Seagate ST336854FC, ST3146954FC, ST373554FC User Manual

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Cheetah 15K.4 FC

ST3146954FC

ST373554FC

ST336854FC

Cheetah 15K.4 FC

ST3146954FC

ST373554FC

ST336854FC

Publication number: 100366896, Rev. B

March 2006

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Rev. A 07/15/05 All. Rev. B (Draft 1) 03/17/06 Pages 25 and 26.

Contents

1.0 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.2 Reference documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3.0 General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.1 Standard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2 Media description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.3 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.4 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.5 Formatted capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.6 Factory-installed accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.7 Factory-installed options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.8 User-installed accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.0 Performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.1 Internal drive characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.2 Seek performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.2.1 Access time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.2.3 General performance characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.3 Start/stop time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.5 Cache operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.5.1 Caching write data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.5.2 Prefetch operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.5.3 Optimizing cache performance for desktop and server applications . . . . . . . . . 14

5.0 Reliability specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5.1 Error rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5.1.1 Recoverable Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5.1.2 Unrecoverable Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5.1.3 Seek errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.1.4 Interface errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.2 Reliability and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.2.1 Mean time between failure (MTBF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.2.2 Preventive maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5.2.3 Hot plugging the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.2.5 Thermal monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.2.7 Product warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

6.0 Physical/electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.1 AC power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.2 DC power requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.2.2 Power sequencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.2.3 Current profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.3 Power dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6.4 Environmental limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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6.4.1 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.4.2 Relative humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.4.3 Effective altitude (sea level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.4.4 Shock and vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.4.5 Air cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.4.6 Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.4.7 Electromagnetic susceptibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.5 Mechanical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7.0 Defect and error management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

7.1 Drive internal defects/errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

7.2 Drive error recovery procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

7.3 FC-AL system errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

7.4 Background Media Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

7.4.1 Media Pre-Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

8.0 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

8.1 Drive ID/option selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

8.2 LED connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

8.2.1 J6 connector requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

8.3 Drive orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

8.4 Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

8.5 Drive mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

8.6 Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

9.0 Interface requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

9.1 FC-AL features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

9.1.1 Fibre Channel link service frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

9.1.2 Fibre Channel task management functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9.1.3 Fibre Channel task management responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Login Accept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.2 Dual port support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.3 SCSI commands supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

9.3.1 Inquiry data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

9.3.2 Mode Sense data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

9.5 FC-AL physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

9.5.1 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

9.5.2 Connector requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

9.5.3 Electrical description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.5.4 Pin descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9.5.6 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9.5.7 Fault LED Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9.5.8 Active LED Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

9.5.9 Enable port bypass signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

9.5.10 Motor start controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

9.5.12 Device control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

9.6 Signal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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9.6.1 TTL input characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

9.6.2 LED driver signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

9.6.3 FC Differential output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

9.6.4 FC Differential input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

10.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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List of Figures

Figure 1. Cheetah 15K.4 FC family disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Figure 2. Typical ST3146954FC drive, 2 Gbit, +12V current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 3. Typical ST3146954FC drive, 2 Gbit, +5V current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 4. Typical ST373554FC drive +12V current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 5. Typical ST373554FC drive +5V current profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 6. Typical ST336854FC drive +12V current profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 7. Typical ST336854FC drive +5V current profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 8. ST3146954FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 9. ST373554FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 10. ST336854FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 11. Locations of the HDA temperature check point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 12. Recommended mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 13. Mounting configuration dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 14. Physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 15. LED indicator connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 16. Air flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 17. Physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 18. Port bypass circuit physical interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 19. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 20. J6 connector dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 21. FC-AL transmitters and receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 22. Transmit eye diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 23. Receive eye diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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1.0 Scope

This manual describes Seagate Technology® LLC, Cheetah® 15K.4 FC (Fibre Channel) disc drives.

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifi-

cations to the extent described in this manual. The Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number 77767496)

describes the general Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop characteristics of this and other Seagate Fibre Channel

drives.

Figure 1. Cheetah 15K.4 FC family disc drive

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2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation

The drive has been developed as a system peripheral to the highest standards of design and construction. The

drive depends upon its host equipment to provide adequate power and environment in order to achieve opti

mum performance and compliance with applicable industry and governmental regulations. Special attention

must be given in the areas of safety, power distribution, shielding, audible noise control, and temperature regu

lation. In particular, the drive must be securely mounted in order to guarantee the specified performance char-

acteristics. Mounting by bottom holes must meet the requirements of Section 8.5.

2.1 Standards

The Cheetah 15K.4 FC family complies with Seagate standards as noted in the appropriate sections of this

manual and the Seagate Fibre Channel Interface Manual, part number 77767496.

The Cheetah 15K.4 FC disc drive is a UL recognized component per UL1950, CSA certified to CAN/CSA

C22.2 No. 950-95, and VDE certified to VDE 0805 and EN60950.

2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility

The drive, as delivered, is designed for system integration and installation into a suitable enclosure prior to

use. As such the drive is supplied as a subassembly and is not subject to Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC

Rules and Regulations nor the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communica

tions.

The design characteristics of the drive serve to minimize radiation when installed in an enclosure that provides

reasonable shielding. As such, the drive is capable of meeting the Class B limits of the FCC Rules and Regula

tions of the Canadian Department of Communications when properly packaged. However, it is the user’s

responsibility to assure that the drive meets the appropriate EMI requirements in their system. Shielded I/O

cables may be required if the enclosure does not provide adequate shielding. If the I/O cables are external to

the enclosure, shielded cables should be used, with the shields grounded to the enclosure and to the host con

troller.

2.1.1.1 Electromagnetic susceptibility

As a component assembly, the drive is not required to meet any susceptibility performance requirements. It is

the responsibility of those integrating the drive within their systems to perform those tests required and design

their system to ensure that equipment operating in the same system as the drive or external to the system

does not adversely affect the performance of the drive. See Table

2, DC power requirements.

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2.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance

Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the directives/standards for CE Marking and C-Tick Marking. The drive was tested in a representative system for typical applications. The selected sys tem represents the most popular characteristics for test platforms. The system configurations include:

• Typical current use microprocessor

• 3.5-inch floppy disc drive

• Keyboard

• Monitor/display

• Printer

• External modem

•Mouse

Although the test system with this Seagate model complies with the directives/standards, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply. The computer manufacturer or system integrator shall confirm EMC compliance and provide the appropriate marking for their product.

Electromagnetic compliance for the European Union

If this model has the CE Marking it complies with the European Union requirements of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC of 03 May 1989 as amended by Directive 92/31/EEC of 28 April 1992 and Directive 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993.

Australian C-Tick

If this model has the C-Tick Marking it complies with the Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of Australia’s Spectrum Man agement Agency (SMA).

Korean MIC

If this model has the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) logo, it complies with paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Control Regulation and meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility Framework requirements of the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Ministry of Information and Communication Republic of Korea.

Taiwanese BSMI

If this model has the Chinese National Standard (CNS) 13438 marking, it complies with Chinese National Standard (CNS) 13438 and meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framework requirements of the Taiwanese Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI).

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2.2 Reference documents

Cheetah 15K.4 FC Installation Guide Seagate part number: 100366897

Fibre Channel Interface Manual Seagate part number: 77767496

ANSI Fibre Channel Documents

Project T11/1619-D FC-FS-2 Fibre Channel - Framing and Signaling

Project T11/1506-D FC-PI-2 Fibre Channel - PHYSICAL INTERFACES - 2

ANSI INCITS 332-1999 FC.AL-2 Arbitrated Loop 2

ANSI INCITS 332-1999/AM1-2003 FC.AL-2 Arbitrated Loop 2 Amendment

ANSI INCITS 350-2003 FCP-2 Fibre Channel Protocol 2

NCITS TR-19 Private Loop SCSI Direct Attach (PLDA)

NCITS TR-20 Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA)

SFF-8045 Specification for 40-pin SCA-2 Connector with Parallel Selection

SFF-8067 Specification for 40-pin SCA-2 Connector with Bidirectional

Enclosure Services Interface

ANSI Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Documents

ISO/IEC 14776-xxx SCSI Architecure Model-3 (SAM-3) Standard (T10/1561-D)

ISO/IEC 14776-xxx SCSI Primary Commands-3 (SPC-3) Standard (T10/1416-D)

ISO/IEC 14776-xxx SCSI Block Commands-2 (SBC-2) Standard (T10/1417-D)

Specification for Acoustic Test Requirement and Procedures

Seagate part number: 30553-001

Package Test Specification Seagate P/N 30190-001 (under 100 lb.)

Package Test Specification Seagate P/N 30191-001 (over 100 lb.)

In case of conflict between this document and any referenced document, this document takes precedence.

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3.0 General description

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives combine giant magnetoresistive (GMR) heads, partial response/maximum likelihood

(PRML) read channel electronics, embedded servo technology, and a Fibre Channel interface to provide high

performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network

servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives also support 2-Gbit Fibre Channel which

can transfer data at up to 200 Mbytes per second and 400 Mbytes per second in dual-loop configurations.

ST373453, ST336753, and ST318453 models also support 4-Gbit Fibre Channel which can transfer data at up

to 400 Mbytes per second and 800 Mbytes per second in dual-loop configurations.

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and SCSI Fibre Channel Proto-

col as described in the ANSI specifications, this document, and the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part num-

ber 77767496) which describes the general interface characteristics of this drive. Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives are

classified as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with the ANSI SCSI-1 stan

dard.

Never disassemble the HDA and do not attempt to service items in the sealed enclosure (heads, media, actu-

ator, etc.) as this requires special facilities. The drive does not contain user-replaceable parts. Opening the

HDA for any reason voids your warranty.

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives use a dedicated landing zone at the innermost radius of the media to eliminate the

possibility of destroying or degrading data by landing in the data zone. The heads automatically go to the land

ing zone when power is removed from the drive.

An automatic shipping lock prevents potential damage to the heads and discs that results from movement dur-

ing shipping and handling. The shipping lock disengages and the head load process begins when power is

applied to the drive.

The drives also use a high-performance actuator assembly with a low-inertia, balanced, patented, straight arm

design that provides excellent performance with minimal power dissipation.

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3.1 Standard features

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives have the following standard features:

• 4-Gbit Fibre Channel interface. For 2 or 4 gigabit operation, the block size must be divisable by 8.

• Integrated dual port FC-AL controller

• Concurrent dual port transfers

• Support for FC arbitrated loop, private and public attachment

• Differential copper FC drivers and receivers

• Downloadable firmware using the FC-AL interface

• Supports SCSI enclosure services via interface connector

• 128-deep task set (queue)

• Supports up to 32 initiators

• Drive selection ID and configuration options are set on the FC-AL backpanel or through interface commands. Jumpers are not used on the drive.

• Supports SCSI Enclosure Services through the interface connector

• Fibre Channel worldwide name uniquely identifies the drive and each port

• User-selectable logical block size (512 to 528 bytes per logical block). For 2 or 4 gigabit operation, the block size must be divisable by 8.

• Selectable frame sizes from 256 to 2,112 bytes

• Industry standard 3.5-inch low profile form factor dimensions

• Programmable logical block reallocation scheme

• Flawed logical block reallocation at format time

• Programmable auto write and read reallocation

• Reed-Solomon error correction code

• Sealed head and disc assembly (HDA)

• No preventive maintenance or adjustments required

• Dedicated head landing zone

• Automatic shipping lock

• Embedded Grey Code track address to eliminate seek errors

• Self-diagnostics performed at power on

• 1:1 interleave

• Zone bit recording (ZBR)

• Vertical, horizontal, or top down mounting

• Dynamic spindle brake

• 16,384 Kbyte data buffer (see Section 4.5).

• Embedded servo design

• Reallocation of defects on command (Post Format)

• Fibre Channel interface transports SCSI protocol

3.2 Media description

The media used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for improved durability and environmental protection.

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3.3 Performance

• Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer

• 200 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per port

• 15k RPM spindle; average latency = 2.0 msec

• Command queuing of up to 128 commands

• Background processing of queue

• Supports start and stop commands (spindle stops spinning)

• Adaptive seek velocity; improved seek performance

3.4 Reliability

• 1,400,000 hour MTBF

• Increased LSI circuitry integration

• Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)

• Dithering

3.5 Formatted capacities

Standard OEM models are formatted to 512 bytes per block. The sector size is selectable at format time. Users having the necessary equipment may modify the data block size before issuing a format command and obtain different formatted capacities than those listed.

To provide a stable target capacity environment and at the same time provide users with flexibility if they choose, Seagate recommends product planning in one of two modes:

1. Seagate designs specify capacity points at certain sector sizes that Seagate guarantees current and future products will meet. We recommend customers use this capacity in their project planning, as it ensures a stable operating point with backward and forward compatibility from generation to generation. The current guaranteed operating points for this product are:

ST336854FC ST373554FC ST3146954FC

Sector Size

Decimal Hex Decimal Hex Decimal Hex

512 71,687,372 445DCCC 143,374,744 88BB998 286,749,488 11177330

514 70,512,692 433F034 141,025,384 867E068 282,050,768 10CFC0D0

520 70,197,546 42F212A 140,395,092 85E4254 280,790,184 10BC84A8

522 68,914,176 41B8C00 139,463,602 8500BB2 279,041,740 10A1D6CC

524 68,766,592 4194B80 137,577,184 83342E0 275,154,368 106685C0

2. Seagate drives also may be used at the maximum available capacity at a given sector size, but the excess capacity above the guaranteed level will vary between 10K and 15K families and from generation to gener ation, depending on how each sector size actually formats out for zone frequencies and splits over servo bursts. This added capacity potential may range from 0.1 to 1.3 percent above the guaranteed capacities listed above. Using the drives in this manner gives the absolute maximum capacity potential, but the user must determine if the extra capacity potential is useful, or whether their assurance of backward and for ward compatibility takes precedence.

3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity

Using the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something less than maximum. See the Mode Select Parameter List table in the SCSI Interface Product Manual. Refer to the Parameter list block descriptor number of blocks field. A value of zero in the number of blocks field indicates that the drive shall not

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change the capacity it is currently formatted to have. A number in the number of blocks field that is less than the maximum number of LBAs changes the total drive capacity to the value in the block descriptor number of blocks field. A value greater than the maximum number of LBAs is rounded down to the maximum capacity.

3.6 Factory-installed accessories

OEM standard drives are shipped with the Cheetah 15K.4 FC Installation Guide (part number 100366897) and the Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications, part number 75789512 (unless otherwise specified).

