Page 3 - Contents
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About the Serial ATA (SATA) interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Page 5 - iii; List of Figures
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operating current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2. Serial ATA connectors and jumper options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 7 - Introduction
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Momentus ® 7200.2 SATA model drives: • ST9200420ASG • ST9200420AS • ST9160823ASG • ST9160823AS • ST9120823AS • ST9100821AS • ST980813...
Page 8 - • Scalability to higher performance levels.
2 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 1.1 About the Serial ATA (SATA) interface The Serial ATA interface provides several advantages over the traditional (parallel) ATA interface. The primary advantages include: • Easy installation and configuration with true plug-and-play connectivity. It i...
Page 9 - Specification summary table; Drive specifications
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience, the phrases the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate theST9200420ASG, ST92...
Page 11 - Formatted capacity; Default logical geometry; LBA mode; Model
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 5 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specifi...
Page 12 - Drive model
6 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 2.4 Physical organization 2.5 Recording and interface technology 2.6 Physical characteristics Drive model Read/write heads Number of discs ST9200420AS and ST9200420ASG 4 2 ST9160823AS and ST9160823ASG ST9120823AS 3 ST9100821AS ST980813AS and ST980813ASG ...
Page 13 - Seek time; *Measured in performance mode; Typical seek times; Read; Average; Time to ready; Spin down
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 7 2.7 Seek time Seek measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured using drive diagnostics. The specifications in the table below are defined as follows: • Track-to-track seek time is an average of all possib...
Page 14 - Power specifications
8 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 2.9 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V) through a native SATA power connector. 2.9.1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in Table 3, on page 8. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tes...
Page 15 - Typical current profile; Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operating current profile; Conducted noise
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 9 2.9.1.1 Typical current profile Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operating current profile 2.9.2 Conducted noise Input noise ripple is measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent 15-ohm resistive load on the +5 volt line. Using 5-volt p...
Page 17 - Environmental specifications
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 11 2.10 Environmental specifications 2.10.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 65°C (149°F) within the operating ambien...
Page 19 - Acoustics; Electromagnetic immunity; Drive level acoustics
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 13 2.11 Acoustics Drive acoustics are measured as overall A-weighted acoustic sound power levels (no pure tones). All mea-surements are consistent with ISO document 7779. Sound power measurements are taken under essentially free-field conditions over a ref...
Page 20 - Reliability; Free Fall Protection feature; Agency certification; Safety certification; Measurement type; Nonrecoverable read errors
14 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 2.13 Reliability 2.13.1 Free Fall Protection feature The Free Fall Protection feature provides enhanced data protection against shock events that may occur while the drive is operating. This feature is designed to decrease the likelihood of data loss by...
Page 21 - Korean RRL; • Trade name or applicant: Seagate Technology; FCC verification; • Reorient the receiving antenna.
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 15 Korean RRL If these drives have the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, they comply with para-graph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framewor...
Page 22 - Environmental protection; China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive; Corrosive environment; 中国限制危险物品的指令; 表示该部件(于同类物品程度上)所含的危险和有毒物质低于中国RoHS MCV标准所定义的门槛值。
16 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 2.15 Environmental protection Seagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, including regulations restricting certain chemical substances. 2.15.1 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive...
Page 25 - Configuring and mounting the drive; Handling and static-discharge precautions; • Handle the drive only by its edges or frame.
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 19 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and mounting the drive. 3.1 Handling and static-discharge precautions After unpacking, and before installation, the drive may be exposed to ...
Page 26 - Configuring the drive; Figure 2. Serial ATA connectors and jumper options; Serial ATA cables and connectors; Figure 3. Attaching SATA cabling; Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation.
20 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 3.2 Configuring the drive Each drive on the Serial ATA interface connects in a point-to-point configuration with the Serial ATA host adapter. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is considered a master in a point-to-point relationshi...
Page 27 - Drive mounting; • Use only M3 UNC mounting screws.; Figure 4. Drive dimensions
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 21 3.4 Drive mounting You can mount the drive using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 4 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mount-ing the drive: • Allo...
Page 29 - Serial ATA connector pin definitions; Segment
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 23 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–6. The drive also suppo...
Page 30 - Power
24 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 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 backplane blindmate connector only. In this case, the mating sequences are: • the ground pins P4 and P12. • the pre-charge...
Page 31 - Supported ATA commands; Command name
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 25 4.3 Supported ATA commands The following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a detailed description of the ATA commands, refer to the Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. See “S.M.A.R.T. comman...
Page 33 - Identify Device command; The Identify Device command (command code EC; Word
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 27 4.3.1 Identify Device command The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) transfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of data, whose contents are shown in the table on page ...
Page 35 - Bit
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 29 90 Enhanced security erase time 0000 H 92 Master password revision code FFFE H 93 Hardware reset value (see description following this table) xxxx H 94 Auto acoustic management setting xxxx H 95–99 ATA-reserved 0000 H 100–103 Total number of user-addres...
Page 36 - Set Features command; Set Features command values
30 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 4.3.2 Set Features 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 generates an inter-rupt. If ...
Page 37 - Code in features register
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 31 Note. At power-on, or after a hardware or software reset, the default values of the features are as indi-cated above. 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive moni-...
Page 39 - Seagate Technology support services; Online Services; Internet; For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit; Seagate Service Centers; Presales Support; Seagate technical support is available to assist you online at
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 33 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: Presales@Seaga...
Page 40 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
34 Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E Customer Service 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 warranty...
Page 41 - Index
Momentus 7200.2 SATA Product Manual, Rev. E 35 Index A ACA 15 acoustics 4 , 13 Active mode 10 Address 25 AFR 14 Agency certification 14 Altitude 11 Altitude, nonoperating 4 Altitude, operating 4 Ambient temperature 4 , 11 ambient temperature 7 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) 4 , 14 Areal density 3 , 6...