Page 2 - Copyright © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved.; Revision History; Revision
Copyright © 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Techno...
Page 3 - Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D; Contents
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Contents Seagate Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - Figures
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Figures Figure 1 5V current profile (3000GB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2 12V current profile (3000GB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - Seagate Technology Support Services
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 7 For information regarding online support and services, visit http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/ contact_us/ Available services include: • Presales & Technical support • Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours • Authorized Ser...
Page 9 - About the Serial ATA interface; Note
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 9 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Barracuda ® XT model drives: These drives provide the following key features: • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry...
Page 10 - Drive Specifications; the drive; Drive specification
10 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 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 manua...
Page 11 - Formatted capacity; Cylinders
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 11 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications * 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 occu...
Page 12 - Recording and interface technology; • Spinup power
12 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.3 Recording and interface technology Interface SATA SATA Recording method Perpendicular Perpendicular Recording density (kbits/inch max) 1941kb/in 1721kb/in Track density (ktracks/inch avg) 277 ktracks/in 240 ktracks/...
Page 17 - Environmental specifications
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 17 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.7 Environmental specifications 2.7.1 Ambient temperature Ambient temperature is defined as the temperature of the environment immediately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temperature should not exceed 69°C (15...
Page 18 - Model
18 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.7.5 Shock All shock specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input shock applied at the drive mounting screws. Shock may be applied in the X, Y or Z axis. 2.7.5.1 Operating shock These drives ...
Page 19 - Electromagnetic immunity; Test; ± 1 kV differential, ± 2 kV common, AC mains
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 19 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications 2.8.1 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs) Seagate follows the ECMA-74 standards for measurement and identification of PDTs. An exception to this process is the use of the absolute threshold of hearing. Seagate uses...
Page 20 - Agency certification; Korean RRL; radio and television reception.; Radio and television interference.
20 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Specifications www.seagate.com 2.10 Warranty 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 on the “Verify Your Warranty” ...
Page 21 - • Reorient the receiving antenna.; Environmental protection
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 21 www.seagate.com Drive Specifications This equipment is designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this ...
Page 23 - Configuring and Mounting the Drive; Handling and static-discharge precautions; • Handle the drive by its edges or frame; Configuring the drive; Table 6
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 23 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 pot...
Page 24 - Figure 5; Figure 6
24 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D Configuring and Mounting the Drive www.seagate.com For installations which require cables, you can connect the drive as illustrated in Figure 5 . Figure 5 Attaching SATA cabling Each cable is keyed to ensure correct orientation. Barracuda drives support la...
Page 27 - Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitions; Segment Pin; Signal; Power
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 27 4.0 SATA Interface These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA(SATA) interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0 to 4; multiword DMA modes 0 to 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6. For detailed informat...
Page 28 - Notes
28 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com 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 P...
Page 29 - Supported ATA commands; Command name
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 29 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 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 International Organization: Serial ATA Revisio...
Page 31 - Word
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 31 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 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...
Page 33 - xx
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 33 www.seagate.com SATA Interface 80 Major version number 003E H 81 Minor version number 0028 H 82 Command sets supported 346B H 83 Command sets supported 7F01 H 84 Command sets support extension (see note following this table) 4163 H See Word 108-111 note. (...
Page 34 - Bit
34 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com Description (if bit is set to 1) Bit Word 63 0 Multiword DMA mode 0 is supported. 1 Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported. 2 Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported. 8 Multiword DMA mode 0 is currently active. 9 Multiword DMA mode 1 is...
Page 36 - Draft
36 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D SATA Interface www.seagate.com 4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commands S.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined drive attributes that are susceptible to degradation over time. If self-...
Page 37 - Index
Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D 37 Index A acceleration 18acoustics 18active mode 16agency certification 20altitude 17ambient temperature 12, 17areal density 12ATA commands 29Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZ CISPR22 20Australian Communication Authority (ACA) 20Australian C-Tick 20 B buf...
Page 38 - quick reference 10
38 Barracuda XT SATA Product Manual, Rev. D P perpendicular recording technology 9physical characteristics 12point-to-point 9, 23power consumption 12power dissipation 13power management modes 16power modes 16power specifications 12power-on to ready 12precautions 23printed circuit board 23programmabl...
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