3.7 Factory-installed options

You may order the following items which are incorporated at the manufacturing facility during production or packaged before shipping. Some of the options available are (not an exhaustive list of possible options):

• Other capacities can be ordered depending on sparing scheme and sector size requested.

• Single-unit shipping pack. The drive is normally shipped in bulk packaging to provide maximum protection against transit damage. Units shipped individually require additional protection as provided by the single unit shipping pack. Users planning single unit distribution should specify this option.

•The Cheetah 15K.4 FC Installation Guide, part number 100366897, is usually included with each standard OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be ordered.

•The Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications, part number 75789512, is usually included with each standard OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be ordered.

3.8 User-installed accessories

The following accessories are available. All kits may be installed in the field.

• Evaluation kit, Seagate part number 100364396. This kit provides an adapter card (“T-card”) to allow cable connections for two FC ports and DC power. You may purchase this evaluation kit from channel distributors or your Seagate representative.

• Single-unit shipping pack.

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4.0 Performance characteristics

This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives.

4.1 Internal drive characteristics

ST3146954FC ST373554FC ST336854FC Drive capacity 146.8 73.4 36.7 Gbytes (formatted, rounded off value) Read/write data heads 8 4 2 Bytes per track 471,916 471,916 471,916 Bytes (average, rounded off values) Bytes per surface 18,351 18,351 18,351 Mbytes (unformatted, rounded off value) Tracks per surface (total) 50,864 50,864 50,864 Tracks (user accessible) Tracks per inch 85,000 85,000 85,000 TPI Peak bits per inch 628 628 628 KBPI Internal data rate 685-1,142 685-1,142 685-1,142 Mbits/sec (variable with zone) Disc rotation speed 15k 15k 15k rpm Avg rotational latency 2.0 2.0 2.0 msec

4.2 Seek performance characteristics

See Section 9.5, "FC-AL physical interface" on page 64 and the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number

77767496) for additional timing details.

4.2.1 Access time

Not including controller overhead

Read Write

Average Typical 3.5 4.0

Single track Typical 0.27 0.45

Full stroke Typical 7.4 7.9

1. Typical access times are measured under nominal conditions of temperature, voltage,

and horizontal orientation as measured on a representative sample of drives.

2. Access to data = access time + latency time.

1,2

(msec)

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4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes)

ST3146954FC ST373554FC ST336854FC

Maximum (with verify)

Maximum (without verify)

90 60 30

45 30 15

4.2.3 General performance characteristics

Data buffer to/from disc media (one 512-byte logical block)*

Minimum 685 Mbits/sec

Maximum 1,142 Mbits/sec

Fibre Channel Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate 200 Mbytes/sec* per port

Logical block sizes

Default is 512-byte data blocks Variable 512 to 704 bytes per sector in even number of bytes per sector. If n (number of bytes per sector) is odd, then n-1 will be used.

Read/write consecutive sectors on a track Yes

Flaw reallocation performance impact (for flaws reallocated at format time using the spare sectors per sparing zone reallocation scheme.)

Average rotational latency 2.0 msec

*Assumes no errors and no relocated logical blocks. Rate measured from the start of the first logical block transfer to or from the host.

(dual port = 400 Mbytes/sec*)

Negligible

4.3 Start/stop time

If the Motor Start option is disabled, the drive becomes ready within 20 seconds after DC power is applied. If a recoverable error condition is detected during the start sequence, the drive executes a recovery procedure and the time to become ready may exceed 20 seconds. Stop time is 30 seconds (maximum) from removal of DC power.

If the Motor Start option is enabled, the internal controller accepts the commands listed in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual less than 3 seconds after DC power has been applied. After the Motor Start command has been received, the drive becomes ready for normal operations within 20 seconds (excluding the error recovery procedure). The Motor Start command can also be used to command the drive to stop the spindle.

There is no power control switch on the drive.

4.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control

The drive provides a prefetch (read look-ahead) and multi-segmented cache control algorithms that in many cases can enhance system performance. Cache refers to the drive buffer storage space when it is used in cache operations. To select this feature, the host sends the Mode Select command with the proper values in

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the applicable bytes in page 08h. Prefetch and cache operations are independent features from the standpoint that each is enabled and disabled independently using the Mode Select command; however, in actual opera tion, the prefetch feature overlaps cache operation somewhat as described in sections 4.5.1 and 4.5.2.

All default cache and prefetch mode parameter values (Mode Page 08h) for standard OEM versions of this drive family are given in Table

18.

4.5 Cache operation

Note. Refer to the Fibre Channel Interface Manual for more detail concerning the cache bits.

Of the 16,384 kbytes physical buffer space in the drive, approximately 14,218 kbytes can be used as a cache. Cache segmenting is adjusted dynamically by the disk drive hardware according to the workload being experi enced by the drive. The drive is capable of dynamically-adjusting up to 256 segments. The number and sizes of segments are not user-defined.

The drive keeps track of the logical block addresses of the data stored in each segment of the buffer. If the cache is enabled (see RCD bit in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual command is retrieved from the buffer, if possible, before any disc access is initiated. If cache operation is not enabled, the buffer is still used, but only as circular buffer segments during disc medium read operations (dis regarding Prefetch operation for the moment). That is, the drive does not check in the buffer segments for the requested read data, but goes directly to the medium to retrieve it. The retrieved data merely passes through some buffer segment on the way to the host. On a cache miss, all data transfers to the host are in accordance with buffer-full ratio rules. On a cache hit, the drive ignores the buffer-full ratio rules. See the explanation pro vided with the information about Mode Page 02h (disconnect/reconnect control) in the Fibre Channel Interface

Manual.

), data requested by the host with a read

The following is a simplified description of the prefetch/cache operation:

Case A—read command is received and the first logical block is already in the cache:

1. Drive transfers to the initiator the first logical block requested plus all subsequent contiguous logical blocks

that are already in the cache. This data may be in multiple segments.

2. When a requested logical block is reached that is not in any cache segment, the drive fetches it and any

remaining requested logical block addresses from the disc and puts them in a segment of the cache. The drive transfers the remaining requested logical blocks from the cache to the host in accordance with the Mode Select Disconnect/Reconnect parameters, page 02h.

3. If the prefetch feature is enabled, refer to section 4.5.2 for operation from this point.

Case B—A Read command requests data, and the first logical block is not in any segment of the cache:

1. The drive fetches the requested logical blocks from the disc and transfers them into a segment, and then

from there to the host in accordance with the Mode Select Disconnect/Reconnect parameters, page 02h.

2. If the prefetch feature is enabled, refer to section 4.5.2 for operation from this point.

During a prefetch, the drive crosses a cylinder boundary to fetch data only if the Discontinuity (DISC) bit is set to 1 in bit 4 of byte 2 of the Mode Select parameters page 08h. Default is zero for bit 4.

Each cache segment is actually a self-contained circular buffer whose length is an integer number of logical blocks. The sizes of the segments are determined by the drive’s analysis of the current workload.

Note. The size of each segment is not reported by Mode Sense command page 08h, bytes 14 and 15.

The value 0XFFFF is always reported regardless of the actual size of the segment. Sending a size specification using the Mode Select command (bytes 14 and 15) does not set up a new segment size. If the STRICT bit in Mode page 00h (byte 2, bit 1) is set to one, the drive responds as it does for any attempt to change an unchangeable parameter.

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4.5.1 Caching write data

Write caching is a write operation by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer storage area where the data to be written to the medium is stored while the drive performs the Write command.

If read caching is enabled (RCD=0), then data written to the medium is retained in the cache to be made available for future read cache hits. The same buffer space and segmentation is used as set up for read functions. The buffer segmentation scheme is set up or changed independently, having nothing to do with the state of RCD. When a write command is issued, if RCD=0, the cache is first checked to see if any logical blocks that are to be written are already stored in the cache from a previous read or write command. If there are, the respective cache segments are cleared. The new data is cached for subsequent Read commands.

If the number of write data logical blocks exceed the size of the segment being written into, when the end of the segment is reached, the data is written into the beginning of the same cache segment, overwriting the data that was written there at the beginning of the operation; however, the drive does not overwrite data that has not yet been written to the medium.

If write caching is enabled (WCE=1), then the drive may return Good status on a write command after the data has been transferred into the cache, but before the data has been written to the medium. If an error occurs while writing the data to the medium, and Good status has already been returned, a deferred error will be gen erated.

The Synchronize Cache command may be used to force the drive to write all cached write data to the medium. Upon completion of a Synchronize Cache command, all data received from previous write commands will have been written to the medium.

Ta bl e 18 shows the mode default settings for the drive.

4.5.2 Prefetch operation

If the Prefetch feature is enabled, data in contiguous logical blocks on the disc immediately beyond that which was requested by a Read command are retrieved and stored in the buffer for immediate transfer from the buffer to the host on subsequent Read commands that request those logical blocks (this is true even if cache operation is disabled). Though the prefetch operation uses the buffer as a cache, finding the requested data in the buffer is a prefetch hit, not a cache operation hit.

To enable Prefetch, use Mode Select page 08h, byte 12, bit 5 (Disable Read Ahead - DRA bit). DRA bit = 0 enables prefetch.

Since data that is prefetched replaces data already in some buffer segments, the host can limit the amount of prefetch data to optimize system performance. The Max Prefetch field (bytes 8 and 9) limits the amount of prefetch. The drive does not use the Prefetch Ceiling field (bytes 10 and 11).

When prefetch (read look-ahead) is enabled (enabled by DRA = 0), it operates under the control of ARLA (Adaptive Read Look-Ahead). If the host uses software interleave, ARLA enables prefetch of contiguous blocks from the disc when it senses that a prefetch hit will likely occur, even if two consecutive read operations were not for physically contiguous blocks of data (e.g. “software interleave”). ARLA disables prefetch when it decides that a prefetch hit will not likely occur. If the host is not using software interleave, and if two sequential read operations are not for contiguous blocks of data, ARLA disables prefetch, but as long as sequential read operations request contiguous blocks of data, ARLA keeps prefetch enabled.

4.5.3 Optimizing cache performance for desktop and server applications

Desktop and server applications require different drive caching operations for optimal performance. This means it is difficult to provide a single configuration that meets both of these needs. In a desktop environment, you want to configure the cache to respond quickly to repetitive accesses of multiple small segments of data without taking the time to “look ahead” to the next contiguous segments of data. In a server environment, you

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want to configure the cache to provide large volumes of sequential data in a non-repetitive manner. In this case, the ability of the cache to “look ahead” to the next contiguous segments of sequential data is a good thing.

The Performance Mode (PM) bit controls the way the drive switches the cache buffer into different modes of segmentation. In “server mode” (PM bit = 0), the drive can dynamically change the number of cache buffer segments as needed to optimize the performance, based on the command stream from the host. In “desktop mode” (PM bit = 1), the number of segments is maintained at the value defined in Mode Page 8, Byte 13, at all times. For additional information about the PM bit, refer to the Unit Attention Parameters page (00h) of the Mode Sense command (1Ah) in the Fibre Channel Interface Product Manual, part number 77767496.

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5.0 Reliability specifications

The following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operational interface, including all interface timings, power supply voltages, environmental requirements and drive mounting constraints.

Seek error rate:

Read Error Rates

Recovered Data

Unrecovered Data

Miscorrected Data

Interface error rate:

MTBF: 1,400,000 hours Preventive maintenance: None required

1. Error rate specified with automatic retries and data correction with ECC enabled and all flaws reallocated.

Less than 10 errors in 108 seeks

Less than 10 errors in 1012 bits transferred (OEM default settings)

Less than 1 sector in 1015 bits transferred

Less than 1 sector in 1021 bits transferred

Less than 1 error in 1012 bits transferred with minimum receive eye. Less than 1 error in 1014 bits transferred with typical receive eye. See Section 9.6.4, "FC Differential input." on page 72

5.1 Error rates

The error rates stated in this manual assume the following:

• The drive is operated in accordance with this manual using DC power as defined in paragraph 6.2, "DC

power requirements."

• Errors caused by host system failures are excluded from error rate computations.

• Assume random data.

• Default OEM error recovery settings are applied. This includes AWRE, ARRE, full read retries, full write

retries and full retry time.

5.1.1 Recoverable Errors

Recovereable errors are those detected and corrected by the drive, and do not require user intervention.

Recoverable Data errors will use correction, although ECC on-the-fly is not considered for purposes of recovered error specifications.

Recovered Data error rate is determined using read bits transferred for recoverable errors occurring during a read, and using write bits transferred for recoverable errors occurring during a write.

5.1.2 Unrecoverable Errors

Unrecoverable Data Errors (Sense Key = 03h) are specified at less than 1 sector in error per 1015 bits transferred. Unrecoverable Data Errors resulting from the same cause are treated as 1 error for that block.

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5.1.3 Seek errors

A seek error is defined as a failure of the drive to position the heads to the addressed track. After detecting an initial seek error, the drive automatically performs an error recovery process. If the error recovery process fails, a seek positioning error (Error code = 15h or 02h) will be reported with a Hardware error (04h) in the Sense Key. Recoverable seek errors are specified at Less than 10 errors in 10

seeks. Unrecoverable seek errors

(Sense Key = 04h) are classified as drive failures.

5.1.4 Interface errors

An interface error is defined as a failure of the receiver on a port to recover the data as transmitted by the device port connected to the receiver. The error may be detected as a running disparity error, illegal code, loss of word sync, or CRC error. The total error rate for a loop of devices is the sum of the individual device error rates.

5.2 Reliability and service

You can enhance the reliability of Cheetah K15.4 disc drives by ensuring that the drive receives adequate cooling. Section 6.0 provides temperature measurements and other information that may be used to enhance the service life of the drive. Section 8.3 provides recommended air-flow information.

5.2.1 Mean time between failure (MTBF)

The production disc drive achieves an MTBF of 1,400,000 hours when operated in an environment that ensures the case temperatures specified in Section specification limits of the operating environment will not affect MTBF performance. Operating the drive at case temperatures above these values will adversely affect the drive’s ability to meet specifications (see "Environmental limits").

6.4.1 are not exceeded. Short-term excursions up to the

Section 6.4,

The MTBF target is specified as device power-on hours (POH) for all drives in service per failure.

The following expression defines MTBF:

MTBF per measurement period = Estimated power-on operating hours in the period

Number of drive failures in the period

Estimated power-on operating hours means power-on hours per disc drive times the total number of disc drives in service. Each disc drive must have accumulated at least nine months of operation. Data is calculated on a rolling average base for a minimum period of six months.

