Maxtor Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA ST3500312CS - Manual (Page 29)

Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA Product Manual, Rev. A 23
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
Pipeline HD.2 Series SATA drives incorporate connectors which enable you to hot plug these drives in accor-
dance with the Serial ATA Revision 2.5 specification. This specification can be downloaded from www.serial-
ata.org.