This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used properly; that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has
been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing
device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are
designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a
residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference
to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment on and off, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient the receiving antenna.
•Relocate the computer with respect to the receiver.
•Move the computer into a different outlet so that the computer and receiver
are on different branch circuits.
If necessary, you should consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television
technician for additional suggestions. You may find the following booklet
prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful:
How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems
This booklet (Stock No. 004-000-00345-4) is available from the U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Warning: Changes or modifications made to this equipment which have not
been expressly approved by Conner Peripherals, Inc. may cause radio and
television interference problems that could void the user's authority to operate
the equipment.
Further, this equipment complies with the limits for a Class B digital apparatus
in accordance with Canadian Radio Interference Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme au Règlement sur le
brouillage radioélectrique, C.R.C., ch. 1374.
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Table of Contents
1. Overview of the Drives1
What are the Drives?1
Features of the Drive3
What the Drive is Composed Of4
2. Specifications9
Specifications in this Chapter9
Differences Between the Models1
Mechanical Design Features4
Drive Assembly Housing5
Head Positioning Mechanism6
Read/Write Heads and Disks6
Data and Power Connections6
Electrical Design Features6
Integrated Circuit6
Circuit Board6
Firmware7
Drive Capacity10
Formatted Capacity10
Physical Configuration10
Physical Configuration per Zone10
Performance Characteristics11
Seek Times (typical)*11
Average Latency11
Rotation Speed (+0.1%)11
Controller Overhead11
Start Time(Power Up)*11
Stop Time at Power Down11
Interleave11
Read/Write Characteristics12
Recording Method12
Recording Density (maximum)12
Flux Density (maximum)12
Host Interface Characteristics12
Command Set12
Data Transfer Rate12
Maximum Synchronous Transfer Offset:12
Maximum Tagged Command Queue Depth:12
Buffer Size:12
Reliability13
Data Reliability13
Component Design Life13
Start/Stop cycles13
Mean Time Between Failures:13
Mean Time to Repair13
Preventive Maintenance13
Power Requirements (Typical)14
Minimum/Maximum Voltage:14
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Overview of the Drives
Interface
80-pin Single Connector
FAST WIDE
50-pin FAST
68-pin FAST WIDE
What are the Drives?
The CFP1060 series are high performance 3.5-inch low-profile (1.0 inch high)
1.06 Gigabyte (formatted) disk drives. They all offer 9.0 millisecond average
seek time for Reading , 9.5 millisecond seek time for Writing, with an average
latency of only 5.55 ms. High capacity is achieved by utilizing a zone density
recording technique using 9 recording zones at an areal density of 205 Mbits per
square inch. These drives feature high performance while maintaining low
power consumption to reduce power supply current and system cooling
requirements in disk arrays.
They are designed to operate on the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
and are SCSI-2/3 command compatible. The mechanical and major electronic
components are identical between the models and differ only in the host
interface implementation:
1
Drive ModelForm Factor
CFP1060E
CFP1060S
CFP1060W
For simplicity, we often refer to these drives collectively in this manual as “the
drive.”
1 inch high, 3.5 inch
1 inch high, 3.5 inch
1 inch high, 3.5 inch
Differences Between the Models
The three drive models differ only on the host interface implementation:
CFP1060E:SCSI 80-pin Wide Single Connector Attachment (SCA) interface
designed for applications such as Redundant Arrays in which the drives are
plugged directly into a backplane. The drive also implements a Wide SCSI
interface for high interface bandwidth.
CFP1060S:SCSI 50-pin standard interface designed for applications which
implement the standard SCSI-2 architecture.
Capacity
1062.3MB
1062.3MB
1062.3MB
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CFP1060W:SCSI 68-pin Wide interface designed for applications which
require high interface bandwidth and the option of cabled interconnect. The
drive utilizes the Unitized Connector defined by the Small Form Factor
Committee (refer to SFF-8009). The Unitized Connector combines the SCSI-3 P-
Chapter 1Overview of the Drives
connector Wide interface, the standard 4-pin power and a 2mm pin pitch
Auxiliary connector into a single molded assembly.