MTBF is based on the following assumptions:

• 8,760 power-on hours per year

• 250 average on/off cycles per year

• Operating at nominal voltages

• System provides adequate cooling to ensure the case temperatures specified in Section 6.4.1 are not exceeded.

Drive failure means any stoppage or failure to meet defined specifications caused by drive malfunction.

A S.M.A.R.T. predictive failure indicates that the drive is deteriorating to an imminent failure and is considered an MTBF hit.

5.2.2 Preventive maintenance

No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required.

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5.2.3 Hot plugging the drive

Inserting and removing the drive on the FC-AL will interrupt loop operation. The interruption occurs when the receiver of the next device in the loop must synchronize to a different input signal. FC error detection mecha nisms, character sync, running disparity, word sync, and CRC are able to detect any error. Recovery is initiated based on the type of error.

The disc drive defaults to the FC-AL Monitoring state, Pass-through state, when it is powered-on by switching the power or hot plugged. The control line to an optional port bypass circuit (external to the drive), defaults to the Enable Bypass state. If the bypass circuit is present, the next device in the loop will continue to receive the output of the previous device to the newly inserted device. If the bypass circuit is not present, loop operation is temporarily disrupted until the next device starts receiving the output from the newly inserted device and regains synchronization to the new input.

The Pass-through state is disabled while the drive performs self test of the FC interface. The control line for an external port bypass circuit remains in the Enable Bypass state while self test is running. If the bypass circuit is present, loop operation may continue. If the bypass circuit is not present, loop operation will be halted while the self test of the FC interface runs.

When the self test completes successfully, the control line to the bypass circuit is disabled and the drive enters the FC-AL Initializing state. The receiver on the next device in the loop must synchronize to output of the newly inserted drive.

If the self-test fails, the control line to the bypass circuit remains in the Enable Bypass state.

Note. It is the responsibility of the systems integrator to assure that no temperature, energy, voltage haz-

ard, or ESD potential hazard is presented during the hot connect/disconnect operation. Discharge the static electricity from the drive carrier prior to inserting it into the system.

Caution. The drive motor must come to a complete stop prior to changing the plane of operation. This time is

required to insure data integrity.

5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T.

S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. This technology is intended to recognize conditions that indicate imminent drive failure and is designed to provide sufficient warning of a failure to allow you to back up the data before an actual failure occurs.

Note. The drive’s firmware monitors specific attributes for degradation over time but can’t predict instanta-

neous drive failures.

Each monitored attribute has been selected to monitor a specific set of failure conditions in the operating performance of the drive and the thresholds are optimized to minimize “false” and “failed” predictions.

Controlling S.M.A.R.T.

The operating mode of S.M.A.R.T. is controlled by the DEXCPT and PERF bits on the Informational Exceptions Control mode page (1Ch). Use the DEXCPT bit to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. feature. Setting the DEX CPT bit disables all S.M.A.R.T. functions. When enabled, S.M.A.R.T. collects on-line data as the drive performs normal read and write operations. When the PERF bit is set, the drive is considered to be in “On-line Mode Only” and will not perform off-line functions.

You can measure off-line attributes and force the drive to save the data by using the Rezero Unit command. Forcing S.M.A.R.T. resets the timer so that the next scheduled interrupt is in one hour.

You can interrogate the drive through the host to determine the time remaining before the next scheduled measurement and data logging process occurs. To accomplish this, issue a Log Sense command to log page 0x3E. This allows you to control when S.M.A.R.T. interruptions occur. Forcing S.M.A.R.T. with the RTZ command resets the timer.

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Performance impact

S.M.A.R.T. attribute data is saved to the disc so that the events that caused a predictive failure can be recreated. The drive measures and saves parameters once every two hours subject to an idle period on the FC-AL bus. The process of measuring off-line attribute data and saving data to the disc is uninterruptable. The maxi mum on-line only processing delay is summarized below:

Maximum processing delay

S.M.A.R.T. delay times

On-line only delay DEXCPT = 0, PERF = 1

42 milliseconds

Fully-enabled delay DEXCPT = 0, PERF = 0

163 milliseconds

Reporting control

Reporting is controlled by the MRIE bits in the Informational Exceptions Control mode page (1Ch). Subject to the reporting method, the firmware will issue to the host an 01-5Dxx sense code. The error code is preserved through bus resets and power cycles.

Determining rate

S.M.A.R.T. monitors the rate at which errors occur and signals a predictive failure if the rate of degraded errors increases to an unacceptable level. To determine rate, error events are logged and compared to the number of total operations for a given attribute. The interval defines the number of operations over which to measure the rate. The counter that keeps track of the current number of operations is referred to as the Interval Counter.

S.M.A.R.T. measures error rates. All errors for each monitored attribute are recorded. A counter keeps track of the number of errors for the current interval. This counter is referred to as the Failure Counter.

Error rate is the number of errors per operation. The algorithm that S.M.A.R.T. uses to record rates of error is to set thresholds for the number of errors and their interval. If the number of errors exceeds the threshold before the interval expires, the error rate is considered to be unacceptable. If the number of errors does not exceed the threshold before the interval expires, the error rate is considered to be acceptable. In either case, the inter val and failure counters are reset and the process starts over.

Predictive failures

S.M.A.R.T. signals predictive failures when the drive is performing unacceptably for a period of time. The firmware keeps a running count of the number of times the error rate for each attribute is unacceptable. To accomplish this, a counter is incremented each time the error rate is unacceptable and decremented (not to exceed zero) whenever the error rate is acceptable. If the counter continually increments such that it reaches the pre dictive threshold, a predictive failure is signaled. This counter is referred to as the Failure History Counter. There is a separate Failure History Counter for each attribute.

5.2.5 Thermal monitor

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives implement a temperature warning system which:

1. Signals the host if the temperature exceeds a value which would threaten the drive.

2. Signals the host if the temperature exceeds a user-specified value.

3. Saves a S.M.A.R.T. data frame on the drive which exceeds the threatening temperature value.

A temperature sensor monitors the drive temperature and issues a warning over the interface when the temperature exceeds a set threshold. The temperature is measured at power-up and then at ten-minute intervals after power-up.

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The thermal monitor system generates a warning code of 01-0B01 when the temperature exceeds the specified limit in compliance with the SCSI standard. The drive temperature is reported in the FRU code field of mode sense data. You can use this information to determine if the warning is due to the temperature exceeding the drive threatening temperature or the user-specified temperature.

This feature is controlled by the Enable Warning (EWasc) bit, and the reporting mechanism is controlled by the Method of Reporting Informational Exceptions field (MRIE) on the Informational Exceptions Control (IEC) mode page (1Ch).

The current algorithm implements two temperature trip points. The first trip point is set at 65°C which is the maximum temperature limit according to the drive specification. The second trip point is user-selectable using the Log Select command. The reference temperature parameter in the temperature log page (see Table

1) can be used to set this trip point. The default value for this drive is 65°C, however, you can set it to any value in the range of 0 to 65°C. If you specify a temperature greater than 65°C in this field, the temperature is rounded down to 65°C. A sense code is sent to the host to indicate the rounding of the parameter field.

Table 1: Temperature Log Page (0Dh)

Parameter Code Description

0000h

0001h

Primary Temperature

Reference Temperature

5.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST)

Drive Self Test (DST) is a technology designed to recognize drive fault conditions that qualify the drive as a failed unit. DST validates the functionality of the drive at a system level.

There are two test coverage options implemented in DST:

1. Extended test

2. Short text

The most thorough option is the extended test that performs various tests on the drive and scans every logical block address (LBA) of the drive. The short test is time-restricted and limited in length—it does not scan the entire media surface, but does some fundamental tests and scans portions of the media.

If DST encounters an error during either of these tests, it reports a fault condition. If the drive fails the test, remove it from service and return it to Seagate for service.

5.2.6.1 DST failure definition

The drive will present a “diagnostic failed” condition through the self-tests results value of the diagnostic log page if a functional failure is encountered during DST. The channel and servo parameters are not modified to test the drive more stringently, and the number of retries are not reduced. All retries and recovery processes are enabled during the test. If data is recoverable, no failure condition will be reported regardless of the number of retries required to recover the data.

The following conditions are considered DST failure conditions:

• Seek error after retries are exhausted

• Track-follow error after retries are exhausted

• Read error after retries are exhausted

• Write error after retries are exhausted

Recovered errors will not be reported as diagnostic failures.

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5.2.6.2 Implementation

This section provides all of the information necessary to implement the DST function on this drive.

5.2.6.2.1 State of the drive prior to testing

The drive must be in a ready state before issuing the Send Diagnostic command. There are multiple reasons why a drive may not be ready, some of which are valid conditions, and not errors. For example, a drive may be in process of doing a format, or another DST. It is the responsibility of the host application to determine the “not ready” cause.

While not technically part of DST, a Not Ready condition also qualifies the drive to be returned to Seagate as a failed drive.

A Drive Not Ready condition is reported by the drive under the following conditions:

• Motor will not spin

• Motor will not lock to speed

• Servo will not lock on track

• Drive cannot read configuration tables from the disc

In these conditions, the drive responds to a Test Unit Ready command with an 02/04/00 or 02/04/03 code.

5.2.6.2.2 Invoking DST

To invoke DST, submit the Send Diagnostic command with the appropriate Function Code (001b for the short test or 010b for the extended test) in bytes 1, bits 5, 6, and 7.

5.2.6.2.3 Short and extended tests

DST has two testing options:

1. short

2. extended

These testing options are described in the following two subsections.

Each test consists of three segments: an electrical test segment, a servo test segment, and a read/verify scan segment.

Short test (Function Code: 001b)

The purpose of the short test is to provide a time-limited test that tests as much of the drive as possible within 120 seconds. The short test does not scan the entire media surface, but does some fundamental tests and scans portions of the media. A complete read/verify scan is not performed and only factual failures will report a fault condition. This option provides a quick confidence test of the drive.

Extended test (Function Code: 010b)

The objective of the extended test option is to empirically test critical drive components. For example, the seek tests and on-track operations test the positioning mechanism. The read operation tests the read head element and the media surface. The write element is tested through read/write/read operations. The integrity of the media is checked through a read/verify scan of the media. Motor functionality is tested by default as a part of these tests.

The anticipated length of the Extended test is reported through the Control Mode page.

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5.2.6.2.4 Log page entries

When the drive begins DST, it creates a new entry in the Self-test Results Log page. The new entry is created by inserting a new self-test parameter block at the beginning of the self-test results log parameter section of the log page. Existing data will be moved to make room for the new parameter block. The drive reports 20 param eter blocks in the log page. If there are more than 20 parameter blocks, the least recent parameter block will be deleted. The new parameter block will be initialized as follows:

1. The Function Code field is set to the same value as sent in the DST command

2. The Self-Test Results Value field is set to Fh

3. The drive will store the log page to non-volatile memory

After a self-test is complete or has been aborted, the drive updates the Self-Test Results Value field in its SelfTest Results Log page in non-volatile memory. The host may use Log Sense to read the results from up to the last 20 self-tests performed by the drive. The self-test results value is a 4-bit field that reports the results of the test. If the field is set to zero, the drive passed with no errors detected by the DST. If the field is not set to zero, the test failed for the reason reported in the field.

The drive will report the failure condition and LBA (if applicable) in the Self-test Results Log parameter. The Sense key, ASC, ASCQ, and FRU are used to report the failure condition.

5.2.6.2.5 Abort

There are several ways to abort a diagnostic. You can use a SCSI Bus Reset or a Bus Device Reset message to abort the diagnostic.

You can abort a DST executing in background mode by using the abort code in the DST Function Code field. This will cause a 01 (self-test aborted by the application client) code to appear in the self-test results values log. All other abort mechanisms will be reported as a 02 (self-test routine was interrupted by a reset condition).

5.2.7 Product warranty

Beginning on the date of shipment to the customer and continuing for the period specified in your purchase contract, Seagate warrants that each product (including components and subassemblies) that fails to function properly under normal use due to defect in materials or workmanship or due to nonconformance to the applica ble specifications will be repaired or replaced, at Seagate’s option and at no charge to the customer, if returned by customer at customer’s expense to Seagate’s designated facility in accordance with Seagate’s warranty procedure. Seagate will pay for transporting the repair or replacement item to the customer. For more detailed warranty information, refer to the standard terms and conditions of purchase for Seagate products on your pur chase documentation.

The remaining warranty for a particular drive can be determined by calling Seagate Customer Service at 1-800-468-3472. You can also determine remaining warranty using the Seagate web site (www.seagate.com). The drive serial number is required to determine remaining warranty information.

Shipping

When transporting or shipping a drive, use only a Seagate-approved container. Keep your original box. Seagate approved containers are easily identified by the Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in a non-approved container voids the drive warranty.

Seagate repair centers may refuse receipt of components improperly packaged or obviously damaged in transit. Contact your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes. Seagate recommends shipping by an air-ride carrier experienced in handling computer equipment.

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Product repair and return information

Seagate customer service centers are the only facilities authorized to service Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities. Any unauthorized repair or tampering with the factory seal voids the warranty.

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6.0 Physical/electrical specifications

This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive.

6.1 AC power requirements

None.

6.2 DC power requirements

The voltage and current requirements for a single drive are sh‘own below. Values indicated apply at the drive connector.

