Seagate BARRACUDA ST31000528AS - Manual (Page 31)

Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. G 25
4.0 Serial ATA (SATA) interface
These drives use the industry-standard Serial ATA interface that supports FIS data transfers. It supports ATA pro-
grammed 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 Serial ATA interface, refer to the “Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attach-
ment” specification.
4.1 Hot-Plug compatibility
Barracuda 7200.12 Serial ATA 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.