normal. A host adapter that shadow the contents of host bus addresses. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The Serial ATA host adapter...
... set of the traditional device registers, referred to work as the Shadow Register Block. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. The Serial ATA interface connects each disk drive in your existing applications to as normal. A host adapter that shadow the contents of host bus addresses. In addition, Serial ATA makes the transition from www.sata-io.org. 2 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The Serial ATA host adapter...
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... 2000 and 1500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disk Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max.) Track density (avg.) Areal density (avg.) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate (max.) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average...
... 2000 and 1500GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disk Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max.) Track density (avg.) Areal density (avg.) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max.) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max.) I/O data-transfer rate (max.) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time (typical) Average...
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...number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Drive specification Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per 1014 bits read To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access...
...number, model number (or part number) and country of drive idle, some offline activity may increase acoustic and power to operational levels. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. specification, which may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Drive specification Operational Shock (max) Non-Operational Shock (max) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per 1014 bits read To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access...
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...Drive specifications summary for 1000GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max) Track density (avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time...
...Drive specifications summary for 1000GB models Drive specification Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector)* Guaranteed sectors Heads Disks Bytes per sector Default sectors per track Default read/write heads Default cylinders Recording density (max) Track density (avg) Areal density (avg) Spindle speed Internal data transfer rate (max) Sustained data transfer rate OD (max) I/O data-transfer rate (max) ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max) Weight (typical) Average latency Power-on to ready (typical) Standby to ready (typical) Track-to-track seek time...
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... occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Drive specification Non-Operational Shock (max.) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification ST31000520AS 350 Gs at 2ms 5 to 350 Hz: 0.50 Gs 350 to 500 Hz: 0.25 Gs 5 to 350 Hz: 5.0 Gs...
... occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. Accessible capacity may vary depending on the "Verify Your Warranty" link. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Drive specification Non-Operational Shock (max.) Vibration, operating Vibration, nonoperating Drive acoustics, sound power Idle** Seek Profile Nonrecoverable read errors Warranty Contact start-stop cycles Supports Hotplug operation per the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification ST31000520AS 350 Gs at 2ms 5 to 350 Hz: 0.50 Gs 350 to 500 Hz: 0.25 Gs 5 to 350 Hz: 5.0 Gs...
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... speed (RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max.) Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max.) I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max.) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1417kb/in 236 ktracks/in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS Formatted capacity* 2000GB 1500GB 1000GB Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168 1,953,525,168 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 341.5Gb/in2 5900 (+ 0.2%) 1285Mb/s 95MB/s 300MB/s 8 Barracuda LP Series SATA...
... speed (RPM) Internal data transfer rate (Mb/s max.) Sustained data transfer rate (MB/s max.) I/O data-transfer rate (MB/s max.) Serial ATA (SATA) Perpendicular 1417kb/in 236 ktracks/in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are consecutively numbered from 0 to hard drive capacity. 2.1 Formatted capacity Model ST32000542AS ST31500541AS ST31000520AS Formatted capacity* 2000GB 1500GB 1000GB Guaranteed sectors 3,907,029,168 2,930,277,168 1,953,525,168 Bytes per track 63 LBA mode When addressing these drives in 341.5Gb/in2 5900 (+ 0.2%) 1285Mb/s 95MB/s 300MB/s 8 Barracuda LP Series SATA...
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... mode, the drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from its specified delay times to Standby mode. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 13 The drive features the following power-management modes: Power modes Active Idle Standby Sleep Heads Tracking Tracking Parked Parked Spindle Rotating Rotating Stopped Stopped Buffer Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled • Active mode The drive is in Active mode during the read/write and seek operations...
... mode, the drive accepts all commands and returns to Active mode when disk access is necessary. • Sleep mode The drive enters Sleep mode after receiving a Sleep command from its specified delay times to Standby mode. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 13 The drive features the following power-management modes: Power modes Active Idle Standby Sleep Heads Tracking Tracking Parked Parked Spindle Rotating Rotating Stopped Stopped Buffer Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled • Active mode The drive is in Active mode during the read/write and seek operations...
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... installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to 80 MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1 kHz sine A 0% open, 5 seconds C 0% short, 5 seconds C 40%, 0.10 seconds C 70%, 0.01 seconds B Reference standard EN61000-4-2: 95 EN61000-4-3: 96 ENV 50204: 95 EN61000-4-4: 95 EN61000-4-5: 95 EN61000-4-6: 97 EN61000-4-11: 94 16 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Sound power...
... installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to 80 MHz, 3 Vrms, 80% AM with 1 kHz sine A 0% open, 5 seconds C 0% short, 5 seconds C 40%, 0.10 seconds C 70%, 0.01 seconds B Reference standard EN61000-4-2: 95 EN61000-4-3: 96 ENV 50204: 95 EN61000-4-4: 95 EN61000-4-5: 95 EN61000-4-6: 97 EN61000-4-11: 94 16 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Sound power...