Table 2: DC power requirements for ST3146954FC drives

1 Gbit mode 2 Gbit mode 4 Gbit mode

Notes

Voltage +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2]

Regulation [5] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2]

Avg idle current DCX [1] [7] 0.62 0.78 0.66 0.78 0.70 0.79

Maximum starting current

(peak DC) DC 3σ [3] 0.83 1.89 0.93 1.89 0.80 1.86

(peak AC) AC 3σ [3] 0.99 4.01 1.13 4.00 1.08 3.18

Delayed motor start (max) DC 3σ [1] [4] 0.55 0.04 0.59 0.04 0.69 0.04

Peak operating current:

Typical DCX [1] [6] 0.81 0.90 1.01 0.88 0.74 1.04

Maximum DC 3σ [1] 0.83 0.92 1.26 0.89 0.76 1.18

Maximum (peak) DC 3σ 1.28 3.04 1.26 3.02 1.24 2.92

(Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps)

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Table 3: DC power requirements for ST373554FC drives

1 Gbit mode 2 Gbit mode 4 Gbit mode

Notes

Voltage +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2]

Regulation [5] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2]

Avg idle current DCX [1] [7] 0.62 0.57 0.66 0.56 0.69 0.57

Maximum starting current

(peak DC) DC 3σ [3] 0.83 1.88 0.94 1.85 0.77 1.71

(peak AC) AC 3σ [3] 0.98 4.08 1.11 4.08 1.17 2.94

Delayed motor start (max) DC 3σ [1] [4] 0.54 0.03 0.58 0.04 0.70 0.04

Peak operating current:

Typical DCX [1] [6] 0.79 1.01 0.90 0.66 0.76 0.79

Maximum DC 3σ [1] 0.82 1.03 1.18 0.67 0.77 0.80

Maximum (peak) DC 3σ 1.27 2.82 1.24 2.98 1.30 2.82

Table 4: DC power requirements for ST336854FC drives

Notes

Voltage +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2]

Regulation [5] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2]

(Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps)

1 Gbit mode 2 Gbit mode 4 Gbit mode

(Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps)

Avg idle current DCX [1] [7] 0.62 0.43 0.66 0.43 0.69 0.43

Maximum starting current

(peak DC) DC 3σ [3] 0.83 1.59 0.93 1.58 0.98 1.59

(peak AC) AC 3σ [3] 0.99 3.43 1.11 3.30 1.16 3.36

Delayed motor start (max) DC 3σ [1] [4] 0.55 0.03 0.58 0.03 0.62 0.03

Peak operating current:

Typical DCX [1] [6] 0.77 0.87 0.81 0.86 0.84 0.87

Maximum DC 3σ [1] 0.81 0.89 0.85 0.88 0.88 0.88

Maximum (peak) DC 3σ 1.26 2.64 1.31 2.54 1.35 2.59

[1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these val-

ues. Power supply at nominal voltage. N (number of drives tested) = 6, 35 Degrees C ambient.

[2] For +12 V, a –10% tolerance is allowed during initial spindle start but must return to ±5% before reaching

14,904 RPM. The ±5% must be maintained after the drive signifies that its power-up sequence has been

completed and that the drive is able to accept selection by the host initiator. [3] See +12V current profile in Figure 2. [4] This condition occurs when the Motor Start option is enabled and the drive has not yet received a Start

Motor command. [5] See paragraph 6.2.1, "Conducted noise immunity." Specified voltage tolerance includes ripple, noise, and

transient response.

[6] Operating condition is defined as random 8 block reads at 225 I/Os per second for ST3146954FC models

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and 230 I/Os per second for ST373554FC andST336854FC models. Current and power specified at nominal voltages. Decreasing +5 volt supply by 5% increases 5 volt current by 2.5%. Decreasing +12 volt supply by 5% increases 12 volt current by 3.0% (2% for ST373554FC and ST336854FC models).

[7] During idle, the drive heads are relocated every 60 seconds to a random location within the band from

three-quarters to maximum track.

General DC power requirement notes.

1. Minimum current loading for each supply voltage is not less than 1.2% of the maximum operating current shown.

2. The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.

3. Where power is provided to multiple drives from a common supply, careful consideration for individual drive power requirements should be noted. Where multiple units are powered on simultaneously, the peak starting current must be available to each device.

4. Parameters, other than spindle start, are measured after a 10-minute warm up.

5. No terminator power.

6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity

Noise is specified as a periodic and random distribution of frequencies covering a band from DC to 10 MHz. Maximum allowed noise values given below are peak-to-peak measurements and apply at the drive power connector.

+5 V = 250 mV pp from 0 to 100 kHz to 20 MHz. +12 V = 800 mV pp from 100 Hz to 8 KHz.

450 mV pp from 8 KHz to 20 KHz. 250 mV pp from 20 KHz to 5 MHz.

6.2.2 Power sequencing

The drive does not require power sequencing. The drive protects against inadvertent writing during power-up and down.

6.2.3 Current profiles

The +12V and +5V current profiles for the ST3146954FC, ST373554FC, and ST336854FC models are shown below in the following figures.

Note: All times and currents are typical. See Table 2 for maximum current requirements.

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Figure 2. Typical ST3146954FC drive, 2 Gbit, +12V current profile

Figure 3. Typical ST3146954FC drive, 2 Gbit, +5V current profile

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Figure 4. Typical ST373554FC drive +12V current profile

Figure 5. Typical ST373554FC drive +5V current profile

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Figure 6. Typical ST336854FC drive +12V current profile

Figure 7. Typical ST336854FC drive +5V current profile

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6.3 Power dissipation

ST3146954FC

Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 2Gb operation is 13.96 watts (47.6 BTUs per hour).

To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure

8). Locate the typical I/O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding +5

volt current, +12 volt current, and total watts on the vertical axis. To calculate BTUs per hour, multiply watts by

3.4123.

ST31 4 6854 FC DC CURRENT/POWER vs THROUGHP UT (2 Gb)

Random 8 Block Reads

20.00

18 . 0 0

16 . 0 0

14 . 0 0

12 . 0 0

10 . 0 0

8.00

5Volt A

12 V o l t A

Wat ts

Power (watts)

Amperes

1. 8 0 0

1. 6 0 0

1. 4 0 0

1. 2 0 0

1. 0 0 0

0.800

0.600

0.400

0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0

6.00

4.00

I/Os per Second

Figure 8. ST3146954FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second

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ST373554FC

Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 2Gb operation is 11.49 watts (39.21 BTUs per hour).

To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure

8). Locate the typical I/O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding +5 volt current, +12 volt current, and total watts on the vertical axis. To calculate BTUs per hour, multiply watts by

3.4123.

ST373454LC Specification random 8 block re ad, 2Gb

1. 8 0 0

1. 6 0 0

1. 4 0 0

18 . 0 0

16 . 0 0

14 . 0 0

5Volt A

12 V o l t A

Wat ts

1. 2 0 0

1. 0 0 0

0.800

12 . 0 0

10 . 0 0

8.00

Amperes

0.600

0.400

0.200

0.000

0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

I/Os per Second

Figure 9. ST373554FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second

Power (watts)

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ST336854FC

Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 2Gb operation is 9.88 watts (33.7 BTUs per hour).

To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure

8). Locate the typical I/O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding +5

volt current, +12 volt current, and total watts on the vertical axis. To calculate BTUs per hour, multiply watts by

3.4123.

ST336754FC Specification random 8 block read

1. 8 0 0

1. 6 0 0

1. 4 0 0

18 . 0 0

16 . 0 0

14 . 0 0

5Volt A

12 V o l t A

Wat ts

1. 2 0 0

1. 0 0 0

0.800

12 . 0 0

10 . 0 0

8.00

Power (watts)

Amperes

0.600

0.400

0.200

0.000

0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

I/Os pe r Second

Figure 10. ST336854FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second

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6.4 Environmental limits

Temperature and humidity values experienced by the drive must be such that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Altitude and atmospheric pressure specifications are referenced to a standard day at 58.7°F (14.8°C). Maximum wet bulb temperature is 82°F (28°C).

6.4.1 Temperature

a. Operating

The maximum allowable continuous or sustained HDA case temperature for the rated MTBF is 122°F (50°C) The maximum allowable HDA case temperature is 60°C. Occasional excursions of HDA case tem peratures above 122°F (50°C) or below 41°F (5°C) may occur without impact to specified MTBF. Continual or sustained operation at HDA case temperatures outside these limits may degrade MTBF.

Provided the HDA case temperatures limits are met, the drive meets all specifications over a 41°F to 131°F (5°C to 55°C) drive ambient temperature range with a maximum temperature gradient of 36°F (20°C) per hour. Air flow may be needed in the drive enclosure to keep within this range (see Section 8.3). Operation at HDA case temperatures outside this range may adversely affect the drives ability to meet specifications. To confirm that the required cooling for the electronics and HDA case is provided, place the drive in its final mechanical configuration, perform random write/read operations and measure the HDA case temperature after it has stabilized.

b. Non-operating

–40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C) package ambient with a maximum gradient of 36°F (20°C) per hour. This specification assumes that the drive is packaged in the shipping container designed by Seagate for use with drive.

DA Temp. heck Point

Figure 11. Locations of the HDA temperature check point

1.0"

.5"

6.4.2 Relative humidity

The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.

a. Operating

5% to 95% non-condensing relative humidity with a maximum gradient of 20% per hour.

b. Non-operating

5% to 95% non-condensing relative humidity.

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6.4.3 Effective altitude (sea level)

a. Operating

–1,000 to +10,000 feet (–305 to +3,048 meters)

b. Non-operating

–1,000 to +40,000 feet (–305 to +12,210 meters)

6.4.4 Shock and vibration

Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are measured directly on the drive chassis. If the drive is installed in an enclosure to which the stated shock and/or vibration criteria is applied, resonances may occur internally to the enclosure resulting in drive movement in excess of the stated limits. If this situation is apparent, it may be necessary to modify the enclosure to minimize drive movement.

The limits of shock and vibration defined within this document are specified with the drive mounted by any of the four methods shown in Figure side nearest the LED may be up or down.

6.4.4.1 Shock

a. Operating—normal

The drive, as installed for normal operation, shall operate error free while subjected to intermittent shock not exceeding 15 Gs at a maximum duration of 11 msec (half sinewave). The drive, as installed for normal operation, shall operate error free while subjected to intermittent shock not exceeding 65 Gs at a maximum duration of 2 msec (half sinewave). Shock may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis.

b. Operating—abnormal

Equipment, as installed for normal operation, does not incur physical damage while subjected to intermittent shock not exceeding 40 Gs at a maximum duration of 11 msec (half sinewave). Shock occurring at abnormal levels may promote degraded operational performance during the abnormal shock period. Speci fied operational performance will continue when normal operating shock levels resume. Shock may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis. Shock is not to be repeated more than two times per second.

c. Non-operating

The limits of non-operating shock shall apply to all conditions of handling and transportation. This includes both isolated drives and integrated drives.

The drive subjected to nonrepetitive shock not exceeding 75 Gs at a maximum duration of 11 msec (half sinewave) shall not exhibit device damage or performance degradation. Shock may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis.

The drive subjected to nonrepetitive shock not exceeding 250 Gs at a maximum duration of 2 msec (half sinewave) does not exhibit device damage or performance degradation. Shock may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis.

The drive subjected to nonrepetitve shock not exceeding 100 Gs at a maximum duration of 0.5 msec (half sinewave) does not exhibit device damage or performance degradation. Shock may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis.

12, and in accordance with the restrictions of Section 8.5. Orientation of the

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d. Packaged

Disc drives shipped as loose load (not palletized) general freight will be packaged to withstand drops from heights as defined in the table below. For additional details refer to Seagate specifications 30190-001 (under 100 lbs/45 kg) or 30191-001 (over 100 lbs/45 Kg).

Package size Packaged/product weight Drop height

<600 cu in (<9,800 cu cm) Any 60 in (1524 mm) 600-1800 cu in (9,800-19,700 cu cm) 0-20 lb (0 to 9.1 kg) 48 in (1219 mm) >1800 cu in (>19,700 cu cm) 0-20 lb (0 to 9.1 kg) 42 in (1067 mm) >600 cu in (>9,800 cu cm) 20-40 lb (9.1 to 18.1 kg) 36 in (914 mm)

Drives packaged in single or multipacks with a gross weight of 20 pounds (8.95 kg) or less by Seagate for general freight shipment shall withstand a drop test from 48 inches (1,070 mm) against a concrete floor or equivalent.

Y X

Figure 12. Recommended mounting

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6.4.4.2 Vibration

a. Operating—normal

The drive as installed for normal operation, shall comply with the complete specified performance while subjected to continuous vibration not exceeding

5-500 Hz @ 0.5 G (zero to peak)

Vibration may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis.

Operating normal translational random flat profile

10 - 400 Hz 0.4 g RMS

b. Operating—abnormal

Equipment as installed for normal operation shall not incur physical damage while subjected to periodic vibration not exceeding:

15 minutes of duration at major resonant frequency

5-500 Hz @ 0.75 G (X, Y, or Z axis)

Vibration occurring at these levels may degrade operational performance during the abnormal vibration period. Specified operational performance will continue when normal operating vibration levels are resumed. This assumes system recovery routines are available.

Operating abnormal translational random flat profile

10 - 400 Hz 1.2 g RMS

c. Non-operating

The limits of non-operating vibration shall apply to all conditions of handling and transportation. This includes both isolated drives and integrated drives.

The drive shall not incur physical damage or degraded performance as a result of continuous vibration not exceeding

5-22 Hz @ 0.040 inches (1.02 mm) displacement (zero to peak) 22-500 Hz @ 2.00 G (zero to peak)

Vibration may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis.

Non-operating translational random flat profile

10 - 400 Hz 1.2 g RMS

6.4.5 Air cleanliness

The drive is designed to operate in a typical office environment with minimal environmental control.

6.4.6 Acoustics

Sound power during idle mode shall be 3.6 bels typical when measured to ISO 7779 specification.

There will not be any discrete tones more than 10 dB above the masking noise on typical drives when measured according to Seagate specification 30553-001. There will not be any tones more than 24 dB above the masking noise on any drive.

6.4.7 Electromagnetic susceptibility

See Section 2.1.1.1.

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6.5 Mechanical specifications

The following nominal dimensions are exclusive of the decorative front panel accessory. However, dimensions of the front panel are shown in figure below. Refer to Figure See Section 8.5, “Drive mounting.”

Height: 1.000 in 25.4 mm Width: 4.000 in 101.6 mm Depth: 5.75 in 146.05 mm Weight: 1.5 pounds 0.68 kilograms

-Z-T//

REF

[1]

-Z-

R REF

-X-N

-X-

Notes:

[1]

Mounting holes are 6-32 UNC 2B, three on each side and four on the bottom. Max screw penetration into side of drive is 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Max screw tightening torque is 6.0 in-lb (3.32 nm) with minimum full thread engagement of

0.12 in. (3.05 mm).

13 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions.

-Z-

-X-U

[1]

Figure 13. Mounting configuration dimensions

1.028

5.787

4.000

3.750

0.125

1.750

1.122

4.000

0.250

1.638

0.181

.040

1.625

1.618

0.276

.015

Dimension Table

Inches

max max ± .010 ± .010 ± .010 ± .010 ± .020 ± .010 ± .010 ± .010

± .020 ± .040

max max

26.10

147.00

101.60

95.25

44.45

28.50

101.60

41.60

41.28

41.10

Millimeters

max max ± .25 ± .25

3.18

± .25 ± .25 ± .50 ± .25

6.35

± .25 ± .25

4.60

1.02 ± .50

7.00

± 1.02

0.38

max

0.38

max

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7.0 Defect and error management

The drive, as delivered, complies with this product manual. The read error rates and specified storage capacities are not dependent upon use of defect management routines by the host (initiator).

