Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 Specifications

Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 Specifications

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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hard Disk Drive Specification
Hitachi Travelstar 5K160
2.5 inch SATA hard disk drive
Models:
HTS541616J9SA00
HTS541612J9SA00
HTS541680J9SA00
HTS541660J9SA00
HTS541640J9SA00
Revision 1.2
Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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12 July 2006

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  • Page 1 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hard Disk Drive Specification Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 2.5 inch SATA hard disk drive Models: HTS541616J9SA00 HTS541612J9SA00 HTS541680J9SA00 HTS541660J9SA00 HTS541640J9SA00 Revision 1.2 12 July 2006 1/167...
  • Page 2 Hitachi may make improvements or changes in any products or programs described in this publication at any time. It is possible that this publication may contain reference to, or information about, Hitachi products (machines and programs), programming, or services that are not announced in your country. Such references or information must not be construed to mean that Hitachi intends to announce such Hitachi products, programming, or services in your country.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Table of Contents GENERAL ............................. 5 .............................5 NTRODUCTION Abbreviations ..........................5 References ..........................5 General caution ........................5 Drive handling precautions ....................5 ........................5 UTLINE OF THE DRIVE PART 1 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION ................... 5 ....................5 IXED DISK SUBSYSTEM DESCRIPTION Control Electronics........................5 Head disk assembly data ......................5 ......................5...
  • Page 4 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 11.6 Features Register........................5 11.7 LBA High Register........................5 11.8 LBA Low Register ........................5 11.9 LBA Mid Register ........................5 11.10 Sector Count Register......................5 11.11 Status Register ........................5 12 G ....................5 ENERAL PERATION ESCRIPTIONS 12.1 Reset Response........................5 12.2 Diagnostic and Reset considerations..................5 12.3...
  • Page 5 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.30 Security Freeze Lock (F5h) ....................5 14.31 Security Set Password (F1h) ....................5 14.32 Security Unlock (F2h) ......................5 14.33 Seek (7xh) ..........................5 14.34 Sense Condition (F0h : vendor specific) ................5 14.35 Set Features (EFh) ......................5 14.36 Set Max Address (F9h) ......................5 14.37...
  • Page 6 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification List of Figures Figure 1. Limits of temperature and humidity Figure 2. Mounting hole locations Figure 3. Interface connector pin assignments Figure 4. Parameter descriptions Figure 5 Reset Response Table Figure 6 Default Register Values Figure 7 Diagnostic Codes Figure 8 Reset error register values Figure 9 Device’s behavior by ATA commands...
  • Page 7 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Figure 69 Read Verify Sector(s) Ext Command (42h) Figure 70 Recalibrate Command (1xh) Figure 71 Security Disable Password Command (F6h) Figure 72 Password Information for Security Disable Password command Figure 73 Security Erase Prepare Command (F3h) Figure 74 Security Erase Unit Command (F4h) Figure 75 Erase Unit Information Figure 76 Security Freeze Lock Command (F5h)
  • Page 8 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification List of Tables Table 1. Formatted capacity by model number. Table 2. Data sheet Table 3. Cylinder allocation Table 4. Performance characteristics Table 5. Mechanical positioning performance Table 6. Full stroke seek time Table 7.
  • Page 9: General

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification General 1 Introduction This document describes the specifications of the HITACHI Travelstar 5K160, a 2.5-inch hard disk drive with Serial ATA interface: Drive name Model Number Capacity (GB) Height Rotation (mm) speed (rpm)
  • Page 10 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification electrostatic discharge Federal Communications Commission field replacement unit gravity, a unit of force 1 000 000 000 bits 1 000 000 000 bytes ground hexadecimal hard disk drive hertz Input integrated lead suspension imped impedance Input/Output...
  • Page 11 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Pop. population part number peak-to-peak power spectral density radiated electromagnetic susceptibility radio frequency interference relative humidity % RH per cent relative humidity root mean square revolutions per minute reset read/write second Sect/Trk sectors per track SELV secondary low voltage S.M.A.R.T...
  • Page 12: References

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification References Serial ATA/High Speed Serialized AT Attachment (Reversion 1.0a 7-January-2003) General caution Do not apply force to the top cover (See figure below). Do not cover the breathing hole on the top cover (See figure below). Do not touch the interface connector pins or the surface of the printed circuit board.
  • Page 13: Outline Of The Drive

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 2 Outline of the drive ・ 2.5-inch, 9.5-mm Height ・ Perpendicular Recording ・ Formatted capacities of 160GB,120GB, 80GB, 60GB and 40GB ・ 512 bytes/sector Interface conforming to Serial ATA/High Speed Serialized AT Attachment(Reversion SATA ・...
  • Page 14: Part 1 Functional Specification

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Part 1 Functional Specification 14/167...
  • Page 15: Fixed Disk Subsystem Description

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 3 Fixed disk subsystem description Control Electronics The control electronics works with the following functions: SATA Interface Protocol Embedded Sector Servo No-ID (TM) formatting Multizone recording Code: 100/106 System ECC Enhanced Adaptive Battery Life Extender Head disk assembly data The following technologies are used in the drive: Femto Slider...
  • Page 16: Fixed Disk Characteristics

