Product ManualPulsarTM.2 SATA100666808Rev. AOctober 2011ST400FM0012ST200FM0012ST100FM0012
4 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A1.1 About the Serial ATA interfaceThe Serial ATA interface provides several advantages:• Easy installation and config
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 52.0 Drive specificationsUnless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient conditions, at 25°C, an
6 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A*One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operatin
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 72.2 Formatted capacity Model Formatted capacity* Guaranteed LBAs Emulated LBA Size (Bytes)ST400FM0012 400GB 781,422,
8 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.4.3 PerformanceNotes 400GB 200GB 100GBMaximum Burst Transfer Rate600MB/sPeak sequential 128KB read/write data trans
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 92.6 Access timeAccess measurements are taken with nominal power at 25°C ambient temperature. All times are measured u
10 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.8 Power specificationsThe drive receives DC power (+12V / +5V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 7
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 11Table 2: 400GB DC power requirements *During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to th
12 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. ATable 3: 200GB DC power requirements*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 13Table 4: 100GB DC power requirements*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the
Revision history© 2011 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved.Publication number: 100666808, Rev. A. October 2011Seagate Technology and the Wave
14 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.8.1.1 Typical current profiles (400GB model)Figure 1. Typical 400GB model startup and operation current profile2.8
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 152.8.1.3 Typical current profiles (100GB model) Figure 3. Typical 100GB model startup and operation current profile
16 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.9 Power dissipation 400GB models in 6Gb operationTypical power dissipation under idle conditions in 6Gb operation
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 17100GB models in 6Gb operationTypical power dissipation under idle conditions in 6Gb operation is 3.42 watts (11.67 B
18 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.10 Environmental specifications2.10.1 TemperatureTemperature is defined as the temperature of the drive case. Act
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 192.10.6 VibrationAll vibration specifications assume that the drive is mounted securely with the input vibration appl
20 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.12 Reliability2.12.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)The product shall achieve
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 212.13 Agency certification2.13.1 Safety certificationThese products are certified to meet the requirements of UL60950
22 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A2.13.3 FCC verificationThese drives are intended to be contained solely within a personal computer or similar enclos
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 232.14 Environmental protectionSeagate designs its products to meet environmental protection requirements worldwide, i
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24 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A3.0 Configuring and mounting the driveThis section contains the specifications and instructions for configuring and
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 253.2 Configuring the driveEach drive on the Serial ATA interface connects point-to-point with the Serial ATA host ada
26 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. ARefer to Figure 8 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions. See Section 3.4, “Drive mounting.”Note. These dime
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 273.5 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immediately surrounding
28 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interfaceThese drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data tr
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 294.2 Serial ATA device plug connector pin definitionsTable 6 summarizes the signals on the Serial ATA interface and p
30 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A4.3 Supported ATA commandsThe following table lists Serial ATA standard commands that the drive supports. For a deta
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 31Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identified by the value placed in the Set Max Features regis-ter as de
32 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A4.3.1 Identify Device commandThe Identify Device command (command code ECH) transfers information about the drive to
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 3364 Advanced PIO modes supported. SATA = 0003h 0003H65 Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word (120ns) 0
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34 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A112–115 Reserved 0000H116 Reserved for TLC 0000H117–118 Logical sector size (DWord) 0000H119 Commands and feature se
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 35Note. See the bit descriptions below for words 49, 50, 69, 76, 78, 82-86, 119 and 119-120 of the Identify Drive data
36 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A5 Reserved for Serial ATA6 Device supports Software Settings Preservation7-15 Reserved for Serial ATABit Word 820 Th
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 37Bit Word 840 SMART error logging is supported1 SMART self-test is supported2 Media serial number is supported3 Media
38 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A6 WRITE DMA FUA EXT and WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT commands are supported8 The 64-bit World wide name is supported13 The
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 394.3.2 Set Features commandThis command controls the implementation of various features that the drive supports. When
40 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A4.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. commandsS.M.A.R.T. provides near-term failure prediction for drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, th
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 41IndexAACA 21acceleration 19Access time 9Agency certification 21air flowillustrated 27altitude 18ambient temper
42 Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. ALlatency 9LBA mode 7length 8logical geometry 7Mmaintenance 20master/slave 4maximum temperature 18mounting 25
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 43Ttemperature 9, 18temperature gradient 18Time to Ready 9UUL60950-1 21VVibration 19Voltage dips, interrupts 1
Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A iiiList of FiguresFigure 1. Typical 400GB model startup and operation current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Pulsar.2 Product Manual, Rev. A 31.0 IntroductionThis manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seaga
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