Defect and error management in the SCSI protocol involves the drive internal defect/error management and FC-AL system error considerations (errors in communications between the initiator and the drive). Tools for use in designing a defect/error management plan are briefly outlined in this section. References to other sec tions are provided when necessary.

7.1 Drive internal defects/errors

During the initial drive format operation at the factory, media defects are identified, tagged as being unusable, and their locations recorded on the drive primary defects list (referred to as the “P’ list and also as the ETF defect list). At factory format time, these known defects are also reallocated, that is, reassigned to a new place on the medium and the location listed in the defects reallocation table. The “P” list is not altered after factory formatting. Locations of defects found and reallocated during error recovery procedures after drive shipment are listed in the “G” list (defects growth list). The “P” and “G” lists may be referenced by the initiator using the Read Defect Data command.

Details of the SCSI commands supported by the drive are described in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. Also, more information on the drive Error Recovery philosophy is presented in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual.

7.2 Drive error recovery procedures

When an error occurs during drive operation, the drive, if programmed to do so, performs error recovery procedures to attempt to recover the data. The error recovery procedures used depend on the options previously set in the Error Recovery Parameters mode page. Error recovery and defect management may involve using sev eral SCSI commands described in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. The drive implements selectable error recovery time limits required in video applications.

The error recovery scheme supported by the drive provides a way to control the total error recovery time for the entire command in addition to controlling the recovery level for a single LBA. The total amount of time spent in error recovery for a command can be limited using the Recovery Time Limit bytes in the Error Recovery mode page. The total amount of time spent in error recovery for a single LBA can be limited using the Read Retry Count or Write Retry Count bytes in the Error Recovery mode page.

The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consists of 11 levels for read recoveries and five levels for write. Each level may consist of multiple steps, where a step is defined as a recovery function involving a single reread or re-write attempt. The maximum level used by the drive in LBA recovery is determined by the read and write retry counts.

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Ta bl e 5 equates the read and write retry count with the maximum possible recovery time for read and write recovery of individual LBAs. The times given do not include time taken to perform reallocations. Reallocations are performed when the ARRE bit (for reads) or AWRE bit (for writes) is one, the RC bit is zero, and the recov ery time limit for the command has not yet been met. Time needed to perform reallocation is not counted against the recovery time limit.

When the RC bit is one, reallocations are disabled even if the ARRE or AWRE bits are one. The drive will still perform data recovery actions within the limits defined by the Read Retry Count, Write Retry Count, and Recovery Time Limit parameters. However, the drive does not report any unrecovered errors.

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Table 5: Read and write retry count maximum recovery times [1]

Read retry count

0 51.87 0 23.94

1 59.85 1 35.91

2 203.49 2 55.86

3 235.41 3 67.83

4 271.32 4 119.7

5 283.29 5 (default) 147.63

6 315.21

7 395.01

8 454.86

9 486.78

10 522.69

11 (default) 1,264.83

Maximum recovery time per LBA (cumulative, msec)

Write retry count

Maximum recovery time per LBA (cumulative, msec)

[1] These values are subject to change.

Setting these retry counts to a value below the default setting could result in an increased unrecovered error rate which may exceed the value given in this product manual. A setting of zero (0) will result in the drive not performing error recovery.

For example, suppose the Read/Write Recovery page has the RC bit set to 0, read retry count set to 4, and the recovery time limit field (Mode Sense page 01, bytes 10 and 11) set to FF FF hex (maximum). A four LBA Read command is allowed to take up to 271.32 msec recovery time for each of the four LBAs in the command. If the recovery time limit is set to 00 C8 hex (200 msec decimal) a four LBA read command is allowed to take up to 200 msec for all error recovery within that command. The use of the Recovery Time Limit field allows finer granularity on control of the time spent in error recovery. The recovery time limit only starts counting when the drive is executing error recovery and it restarts on each command. Therefore, each command’s total recovery time is subject to the recovery time limit. Note: A recovery time limit of 0 will use the drive’s default value of FF FF. Minimum recovery time limit is achieved by setting the Recovery Time Limit field to 00 01.

7.3 FC-AL system errors

Information on the reporting of operational errors or faults across the interface is given in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. The FCP Response returns information to the host about numerous kinds of errors or faults.

The Receive Diagnostic Results reports the results of diagnostic operations performed by the drive.

Status returned by the drive to the initiator is described in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. Status reporting plays a role in systems error management and its use in that respect is described in sections where the various commands are discussed.

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7.4 Background Media Scan

Background Media Scan (BGMS) is a self-initiated media scan. It performs sequential reads across the entire pack of the media while the drive is idle. In RAID arrays, BGMS allows hot spare drives to be scanned for defects prior to being put into service by the host system. On regular duty drives, if the host system makes use of the BGMS Log Page, it can avoid placing data in suspect locations on the media. Unrecovered error sites found during BGMS will be logged and recovered error sites will be logged or reallocated per ARRE/AWRE settings.

With BGMS, the host system can consume less power and system overhead by only checking BGMS status/ results rather than tying up the bus and consuming power in the process of host-initiated media scanning activ ity.

Since the background scan functions are only done during idle periods, BGMS causes a negligible impact to system performance. Background media scan will begin after 500ms of idle time. Other features that normally use idle time to function will function normally because BGMS functions for bursts of 800ms and then sus pends activity to allow other background functions to operate. Additionally, BGMS operates in segments of 400 block reads, checking for host commands upon completion of each of the block segments.

The BGMS function will complete any BGMS-initiated error recovery prior to returning to service host-initiated commands. Overhead associated with a return to host-servicing activity from BGMS only impacts the first com mand that interrupted BGMS. This results in a typical delay of about 4 ms.

7.4.1 Media Pre-Scan

Media Pre-Scan is an optional feature that allows the drive to handle unrecovered media errors that would otherwise have been found by the host system during critical data accesses early in the integration process at customer sites. This should reduce integration DPPM (defective parts per million) by identifying and repairing media errors that arose during shipping and handling. Media Pre-Scan replaces all host-initiated Write com mands with Write-Verify commands when the drive is accessing areas of the media yet untouched by BGMSinitiated scanning activity.

The drive will attempt to run BGMS on the entire pack of the drive. This will result in increasingly large portions of the drive having been accessed, provided there is adequate idle time to allow BGMS to run. During the PreScan period, all Write commands that are in areas not yet scanned by BGMS are converted to Write-Verify commands. To expedite the scan of the full pack and the subsequently exit from the Pre-Scan period, BGMS will begin immediately when the drive goes to idle during the Pre-Scan period, as opposed to waiting 500ms as is done under non-Pre-Scan conditions.

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8.0 Installation

Cheetah 15K.4 FC disc drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, switches, or terminators on the drive. Simply plug the drive into the host’s 40-pin Fibre Channel backpanel connector (FCSCA)

—no cables are required. See Section 9.5 for additional information about this connector.

Use the FC-AL interface to select drive ID and all option configurations for devices on the loop.

If multiple devices are on the same FC-AL and physical addresses are used, set the device selection IDs (SEL IDs) on the backpanel so that no two devices have the same selection ID. This is called the hard assigned arbi trated loop physical address (AL_PA). There are 125 AL_PAs available (see Table 27). If you set the AL_PA on the backpanel to any value other than 0, the device plugged into the backpanel’s SCA connector inherits this AL_PA. In the event you don’t successfully assign unique hard addresses (and therefore have duplicate selec tion IDs assigned to two or more devices), the FC-AL generates a message indicating this condition. If you set the AL_PA on the backpanel to a value of 0, the system issues a unique soft-assigned physical address auto matically.

Loop initialization is the process used to verify or obtain an address. The loop initialization process is performed when power is applied to the drive, when a device is added or removed from the Fibre Channel loop, or when a device times out attempting to win arbitration.

• Set all option selections in the connector prior to applying power to the drive. If you change options after applying power to the drive, recycle the drive power to activate the new settings.

• It is not necessary to low-level format this drive. The drive is shipped from the factory low-level formatted in 512-byte logical blocks. You need to reformat the drive only if you want to select a different logical block size.

8.1 Drive ID/option selection

All drive options are made through the interface connector (J1). Table provides the pin descriptions for the 40pin Fibre Channel single connector (J1).

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8.2 LED connections

A connector, J6, is provided on the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) to provide port bypass, drive active, and drive fault LED connections (see Figure functions.

Figure 14. Physical interface

15). See Sections 9.5.7, 9.5.8, and 9.5.9 for descriptions of LED

Drive Front

Pin 1

Reserved

Port A Bypass LED [1] Port B Bypass LED [1] Fault LED [1] Reserved Active LED [2] Reserved +5V Active LED [1] Ground [3]

[1] The drive has a 2.2K ohm resistor in series with this LED driver. Tie the minus side of an external high-effi-

ciency LED (i.e., 2ma) to this pin. Connect the plus side of the LED to +5V.

[2] An external current-limiting resistor is required when connecting an LED to this pin. The minus side of the

resistor/LED combination is connected to this pin. Connect the plus side to +5V.

[3] Jumper storage location (across pins 2 and 4).

Figure 15. LED indicator connector

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8.2.1 J6 connector requirements

Recommended mating connector part number: Berg receptacle, 6-position, Berg part number 690-006.

8.3 Drive orientation

The drive may be mounted in any orientation. All drive performance characterizations, however, have been done with the drive in horizontal (discs level) and vertical (drive on its side) orientations, which are the two pre ferred mounting orientations.

8.4 Cooling

The host enclosure must dissipate heat from the drive. You should confirm that the host enclosure is designed to ensure that the drive operates within the temperature measurement guidelines described in Section some cases, forced airflow may be required to keep temperatures at or below the temperatures specified in Section

6.4.1.

If forced air is necessary, possible air-flow patterns are shown in Figure 16. The air-flow patterns are created by fans either forcing or drawing air as shown in the illustrations. Conduction, convection, or other forced airflow patterns are acceptable as long as the temperature measurement guidelines of Section

6.4.1 are met.

6.4.1. In

Note. Air flows in the direction shown (back to front) or in reverse direction (front to back)

Note. Air flows in the direction shown or in reverse direction (side to side)

Figure 16. Air flow

Above unit

Under unit

Above unit

Under unit

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8.5 Drive mounting

Mount the drive using the bottom or side mounting holes. If you mount the drive using the bottom holes, ensure that you do not physically distort the drive by attempting to mount it on a stiff, non-flat surface.

The allowable mounting surface stiffness is 80 lb/in (14.0 N/mm). The following equation and paragraph define the allowable mounting surface stiffness:

K x X = F < 15lb = 67N

where K is the mounting surface stiffness (units in lb/in or N/mm) and X is the out-of-plane surface distortion (units in inches or millimeters). The out-of-plane distortion (X) is determined by defining a plane with three of the four mounting points fixed and evaluating the out-of-plane deflection of the fourth mounting point when a known force (F) is applied to the fourth point.

Note. Before mounting the drive in any kind of 3.5-inch to 5.25-inch adapter frame, verify with Seagate

Technology that the drive can meet the shock and vibration specifications given herein while mounted in such an adapter frame. Adapter frames that are available may not have a mechanical structure capable of mounting the drive so that it can meet the shock and vibration specifications listed in this manual.

8.6 Grounding

Signal ground (PCBA) and HDA ground are connected together in the drive and cannot be separated by the user. The equipment in which the drive is mounted is connected directly to the HDA and PCBA with no electri cally isolating shock mounts. If it is desired for the system chassis to not be connected to the HDA/PCBA ground, the systems integrator or user must provide a nonconductive (electrically isolating) method of mount ing the drive in the host equipment.

Increased radiated emissions may result if you do not provide the maximum surface area ground connection between system ground and drive ground. This is the system designer’s and integrator’s responsibility.

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9.0 Interface requirements

This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives. Additional information is provided in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number 77767496).

9.1 FC-AL features

This section lists the Fibre Channel-specific features supported by Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives.

9.1.1 Fibre Channel link service frames

Ta bl e 6 lists the link services supported by Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives.

Table 6: Link services supported

Typ e of frame Link service

Basic link service frames Abort Sequence (ABTS)

Basic link service reply frames Basic_Accept (BA_ACC)

Extended link service frames N_Port Login (PLOGI)

Extended link service reply frames Accept (ACC)

Fibre Channel Services Register FC-4 Types (RFT_ID)

Basic_Reject (BA_RJT)

Fabric Login (FLOGI) Logout (LOGO) Process Login (PRLI) Process Logout (PRLO) Read Link Status (RLS) Fabric Address Notification (FAN) Port Discovery (PDISC) Address Discovery (ADISC)

Third-party Process Logout (TRPLO)

Link Service Reject (LS_RJT)

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9.1.2 Fibre Channel task management functions

Ta bl e 7 lists the Fibre Channel SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol (FC SCSI FCP) task management functions supported.

Table 7: Fibre Channel SCSI FCP task management functions

Task name Supported

Terminate task No

Clear ACA Ye s

Target reset Yes

Clear task set Ye s

Abort task set Yes

9.1.3 Fibre Channel task management responses

Ta bl e 8 lists the FC SCSI FCP response codes returned for task management functions supported.

Table 8: FC SCSI FCP response codes

Function name Response code

Function complete 00

Function not supported 04

Function reject 05

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9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login

Ta bl e 9 identifies the required content of the N_Port Login (PLOGI) payload from an initiator.

Table 9: N_Port login (PLOGI) payload

Bytes

0-15 03 00 00 00 09 09 BB BB CF XX FS FS XX XX XX XX Common

16-31 XX XX XX XX PN PN PN PN PN PN PN PN NN NN NN NN

32-35 NN NN NN NN

36-47 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Class 1

48-51 XX XX XX XX

52-63 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Class 2

64-67 XX XX XX XX

68-79 SO SO IC IC XX XX FS FS XX CS XX XX Class 3

80-83 OS OS XX XX

84-95 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Reserved

96-99 XX XX XX XX

100-111 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Vendor

112-115 XX XX XX XX Versio n

X Indicates a four-bit (hex) field is not checked.

x Indicates a single bit is not checked.

BB BB-Credit. This field is not checked. The FC-AL drive uses BB-Credit of zero (0).

CF Common features. This binary field selects the common features requested by the initiator login.

MSB Continuously increasing offset Must = 1

Random relative offset Not checked. Port Login Accept will return a 0—not supported.

Valid version level x

N_Port/F_Port Must = 0, N_Port

Alternate credit model Must = 1

Other bits reserved xxx XX

FS Receive buffer field size. The FS field in the common and Class 3 parameters is checked for the range 128 < FS < 2,112 and a

multiple of four bytes. For multiple frame sequences, all frames but the last frame of the sequence must be this size. Only the receive buffer field size in the Class 3 parameters is used.

