Technical Reference Manual
WD Gold
™
EX1000M
Datacenter Capacity HDD
WD2005FBYZ
WD1005FBYZ
Technical Reference Manual
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Table of Contents
T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
1. D
ESCRIPTION AND
F
EATURES
....................................................................................... 1
1.1 General Description .........................................................................................................................1
1.2 Product Features .............................................................................................................................1
2. S
PECIFICATIONS
........................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Performance Specifications .............................................................................................................4
2.2 CacheFlow™ ...................................................................................................................................5
2.2.1 Write Cache ............................................................................................................................5
2.2.2 Read Cache............................................................................................................................5
2.3 Mechanical Specifications ...............................................................................................................6
2.3.1 Physical Dimensions ..............................................................................................................7
2.3.2 Drive Mounting .......................................................................................................................7
2.4 Electrical Specifications ...................................................................................................................8
2.4.1 Mean Current Requirements and Power Dissipation .............................................................8
2.4.2 Power Savings Modes ............................................................................................................8
2.4.3 Input Voltage Requirements .................................................................................................10
2.4.4 Ripple ...................................................................................................................................10
2.4.5 Power Connectors and Cables .............................................................................................10
2.5 Environmental Specifications ........................................................................................................11
2.5.1 Shock and Vibration .............................................................................................................11
2.5.2 Temperature and Humidity ...................................................................................................12
2.5.3 Temperature Measurement ..................................................................................................12
2.5.4 Cooling .................................................................................................................................13
2.5.5 Atmospheric Pressure ..........................................................................................................13
2.5.6 Acoustics ..............................................................................................................................13
2.5.7 RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) .....................................................................13
2.6 Agency Approvals..........................................................................................................................14
2.7 Full Model Number Specification ...................................................................................................14
3. P
RODUCT
F
EATURES
.................................................................................................. 15
SATA 6 Gb/s..................................................................................................................................16
Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER) ............................................................................................16
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF)™ ...............................................................................17
Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) ....................................................................................17
IntelliSeek ......................................................................................................................................18
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) .................................................................................................18
Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL) ................................................................................................18
MicroFemto Slider .........................................................................................................................18
S.M.A.R.T. Command Transport (SCT) ........................................................................................19
3.9.1 Write Same ...........................................................................................................................19
3.9.2 Temperature Reporting ........................................................................................................19
3.10World Wide Name (WWN) ............................................................................................................19
3.11Power Loss Data Protection..........................................................................................................19
3.12Hot Plug Support...........................................................................................................................20
3.13Active LED Status .........................................................................................................................20
3.14Fluid Dynamic Bearings (FDB)......................................................................................................20
3.15Staggered Spinup and Activity Indication (SATA Power Pin 11) ..................................................20
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
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3.15.1 Staggered Spinup...............................................................................................................20
3.15.2 Activity Indication ................................................................................................................20
3.1648-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA)..........................................................................................21
3.17Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) .............................................21
3.18Password Security Mode ..............................................................................................................21
3.18.1 Master and User Passwords ..............................................................................................21
3.18.2 Security Levels ...................................................................................................................21
3.19Data Path Protection (DPP) ..........................................................................................................22
3.20Manufacturing Option Block ..........................................................................................................22
4. R
ELIABILITY
............................................................................................................... 23
4.1 Reliability Specifications ................................................................................................................23
4.1.1 Reliability Considerations .....................................................................................................23
4.2 Error Rates ....................................................................................................................................24
4.2.1 Error Rates ...........................................................................................................................24
4.2.2 Environmental Interference ..................................................................................................25
4.3 Reliability Features Set..................................................................................................................25
4.3.1 Data Lifeguard™ ..................................................................................................................25
4.3.2 Thermal Management ..........................................................................................................25
4.3.3 Internal Environmental Protection System ...........................................................................25
4.3.4 Defect Management .............................................................................................................26
4.3.5 Recoverable Errors...............................................................................................................26
4.3.6 Unrecoverable Errors ...........................................................................................................26
4.3.7 Automatic Defect Retirement................................................................................................26
4.3.8 Error Recovery Process .......................................................................................................26
5. ATA C
OMMAND
S
ET
.................................................................................................. 27
5.1 Host Interface Commands .............................................................................................................27
5.1.1 ATA-7/ATA-8 Commands .....................................................................................................27
5.1.2 SATA Commands .................................................................................................................28
5.1.3 Obsolete Commands ............................................................................................................28
5.1.4 SCT Commands ...................................................................................................................29
5.2 S.M.A.R.T. (B0h) ...........................................................................................................................29
5.2.1 Read Attribute Values Sub-Command .................................................................................29
5.2.2 Supported Attributes.............................................................................................................31
5.2.3 Read Log Sector...................................................................................................................32
5.3 Identify Device (ECh).....................................................................................................................33
5.4 Set Features (EFh) .......................................................................................................................40
6. D
RIVE
H
ANDLING AND
M
AINTENANCE
......................................................................... 41
6.1 Unpacking......................................................................................................................................41
6.1.1 Handling Precautions ...........................................................................................................41
6.1.2 Inspection of Shipping Container..........................................................................................41
6.1.3 Removal From Shipping Container ......................................................................................41
6.1.4 Removal From Static Shielding Bag .....................................................................................42
6.1.5 Moving Precautions ..............................................................................................................42
6.2 Hard Drive Installation ...................................................................................................................42
6.2.1 Backplane Usage ................................................................................................................43
6.3 Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................44
7. T
ECHNICAL
S
UPPORT
................................................................................................. 45
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