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 4 Fixed disk characteristics Formatted capacity by model number Description HTS541616J9SA00 HTS541612J9SA00 Physical Layout Bytes per Sector Sectors per Track 480-1272 480-1272 Number of Heads Number of Disks Logical Layout Number of Heads...
  • Page 17: Data Sheet

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Data sheet Model 160GB 120GB 80GB 60GB 40GB Rotational Speed (RPM) 5400 5400 5400 5400 5400 Data transfer rates (Max) (buffer to/from media) (Mbps) Data transfer rates (Mbyte/sec) ULTRA DMA 100 Recording density (Kbit/mm) (Max) 35.5 30.2...
  • Page 18: Performance Characteristics

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Performance characteristics Drive performance is characterized by the following parameters: Command Overhead Mechanical Positioning Seek Time Latency Data Transfer Speed Buffering Operation (Look ahead/Write Cache) Note: All the above parameters contribute to drive performance. There are other parameters which contribute to the performance of the actual system.
  • Page 19: Table 5. Mechanical Positioning Performance

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Mechanical positioning 4.4.2 4.4.2.1 Average seek time (including settling) Command Type Typical (ms) Max. (ms) Read Write Table 5. Mechanical positioning performance Typical and Max. are defined throughout the performance specification as follows: Typical Average of the drive population tested at nominal environmental and voltage conditions.
  • Page 20: Table 9. Drive Ready Time

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 4.4.2.5 Drive ready time Condition Typical (sec) Max. (sec) Power On To Ready Table 9. Drive ready time Ready The condition in which the drive is able to perform a media access command (for example—read, write) immediately.
  • Page 21: Table 11. Drive Ready Time

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Operating modes 4.4.3 Operating mode Description Start up time period from spindle stop or power down. Spin-Up Seek operation mode Seek Write operation mode Write Read operation mode Read The device is capable of responding immediately to idle media access requests. All Performance electronic components remain powered and the full frequency servo remains operational.
  • Page 22: Data Integrity

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 5 Data integrity Data loss on power off Data loss will not be caused by a power off during any operation except the write operation. A power off during a write operation causes the loss of any received or resident data that has not been written onto the disk media.
  • Page 23: Data Buffer Test

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Data buffer test The data buffer is tested at power on reset and when a drive self-test is requested by the host. The test consists of a write/read '00'x and 'ff'x pattern on all buffers. Error recovery Errors occurring on the drive are handled by the error recovery procedure.
  • Page 24: Ecc

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The 10 bit 40 symbol non interleaved ECC processor provides user data verification and correction capability. The first 6 symbol of ECC are 4 check symbols for user data and the 2 symbol system ECC. The other 34 symbols are Read Solomon ECC.
  • Page 25: Specification

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 6 Specification Environment Temperature and humidity 6.1.1 Operating conditions Temperature 5 to 55°C (See note below) Relative humidity 8 to 90% noncondensing Maximum wet bulb temperature 29.4°C noncondensing Maximum temperature gradient 20°C/hour Altitude –300 to 3048 m (10,000 ft) Nonoperating conditions Temperature...
  • Page 26: Table 13. Magnetic Flux Density Limits

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Radiation noise 6.1.3 The disk drive shall work without degradation of the soft error rate under the following magnetic flux density limits at the enclosure surface. Frequency (KHz) Limits (uT RMS) 0–60 61–100 101–200 201–400 Table 13.
  • Page 27: Dc Power Requirements

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification DC power requirements Connection to the product should be made in a safety extra low voltage (SELV) circuits. The voltage specifications are applied at the power connector of the drive. Item Requirements Nominal supply +5 Volt dc Supply voltage –0.3 Volt to 6.0 Volt...
  • Page 28: Table 15. Power Consumption Efficiency

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Power consumption efficiency 6.2.1 Capacity 160GB 120GB 80GB 60GB 40GB Power Consumption Efficiency 0.0041 0.0054 0.0081 0.0108 0.0163 (Watts/GB) Table 15. Power consumption efficiency Note: Power consumption efficiency is calculated as Power Consumption of Low Power Idle Watt/ Capacity (GB).
  • Page 29: Reliability

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Reliability Data reliability 6.3.1 Probability of not recovering data is 1 in 10 bits read ECC implementation On-the-fly correction performed as a part of read channel function recovers up to 16 symbols of error in 1 sector (1 symbol is 10 bits).
  • Page 30: Preventive Maintenance

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Preventive maintenance 6.3.5 None. Load/unload 6.3.6 The product supports a minimum of 600,000 normal load/unloads. Load/unload is a functional mechanism of the hard disk drive. It is controlled by the drive micro code. Specifically, unloading of the heads is invoked by the following commands: COMRESET Standby...
  • Page 31 Simple power cycling of the drive invokes the emergency unload mechanism and subjects the HDD to nontypical mechanical stress. Power cycling testing may be required to test the boot-up function of the system. In this case HItachi recommends that the power-off portion of the cycle contain the sequence specified in section 6.4.6.2, "Required Power-Off Sequence”...
  • Page 32: Mechanical Specifications

