Seagate ULTRA ATA ST310212A User manual

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U10 Family
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U10 Family Product Manual, Rev. A iii
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specification summary table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Formatted capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.1 Default logical geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Physical organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Recording and interface technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.5 Seek time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6 Start/stop times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.7 Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.7.1 Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.7.2 Conducted noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.7.3 Voltage tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.7.4 Power-management modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.8 Environmental tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.8.1 Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.8.2 Temperature gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.8.3 Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.4 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.5 Shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8.6 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.9 Drive acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.10 Electromagnetic susceptibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.11 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.12 Agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.12.1 Safety certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.12.2 Electromagnetic compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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1.12.3 FCC verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.0 Configuring and mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.1 Master/slave configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.2 Cable-select option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.3 Ultra ATA/66 cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.0 ATA interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1 ATA interface signals and connector pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.1 Supported ATA commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.1.2 Identify Drive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.1.3 Set Features command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.1.4 S.M.A.R.T. commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Figures
Figure 1. Typical startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 2. Master/slave jumper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 3. Mounting dimensions—top, side and end view . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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U10 Family Product Manual, Rev. A 1
Introduction
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifi-
cations for the ST320423A, ST315323A and the ST310212A. These
drives provide the following key features:
•Low power consumption
•Quiet operation
•High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 66.6 Mbytes per
second) using Ultra DMA mode 4
•8.9 msec seek time, 5,400-RPM and 512-Kbyte buffer combine for
excellent desktop performance
•350 Gs nonoperating shock
•GMR recording heads and EPRML technology, which provide the
drives with increased areal density
•State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms
•Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor
intervention
•Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting
•Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands
•Support for autodetection of master/slave drives that use cable select
(CSEL)
•SeaShield®innovative, shock-absorbing cover shields the drive
against electrostatic discharge (ESD) and other handling damage. It
also includes installation instructions and jumper settings.

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Specification summary table
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details
on specification measurement or definition, see the appropriate section
of this manual.
Drive Specification ST320423A ST315323A ST310212A
Guaranteed Mbytes (×106bytes) 20,485 15,364 10,242
Guaranteed sectors 40,011,300 30,008,475 20,005,650
Bytes per sector 512
Default sectors per track 63
Default read/write heads 16 16 16
Default cylinders 16,383 16,383 16,383
Physical read/write heads 4 3 2
Discs 221
Recording density
BPI (bits/inch max) 396,067
Track density
TPI (tracks/inch) 20,107
Areal density
(Mbits/inch2 max) 7,964
Spindle speed (RPM) 5,400
Internal data-transfer rate (Mbits/
sec max) 308
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/
sec max) 66.6
ATA data-transfer modes
supported PIO modes 0–4 Multiword DMA modes 0–2
Ultra DMA modes 0–4
Cache buffer (Kbytes) 512
Height (mm max) 26.1
Width (mm max) 101.85
Length (mm max) 147.0
Weight (typical) 544 grams (1.2 lb)
Track-to-track seek time
(msec typical) 1.5 (read) 2.1 (write)
Average seek time (msec typical) 8.9