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Constellation CS Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. C 26
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5.0 SATA Interface
These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA (SATA) interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA
programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0 to 4; multiword DMA modes 0 to 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6.
For detailed information about the SATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment”
specification.
5.1 Hot-Plug compatibility
Constellation CS Serial ATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accordance with the
SATA Revision 3.0 specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serialata.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.