User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD
- Seagate® Technology Support Services
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Drive specifications
- 2.1 Specification summary tables
- 2.2 Formatted capacity
- 2.3 Recording and interface technology
- 2.4 Start/stop times
- 2.5 Power specifications
- 2.6 Environmental limits
- 2.7 Acoustics
- 2.8 Test for Prominent Discrete Tones (PDTs)
- 2.9 Electromagnetic immunity
- 2.10 Reliability
- 2.11 Agency and Safety Certifications
- 2.12 Environmental protection
- 2.13 Corrosive environment
- 2.14 Reference documents
- 2.15 Product warranty
- 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive
- 4.0 About self-encrypting drives
- 4.1 Data encryption
- 4.2 Controlled access
- 4.3 Random number generator (RNG)
- 4.4 Drive locking
- 4.5 Data bands
- 4.6 Cryptographic erase
- 4.7 Authenticated firmware download
- 4.8 Power requirements
- 4.9 Supported commands
- 4.10 RevertSP
- 4.11 ATA Security Erase Unit Command on SED SATA drives
- 4.12 Sanitize Device - CRYPTO SCRAMBLE EXT
- 5.0 About FIPS
- 6.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface

Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 10
2.5 Power specifications
The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. See Figure 4 on page 22.
2.5.1 Power consumption
Power requirements for the drives are listed in Table 2. Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested, under
nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient temperature
.
*During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic
and power to operational levels
Table 2 DC power requirements (8TB and 6TB)
6.0Gb mode
Voltage +5V +12V Watts
Regulation ± 5% Total
Avg Idle Current * 0.29 0.56 8.15
Advanced Idle Current *
Idle_A 0.19 0.55 7.57
Idle_B 0.12 0.48 6.42
Idle_C 0.13 0.38 5.21
Standby 0.120.010.68
Maximum Start Current
DC (peak DC) 0.60 2.03 27.34
AC (Peak DC) 1.02 2.50
Delayed Motor Start (DC max) 0.18 0.41
Operating current (random read 4K16Q):
Typical DC 0.23 0.83 11.11
Maximum DC 0.23 0.84
Maximum DC (peak) 0.74 2.35
Operating current (random write 4K16Q)
Typical DC 0.26 0.59 8.45
Maximum DC 0.27 0.59
Maximum DC (peak) 0.51 2.33
Operating current (sequential read 64K16Q)
Typical DC 0.53 0.60 9.88
Maximum DC 0.55 0.61
Maximum DC (peak) 0.87 1.82
Operating current (sequential write 64K16Q)
Typical DC 0.45 0.63 9.77
Maximum DC 0.46 0.63
Maximum DC (peak) 0.53 1.82