PN Port name (initiator’s)—saved with the login parameters. If a change of the port name/AL_PA address association is detected

during a Port DISCovery, and implicit logout occurs and the initiator returns a LS_RJT.

NN Node name. The node name is not checked or saved by the drive.

SO Service options Class 3 only.

MSB Class valid Must = 1

Intermix x

Stacked connection req. xx

Sequential delivery x

Other bits reserved xxx XX

IC Initiator control

MSB XID reassign xx

Proc Assc 10 or 11 causes the login to be rejected. Other values are accepted.

Other bits XXX

CS Concurrent sequences Must be a value greater than 0.

OS Open sequences per exchange Must be a value greater than 0.

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9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept

Ta bl e 10 identifies the N_Port Login access payload values.

Table 10: N_Port Login Accept (ACC) payload

Bytes

0-15 02 00 00 00 09 09 00 00 88 00 FS FS 00 FF 00 01 Common

16-31 00 00 01 F4 2P 00 00 CC CC UI UI UI 20 00 00 CC

32-35 CC UI UI UI

36-47 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Class 1

48-51 00 00 00 00

52-63 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Class 2

64-67 00 00 00 00

68-79 80 00 00 00 00 00 FS FS 00 FF 00 00 Class 3

80-83 00 01 00 00

84-95 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Reserved

96-99 00 00 00 00

100-111 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Vendor -

112 -115 00 00 00 00 Versio n

CC Bytes (23 and 24) and (31 and 32) are currently factory set to 04 CF respectively (subject to change).

FS Receive buffer field size. The drive returns and uses the receive buffer size from the N_Port Login Class 3 receive buffer.

UI Unique identifier. This 24-bit field is uniquely assigned to the drive. This same UI appears in the Port Name and Node Name

fields.

P Byte port identifier field.

1 P_LOGI received on Port A.

2 P_LOGI received on Port B.

9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login

Ta bl e 11 lists the process login payload data.

Table 11: Process Login (PLRI) payload

Bytes

0-15 20 10 00 14 08 00 20 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX

16-19 00 00 00 22

XX Indicates fields that are not used.

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9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Login Accept

Ta bl e 12 lists Cheetah 15K.4 FC process login accept payload data.

Table 12: Process Login Accept (ACC) payload

Bytes

0-15 02 10 00 14 08 00 21 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

16-31 00 00 00 12

9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login

Ta bl e 13 lists the fabric login payload from the drive.

Table 13: Fabric Login (FLOGI) payload

Bytes

0-15 04 00 00 00 09 09 00 00 08 00 08 40 00 00 00 00 Common

16-31 00 00 02 F4 2P 00 00 CC CC UI UI UI 02 00 00 CC

32-35 CC UI UI UI

36-47 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Class 1

48-51 00 00 00 00

52-63 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Class 2

64-67 00 00 00 00

68-79 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 40 00 00 00 00 Class 3

80-83 00 00 00 00

84-95 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Reserved

96-99 00 00 00 00

100-111 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Vendor -

112- 115 00 00 00 00 Version

CC Bytes (23 and 24) and (31 and 32) are currently factory set to 04 CF respectively (subject to change).

UI Unique identifier. This 24-bit field is uniquely assigned to the drive. This same UI appears in the Port Name and Node Name

fields.

P Port identifier field.

1 FLOGI originated on Port A.

2 FLOGI originated on Port B.

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9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login

Ta bl e 14 lists the required content of the Fabric Login Accept (ACC) payload from the fabric.

Table 14: Fabric Login Accept (ACC) payload

Bytes

0-15 02 00 00 00 09 09 BB BB CF XX FS FS R_ A_ T0 V_ Common

16-31 E_ D_ T0 V_ PN PN PN PN PN PN PN PN NN NN NN NN

32-35 NN NN NN NN

36-47 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Class 1

48-51 XX XX XX XX

52-63 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Class 2

64-67 XX XX XX XX

68-79 SO SO xx xx XX XX FS FS XX xx XX XX Class 3

80-83 OS OS XX XX

84-95 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Reserved

96-99 XX XX XX XX

100-111 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Vendor -

112- 115 XX XX XX XX Ver si on

X Indicates a four-bit (hex) field is not checked.

x Indicates a single bit is not checked.

BB BB-Credit. This field is not checked. The FC-AL drive uses BB-Credit of zero (0).

CF Common features. This binary field selects the common features requested by the fabric login.

MSB Continuously increasing offset x

Random relative offset x

Valid version level x

N_Port/F_Port Must = 1, F_Port

Alternate credit model Must = 1

Other bits reserved xxx XX

FS Receive buffer field size. The FS field in the common and Class 3 parameters is checked for the range 128 < FS < 2,112 and a

multiple of four bytes. The receive buffer field size in the Class 3 parameters is used. The drive uses the lower FS of Fabric Login Accept or N_Port Login when sending frames to an initiator.

PN Port Name. The fabric port name is saved with the login parameters. If a change of the port name is detected during a FAN, an

implicit logout occurs and a LS_RJT is returned to the fabric.

NN Node Name. The drive does not check or save the node name.

SO Service Options—Class 3 only.

MSB Class valid Must = 1

Intermix x

Stacked connection req. xx

Sequential delivery Must = 1

Other bits reserved xxx XX

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9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options

Ta bl e 15 lists the FC-AL options supported by Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives.

Table 15: FC-AL options supported

Option Supported

OPEN Half Duplex Accepted from another device.

OPEN Full Duplex Sent to open another device. Accepted from another device.

Private Loop Yes

Public Loop Yes

Old Port State No

Loop Position Ye s

Loop Position Report Yes

9.2 Dual port support

Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives have two independent FC-AL ports. These ports may be connected on independent loops or on the same loop. Port A and Port B may be connected in any order or combination.

• If both ports are connected on independent loops and hard addressing is used, the drive interface address is selected through the interface connector, both ports will seek the same loop address. If no conflict, both ports will have the same loop address.

• If both ports are connected in the same loop and hard addressing is used, at least one port will attempt taking a soft address to prevent an address conflict.

Note. When a Cheetah 15K.4 FC drive is connected in loops with previous Seagate FC drive products:

Barracuda 4LP FC (ST32171FC, ST34371FC, and ST34571FC) Barracuda 9FC (ST19171FC) Cheetah 4LP FC (ST34501FC) Cheetah 9FC (ST19101FC)

the connection of Port A and B for these products must follow the requirements in their product manuals.

Subject to buffer availability, the Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives support:

• Concurrent port transfers—The drive supports receiving transfers on both ports at the same time when the ports are on independent loops.

• Full duplex—The drive supports sending FCP_Data, FCP_RSP, FCP_XFR_RDY and ELS transfers while receiving frames on both ports.

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9.3 SCSI commands supported

Ta bl e 16 lists the SCSI commands supported by Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives.

Table 16: Supported commands

Command code Supported [4] Command name

00h Y Test unit ready

01h Y Rezero unit

03h Y Request sense

Y Extended sense

Y Field pointer bytes

Y Actual retry count bytes

04h Y Format unit [1]

07h Y Reassign blocks

08h Y Read

0Ah Y Write

0Bh Y Seek

12h Y Inquiry

Y Vital product data page (00h)

Y Unit serial number page (80h)

Y Implemented operating def. page (81h)

Y Device Identification page (83h)

Y Firmware numbers page (C0h)

Y Date code page (C1h)

Y Jumper settings page (C2h)

Y Device Behavior page (C3h)

15h Y Mode select (same pages as Mode Sense command shown below) [3]

16h Y Reserve

N 3rd party reserved

N Extent reservation

17h Y Release

18h N Copy

1Ah Y Mode sense

Y Unit attention page (00h)

Y Error recovery page (01h)

Y Disconnect/reconnect control (page 02h)

Y Format page (03h)

Y Rigid disc drive geometry page (04h)

Y Verify error recovery page (07h)

Y Caching parameters page (08h)

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Table 16: Supported commands (continued)

Command code Supported [4] Command name

Y Control mode page (0Ah)

Y Fibre Channel Interface Control page (19h)

Y Power control page (1Ah)

Y Information exceptions control page (1Ch)

1Bh Y Start unit/stop unit

1Ch Y Receive diagnostic results

Y Supported diagnostics pages

Y Translate page

Y Enclosure services page

1Dh Y Send diagnostics page

Y Supported diagnostics pages

Y Translate page

25h Y Read capacity

28h Y Read extended

Y Disable page out

Y Force unit access

N Relative address

2Ah Y Write extended

Y Disable page out

Y Force unit access

N Relative address

2Bh Y Seek extended

2Eh Y Write and verify

Y Disable page out

Y Byte check

N Relative address

2Fh Y Ver ify

Y Disable page out

Y Byte check

N Relative address

30h N Search data high

31h N Search data equal

32h N Search data low

33h N Set limits

34h N Prefetch

35h Y Synchronize cache

36h N Lock-unlock-cache

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Table 16: Supported commands (continued)

Command code Supported [4] Command name

37h Y Read defect data

39h N Compare

3Ah N Copy and verify

3Bh Y Write buffer

Y Write combined header and data mode (0)

Y Write data mode (2)

N Download microcode mode (4)

Y Download microcode and save modes (5)

N Download microcode with offsets mode (6)

Y Download microcode with offsets and save mode (7)

Y Firmware download option [2]

3Ch Y Read buffer

Y Read combined header and data mode (0)

Y Read data mode (2)

Y Read descriptor mode (3)

3Eh Y Read long

3Fh Y Write long

40h N Change definition

41h Y Write same

N PBdata

N LBdata

42-4Bh N Not used

4Ch Y Log Select

4Dh Y Log Sense

Y Support Log page (00h)

Y Write Error Counter page (02h)

Y Read Error Counter page (03h)

N Read Reverse Error Counter page (04h)

Y Verify Error Counter page (05h)

Y Non-medium Error Counter page (06h)

Y Temperature page (0Dh)

N Application Client page (0Fh)

Y Self Test Results page (10h)

Y Cache Statistics Counter page (37h)

Y Factory Log page (3Eh)

4E-4Fh N Not used

50h N XD write

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Table 16: Supported commands (continued)

Command code Supported [4] Command name

51h N XP write

52h N XD read

53-54h N Not used

55h Y Mode Select (10) [3]

56h Y Reserved (10)

Y 3rd party reserve

N Extent reservation

57h Y Released (10)

58-59h N Not used

5Ah Y Mode Sense (10) [3]

5B-5Dh N Not used

5E A Persistent reserve in

5F A Persistent reserve out

60-7Fh N Not used

80h N XD write extended

81h N Rebuild

82h N Regenerate

83-8Fh N Not used

A0h Y Report LUNS

C0-DFh N Not used

EO-FFh N Not used

[1] Cheetah 15K.4 FC drives can format to any multiple of four bytes per logical block in the range 512 to 704

bytes.

[2] Warning. Power loss during flash programming can result in firmware corruption. This usually makes the

drive inoperable. [3] Reference Mode Sense command 1Ah for mode pages supported. [4] Y = Yes. Command is supported.

N = No. Command is not supported.

A = Support is available on special request.

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9.3.1 Inquiry data

Ta bl e 17 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual.

Table 17: Cheetah 15K.4 FC inquiry data

Bytes Data (hex)

0-15 00 00 03** 12 8B 00 PP 0A 53 45 41 47 41 54 45 20 Vendor ID

16-31 [53 54 33 31 34 36 39 35 34 46 43]120 20 20 20 20 Product ID

32-47 R# R# R# R# S# S# S# S# S# S# S# S# 00 00 00 00

48-63 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

64-79 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

80-95 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

96-111 00 43 6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 28 63 29 20 32* *Copyright

112-127 30* 30* 32* 20 53 65 61 67 61 74 65 20 41 6C 6C 20 notice

128-143 72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20

* Copyright year (changes with actual year). ** 02 = SCSI-2 implemented with some SCSI-3 features (default).

03 = SCSI-3 implemented.

PP 50 = Inquiry data for an Inquiry command received on Port A.

70 = Inquiry data for an Inquiry command received on Port B. R# Four ASCII digits representing the last four digits of the product firmware release number. S# Eight ASCII digits representing the eight digits of the product serial number. [ ] Bytes 18 through 26 reflect model of drive. The table above shows the hex values for Model ST3146954FC.

Refer to the values below for the values of bytes 18 through 26 of you particular model:

ST373554FC 53 54 33 37 33 35 35 34 46 43

ST336854FC 53 54 33 33 36 38 35 34 46 43

9.3.2 Mode Sense data

The Mode Sense command provides a way for the drive to report its operating parameters to the initiator. The drive maintains four sets of mode parameters:

1. Default values

Default values are hard-coded in the drive firmware stored in flash E-PROM (nonvolatile memory) on the drive’s PCB. These default values can be changed only by downloading a complete set of new firmware into the flash E-PROM. An initiator can request and receive from the drive a list of default values and use those in a Mode Select command to set up new current and saved values, where the values are change able.

2. Saved values

Saved values are stored on the drive’s media using a Mode Select command. Only parameter values that are allowed to be changed can be changed by this method. Parameters in the saved values list that are not changeable by the Mode Select command get their values from default values storage.

When power is applied to the drive, it takes saved values from the media and stores them as current values in volatile memory. It is not possible to change the current values (or the saved values) with a Mode Select command before the drive achieves operating speed and is “ready.” An attempt to do so results in a “Check Condition” status.

On drives requiring unique saved values, the required unique saved values are stored into the saved values storage location on the media prior to shipping the drive. Some drives may have unique firmware with unique default values also.

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On standard OEM drives, the saved values are taken from the default values list and stored into the saved values storage location on the media prior to shipping.

3. Current values

Current values are volatile values being used by the drive to control its operation. A Mode Select command can be used to change the values identified as changeable values. Originally, current values are installed from saved or default values after a power on reset, hard reset, or Bus Device Reset message.

4. Changeable values

Changeable values form a bit mask, stored in nonvolatile memory, that dictates which of the current values and saved values can be changed by a Mode Select command. A one (1) indicates the value can be changed. A zero (0) indicates the value is not changeable. For example, in Table 81, in the row entitled “CHG.” These are hex numbers representing the changeable values for Mode page

81. Note in columns 5 and 6 (bytes 04 and 05), there is 00h which indicates that in bytes 04 and 05 none of the bits are changeable. Note also that bytes 06, 07, 09, 10, and 11 are not changeable, because those fie lds ar e all z eros. In byt e 02, h e x val u e FF eq uate s to the binar y pat tern 11111111. If the re is a zero i n any bit position in the field, it means that bit is not changeable. Since all of the bits in byte 02 are ones, all of these bits are changeable.