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... the directives. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The drive is individually marketed to the customer. D 17 You will display the warranty information for your drive. 2.12 Agency certification 2.12.1 Safety certification These products are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that the total assembly (enclosure, disk drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does...
... the directives. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. The drive is individually marketed to the customer. D 17 You will display the warranty information for your drive. 2.12 Agency certification 2.12.1 Safety certification These products are tested in representative end-user systems. Although CE-marked Seagate drives comply with the directives when used in the test systems, we cannot guarantee that the total assembly (enclosure, disk drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does...
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... the Serial ATA host adapter. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. Barracuda LP Series SATA drives support latching SATA connectors. 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on two separate ports. It is usually not necessary to set to "Normal operation" (see Figure 1 below to limit the data transfer rate to the drive or host. The cable size may use a chipset that does not support autonegotiation: • Install a jumper as illustrated in Figure 1 below ), and connect the drive to that enable the direct connection to...
... the Serial ATA host adapter. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. Barracuda LP Series SATA drives support latching SATA connectors. 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on two separate ports. It is usually not necessary to set to "Normal operation" (see Figure 1 below to limit the data transfer rate to the drive or host. The cable size may use a chipset that does not support autonegotiation: • Install a jumper as illustrated in Figure 1 below ), and connect the drive to that enable the direct connection to...
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... Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Flush Cache Extended Format Track Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read...
... Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (http://www.sata-io.org). Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Device Configuration Freeze Lock Device Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Flush Cache Extended Format Track Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read...
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... default parameter settings. 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to end of string) (Bits 7-0) Maximum sectors per logical track Current capacity in sectors Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command Value 0C5AH 16,383 0000H 16 0000H 0000H 003FH 0000H ASCII 0000H 0400H 0000H x.xx 8010H 0000H 2F00H 0000H 0200H 0200H 0007H xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev...
... default parameter settings. 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to end of string) (Bits 7-0) Maximum sectors per logical track Current capacity in sectors Number of sectors transferred during a Read Multiple or Write Multiple command Value 0C5AH 16,383 0000H 16 0000H 0000H 003FH 0000H ASCII 0000H 0400H 0000H x.xx 8010H 0000H 2F00H 0000H 0200H 0200H 0007H xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH xxxxH Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev...
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... 28 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Maximum value: 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFh. These words are required for future Serial ATA definition Serial ATA features supported Serial ATA features enabled Major version number Minor version number Command sets supported Command sets supported Command sets support extension (see note following this table) Command sets enabled Command sets enabled Command sets enable extension Ultra DMA support and current mode (see note following this table) Advanced PIO modes supported (modes 3 and 4 supported) Minimum multiword DMA transfer cycle time per...
... 28 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Maximum value: 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFh. These words are required for future Serial ATA definition Serial ATA features supported Serial ATA features enabled Major version number Minor version number Command sets supported Command sets supported Command sets support extension (see note following this table) Command sets enabled Command sets enabled Command sets enable extension Ultra DMA support and current mode (see note following this table) Advanced PIO modes supported (modes 3 and 4 supported) Minimum multiword DMA transfer cycle time per...
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... DMA mode 1 is currently active. 10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 14 Shall be set to 0. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1. 15 Shall be cleared to 1 indicating 64-bit WWN support. Word 108-111 112-127 128 129-159 160-254 255 Description The mandatory value of the Identify Drive data. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual...
... DMA mode 1 is currently active. 10 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 14 Shall be set to 0. NOTE: This field is valid if word 84, bit 8 is set to 1. 15 Shall be cleared to 1 indicating 64-bit WWN support. Word 108-111 112-127 128 129-159 160-254 255 Description The mandatory value of the Identify Drive data. Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual...
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....seagate.com. D Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for all formats and all brands of storage media. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in USA/ Canada/Latin America, including business hours, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. 34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Additional information, including an online request form and data...
....seagate.com. D Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for all formats and all brands of storage media. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of telephone numbers to technical support, presales and warranty service in USA/ Canada/Latin America, including business hours, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. 34 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. Additional information, including an online request form and data...
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... Sectors 25 Read Verify Sectors Extended 25 Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 25 Read/write heads 8 Read/write power 10 Recalibrate 25 recording density 8 recording method 8 Recording technology 8 relative humidity 14 Reliability 17 RF 16 RMS read/write current 12 RoHS 19 RRL 17 S S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 26 Safety certification 17 SATA 23 screws 15 sectors 8 Sectors per track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 26 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual...
... Sectors 25 Read Verify Sectors Extended 25 Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 25 Read/write heads 8 Read/write power 10 Recalibrate 25 recording density 8 recording method 8 Recording technology 8 relative humidity 14 Reliability 17 RF 16 RMS read/write current 12 RoHS 19 RRL 17 S S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Write Log sector 26 Safety certification 17 SATA 23 screws 15 sectors 8 Sectors per track 8 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 26 Security Erase Unit 26 Security Freeze 26 Barracuda LP Series SATA Product Manual...
