Seagate DB35 Serial ATA ST3300831SCE - Manual (Page 29)

DB35 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. D 21
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
DB35 Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with
the Serial ATA II: Extension to Serial ATA 1.0a specification. This specification can be downloaded from
www.serialata.org.