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SEAGATE LAPTOP THIN SSHD SATA PRODUCT MANUAL, REV. D 2
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This manual describes the functional, mechanical and interface specifications for the following Seagate Seagate
®
Laptop
Thin SSHD model drives:
For more information on FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification About FIPS on page 18.
These drives provide the following key features:
5400-RPM spindle speed.
64MB buffer.
8GB NAND flash
Quiet operation. Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor.
High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 6Gb/s).
Perpendicular recording technology.
State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms.
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with command ordering.
Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention.
1000 Gs nonoperating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock.
SeaTools
TM
diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns.
The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense and Diagnostic Defense,
offers the industry’s most comprehensive protection for disk drives.
Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting.
Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands.
Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features
Automatic data encryption/decryption
Controlled access
Random number generator
Drive locking
16 independent data bands
Cryptographic erase of user data for a drive that will be repurposed or scrapped
Authenticated firmware download.
There is no significant performance difference between Self-Encrypting Drive and standard (non-Self-Encrypting Drive)
models.
Standard models Standard SED models SED (FIPS 140-2) models
ST500LM000 ST500LM001 ST500LM020
ST320LM002
NOTE
Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption
(FDE) models before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryption
was necessary.
NOTE
The Self-Encrypting Drive models indicated on the cover of this product manual have provisions for
“Security of Data at Rest” based on the standards defined by the Trusted Computing Group (see
www.trustedcomputinggroup.org).