Seagate CONSTELLATION ES SERIAL ATA ST31000524NS - Manual (Page 32)

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5.0 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.
5.1 Hot-Plug compatibility
Constellation ES Serial ATA 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.
Caution:
The drive motor must come to a complete stop (Ready to spindle stop time indicated in Section 3.7)
prior to changing the plane of operation. This time is required to insure data integrity.