IBM DARA-206000 - Travelstar 12 GB Hard Drive User manual

OEM HARD DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS
for
DARA-2xxxxx ( 6 GB - 25 GB )
2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive with ATA Interface
Revision (2.1)
S25L-1638-03

OEM HARD DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS
for
DARA-2xxxxx ( 6 GB - 25 GB )
2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive with ATA Interface
Revision (2.1)
S25L-1638-03

1st Edition (0.1) S25L-1638-00 (June 30, 1999) Preliminary
2nd Edition (1.0) S25L-1638-01 (July 23, 1999)
3nd Edition (2.0) S25L-1638-02 (Aug. 16, 1999) Unclassified
4th Edition (2.1) S25L-1638-03 (Nov. 11, 1999)
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Contents
1.0 General ..................................................... 1
1.1 Glossary ..................................................... 1
1.2 General Caution ................................................ 1
1.2.1 Caution of usage ............................................. 2
2.0 General Features ................................................ 5
Part 1. Functional Specification ...................................... 7
3.0 Drive Characteristics .............................................. 9
3.1 Default Logical Drive Parameter ....................................... 9
3.2 Data Sheet .................................................... 9
3.3 Performance Characteristics ......................................... 10
3.3.1 Command Processing .......................................... 11
3.3.2 Average Seek Time (Including Settling) ............................... 11
3.3.3 Single Track Seek Time ........................................ 11
3.3.4 Full Stroke Seek ............................................. 12
3.3.5 Average Latency ............................................. 12
3.3.6 Drive Ready Time ........................................... 12
3.3.7 Operating Modes. ............................................ 13
4.0 Data Integrity ................................................. 15
4.1 Data Loss by Power Off ........................................... 15
4.2 Write Cache .................................................. 15
4.3 Equipment Status ............................................... 15
4.4 WRITE Safety ................................................ 16
4.5 Data buffer test ................................................ 16
4.6 Error Recovery ................................................ 16
4.7 Automatic Reallocation ........................................... 16
4.7.1 Non Recovered Write Errors ..................................... 16
4.7.2 Non Recovered Read Errors ...................................... 16
4.7.3 Recovered Read Errors ......................................... 16
5.0 Specification .................................................. 17
5.1 Environment ................................................. 17
5.1.1 Temperature and Humidity ...................................... 17
5.1.2 Magnetic Fields ............................................. 18
5.2 DC Power Requirements .......................................... 19
5.2.1 Start Up Current ............................................ 21
5.3 Reliability ................................................... 23
5.3.1 Data Reliability ............................................. 23
5.3.2 Failure Prediction ( S.M.A.R.T.) ................................... 23
5.3.3 Cable Noise Interference ........................................ 23
5.3.4 Service Life and Usage Condition ................................... 23
5.3.5 Preventive Maintenance ........................................ 23
5.3.6 Load/Unload ............................................... 24
5.4 Mechanical Specifications .......................................... 26
5.4.1 Mechanical Dimensions and Weight ................................. 26
5.4.2 Hole Locations ............................................. 26
5.4.3 Mounting Orientation ......................................... 28
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5.5 Vibration and Shock ............................................. 29
5.5.1 Operating Vibration ........................................... 29
5.5.2 Non-Operating Vibration ........................................ 29
5.5.3 Operating Shock ............................................. 30
5.5.4 Non-Operating Shock .......................................... 30
5.6 Acoustics ................................................... 31
5.6.1 Sound Power Level ........................................... 31
5.6.2 Discrete Tone Penalty ......................................... 32
5.7 Identification ................................................. 33
5.7.1 Labels ................................................... 33
5.8 Electromagnetic Compatibility ....................................... 33
5.8.1 CE Mark ................................................. 33
5.8.2 C-Tick Mark ............................................... 33
5.9 Safety ...................................................... 34
5.9.1 Underwriters Lab(UL) Approval ................................... 34
5.9.2 Canadian Standards Authority(CSA) Approval ........................... 34
5.9.3 IEC Compliance ............................................. 34
5.9.4 German Safety Mark .......................................... 34
5.9.5 Flammability ............................................... 34
5.9.6 Secondary Circuit Protection ..................................... 34
5.10 Packaging .................................................. 34
6.0 Electrical Interface Specifications ...................................... 35
6.1 Cabling ..................................................... 35
6.2 Interface Connector ............................................. 35
6.2.1 Signal Definition ............................................. 36