The changeable values list can only be changed by downloading new firmware into the flash E-PROM.

Note. Because there are often several different versions of drive control firmware in the total population of

drives in the field, the Mode Sense values given in the following tables may not exactly match those of some drives.

The following tables list the values of the data bytes returned by the drive in response to the Mode Sense command pages for SCSI implementation (see the Fibre Channel Interface Manual ).

18, refer to Mode page

Definitions:

SAV = Current saved value. DEF = Default value. Standard OEM drives are shipped configured this way. CHG = Changeable bits; indicates if default value is changeable.

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Table 18: Mode Sense data saved, default and changeable values for ST3146954FC drives

MODE SENSE (10 BYTE) HEADER DATA

00 ae 00 10 00 00 00 08 11 17 73 30 00 00 02 00

MODE SENSE PAGES DATA

SAV 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff

DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff

CHG 81 0a ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff 00 ff ff

SAV 82 0e 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 bc 00 00 00 00

DEF 82 0e 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 bc 00 00 00 00

CHG 82 0e ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 83 16 56 20 00 00 00 30 00 00 02 c2 02 00 00 01 00 aa 00 91 40 00 00 00

DEF 83 16 56 20 00 00 00 30 00 00 02 c2 02 00 00 01 00 aa 00 91 40 00 00 00

CHG 83 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 84 16 00 c6 88 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a a7 00 00

DEF 84 16 00 c6 88 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a a7 00 00

CHG 84 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 87 0a 00 0b ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

DEF 87 0a 00 0b ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

CHG 87 0a 0f ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

SAV 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00

DEF 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00

CHG 88 12 b5 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 a0 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 8a 0a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 4d

DEF 8a 0a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 4d

CHG 8a 0a 03 f1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 99 06 00 00 00 00 00 00

DEF 99 06 00 00 00 00 00 00

CHG 99 06 00 ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 9a 0a 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04

DEF 9a 0a 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04

CHG 9a 0a 00 03 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

DEF 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

CHG 9c 0a 9d 0f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

SAV 80 06 00 00 0f 00 00 00

DEF 80 06 00 00 0f 00 00 00

CHG 80 06 b7 40 0f 00 00 00

READ CAPACITY DATA

11 17 73 2f 00 00 02 00

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Table 19: Mode Sense data default and changeable values for ST373554FC drives

MODE SENSE (10 BYTE) HEADER DATA

00 ae 00 10 00 00 00 08 08 8b b9 98 00 00 02 00

MODE SENSE PAGES DATA

SAV 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff

DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff

CHG 81 0a ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff 00 ff ff

SAV 82 0e 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3c 00 00 00 00

DEF 82 0e 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3c 00 00 00 00

CHG 82 0e ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 83 16 2b 10 00 00 00 18 00 00 02 c2 02 00 00 01 00 aa 00 91 40 00 00 00

DEF 83 16 2b 10 00 00 00 18 00 00 02 c2 02 00 00 01 00 aa 00 91 40 00 00 00

CHG 83 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 84 16 00 c6 88 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a a7 00 00

DEF 84 16 00 c6 88 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a a7 00 00

CHG 84 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 87 0a 00 0b ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

DEF 87 0a 00 0b ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

CHG 87 0a 0f ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

SAV 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00

DEF 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00

CHG 88 12 b5 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 a0 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 8a 0a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 7e

DEF 8a 0a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 7e

CHG 8a 0a 03 f1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 99 06 00 00 00 00 00 00

DEF 99 06 00 00 00 00 00 00

CHG 99 06 00 ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 9a 0a 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04

DEF 9a 0a 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04

CHG 9a 0a 00 03 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

DEF 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

CHG 9c 0a 9d 0f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

SAV 80 06 00 00 0f 00 00 00

DEF 80 06 00 00 0f 00 00 00

CHG 80 06 b7 40 0f 00 00 00

READ CAPACITY DATA

08 8b b9 97 00 00 02 00

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Table 20: Mode Sense data default and changeable values for ST336854FC drives

MODE SENSE (10 BYTE) HEADER DATA

00 ae 00 10 00 00 00 08 04 45 dc cc 00 00 02 00

MODE SENSE PAGES DATA

SAV 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff

DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff

CHG 81 0a ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff 00 ff ff

SAV 82 0e 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3c 00 00 00 00

DEF 82 0e 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3c 00 00 00 00

CHG 82 0e ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 83 16 15 88 00 00 00 0c 00 00 02 c2 02 00 00 01 00 f0 00 91 40 00 00 00

DEF 83 16 15 88 00 00 00 0c 00 00 02 c2 02 00 00 01 00 f0 00 91 40 00 00 00

CHG 83 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 84 16 00 c6 88 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a a7 00 00

DEF 84 16 00 c6 88 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a a7 00 00

CHG 84 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 87 0a 00 0b ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

DEF 87 0a 00 0b ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

CHG 87 0a 0f ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff

SAV 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00

DEF 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00

CHG 88 12 b5 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 a0 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 8a 0a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 5b

DEF 8a 0a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 5b

CHG 8a 0a 03 f1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SAV 99 06 00 00 00 00 00 00

DEF 99 06 00 00 00 00 00 00

CHG 99 06 00 ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 9a 0a 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04

DEF 9a 0a 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04

CHG 9a 0a 00 03 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00

SAV 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

DEF 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01

CHG 9c 0a 9d 0f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

SAV 80 06 00 00 0f 00 00 00

DEF 80 06 00 00 0f 00 00 00

CHG 80 06 b7 40 0f 00 00 00

READ CAPACITY DATA

04 45 dc cb 00 00 02 00

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9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions

Ta bl e 21 lists various features and conditions. A “Y” in the support column indicates the feature or condition is supported. An “N” in the support column indicates the feature or condition is not supported.

Table 21: Miscellaneous features

Supported Feature or condition

Y FC-AL selective reset (LIP Reset)

N Automatic contingent allegiance

N Asynchronous event notification

N Synchronized (locked) spindle operation

Y Segmented caching

N Zero latency read

Y Queue tagging (up to 128 queue tags supported)

Y Deferred error handling

Y Parameter rounding (controlled by Round bit in Mode Select page 0)

Y Reporting actual retry count in Extended Sense bytes 15, 16, and 17

N Adaptive caching

Y SMP = 1 in Mode Select command needed to save RPL and rotational offset bytes

Table 22: Miscellaneous status

Supported Status

Y Good

Y Check condition

Y Condition met/good

Y Busy

Y Intermediate/good

Y Intermediate/condition met/good

Y Reservation conflict

Y Task set full

N ACA active

N ACA active, faulted initiator

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9.5 FC-AL physical interface

Figure 17 shows the location of the J1 Fibre Channel single connection attachment (FC-SCA) and the J6 connector. Figure 19 provides the dimensions of the FC-SCA connector. Figure 20 provides the dimensions of the J6 connector.

Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided within this section. The operational aspects of Seagate’s Fibre Channel drives are provided in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual..

Figure 17. Physical interface

9.5.1 Physical characteristics

This section defines physical interface connector.

9.5.1.1 Physical description

FIbre Channel drives may be connected in a loop together or with other compatible FC-AL devices. A maximum of 127 devices may have addresses; however, one of the addresses is reserved for a fabric port switch device. This means 126 addresses are available for FC-AL devices. More FC-AL compatible devices may physically reside on the loop, but they will not be functional because they would not be able to obtain valid addresses.

Port bypass circuits (PBCs) allow devices to be inserted into unpopulated locations or removed from the loop with loop operation recovery after a brief interruption. These PBCs are located external to the FC-AL device. Figure

18 shows the relationship between the PBC and FC-AL device.

Port Bypass

Circuit

From Previous

Port Bypass

Circuit N–1

Drive N–1

Drive

MUX

Select

SerialInSerial

Drive N

Out

To Next

Drive

Port Bypass

Circuit N+1

Drive N+1

Figure 18. Port bypass circuit physical interconnect

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9.5.2 Connector requirements

(

Table 23: Recommended mating SCA part numbers

Part description Positions Part number Features

AMP Vertical (SCA sequence) 40 787317-1

Berg 40 71781

Methode 40 512-220-91-101N

Molex 40 717431040

With polarization

The FC-AL SCA device connector is illustrated in Figure 19. The J6 connector is illustrated in Figure 20.

1.618 ± .003 in

(41.1 ± 0.08 mm)

in 20

in 40

.64 in

(16.24 mm)

1.28 in

(32.47 mm)

1.618 ± .003 in

(41.10 ± 0.08 mm)

1.492 ± .009 in

(37.90 ± 0.24 mm)

Mating end Housing

.05 in

(1.27 mm)

typ.

.025 in (0.635 mm)

Contact (typ.)

Pin 1

Pin 21

0.264+.007 in –.010 in

(6.71+0.18 mm)

(–0.25 mm)

0.197 ± .003 in

(5.00 ± .08 mm)

0.226 in

(6.50 mm)

0.106 ± .010 in

(2.70 ± 0.25 mm)

2 places

min.

0.394 ± .004 in

(10.0 ± 0.10 mm)

0.039 in

(0.75 mm)

0.051 ± .006 in

(1.30 ± 0.16 mm)

min.

0.024 in

(0.60 mm)

0.079 ± .010 in (2.00 ± .25 mm)

0.060 ± .010 in

(1.52 ± 0.25 mm)

min.

(initial point

of contact)

2 place

Figure 19. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions

.787

(19.99 mm)

.079 (2 mm)

.079

2 mm)

.708

(17.983 mm)

Figure 20. J6 connector dimensions

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9.5.3 Electrical description

Fibre Channel drives use the FC-SCA connector for:

• DC power

• FC-AL interface

• Drive select (device identification)

• Option selection

• Enclosure Services interface

This 40-pin connector is designed to plug directly into a backpanel. External cables are not required.

9.5.4 Pin descriptions

This section provides a pin-out of the FC-SCA and a description of the functions provided by the pins.

Table 24: FC-SCA pin descriptions

Pin Signal name Signal type Pin Signal name Signal type

1* -EN bypass port A Low Voltage TTL output 21 12 Volts charge

2* 12 Volts 22 Ground

3* 12 Volts 23 Ground

4* 12 Volts 24* +Port A_in FC Diff. input pair

5* -Parallel ESI 25* -Port A_in

[2]

[1]

26 Ground

TTL input 29 Ground

TTL input 30* +Port A_out FC Diff. output pair

[2]

TTL input 37 SEL_1 TTL input/output

[2]

TTL input 38 SEL_0 TTL input/output

6* Ground

7* Active LED out Open collector out 27* +Port B_in FC Diff. input pair

8* Reserved 28* -Port B_in

9* Start_1

10* Start_2

11* -EN bypass port B Low Voltage TTL output 31* -Port A_out

12* SEL_6 TTL input/output 32 Ground

13* SEL_5 TTL input/output 33* +Port B_out FC Diff. output pair

14* SEL_4 TTL input 34* -Port B_out

15* SEL_3 TTL input/output 35 Ground

16* Fault LED out Open collector out 36 SEL_2 TTL input/output

17* DEV_CTRL_CODE_2

18* DEV_CTRL_CODE_1

19* 5 Volts 39 DEV_CTRL_CODE_0[2TTL input

20* 5 Volts 40 5 Volts charge

*Short pins in mating backpanel connector.

[1] This pin may be connected to external logic to detect the presence of the drive. The drive connects this

pin to the common ground.

[2] Pins 9, 10, 17, 18, and 39 are option select pins and are tied high by the drive circuitry. The preferred elec-

trical connection at the backplane is either open or grounded (open for the ‘1’ setting, grounded for the ‘0’ setting). Alternatively, these pins may be driven by a 3.3V logic device, pulled up to 3.3V through a pull-up resistor (recommended size of 10k ohm), or grounded through some other means.

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9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers

.01

A typical FC-AL differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 21. The receiver is required to provide the AC coupling to eliminate ground shift noise.

Transmitter

Figure 21. FC-AL transmitters and receivers

Differential

Transfer Medium

100

.01

Receive

9.5.6 Power

Power is supplied through the FC-SCA with support for +5 volts and +12 volts. All of the voltage pins in the drive connector are the same length.

Four 12 volt pins provide +12 volt power to the drive. The current return for the +12 volt power supply is through the common ground pins. The supply current and return current must be distributed as evenly as pos sible among the pins. The maximum current typically occurs while the drive motor is starting.

Three 5 volt pins provide logic power to the drive. The current return for the +5 volt power supply is through the common ground pins. Distribute supply and return current as evenly as possible among the voltage and ground pins.

The mating connector pins use shorter contacts to achieve power surge reductions and to aid in “hot plugging” the drives. There are longer voltage contacts in the connector to enable the drive filter capacitors to charge. Current to the drive through the long charge pins is limited by the system in which the drive operates. Three of the +12 volt pins are shorter to allow capacitive pre-charging through the longer +12 volt charge pin. Two of the +5 volt pins are shorter to allow capacitive precharging through the longer +5 volt charge pin.

9.5.7 Fault LED Out

The Fault LED Out signal is driven by the drive when:

• the drive detects failure of both ports

• the drive detects an internal failure

• the drive receives the appropriate fault LED command from the host

The Fault LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the proper +5 volt supply through an appropriate current-limiting resistor. The LED and the current-limiting resistor are external to the drive.

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9.5.8 Active LED Out

The Active LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 25.

Table 25: Active LED Out conditions

Normal command activity LED status

Spun down and no activity Slow blink (20% on and 80% off a 2 sec cycle)

Spun down and activity (command executing) On

Spun up and no activity On

Spun up and activity (command executing) Off

Spinning up or down Blinks steadily (50% on and 50% off)

Format in progress, each cylinder change Toggles on/off

The Active LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the proper +5 volt supply through an appropriate current limiting resistor. The LED and the current limiting resistor are external to the drive.

9.5.9 Enable port bypass signals

The – Enable Bypass Port A (– EN BYP Port A) and – Enable Bypass Port B (– EN BYP Port B) signals control the port bypass circuits (PBC) located external to the disc drive. The PBC allows a loop to remain functional in the event of a drive failure or removal. When these signals are active, low, the PBC bypasses the drive on the associated port. When an Enable Bypass signal is active, the corresponding Port Bypass LED signal in con nector J1 is driven low by the disc drive. A pull down resistor, 1K, located with the PBC should be used to insure the bypass is enabled if the disc drive is not installed.

