Seagate Constellation.2 1TB Manual

Product ManualConstellation.2TM Serial ATA100545983Rev. CFebruary 2011Standard Models ST91000640NSST9500620NSST9250610NSSelf-Encrypting Drive Models S

4 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C3.0 Drive specificationsUnless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient condi

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 5Table 1: Drive specifications summary for 1TB, 500 and 250 GB modelsDrive specification ST91000640

6 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C*One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 73.2 Formatted capacity ModelFormatted capacity*Guaranteed sectors Bytes per sectorST91000640NSST9

8 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C3.5 Physical characteristics Weight: (maximum) 1TB models 500GB models 250GB models200 g (0.441

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 93.8 Power specificationsThe drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power conne

10 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. CTable 2: 1000GB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requirementssParameterVoltage +5 V +12

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 11500GB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requirements *During periods of drive idle, some

12 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C250GB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requirements *During periods of drive idle, some

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 133.8.1.1 Typical current profilesFigure 1. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for

Revision history© 2011, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100545983, Rev. C February 2011Seagate, Seagate Technology an

14 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. CFigure 3. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for 250GB models3.8.2 Conducted noi

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 153.8.4 Power-management modesThe drive provides programmable power management to provide greater en

16 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C Each power condition has a set of current, saved and default settings. Default settings are not m

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 173.9 Environmental limitsTemperature and humidity values experienced by the drive must be such that

18 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C3.9.3 Effective altitude (sea level)a. Operating -200 to +10,000 feet (-61 to +3,048

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 193.9.5 VibrationAll vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the inp

20 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C3.11 Electromagnetic immunityWhen properly installed in a representative host system, the drive op

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 213.13 Agency certification3.13.1 Safety certificationThe drives are recognized in accordance with U

22 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. CRadio and television interference. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 23The remaining warranty for a particular drive can be determined by calling Seagate Customer Servic

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C iContents1.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C3.14.4 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) DirectiveThis product has an Environmental

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 254.0 Configuring and mounting the driveThis section contains the specifications and instructions fo

26 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C4.2 Configuring the driveEach drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the S

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 27Note. These dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard documented in SFF-8201 and SFF-82

28 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C4.5 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immed

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 295.0 About FIPSThe Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, FIPS PUB 140-2

30 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C6.0 About self-encrypting drivesSelf-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security servic

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 316.2.2 Locking SPThe Locking SP controls read/write access to the media and the cryptographic erase

32 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C6.6 Cryptographic eraseA significant feature of SEDs is the ability to perform a cryptographic era

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 337.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interfaceThese drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that su

ii Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C6.4 Drive locking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C7.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitionsTable 5 summarizes the signals on the Serial A

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 357.3 Supported ATA commandsThe following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive su

36 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. CSecurity Erase Unit F4HSecurity Freeze F5HSecurity Set Password F1HSecurity Unlock F2HSeek 70HSet

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 377.3.1 Identify Device commandThe Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information

38 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C60–61 Total number of user-addressable LBA sectors available(see Section 3.2 for related informati

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 39Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 63, 84, and 88 of the Identify Drive data. 108–111

40 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. CBit Word 880 Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported.1 Ultra DMA mode 1 is supported.2 Ultra DMA mode 2 is s

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 417.3.2 Set Features commandThis command controls the implementation of various features that the dr

42 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C7.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commandsS.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 43IndexAACA 21acceleration 19acoustics 19Active 15Active mode 15Admin SP 30AES-128 data

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C iiiList of FiguresFigure 1. Typical 5V/12V startup and operation current profile for 1TB models . .

44 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. CGgeometry 7Global Data Band 31gradient 17Gs 19guaranteed sectors 7HHandling precautions

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 45Read Verify Sectors Extended 35Read Verify Sectors Without Retries 35Read/write heads 7Recal

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Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 11.0 Seagate Technology support servicesSEAGATE ONLINE SUPPORT and SERVICESFor information regarding

2 Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C2.0 IntroductionThis manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for t

Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 3Constellation.2 Serial ATA Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features:• Au