6.3 Interface Logic Signal Levels ......................................... 39
6.4 Reset timings .................................................. 40
6.5 PIO Timings .................................................. 41
6.5.1 DMA Timings (Single Word) ..................................... 42
6.5.2 DMA Timings (Multiword) ...................................... 43
6.5.3 Ultra DMA Timings ........................................... 44
6.6 Drive Address Setting ............................................ 58
6.6.1 Default Setting .............................................. 58
6.7 Addressing of drive Registers ........................................ 59
Part 2. ATA Interface Specification .................................. 61
7.0 General ..................................................... 63
7.1 Introduction .................................................. 63
7.2 Terminology .................................................. 63
8.0 Deviations From Standard .......................................... 65
9.0 Registers .................................................... 67
9.1 Alternate Status Register ........................................... 67
9.2 Command Register .............................................. 68
9.3 Cylinder High Register ............................................ 68
9.4 Cylinder Low Register ............................................ 68
9.5 Data Register ................................................. 68
9.6 Device Control Register ........................................... 69
9.7 Drive Address Register ............................................ 69
9.8 Device/Head Register ............................................. 69
9.9 Error Register ................................................. 70
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9.10 Features Register ............................................... 71
9.11 Sector Count Register ............................................ 71
9.12 Sector Number Register ........................................... 71
9.13 Status Register ................................................ 71
10.0 General Operation Descriptions ...................................... 73
10.1 Reset Response ................................................ 73
10.1.1 Register Initialization .......................................... 75
10.2 Diagnostic and Reset considerations .................................... 76
10.3 Power-off considerations .......................................... 76
10.4 Sector Addressing Mode .......................................... 77
10.4.1 Logical CHS Addressing Mode .................................... 77
10.4.2 LBA Addressing Mode ......................................... 77
10.5 Power Management Feature ........................................ 78
10.5.1 Power Mode ............................................... 78
10.5.2 Power Management Commands ................................... 78
10.5.3 Standby/Sleep command completion timing ............................ 78
10.5.4 Standby timer .............................................. 79
10.5.5 Status ................................................... 79
10.5.6 Interface Capability for Power Modes ................................ 79
10.5.7 Initial Power Mode at Power On ................................... 79
10.6 Advanced Power Management (ABLE-3) Feature ............................ 80
10.6.1 Performance Idle mode ........................................ 80
10.6.2 Active Idle mode ............................................ 80
10.6.3 Low Power Idle mode ......................................... 80
10.6.4 Transition Time ............................................. 80
10.7 S.M.A.R.T. Function ............................................ 82
10.7.1 Attributes ................................................ 82
10.7.2 Attribute values ............................................. 82
10.7.3 Attribute thresholds .......................................... 82
10.7.4 Threshold exceeded condition ..................................... 82
10.7.5 S.M.A.R.T. commands ........................................ 82
10.7.6 S.M.A.R.T. operation with power management modes ...................... 83
10.8 Security Mode Feature Set ......................................... 84
10.8.1 Security mode .............................................. 84
10.8.2 Security level .............................................. 84
10.8.3 Password ................................................. 84
10.8.4 Master Password Revision Code ................................... 85
10.8.5 Operation example ........................................... 85
10.8.6 Command Table ............................................ 88
10.9 Protected Area Function .......................................... 90
10.9.1 Example for operation (In LBA mode) ............................... 90
10.10 Address Offset Feature (Vendor Specific) ................................ 92
10.10.1 Enable/Disable Address Offset Mode ................................ 92
10.10.2 Identify Device Data ......................................... 93
10.10.3 Exceptions in Address Offset Mode ................................. 93
10.11 Write Cache Function ........................................... 94
10.12 Delayed Write Function (Vendor Specific) ............................... 95
10.12.1 Enable/Disable Delayed Write command .............................. 95
10.13 Reassign Function ............................................. 96
10.13.1 Auto Reassign Function ....................................... 96
11.0 Command Protocol .............................................. 97
11.1 Data In Commands ............................................. 97
11.2 Data Out Commands ............................................ 98