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Mechanical specifications Physical dimensions and weight 6.4.1 The following figure lists the dimensions for the drive. Model Height (mm) Width (mm) Length (mm) Weight (gram) 160 GB, 120 GB models 9.5±0.2 69.85±0.25 100.2±0.25 102 Max 80 GB, 60 GB, 40 GB models 9.5±0.2...
  • Page 33: Mounting Orientation

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Mounting orientation 6.4.3 The drive will operate in all axes (six directions) and will stay within the specified error rates when tilted ±5 degrees from these positions. Performance and error rate will stay within specification limits if the drive is operated in the other permissible orientations from which it was formatted.
  • Page 34: Vibration And Shock

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Vibration and shock All vibration and shock measurements in this section are for drives without mounting attachments for systems. The input level shall be applied to the normal drive mounting points. Vibration tests and shock tests are to be conducted by mounting the drive to a table using the bottom four mounting holes.
  • Page 35: Table 19. Random Vibration Psd Profile Breakpoints (Nonoperating)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Nonoperating vibration 6.5.2 The disk drive withstands the following vibration levels without any loss or permanent damage. 6.5.2.1 Random vibration The test consists of a random vibration applied in each of three mutually perpendicular axes for a duration of 15 minutes per axis.
  • Page 36: Acoustics

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Acoustics Sound power level 6.6.1 The criteria of A-weighted sound power level are described below. Measurements are to be taken in accordance with ISO 7779. The mean of the sample of 40 drives is to be less than the typical value.
  • Page 37: Identification Labels

    A label which is placed on the top of the head disk assembly containing the statement "Made by Hitachi" or equivalent, part number, EC number, and FRU number. A bar code label which is placed on the disk drive based on user request. The location on the disk drive is to be designated in the drawing provided by the user.
  • Page 38: Safety

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Safety UL and CSA approval 6.9.1 All models of the Travelstar 5K160 are qualified per UL60950-1:2003 IEC compliance 6.9.2 All models of the Travelstar 5K160 comply with IEC 60950-1:2001. German Safety Mark 6.9.3 All models of the Travelstar 5K160 are approved by TUV on Test Requirement: EN 60950-1:2001, but the GS mark has not been obtained.
  • Page 39: Electrical Interface Specifications

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 7 Electrical interface specifications Cabling The maximum cable length from the host system to the hard disk drive plus circuit pattern length in the host system shall not exceed 1 meter. Interface connector The figure below shows the physical pin location.
  • Page 40: Signal Definitions

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Signal definitions The pin assignments of interface signals are listed as follows: Plug Connector pin definition Signal 2nd mate Differential signal A from Phy Input Input Signal 2nd mate Differential signal B from Phy Output Output 2nd mate...
  • Page 41: Figure 4. Parameter Descriptions

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Out of band signaling 7.3.3 Figure 4 shows the timing of COMRESET, COMINIT and COMWAKE. COMRESET/COMINIT COMWAKE PARAMETER Nominal (ns) DESCRIPTION ALINE primitives 106.7 Spacing ALIGN primitives 106.7 Psacing 106.7 Figure 4. Parameter descriptions 41/167...
  • Page 42: Part 2 Interface Specification

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Part 2 Interface Specification 42/167...
  • Page 43: General

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 8 General Introduction This specification describes the host interface of HTS5416XXJ9SA00. The interface conforms to following Working Document of Information technology with certain limitations described in the chapter 2.0 “Deviations from Standard” on Page Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment Revision 1.0a dated on 7 January 2003 Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a Revision 1.2 dated on 27 August 2004...
  • Page 44: Deviations From Standard

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 9 Deviations from Standard The device conforms to the referenced specifications, with deviations described below. The interface conforms to the Working Document of Information Technology, AT Attachment with Packet Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-7) Revision 4b dated 21 Apr. 2004, with deviation as follows: S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 45: Command Register

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Cylinder high LBA high current LBA mid HOB=0 Cylinder high (exp) LBA high previous LBA mid HOB=1 Device/head Device Device Command Command Control Device Control Status Status Error Error Table 24. Register naming convention and correspondence 11.2 Command register This register contains the command code being sent to the device.
  • Page 46 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification IDNF ABRT TK0NF AMNF Table 27. Error Register This register contains status from the last command executed by the device, or a diagnostic code. At the completion of any command except Execute Device Diagnostic, the contents of this register are valid always even if ERR=0 in the Status Register.
  • Page 47 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 11.10 Sector Count Register This register contains the number of sectors of data requested to be transferred on a read or write operation between the host and the device. If the value in the register is set to 0, a count of 256 sectors (in 28-bit addressing) or 65,536 sectors (in 48-bit addressing) is specified.
  • Page 48: Travelstar 5K160 (Sata) Hard Disk Drive Specification

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 12 General Operation Descriptions 12.1 Reset Response There are three types of reset in ATA as follows: Power On Reset (POR) The device executes a series of electrical circuitry diagnostics, spins up the HDA, tests speed and other mechanical parametric, and sets default values.
  • Page 49: Diagnostic And Reset Considerations

