Computer Hardware User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Drive specifications
- 2.1 Specification summary tables
- 2.2 Formatted capacity
- 2.3 Default logical geometry
- 2.4 Recording and interface technology
- 2.5 Physical characteristics
- 2.6 Seek time
- 2.7 Start/stop times
- 2.8 Power specifications
- 2.9 Environmental specifications
- 2.10 Acoustics emissions
- 2.11 Electromagnetic immunity
- 2.12 Reliability
- 2.13 Agency certification
- 2.14 Environmental protection
- 2.15 Corrosive environment
- 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive
- 4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface
- 5.0 Seagate Technology support services
- Index
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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.
For detailed information about the Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT
Attachment” specification.
4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility
Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accor-
dance with the Serial ATA Revision 2.6 specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serial-
ata.org.