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11.3 Non-Data Commands ............................................ 100
11.4 DMA Data Transfer Commands ...................................... 101
12.0 Command Descriptions ........................................... 103
12.1 Check Power Mode (E5h/98h) ...................................... 107
12.2 Enable/Disable Delayed Write (FAh: Vendor Specific) ......................... 108
12.3 Execute Device Diagnostic (90h) ..................................... 109
12.4 Flush Cache (E7h) .............................................. 110
12.5 Format Track (50h: Vendor Specific) ................................... 111
12.6 Format Unit (F7h: Vendor Specific) ................................... 113
12.7 Identify Device (ECh) ........................................... 115
12.8 Identify Device DMA (EEh) ........................................ 122
12.9 Idle (E3h/97h) ................................................ 123
12.10 Idle Immediate (E1h/95h) ........................................ 124
12.11 Initialize Device Parameters (91h) .................................... 125
12.12 Read Buffer (E4h) ............................................. 126
12.13 Read DMA (C8h/C9h) .......................................... 127
12.14 Read Long (22h/23h) ........................................... 129
12.15 Read Multiple (C4h) ........................................... 131
12.16 Read Native Max ADDRESS (F8h) ................................... 133
12.17 Read Sectors (20h/21h) .......................................... 135
12.18 Read Verify Sectors (40h/41h) ...................................... 137
12.19 Recalibrate (1xh) .............................................. 139
12.20 Security Disable Password (F6h) .................................... 140
12.21 Security Erase Prepare (F3h) ....................................... 141
12.22 Security Erase Unit (F4h) ......................................... 142
12.23 Security Freeze Lock (F5h) ........................................ 144
12.24 Security Set Password (F1h) ....................................... 145
12.25 Security Unlock (F2h) .......................................... 147
12.26 Seek (7xh) ................................................. 149
12.27 Set Features (EFh) ............................................ 150
12.28 Set Max ADDRESS (F9h) ........................................ 152
12.29 Set Multiple (C6h) ............................................. 154
12.30 Sleep (E6h/99h) .............................................. 155
12.31 S.M.A.R.T. Function Set (B0h) ..................................... 156
12.31.2 Device Attributes Data Structure .................................. 160
12.31.3 Device Attribute Thresholds Data Structure ............................ 166
12.31.4 SMART error log sector ....................................... 169
12.31.5 Self-test log data structure ...................................... 172
12.31.6 Error Reporting ............................................ 173
12.32 Standby (E2h/96h) ............................................. 174
12.33 Standby Immediate (E0h/94h) ...................................... 175
12.34 Write Buffer (E8h) ............................................. 176
12.35 Write DMA (CAh/CBh) ......................................... 177
12.36 Write Long (32h/33h) ........................................... 179
12.37 Write Multiple (C5h) ........................................... 181
12.38 Write Sectors (30h/31h) .......................................... 183
12.39 Write Verify (3Ch: Vendor Specific) ................................... 185
13.0 Timeout Values ................................................ 187
14.0 Appendix ................................................... 189
14.1 Commands Support Coverage ....................................... 189
14.2 SET FEATURES Command Support Coverage ............................ 192
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Index ......................................................... 193
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1.0 General
This document describes the specifications of the following IBM 2.5-inch, ATA interface hard disk drives:
DARA-206000 ( 6 GB) 9.5mm height 4200 rpm
DARA-209000 ( 9 GB) 9.5mm height 4200 rpm
DARA-212000 (12 GB) 9.5mm height 4200 rpm
DARA-215000 (15 GB) 12.7mm height 4200 rpm
DARA-218000 (18 GB) 12.7mm height 4200 rpm
DARA-225000 (25 GB) 17.0mm height 5411 rpm
Note: The specifications are subject to change without notice.
1.1 Glossary
Word Meaning
Kbpi 1 000 Bit Per Inch
Mbps 1 000 000 Bit per second
GB 1 000 000 000 bytes
MB 1 000 000 bytes
KB 1 000 bytes
32 KB 32 x 1 024 bytes
64 KB 64 x 1 024 bytes
Mb/sq.in 1 000 000 bits per square inch
MLC Machine Level Control
DFT Drive Fitness Test
TBD To Be Defined
1.2 General Caution
Do not apply pressing force on the top cover (See Figure 1 on page 2).
Do not cover the breathing hole on the top cover (See Figure 2 on page 3).
Do not touch the interface connector pins and the surface of printed circuit board.
The drive can be easily damaged by shocks or ESD (Electric Static Discharge), so any damages applied
to the drive after taking out from shipping package and opening ESD protective bag are user's responsi-
bilities. .
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1.2.1 Caution of usage
Figure 1. Handling caution of DARA-2xxxxx
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Figure 2. Breathing hole caution of DARA-2xxxxx
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2.0 General Features
2.5-inch, 9.5mm/12.7mm/17.0mm height MCC Compliance
6GB - 25GB formatted capacity
512 bytes/sector
AT Interface (Enhanced IDE) conforming to ATA-4
No-ID recording format
PRML channel
On The Fly correction : 12 Bytes/sector
418 KB Segmented Buffer for Read and Write
Host data transfer speed.