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Alternate Status Figure 6 Default Register Values The meaning of the Error Register diagnostic codes resulting from power on, COMRESET or the Execute Device Diagnostic command are shown in the following table. Code Description No error Detected Formatter device error...
  • Page 50: Sector Addressing Mode

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Emergency unload 12.3.2 When HDD power is interrupted while the heads are still loaded, the microcode cannot operate and the normal 5V power is unavailable to unload the heads. In this case, normal unload is not possible, so the heads are unloaded by routing the back-EMF of the spinning motor to the voice coil.
  • Page 51: Power Management Feature

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The default CHS translation mode is described in the Identify Device Information. The current CHS translation mode also is described in the Identify Device Information. LBA Addressing Mode 12.4.2 Logical sectors on the device shall be linearly mapped with the first LBA addressed sector (sector 0) being the same sector as the first logical CHS addressed sector ( cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1).
  • Page 52: Advanced Power Management (Adaptive Battery Life Extender 3) Feature

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Standby/Sleep command completion timing 12.5.3 1. Confirm the completion of writing cached data in the buffer to media 2. Unload heads on the ramp 3. Set DRDY bit and DSC bit in Status Register 4.
  • Page 53: Interface Power Management Mode (Slumber And Partial)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The Advanced Power Management feature is independent of the Standby timer setting. If both Advanced Power Management level and the Standby timer are set, the device will go to the Standby state when the timer times out or the device’s Advanced Power Management algorithm indicates that it is time to enter the Standby state.
  • Page 54: Function

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 12.8 S.M.A.R.T. Function The intent of Self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T) is to protect user data and prevent unscheduled system downtime that may be caused by predictable degradation and/or fault of the device. By monitoring and storing critical performance and calibration parameters, S.M.A.R.T devices employ sophisticated data analysis algorithms to predict the likelihood of near-term degradation or fault condition.
  • Page 55: Security Mode Feature Set

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification S.M.A.R.T operation with power management modes 12.8.6 The device saves attribute values automatically on every head unload timing except the emergency unload, even if the attribute auto save feature is not enabled. The head unload is done not only by Standby, Standby Immediate, or Sleep command, but also by the automatic power saving functions like ABLE-3 or Standby timer.
  • Page 56: Figure 11 Initial Setting

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The system manufacturer/dealer who intends to enable the device lock function for the end users, must set the master password even if only single level password protection is required. Otherwise, if the User Password is forgotten then no one can unlock the device which is locked with the User Password.
  • Page 57: Figure 12 Usual Operation

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification (*1) refer to Figure 14 Command table for device lock operation on page 5 and Figure 15 Command table for device lock operation - continued on page 5. Figure 12 Usual Operation 12.9.1.3 User Password Lost If the User Password is forgotten and High level security is set, the system user can’t access any data.
  • Page 58: Figure 13 Password Lost

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Figure 13 Password Lost 12.9.1.4 Attempt limit for SECURITY UNLOCK command The SECURITY UNLOCK command has an attempt limit. The purpose of this attempt limit is to prevent that someone attempts to unlock the drive by using various passwords many times. The device counts the password mismatch.
  • Page 59: Figure 14 Command Table For Device Lock Operation

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Read FPDMA Queued Read Long Read Multiple Read Multiple Ext Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Ext Read Sector(s) Read Sector(s) Ext Read Verify Sector(s) Read Verify Sector(s) Ext Recalibrate Security Disable Password Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Lock...
  • Page 60: Protected Area Function

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Command Device Device Device Locked Unlock Frozen Mode Mode Mode Set Max Address Set Max Address Ext Set Max Freeze Lock Set Max Lock Set Max Set Password Set Max Unlock Set Multiple Mode Sleep S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 61 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Set Max Set Password Set Max Lock Set Max Freeze Lock Set Max Unlock Example for operation (In LBA mode) 12.10.1 Assumptions : For better understanding, the following example uses actual values for LBA, size, etc. Since it is just an example, these values could be different.
  • Page 62: Figure 16 Set Max Set Password Data Content

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Set Max security extension commands 12.10.2 The Set Max Set Password command allows the host to define the password to be used during the current power on cycle. This password is not related to the password used for the Security Mode Feature set.
  • Page 63: Seek Overlap

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 12.11 Seek Overlap HTS5416XXJ9SA00 provide accurate seek time measurement method. The seek command is usually used to measure the device seek time by accumulating execution time for a number of seek commands. With typical implementation of the seek command, this measurement must including the device and host command overhead.
  • Page 64: 48-Bit Address Feature Set

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The spare tracks for reassignment are located at regular intervals from Cylinder 0. As a result of reassignment, the physical location of logically sequenced sectors will be dispersed. Auto Reassign Function 12.13.1 The sectors that show some errors may be reallocated automatically when specific conditions are met. The spare tracks for reallocation are located at regular intervals from Cylinder 0.
  • Page 65: Software Setting Preservation Feature Set