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Overview of the DrivesChapter 1
Features of the Drive
The drive provide the following features:
•Automatic Spindle Synchronization
•512 KB segmentable cache buffer with adaptive cache management
•LRU Cache replacement
•88 bit Reed-Solomon EDAC with on the fly error correction
•High performance rotary voice coil actuator with embedded servo system
•No thermal recalibration required to maintain performance levels
•High Shock resistance
•Automatic actuator latch against the inner stop upon power down with
dedicated landing zone
•Active Termination with removable Resistor Packs
•Active Negation output drivers for greater interface reliability
•SCSI-2/3 Compatibility
•Dual Microprocessor-controlled diagnostic routines that automatically
execute at start-up
•Sealed HDA
•Automatic error correction
•Down-loadable Code through SCSI Interface
•1,7 run length limited code
•Programmable Block Size (512-520 in 1 byte increments, 1024-1040 in 2
byte increments)
•Tagged Command Queuing with Seek Re-ordering and Write/Read
Coalescing
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Chapter 1Overview of the Drives
What the Drive is Composed Of
The drive is composed of mechanical, electrical, and firmware elements.
Mechanical Design Features
The drive’s hardware includes the components described in the following
sections. Figure 1-1 shows the drive top level assembly.
Figure 1-1
Drive Top Level Assembly
Damper
Head-Disk
Assembly
1060-1-1
Printed Circuit
Board Assembly
Shield
Printed
Circuit
Board
Assembly
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Overview of the DrivesChapter 1
Drive Assembly Housing
The drive assembly housing, or Head-Disk Assembly (HDA) consists of a die-cast
aluminum base on which is mounted a die-cast aluminum cover. Both the base
and the cover are coated with a special material designed to seal out
contaminants which might degrade head and media reliability. A gasket seals
the joint between the base and cover to retard the entry of moisture and
environmental contaminants from the assembly.
This assembly, the head-disk assembly, contains an integral 0.3 micron filter,
which maintains a clean environment. Critical drive components are contained
within this contaminant-free environment. Figure 1-2 shows the HDA and the
major assemblies contained within it:
Figure 1-2
Head-Disk Assembly
Disk (1 of 4)
Disk
Spacer (1 of 3)
Filter
Top Cover
Disk Clamp
Gasket
Preamplifier/
Flex Circuit
Assembly
Head-Stack
Assembly
Actuator
Magnet
Assembly
Spindle Motor
Base Assembly
1060-1-2
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Drive Motor and Spindle
A brushless DC direct-drive motor assembly is mounted on the drive’s base. The
motor rotates the drive’s spindle at 5400 RPM. The motor/spindle assembly is
dynamically balanced to provide minimal mechanical runout to the disks. A
dynamic brake is used to provide a fast stop to the spindle motor and return the
heads to the landing zone when power is removed.
Head Positioning Mechanism
The read/write heads are supported by a mechanism coupled to a rotary voice
coil actuator.
Read/Write Heads and Disks
Data is recorded on 95mm diameter disks through 3370-type 50% nano-slider
thin film heads with transverse pressure contour (TPC) air bearing surfaces.
The TPC air bearing surface allows the head to fly at a uniform height
regardless of radial position. This improves data reliability and allows the aerial
density to be more uniform with radius. The drive contains four sputtered thin
film disks with eight data surfaces and eight read/write heads.
At power-down, the heads are automatically retracted to the inner diameter of
the disk and are latched and parked on a landing zone that is inside the data
tracks.
Data and Power Connections
Data and power connections to the drive are differ between the drive models.
Refer to chapter 4 for information regarding a specific model's requirements.
Electrical Design Features
Integrated Circuit
A single integrated circuit (IC) is mounted within the sealed hard drive assembly
in close proximity to the read/write heads. The IC provides head selection, read
pre-amplification, and write drive circuitry.
Circuit Board
The drive’s dual-microprocessor-controlled circuit board provides the remaining
electronic functions, which include:
• read/write circuitry
• rotary actuator control
• interface control
• spin speed control
• auto-park
• power management
The background processor is a 16-bit Motorola 68HC16. The entire data path
between the serializer-deserializer and the interface chip, including the buffer
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(cache) is 16 bits wide to provide high data throughput. The "Catalina" SCSI
interface chip manages a 16-bit to 8-bit conversion prior to transacting data over
the SCSI bus for 8-bit narrow SCSI applications.