−66.6 MB/sec : Ultra DMA Mode-4 (Ultra ATA/66)
Media data transfer rate
−161.6 Mbit/sec max (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
−181.2 Mbit/sec max (DARA-225000)
Average seek time 12 ms for read
Closed-loop actuator servo (Embedded Sector Servo)
Rotary voice coil motor actuator
Load / Unload mechanism
Adaptive power save control
−0.65 W at low-power-idle (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
−0.85 W at low-power-idle (DARA-225000)
Power on to ready
−2.8 sec (DARA-212000/209000/206000)
−3.0 sec (DARA-218000/215000)
−4.5 sec (DARA-225000)
Non-operating Shock
−800 G/1ms (DARA-212000/209000/206000)
−700 G/1ms (DARA-218000/215000)
−500 G/2ms (DARA-225000)
Operating Shock
−175 G/2ms (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
−150 G/2ms (DARA-225000)
Address Offset Feature to support DFT implementation
Note: Mounting screw position is
−Incompatible with DBOA/DMCA/DCRA/DSOA/DPRA-2xxxx.
−Compatible with DTNA/DLGA/DDLA/DTCA/DPLA/DYKA/DYLA/DADA/
DKLA/DBCA/DCXA/DCYA-2xxxxx.
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3.0 Drive Characteristics
3.1 Default Logical Drive Parameter
Default of logical drive parameters in Identify Device data are as follows.
3.2 Data Sheet
Figure 3. Default Drive Parameters
Model Capacity
(GB) Word 1 (Cyl) Word 3 (Head) Word 6 (Sect/Trk) Word 60-61 (LBA) Customer Usable Data Bytes
DARA-206000 612416 15 63 11,733,120 6,007,357,440
DARA-209000 916383 16 63 17,660,160 9,042,001,920
DARA-212000 12 16383 16 63 23,579,136 12,072,517,632
DARA-215000 15 16383 16 63 29,498,112 15,103,033,344
DARA-218000 18 16383 16 63 35,433,216 18,141,806,592
DARA-225000 25 16383 16 63 49,577,472 25,383,665,664
Figure 4. Data Sheet
Media transfer rate [Mb/sec] 161.6 - 85.5 (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
181.2 - 105.1 (DARA-225000)
Interface transfer rate [MB/sec] 66.6 max ( Ultra DMA Mode-4 )
16.6 max ( PIO-4 )
Data buffer size [KB] 418 KB ( Read / Write )
Rotational speed [RPM] 4200 (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
5411 (DARA-225000)
Average latency [msec] 7.1 (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
5.5 (DARA-225000)
Recording density [Kbpi] 356 max (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
327 max (DARA-225000)
Track density [TPI] 28,500 (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
26,800 (DARA-225000)
Areal density [Gb/sq.in.] 10.1 max (DARA-218000/215000/212000/209000/206000)
8.8 Max (DARA-225000)
Number of zone 12
Number of disks 1/2/2/3/3/5
Number of heads 2/3/4/5/6/10
Servo design method Embedded sector servo
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3.3 Performance Characteristics
File performance is characterized by the following parameters:
Command Overhead
Mechanical Positioning
−Seek Time
−Latency
Data Transfer Speed
Buffering Operation
Note: All the above parameters contribute to a file performance. There are other parameters which con-
tribute to the performance on the actual system. This specification tries to define the essential file character-
istics, not the system throughput which is dependent on the system and the application.
The following table gives a typical value of each parameter. The detail descriptions are followed in the next
sections.
Figure 5. Performance Parameter
Function Typical
Average Random Seek Time For Read 12 msec
Average Random Seek Time For Write 14 msec (except DARA-225000)
13 msec (DARA-225000)
Rotational Speed 4200 rpm (except DARA-225000)
5411 rpm (DARA-225000)
Power On To Ready 2.8 sec (DARA-212000/209000/206000)
3.0 sec (DARA-218000/215000)
4.5 sec (DARA-225000)
Command Overhead 1.0 msec
Disk-Buffer Data Transfer 161.6 - 85.5 Mbit/sec (except DARA-225000)
181.2 - 105.1 Mbits/sec (DARA-225000)
Buffer-Host Data Transfer 16.6 MB/sec (PIO Mode-4)
66.6 MB/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-4)
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