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 12.15 Software Setting Preservation Feature Set When a device is enumerated, software will configure the device using Set Features and other commands. These software settings are often preserved across software reset but not necessarily across hardware reset.
  • Page 66: Command Protocol

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 13 Command Protocol The commands are grouped into different classes according to the protocols followed for command execution. The command classes with their associated protocols are defined below. Please refer to Serial ATA Revision 1.0a (Section 9. device command layer protocol) and Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a (Section 4.
  • Page 67: Data Out Commands

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 13.2 Data Out Commands These commands are: Device Configuration Set Format Track Security Disable Password Security Erase Unit Security Set Password Security Unlock Set Max Set Password Set Max Unlock S.M.A.R.T Write Log Sector Write Buffer Write Long Write Multiple...
  • Page 68: Dma Data Transfer Commands

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Sleep S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Automatic Off-line S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate S.M.A.R.T. Return Status S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values Standby Standby Immediate Execution of these commands involves no data transfer. 13.4 DMA Data Transfer Commands These commands are: Read DMA...
  • Page 69: Command Descriptions

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14 Command Descriptions Protocol Command Code (Hex) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Check Power Mode 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 Check Power Mode* 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Device Configuration Restore 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Device Configuration Freeze Lock...
  • Page 70: Figure 21 Command Set - Continued

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Protocol Command Code (Hex) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Set Max Address 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Set Max Address Ext 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 Set Max Freeze Lock 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Set Max Lock...
  • Page 71: Figure 22 Command Set (Subcommand)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Command (Subcommand) Command code Feature (Hex) Register (Hex) (S.M.A.R.T Function) S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Values S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave S.M.A.R.T. Save Attribute Values S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 72 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Head number. Indicates that the head number part of the Device Register is an output parameter and should be specified. LBA mode. Indicates the addressing mode. Zero specifies CHS mode and one does LBA addressing mode. Retry.
  • Page 73: Check Power Mode (E5H/98H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.1 Check Power Mode (E5h/98h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 74: Figure 24 Device Configuration Overlay Command (B1H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.2 Device Configuration Overlay (B1h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 75 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY (subcommand 14.2.3 C2h) The DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY command returns a 512 byte data structure via PIO data-in transfer. The content of this data structure indicates the selectable commands, modes, and feature sets that the device is capable of supporting.
  • Page 76: Figure 26 Device Configuration Overlay Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 3 1 = Ultra DMA mode 3 and below are supported 2 1 = Ultra DMA mode 2 and below are supported 1 1 = Ultra DMA mode 1 and below are supported 0 1 = Ultra DMA mode 0 is supported Maximum LBA address Command set/feature set supported...
  • Page 77: Figure 28 Execute Device Diagnostic Command (90H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.3 Execute Device Diagnostic (90h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 78: Figure 29 Flush Cache Command (E7H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.4 Flush Cache (E7h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 79: Figure 30 Flush Cache Ext Command (Eah)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.5 Flush Cache Ext (EAh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 80: Figure 31 Format Track Command (50H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.6 Format Track (50h: Vendor Specific) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - -...
  • Page 81: Figure 32 Format Unit Command (F7H)

    This command does not request to data transfer. Output Parameters To The Device Feature Destination code for this command 11H Merge reassigned location into the defect information The execution time of this command is shown below. HTS541616J9SA00 81 min HTS541612J9SA00 71 min HTS541680J9SA00 42 min...
  • Page 82: Figure 33 Identify Device Command (Ech)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.8 Identify Device (ECh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 83: Figure 34 Identify Device Information

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 10-19 XXXX Serial number in ASCII (0 = not specified) 0003H Controller type: 0003: dual ported, multiple sector buffer with look-ahead read Note.2 Buffer size in number of sectors 00xxH Number of ECC bytes as currently selected via the set features command 23-26 XXXX Microcode version in ASCII...
  • Page 84 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Word 60 specifies the low word of the number FFFFFFFh=The 48-bit native max address is greater than 268,435,455 0000H Reserved Note.1 The ‘*’ mark in ‘Content’ field indicates the use of those parameters that are vendor specific. Note.2 See following table ‘Number of cylinders/heads/sectors by models for Number of cylinders/heads/sectors by models for HTS5416XXJ9SA00 on Page 5...
  • Page 85 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Figure 35 Identify device information --- Continued --- 0x07H Multiword DMA Transfer Capability 15-11(=0) Reserved 10 1=Multiword DMA mode 2 is selected 9 1=Multiword DMA mode 1 is selected 8 1=Multiword DMA mode 0 is selected 7- 3 (=0) Reserved 2 (=1) 1=Multiword DMA mode 2 is supported 1 (=1) 1=Multiword DMA mode 1 is supported...
  • Page 86 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification **4(=x) In-order data delivery **3(=x) Device initiated interface power management **2(=x) DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization **1(=x) Non-zero buffer offset in DMA Setup FIS 0(=0) Reserved 00FCH Major version number ATA-1,2.3 and ATA/ATAPI-4, 5, 6, 7 001AH Minor version number—ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1 -- 746BH...
  • Page 87: Figure 37 Identify Device Information