The data buffer (cache) utilizes a 256K x 16 Dynamic RAM. Data path integrity
is ensured by using a 4-byte CRC which is appended to the data upon receipt by
the Catalina. This CRC is verified by the "Indy" buffer manager when the data
is taken out of the buffer to be written to the disk and the CRC is written with
the data. A typical sector data field consists of 512 bytes of data, 4 bytes of CRC
and 11 bytes of Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) code. The same CRC
checks are performed during an outbound process and the CRC is stripped from
the data prior to sending it to the Host.
The SCSI interface functions are managed by a 8-bit Motorola 68HC11
microprocessor. Low SCSI transaction overhead is maintained by automating
common SCSI bus phase sequencing using a state machine in the Catalina chip.
Read/Write Channel
The Read/Write channel, in addition to the preamplifier discussed earlier,
consists of three integrated circuits:
•Pulse Detector
•Data Separator
•Time base
Firmware
The drive’s firmware can be considered in two parts. The first part principally
resides in the ROM for the 68HC16 background processor. This processor is
responsible for:
•starting the spindle motor and maintaining precise rotational speed
•controlling track following and actuator motion during seeking
•managing background R/W activity
•power management
•monitoring the overall health of the drive.
The interface processor's control microcode resides in both ROM and RAM. The
RAM portion of the microcode can be upgraded in the field with using software.
Additional information regarding the RAM code can be found in Chapter 3, page
23. The interface processor firmware functions include:
•reporting drive status and error conditions to the host
•manage operating parameters for the drive
•parsing the Command Descriptor Block and checking for illegal fields
•converting the LBA to CHS and initiating read and write operations to the
background processor
•defect management
•serial port communications
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Since parsing/decoding of commands and execution of the Read/Write functions
are handled by separate processors, command execution can be overlapped in
multiple initiator or Tagged Command Queuing environments. Functions such
as seek re-ordering and command coalescing can also be overlapped when the
drive is operating with a host environment capable of supporting Tagged
Command Queuing.
For more information on the drive’s interface implementation and command set,
refer to the Ninth Generation SCSI Interface Manual.
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Specifications
2
Specifications in this Chapter
This chapter provides the following specifications for the drive:
• drive capacity
• physical configuration
• performance characteristics
• read/write characteristics
• reliability
• power requirements
• environmental tolerances
• safety standards
• physical characteristics
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Chapter 2Specifications
Drive Capacity
Formatted Capacity
• CFP1060E: 1,060.33MB
• CFP1060S: 1,060.33MB
• CFP1060W: 1,060.33MB
*1MB is equal to 106 or 1,000,000 bytes
Physical Configuration
Specification:
Disk Type
Head Type
Actuator Type
Number of Disks
Data Surfaces
Data Heads
Servo
Tracks per Surface
Zone 0 (OD)55.072884111
Zone 151.304316103
Zone 248.88921499
Zone 347.24614795
Zone 444.24225089
Zone 541.81820684
Zone 637.46036179
Zone 734.24227569
Zone 8 (ID)31.11110363
* The physical track configuration contains one spare sector per track.
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Data Tracks per
Zone per Surface
User Sectors
per Track *
SpecificationsChapter 2
Performance Characteristics
Seek Times (typical)*
• Track to Track: 2.0 msec
• Average (read/write): 9.0/9.5 msec
**
• Full Track: 16 msec
* The timing is measured from the time the last byte of the command descriptor block is
written to the time seek is initiated by the drive operating at nominal DC input
voltage and nominal operating temperature.
** The average seek time is determined by averaging the seek time for a minimum of
1000 seeks of random length over the surface of the disk.
Average Latency
• 5.55 milliseconds
Rotation Speed (+0.1%)
• 5400 RPM
Controller Overhead
• 20 µsec
Start Time(Power Up)*
• 0 RPM to Ready
− Typical: 12 seconds
− Maximum: 20 seconds
* These numbers assume spin recovery is not invoked. If spin recovery is invoked, the
maximum could be 40 seconds. Briefly removing power can lead to spin recovery
being invoked.
Stop Time at Power Down
• Typical: 7 seconds
• Maximum: 10 seconds
Interleave
• 1:1
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Chapter 2Specifications
Read/Write Characteristics
Recording Method
• 1,7 RLL code
Recording Density (maximum)
• 65,131 bits per inch
Flux Density (maximum)
• 48,848 flux reversals per inch
Host Interface Characteristics
Command Set
• SCSI-2 (refer to the Ninth Generation SCSI Technical Reference Manual for
command implementation)