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Product Manual Pipeline HD Series SATA ST3500321CS ST3500422CS ST3320310CS ST3320410CS ST3160310CS 100504234 Rev. C October 2008 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 2
of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 3
2.9 Environmental specifications 13 2.9.1 Drive case temperature 13 2.9.2 Temperature 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. commands 32 5.0 Seagate Technology support services 33 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 4
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Attaching SATA cabling 20 Mounting dimensions (for 500 GB models 21 Mounting dimensions (for 320 and 160 GB models 22 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C iii - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 6
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software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns. • Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting. • Supports latching SATA cables and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive. Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 1 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 8
It is not necessary to set any jumpers or other configuration options. • support. Serial ATA was designed to allow you to install a Serial ATA host adapter and Serial ATA disk drive there is with parallel ATA. If two drives are attached on one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 9
ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following drive model: ST3500321CS ST3500422CS ST3320310CS ST3320410CS ST3160310CS 2.1 Specification summary tables The specifications listed - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 10
data transfer rate I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 11
0.62% To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 12
data transfer rate I/O data-transfer rate ATA data-transfer modes supported Cache buffer Height (max) Width (max) Length (max Voltage tolerance (including noise) Operating temperature (Drive Case temperature) Nonoperating temperature (Ambient) Temperature Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 13
0.62% To determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this page, click drive. 50,000 at 25°C, 50% rel. humidity Yes *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 14
per sector 512 512 512 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending and 100-103) for additional information about 48bit addressing support of drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes. 2.3 Default logical geometry Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 15
-track Average Read - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 16
drives are listed in the table on page 9. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives drive spindle reaches operating speed. • Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive drive accepts commands, but the drive of drive idle, *During periods of drive idle, some offline - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 17
volt line or an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. • Using 12-volt power, the drive is expected to operate with a maximum of 120 mV peak-to-peak square-wave injected noise at up to tolerance (including noise): 5V ± 5% 12V ± 10% Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 11 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 18
system setup program. The drive features the following power-management host has set the standby timer, the drive can also enter Standby mode automatically after the drive has been drive leaves Sleep mode after it receives a Hard Reset or Soft Reset from the host. After receiving a reset, the drive - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 19
to 158°F) * Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. 2.9.2 Temperature gradient Operating: Nonoperating: 20°C per hour (68°F per hour max), without (-200 ft. to 40,000+ ft.) Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 13 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 20
shock The drives comply with that the drive can experience without shock level that the drive can experience without incurring drive is mounted securely with the input vibration applied at the drive vibration levels that the drive may experience while meeting that the drive may experience without - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 21
active (seek) modes of operations. Table 4: Drive A-weighted Sound Power Levels (SWL, BA) 500 threshold of hearing. Seagate uses the lower 50% pulse modulation @ 200 Hz ± 1 kV on AC mains, ± 0.5 kV on external I/O B ± 1 kV differential, ± 2 kV common, AC mains B 150 kHz to 80 Manual, Rev. C 15 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 22
determine the warranty for a specific drive, use a web browser to access the following web page: support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp From this of IEC950 and EN 60950. 2.13.2 Electromagnetic compatibility Hard drives that display the CE mark comply with the European Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 23
drives Drives external device). As such, each drive Seagate has tested this device in enclosures as described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disk drive instructions one or more of the following corrective measures: • Reorient the receiving antenna. • Move the device to one Problems - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 24
by the China RoHS MCV Standard. "X RoHS MCV 2.15 Corrosive environment Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 years exposure to light industrial near circuitry with sulfide-free alternatives. 18 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 25
computer. • Do not touch the connector pins or the printed circuit board. • Do not remove the factory-installed labels from the drive or cover them with additional labels. Removal voids the warranty. Some factory-installed labels contain information needed to service the drive. Other labels are used - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 26
support autonegotiation) or • Install a SATA host adapter that supports autonegotiation, leave the drive jumper block set to "Normal operation" (see Figure 2 below), and connect the drive with a maximum length of one meter (39.37 inches). See Table 6 you can connect the drive as illustrated in - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 27
screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive: • Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 inches (0.76 mm 4. Mounting dimensions (for 500 GB models) Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 21 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 28
Recommended case temperature measurement location Figure 5. Mounting dimensions (for 320 and 160 GB models) 22 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 29
ATA (SATA) interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO compatibility Pipeline HD Series SATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the Serial - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 30
5V power 5V power 2nd mate P11 Ground or LED signal If grounded, drive does not use deferred spin P12 Ground 1st mate. P13 V12 P14 V12 rest of the power pins. 3. There are three power pins for each voltage. One pin from each voltage is used for pre-charge when installed in a blind-mate backplane - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 31
The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer Configuration Identify Device Configuration Restore Device Configuration Set Device Reset Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Product Manual, Rev. C 25 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 32
Set Password Security Unlock Seek Set Features Set Max Address Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features register as defined to the right. Set Max Address Extended Set 39H CEH 30H 31H 34H 26 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 33
set to zero. Parameters listed with an "x" are drive-specific or vary with the state of the drive. See Section 2.0 on page 3 for default parameter settings. The following commands contain drive ) Reserved Standard Standby timer, IORDY supported and may be disabled ATA-reserved PIO Manual, Rev. C 27 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 34
field is: 0FFFFFFFh (268,435,455 sectors, 137 Gbytes). Drives with capacities over 137 Gbytes will have 0FFFFFFFh in this field and supported Serial ATA features enabled Major version number Minor version number Command sets supported Command sets supported 84 Command sets support Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 35
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 indicating 64-bit WWN support. ATA-reserved Security status Seagate-reserved ATA-reserved Integrity word Value Each drive will have a unique value. 0000H 0001H xxxxH 0000H xxA5H Note - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 36
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. mode 6 is currently active. 30 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 37
command This command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When the drive receives this command, it sets BSY, checks the contents of the Features register, clears BSY and of the features are as indicated above. Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 31 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 38
all new drives and is also available at: http://seatools.seagate.com. This drive is shipped with S.M.A.R.T. features disabled. You must have a recent BIOS or software package that supports S.M.A.R.T. to abort) is written to the Error register. 32 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 39
5.0 Seagate Technology support services Online services Internet For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit www.seagate.com. Worldwide support is available 24 hours daily by email for your questions. Presales Support: [email protected] Technical Support: DiscSupport@Seagate. - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 40
Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warrantyrelated issues. Resellers or end users of drive products should - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 41
compatibility 16 Conducted noise 11 Conducted RF immunity 15 Configuring the drive 19 connectors 20 Corrosive environment 18 CSA C22.2 (950) 16 25 Device Configuration Restore 25 Device Configuration Set 25 Device Reset 25 dimensions 21, 22 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C 35 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 42
16 master/slave 2 maximum temperature 13 MIC 17 mounting 21 mounting screws 14 mounting the drive 19 N noise 11 nominal power 9 Nonoperating shock 14 Nonoperating vibration 14 Nonrecoverable read errors Status 26 S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values 26 36 Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. C - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 43
Security Freeze 26 Security Set Password 26 Security Unlock 26 electronics 10 Set Features 26 Set Max Address 26 Set Max Address Extended 26 Set Multiple static-discharge 19 subassembly 17 support services 33 Surge immunity 15 V Retries 26 T technical support services 33 temperature 9, 13 - Seagate ST3250312CS | Pipeline HD Series SATA Product Manual - Page 44
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Product Manual
Pipeline HD Series SATA
100504234
Rev. C
October 2008
ST3500321CS
ST3500422CS
ST3320310CS
ST3320410CS
ST3160310CS