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14 (=1) Always 13 (=0) 1=IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE supported 12- 11 (=0) Reserved 10 (=0) 1=URG bit supported for WRITE STREAM DMA EXT and WRITE STREAM EXT 9 (=0) 1=URG bit supported for READ STREAM DMA EXT and READ STREAM EXT 8 (=1) 1=64-bit World wide name supported 7 (=0) 1=WRITE DMA QUEUED FUA EXT command...
  • Page 88: Figure 38 Identify Device Information

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification enabled 3 (=x) 1=Advanced Power Management Feature Set enabled 2 (=0) 1=CFA Feature Set supported 1 (=0) 1=READ/WRITE DMA QUEUED command supported 0 (=1) 1=DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command supported 4163H Command set/feature enabled 15 (=0) Always 14 (=1) Always 13 (=0) 1=IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE supported...
  • Page 89: Figure 39 Identify Device Information

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 15- 8 (=40h) Reserved 7- 0 (=xxh) Currect Advanced Power Management level set by Set Features Command (01h to FEh) xxxxH Current Master Password Revision Codes 0000H Reserved Note.1 The ‘*’ mark in ‘Content’ field indicates the use of those parameters that are vendor specific. Figure 39 Identify device information --- Continued --- 80xxH Automatic Acoustic Management value...
  • Page 90: Figure 40 Identify Device Information

    Note.2 See following table ‘Number of cylinders/heads/sectors by models for Number of cylinders/heads/sectors by models for HTS5416XXJ9SA00 on Page 5 Figure 40 Identify device information Model Number in ASCII Hitachi Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 HTS541612J9SA00 Number of cylinders 3FFFh 3FFFh Number of heads Buffer size...
  • Page 91: Figure 42 Idle Command (E3H/97H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.9 Idle (E3h/97h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 92: Figure 43 Idle Immediate Command (E1H/95H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.10 Idle Immediate (E1h/95h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 93: Figure 44 Initialize Device Parameters Command (91H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.11 Initialize Device Parameters (91h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 94: Figure 45 Read Buffer Command (E4H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.12 Read Buffer (E4h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 95: Figure 46 Read Dma Command (C8H/C9H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.13 Read DMA(C8h/C9h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 96: Figure 47 Read Dma Ext Command (25H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.14 Read DMA Ext (25h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 97: Figure 35 Identify Device Information

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.15 Read FPDMA Queued (60h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 98: Figure 49 Read Log Ext Command (2Fh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.16 Read Log Ext(2Fh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High Feature...
  • Page 99: Figure 51 General Purpose Log Directory

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The Extended SMART self-test log sector shall support 48-bit and 28-bit addressing. All 28-bit entries contained in the SMART self-test log sector shall also be included in the Comprehensive SMART self-test log sector with the 48-bit entries. If the feature set associated with the log specified in the Sector Number register is not supported or enabled, or if the values in the Sector Count, Sector Number or Cylinder Low registers are invalid, the device shall return command aborted.
  • Page 100: Figure 53 Extended Error Log Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.16.2.1 Error Log version The value of this version shall be 01h. 14.16.2.2 Error log index This indicates the error log data structure representing the most recent error. If there have been no error log entries, it is cleared to 0.
  • Page 101: Figure 55 Error Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Error register Sector count register (7:0) (see Note) Sector count register (15:8) (see Note) Sector number register (7:0) Sector number register (15:8) Cylinder Low register (7:0) Cylinder Low register (15:8) Cylinder High register (7:0) Cylinder High register (15:8) Device register Status register...
  • Page 102: Figure 56 Extended Self-Test Log Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Descriptor entry 1 Descriptor entry 2 Descriptor entry 18 1D8h Vendor specific 1F2h Reserved 1F4h Data structure checksum 1FFh Figure 56 Extended Self-test log data structure These descriptor entries are viewed as a circular buffer. The nineteenth self-test shall create a descriptor entry that replaces descriptor entry 1.
  • Page 103: Figure 58 Command Error Information

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification LBA High Device LBA Low Previous LBA Mid Previous LBA High Previous Reserved Sector Count Sector Count Previous 14 – 255 Reserved 256 – 510 Vendor Unique Data Structure Checksum Figure 58 Command Error information The TAG field (Byte 0 bits 4-0) contains the tag number corresponding to a queued command, if the NQ bit is cleared.
  • Page 104 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Description Identifier (Bits 11:0) 000h No counter value; marks end of counters in the page 001h Command failed due to ICRC error 009h Transfer from drive PhyRdy to drive PhyNRdy 00Ah Signature D2H register FISes sent due to a COMRESET 00Bh CRC errors within the FIS (received) 00Dh...
  • Page 105: Read Long (22H/23H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.17 Read Long (22h/23h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 106: Read Multiple (C4H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.18 Read Multiple (C4h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 107: Read Multiple Ext (29H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.19 Read Multiple Ext (29h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 108: Read Native Max Address (F8H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.20 Read Native Max Address (F8h) Block Output Registers Command Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - -...
  • Page 109: Read Native Max Address Ext (27H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.21 Read Native Max Address Ext (27h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High...
  • Page 110: Read Sector(S) (20H/21H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.22 Read Sector(s) (20h/21h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 111: Read Sector(S) Ext (24H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.23 Read Sector(s) Ext (24h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 112: Read Verify Sector(S) (40H/41H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.24 Read Verify Sector(s) (40h/41h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 113: Read Verify Sector(S) Ext (42H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.25 Read Verify Sector(s) Ext (42h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 114: Recalibrate (1Xh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.26 Recalibrate (1xh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 115: Security Disable Password (F6H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.27 Security Disable Password (F6h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 116: Security Erase Prepare (F3H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.28 Security Erase Prepare (F3h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 117: Security Erase Unit (F4H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.29 Security Erase Unit (F4h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 118 NOT compared with the password stored in the device for both the Master Password and the User Password, and then the device only erases all user data. The execution time of this command is shown below. HTS541616J9SA00 82 min HTS541612J9SA00...
  • Page 119: Security Freeze Lock (F5H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.30 Security Freeze Lock (F5h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 120: Security Set Password (F1H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.31 Security Set Password (F1h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 121 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Security Level Zero indicates High level, one indicates Maximum level. If the host sets High level and the password is forgotten, then the Master Password can be used to unlock the device. If the host sets Maximum level and the user password is forgotten, only an Security Erase Prepare/Security Unit command can unlock the device and all data will be lost.
  • Page 122: Security Unlock (F2H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.32 Security Unlock (F2h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 123: Seek (7Xh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.33 Seek (7xh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 124: Sense Condition (F0H : Vendor Specific)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.34 Sense Condition (F0h : vendor specific) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data...
  • Page 125: Set Features (Efh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.35 Set Features (EFh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 126 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification When Feature register is 03h (=Set Transfer mode), the Sector Count Register specifies the transfer mechanism. The upper 5 bits define the type of transfer and the low order 3 bits encode the mode value.
  • Page 127: Set Max Address (F9H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.36 Set Max Address (F9h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 128 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification SET MAX LOCK SET MAX UNLOCK SET MAX FREEZE LOCK When the Set Max ADDRESS command is executed, this register is ignored. Option bit for selection whether nonvolatile or volatile. B=0 is volatile condition.
  • Page 129: Set Max Address Ext (37H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.37 Set Max Address Ext (37h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 130 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification LBA Low (HOB=1) Set Max LBA (31:24). LBA Mid (HOB=0) Set Max LBA (15:8). LBA Mid (HOB=1) Set Max LBA (39:32). LBA High (HOB=0) Set Max LBA (23:16). Set Max LBA (47:40). LBA High (HOB=1) 130/167...
  • Page 131: Set Multiple (C6H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.38 Set Multiple (C6h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 132: Sleep (E6H/99H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.39 Sleep (E6h/99h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 133: Function Set (B0H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.40 S.M.A.R.T Function Set (B0h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 134 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.40.1.2 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds (Subcommand D1h) This subcommand returns the device’s Attribute Thresholds to the host. Upon receipt of the S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds subcommand from the host, the device reads the Attribute Thresholds from the Attribute Threshold sectors and then waits for the host to transfer the 512 bytes of Attribute Thresholds information from the device.
  • Page 135 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Off-line mode: The device executes command completion before executing the specified routine. During execution of the routine the device will not set BSY nor clear DRDY. If the device is in the process of performing its routine and is interrupted by a new command from the host, the device will abort or suspend its routine and service the host within two seconds after receipt of the new command.
  • Page 136 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification proceed to do an off-line read scan through all areas not included in the test spans. This off-line read scan shall completed as rapidly as possible, no pauses between block reads, and any errors encountered shall not be reported to the host.
  • Page 137 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.40.1.9 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations (Subcommand D9h) This subcommand disables all S.M.A.R.T.capabilities within the device including the device’s attribute autosave feature. After receipt of this subcommand the device disables all S.M.A.R.T. operations. Non self-preserved Attribute Values will no longer be monitored. The state of S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 138: Device Attributes Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification S.M.A.R.T. Execute Off-line Immediate(Subcommand D4h) or automatically if the off-line read scanning feature is disabled. A value of F8h written by the host into the device’s Sector Count register before issuing this subcommand shall cause the automatic Off-line data collection feature to be enabled. A value of F9 written by the host into the device’s Sector Count register before issuing this subcommand shall cause the off-line read scanning feature to be enabled.
  • Page 139: Individual Attribute Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.40.2.2 Individual Attribute Data Structure The following defines the 12 bytes that make up the information for each Attribute entry in the Device Attribute Data Structure. Description Bytes Offset Format Attribute ID Number (01h to FFh) binary Status Flags bit flags...
  • Page 140 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Flag Name Definition If bit = 0, an Attribute Value less than or equal to its Pre-Failure/Advisory bit corresponding Attribute Threshold indicates an Advisory condition where the usage or age of the device has exceeded its intended design life period.
  • Page 141 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification The self-test routine in progress 14.40.2.5 Total Time in Seconds to Complete Off-line Data Collection Activity This field tells the host how many seconds the device requires to complete the off-line data collection activity.
  • Page 142: Device Attribute Thresholds Data Structure

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.40.2.11 Self-test completion time These bytes are the minimum time in minutes to complete self-test. 14.40.2.12 Data Structure Checksum The Data Structure Checksum is the 2’s compliment of the result of a simple 8-bit addition of the first 511 bytes in the data structure.
  • Page 143 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification invalid for threshold value FEh - “always failing” threshold value to be used FFh - for code test purposes Reserved (00h) binary Total Bytes Figure 87 Individual Threshold Data Structure 14.40.3.3 Attribute ID Numbers Attribute ID Numbers supported by the device are the same as Attribute Values Data Structures.
  • Page 144 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Data structure checksum 1FFh Figure 89 S.M.A.R.T. error log sector 14.40.5.1 S.M.A.R.T. error log version This value is set to 01h. 14.40.5.2 Error log pointer This points the most recent error log data structure. Only values 1 through 5 are valid. 14.40.5.3 Device error count This field contains the total number of errors.
  • Page 145 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Figure 92 Error data structure State field contains a value indicating the device state when command was issued to the device. Value State Unknown Sleep Standby Active/Idle S.M.A.R.T. Off-line or Self-test x5h-xAh Reserved xBh-xFh Vendor specific Note: The value of x is vendor specific.
  • Page 146: Error Reporting

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Starting LBA for test span 2 Ending LBA for test span 2 Starting LBA for test span 3 Ending LBA for test span 3 Starting LBA for test span 4 Ending LBA for test span 4 Starting LBA for test span 5 Ending LBA for test span 5 Reserved...
  • Page 147: Standby (E2H/96H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.41 Standby (E2h/96h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 148: Standby Immediate (E0H/94H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.42 Standby Immediate (E0h/94h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 149: Write Buffer (E8H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.43 Write Buffer (E8h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 150: Write Dma (Cah/Cbh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.44 Write DMA (CAh/CBh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 151: Write Dma Ext (35H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.45 Write DMA Ext (35h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 152: Write Dma Fua Ext (3Dh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.46 Write DMA FUA Ext (3Dh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 153: Write Fpdma Queued (61H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.47 Write FPDMA Queued (61h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 154: Write Log Ext (3Fh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.48 Write Log Ext (3Fh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 155: Write Long (32H/33H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.49 Write Long (32h/33h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 156: Write Multiple (C5H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.50 Write Multiple (C5h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 157: Write Multiple Ext (39H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.51 Write Multiple Ext (39h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 158: Write Multiple Fua Ext (Ceh)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.52 Write Multiple FUA Ext (CEh) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 159: Write Sector(S) (30H/31H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.53 Write Sector(s) (30h/31h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - - Feature...
  • Page 160: Write Sector(S) Ext (34H)

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 14.54 Write Sector(s) Ext (34h) Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Data Low Data Low Data High Data High...
  • Page 161: Timings

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Timings The timing of BSY and DRQ in Status Register are shown in “Timeout Values” on Page 5. The other timings are described in “Part1 Functional Specification” section FUNCTION INTERVAL START STOP TIMEOUT Device Ready Power On and COMRESET Status Register...
  • Page 162 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification (Note.1) For SECURITY ERASE UNIT command, the execution time is referred to “7.27 Security Erase Unit (F4h)” on Page (Note.2) FORMAT UNIT command, the execution time is referred to “7.7 Format Unit (F7h: Vendor Specific)”...
  • Page 163: Index

    Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 16 Index Abbreviations ..................9 Acoustics ....................36 Actuator ....................13 Advanced Power Management (ABLE-3) feature ........75 BSMI mark ....................37 Cable noise interference ................29 Capacity, formatted ................16 Caution ....................12 CE mark ....................37 Check Power Mode ................73 Command descriptions ................69 Command overhead ................18 Command protocol ................66...
  • Page 164 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Environment ..................25 Execute Device Diagnostic ..............77 Fixed-disk subsystem ................15 Flammability ..................38 Flush Cache ...................78 Format Track ..................80 Format Unit ....................81 Functional specification .................14 General ....................9, 43 General features ..................9 General operation ..................48 Head disk assembly data ................15 Heads unload ..................33 Humidity ....................25 Identification labels ................37...
  • Page 165 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Physical dimensions ................32 PIO Data In commands ................70 Power management commands .............51 Power management features ..............51 Power Management Mode (Slumber and Partial) .........53 Protected Area Function ................60 Read Buffer ....................94 Read DMA .....................95 Read DMA EXT ..................96 Read Long ....................104 Read Native Max ADDRESS ..............108...
  • Page 166 Travelstar 5K160 (SATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Temperature ...................25 Time-out values ..................161 Timings ....................161 Transition time ..................53 UL approval ...................38 Vibration ....................34 Weight ....................32 Write Buffer ...................149 Write Cache function ................63 166/167...
  • Page 167 References in this publication to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies products, programs or services do not imply that Hitachi Global Storage Technologies intends to make these available in all countries in which Hitachi Global Storage Technologies operates.

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