The Enable Bypass signal is active under failing conditions within the drive, on detection of the Loop Port Bypass primitive sequence, or on removal of the drive. In the bypass state the drive continues to receive on the inbound fibre. Enable Bypass may be deactivated by detection of a Loop Port Enable primitive sequence if the drive has completed self-test and a hardware failure is not present.

Failure modes detected by the disc drive that will enable bypass include:

• Transmitter/receiver wrap test failure

• Loss of receive clock

• Loss of transmission clock

• Drive interface hardware error

9.5.10 Motor start controls

The drive’s motor is started according to the Start_1 and Start_2 signals described in Table 26. The state of these signals can be wired into the backplane socket or driven by logic on the backplane.

Table 26: Motor start control signals

Case Start_2 Start_1 Motor spin function

1 Low Low Motor spins up at DC power on.

2 High Low Motor spins up only when SCSI Start command is received.

3 Low High Motor spins up after a delay of 12 seconds times the modulo 8 value

of the numeric SEL ID of the drive from DC power on.

4 High High The drive will not spin up.

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9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines

The SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines determine drive address, and, optionally, for an Enclosure Services Interface. When the Parallel ESI line is high, the enclosure backpanel must provide address information on the SEL line. Refer to table lines as the equivalent of a backpanel logic plug. The drives does not provide pull up resistors on these lines. The backpanel is required to provide high and low inputs to the SEL_ID lines per the specifications in table on page 71.

Note. Ta ble 27 gives AL_PA values for each SEL value. The first entry in the table is SEL_ID 00. The last

entry is SEL_ID 7D. SEL_ID 7E is AL_PA 00 which is not valid for an NL_Port, so is not included in the table. Also, SEL_ID 7Fh does map to a valid AL_PA; however, this value signals the drive that physical addresses are not being assigned using the SEL lines and that a “soft” address will be determined by FC-AL loop initialization.

When the Parallel ESI line is low, the enclosure backpanel logic switches to ESI mode if supported. There are two modes of ESI, seven bits of enclosure status and a bidirectional mode. ESI support and the mode are determined by the drive using a discovery process. Refer to the Fibre Channel Interface Manual for a descrip tion of ESI operation.

9.5.11.1 Parallel Enclosure Services Interface (ESI)

The parallel ESI line is an output from the drive. This line provides the enclosure with an indication of the present function of the SEL lines. A high level, the default state, indicates the drive requires address informa tion on the SEL lines. A low level indicates the drive is attempting an ESI transfer. The enclosure may not support ESI on any or all drive locations. It may only support the address function. Support of ESI is discovered by the drive. Refer to the Fibre Channel Interface Manual for a description of ESI operations.

27 for a mapping of SEL to FC-AL physical addresses (AL_PA). You can think of the SEL

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Table 27: Arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA) values

AL_PA (hex)

EF 00 00 A3 2B 43 4D 56 86

E8 01 01 9F 2C 44 4C 57 87

E4 02 02 9E 2D 45 4B 58 88

E2 03 03 9D 2E 46 4A 59 89

E1 04 04 9B 2F 47 49 5A 90

E0 05 05 98 30 48 47 5B 91

DC 06 06 97 31 49 46 5C 92

DA 07 07 90 32 50 45 5D 93

D9 08 08 8F 33 51 43 5E 94

D6 09 09 88 34 52 3c 5F 95

D5 0A 10 84 35 53 3A 60 96

D4 0B 11 82 36 54 39 61 97

D3 0C 12 81 37 55 36 62 98

D2 0D 13 80 38 56 35 63 99

D1 0E 14 7C 39 57 34 64 100

CE 0F 15 7A 3A 58 33 65 101

CD 10 16 79 3B 59 32 66 102

CC 11 17 76 3C 60 31 67 103

CB 12 18 75 3D 61 2E 68 104

CA 13 19 74 3E 62 2D 69 105

C9 14 20 73 3F 63 2C 6A 106

C7 15 21 72 40 64 2B 6B 107

C6 16 22 71 41 65 2A 6C 108

C5 17 23 6E 42 66 29 6D 109

C3 18 24 6D 43 67 27 6E 110

BC 19 25 6C 44 68 26 6F 111

BA 1A 26 6B 45 69 25 70 112

B9 1B 27 6A 46 70 23 71 113

B6 1C 28 69 47 71 1F 72 11 4

B5 1D 29 67 48 72 1E 73 11 5

B4 1E 30 66 49 73 1D 74 11 6

B3 1F 31 65 4A 74 1B 75 11 7

B2 20 32 63 4B 75 18 76 11 8

B1 21 33 5C 4C 76 17 77 119

AE 22 34 5A 4D 77 10 78 120

AD 23 35 59 4E 78 0F 79 121

AC 24 36 56 4F 79 08 7A 122

AB 25 37 55 50 80 04 7B 123

AA 26 38 54 51 81 02 7C 124

A9 27 39 53 52 82 01 7D 125

A7 28 40 52 53 83

A6 29 41 51 54 84

A5 2A 42 4E 55 85

SEL ID (hex)

Setting (dec)

AL_PA (hex)

SEL ID (hex)

Setting (dec)

AL_PA (hex)

SEL ID (hex)

Setting (dec)

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9.5.12 Device control codes

The drive inputs a Device Control Code on the DEV_CTRL_CODE lines at power up to determine the link rate on the Fibre Channel ports. Both ports run at the same rate. If the backpanel does not connect to these lines, the drive has 10K ohm pull up resistors that default the device control code to 7 (1.0625 GHz). Table lists the supported codes.

Table 28: Device control code values

2 (pin 17) 1 (pin 18) 0 (pin 39) Definition

0 Reserved for power failure warning.

1 Reserved for auto negotiation of link rate.

0 Reserved.

1 Reserved.

0 Reserved.

1 4.250 GHz operation on both ports.

0 2.125 GHz operation on both ports.

1 1.0625 GHz operation on both ports.

9.6 Signal characteristics

This section describes the electrical signal characteristics of the drive’s input and output signals. See Ta bl e 24 on page 66 for signal type and signal name information.

9.6.1 TTL input characteristics

Ta bl e 29 provides the TTL characteristics.

Table 29: TTL characteristics

State Vol tag e Current

Input high 1.9 < VIH < 5.5V IIH = ±500nA max.

Input low -0.5V < VIL < 0.9V IOL = ±500nA max.

Output high (-EN Bypass A, B) 2.4 < V

Output low (-EN Bypass A, B) VOL < 0.5V IOL < 3mA

Output high (-Parallel ESI) 2.4 < V

VOH > 0.9V

Output low (-Parallel ESI) 0 < VOL < .45V IOL < 2.4mA

Output high (all other outputs) 2.4 < V

VOH > 0.9V

Output low (all other outputs) 0 < VOL < .45V IOL < 1.6mA

< 5.25V IOH < -3mA

< 0.9 V

IOH < -2.4mA IOH < -500µA

IOH < -1.6mA IOH < -500µA

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9.6.2 LED driver signals

Fault and Active LED signals are located in the FC-SCA connector (J1) and through the indicator connector (J6). See Table

Table 30: LED drive signal

State Current drive available Output voltage

LED off, high 0 < IOH < 100µA

LED on, low IOL < -30 mA 0 < VOL < 0.8V

30 for the output characteristics of the LED drive signals.

9.6.3 FC Differential output

The serial output signal voltage characteristics are provided in Table 31. The outputs are not AC coupled in order to deliver maximum signal without rise and fall time degradation. You must AC couple the receiver to isolate potentially different DC characteristics of the outputs and the receiver.

Table 31: FC Differential output characteristics

Description Parameter Notes

Serial output voltage swing 600 < V

< 1300 mV Centered at 1.32V

out

Figure 22 provides the data output valid eye diagram relative to the bit cell time.

Bit Time

Vout (mv)

XMIT Eye

Figure 22. Transmit eye diagram

9.6.4 FC Differential input

The serial input signal voltage characteristics are provided in Table 32.

Table 32: FC Differential input characteristics

Description Parameter Notes

Serial input voltage swing 200 < Vin < 1.300 mV AC coupled

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Figure 23 provides the data valid eye diagram for typical and minimum requirements to recover data at the

specified interface error rate. The inputs are AC coupled on the drive.

941 ps

Vin (mv)

659 ps 376 ps

Figure 23. Receive eye diagram

Table 33: Eye diagram data values

Link rate

1 GHz 2 GHz 4 GHz

Bit time 941 ps 470 ps 235 ps

XMIT eye 725 ps min. 315 ps min. 1581/113

Typical 659 ps 305 ps 145 ps

RCV eye

Minimum 395 ps 226 ps 113 ps

1. Short Ideal load.

2. End of compliance channel.

Typical Minimu

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Index

Numerics

12 volt

pins 67 3rd party reserve command 57 5 volt pins 67

BGMS 42 buffer

data 8

space 13 busy status 63 bypass circuit 19 Byte check command 55 bytes per surface 11 bytes per track 11

Abort Sequence (ABTS) 47 abort task set function 48 AC coupling 67 AC power requirements 25 ACA active status 63 ACA active, faulted initiator status 63 Accept (ACC) 47 acoustics 37 active LED Out signal 68 Actual retry count bytes command 54 actuator

assembly design 7 adaptive caching 63 Address Discovery (ADISC) 47 addresses 64 air cleanliness 37 air flow 45

illustrated 45 Alternate credit model 49, 52 altitude 35 ambient 34 ANSI documents

fibre channel 5

SCSI 5 arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA) 43 arbitration 43 asynchronous event notification 63 audible noise 3 auto negotiation of link rate 71 auto write and read reallocation

programmable 8 automatic contingent allegiance 63 average idle current 25, 26 average rotational latency 11

Background Media Scan 42 backpanel 66 backplane 68 basic link service frames 47 Basic_Accept (BA_ACC) 47 Basic_Reject (BA_RJT) 47 BB 49, 52 BB-Credit 49, 52

cache operation 13 cache segments 13 Caching parameters page (08h) command 54 caching write data 14 Canadian Department of Communications 3 capacity

unformatted 11 capacity, drive, programmable 9 CC 50, 51 CF 49, 52 Change definition command 56 character sync 19 charge pins 67 check condition status 63 Class 3 parameters 49, 52 class B limit 3 Class valid 49, 52 clear ACA function 48 clear task set function 48 commands supported 54 Common features 49, 52 Company ID 50, 51 Compare command 56 Concurrent sequences 49 condensation 34 condition met/good status 63 connector

illustrated 65

requirements 65 continuous vibration 37 Continuously increasing offset 49, 52 control code values 71 Control mode page (0Ah) command 55 cooling 45 Copy and verify command 56 Copy command 54 CRC 19

error 18 CS 49 Current profiles 27 customer service 24

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data block size

modifing the 9

data buffer to/from disc media 12 data heads

read/write 11

data rate

internal 11 data transfer rate 12 data valid eye 73 Date code page command 54 DC power 66

requirements 25 defect and error management 39 deferred error handling 63 description 7 DEV_CTRL_CODE 71 Device Behavior page command 54 device control code values 71 Device Identification page command 54 device selection IDs 43 devices 43 dimensions 38 Disable page out command 55 disc rotation speed 11 Disconnect/reconnect control (page 02h) command

Download microcode and save modes (5) 56 Download microcode mode (4) 56 Download microcode with offsets and save mode (7)

Download microcode with offsets mode (6) 56 drive 37 drive active LED connection 44 drive capacity

programmable 9 drive characteristics 11 drive fault LED connection 44 drive ID 43 drive ID/option select headers 43 drive mounting 38, 46 drive orientation 45 drive select 66 driver signals 72 drivers and receivers 8 dual port support 53

electrical

description of connector 66

signal characteristics 71

specifications 25 electromagnetic compatibility 3 electromagnetic susceptibility 37

EMI requirements 3 enable bypass

port A 68 port B 68 signal 68

state 19 Enclosure Services interface 66 Enclosure services page command 55 environmental

limits 34

requirements 17 environmental control 37 error

detection mechanisms, FC 19

management 39

rates 17 error correction code

96-bit Reed-Solomon 8 Error recovery page (01h) command 54 extended link service

frames 47

reply frames 47 Extended sense command 54 Extent reservation command 57

fabric 52 Fabric Address Notification (FAN) 47 Fabric Login (FLOGI) 47 FAN 52 fault LED out signal 67 FC differential input 72 FC-AL

interface 43, 66

options supported 53

physical interface 64

SCA device connector, illustrated 65

selective reset 63 FCC rules and regulations 3 FCP

response codes 48

task management functions 48 features 8

interface 47 Fibre Channel documents 5 Fibre Channel Interface Control page (19h) 55 Fibre Channel Interface Manual 1, 3, 5 Fibre Channel Services 47 Field pointer bytes command 54 firmware 8

corruption 57 Firmware download option command 56 Firmware numbers page command 54 flawed sector reallocation 8 FLOGI

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received on Port A 51

received on Port B 51 Force unit access command 55 form factor 8 format 43 Format command execution time 12 Format page (03h) command 54 Format unit command 54 front panel 38 FS 49, 50, 52 function

complete, code 00 48

not supported, code 05 48

reject, code 04 48

Good status 63 gradient 34 ground shift noise 67 grounding 46

hard assigned arbitrated loop physical address

(AL_PA)

HDA 46 heads

read/write data 11 heat removal 45 host equipment 46 hot plugging the drive 19 humidity 34 humidity limits 34

IC 49 ID and configuration options 8 Implemented operating def. page command 54 Information exceptions control page (1Ch) command

Initiator control 49 Inquiry command 54 inquiry data 58 installation 43

guide 5 interface 43

commands supported 54

description 64

error rate 17

errors 18

illustrated 64

physical 64

requirements 47 interleave 8 intermediate/condition met/good status 63

intermediate/good status 63 Intermix 49, 52 internal data rate 11 internal defects/errors 39 internal drive characteristics 11

J1 connector 43 J6 connector 44, 45 Jumper settings page command 54 jumpers 43

latency

average rotational 11, 12 LBdata 56 LED driver signals 72 Link Service Reject (LS_RJT) 47 link services supported 47 Lock-unlock-cache command 55 Log select command 56 Log sense command 56 logic power 67 logical block address 13 logical block reallocation scheme 8 logical block size 8, 12 Logout (LOGO) 47 loop 64, 68

disruption 19

initialization 43 loop position

FC-AL options 53 loop position report

FC-AL options 53 LS_RJT 49, 52 LSI circuitry 9

maintenance 17 maximum delayed motor start 25, 26 maximum start current 25, 26 mean time between failure (MTBF) 18 media description 8 Media Pre-Scan 42 miscellaneous feature support

Adaptive caching 63

Asynchronous event notification 63

Automatic contingent allegiance 63

Deferred error handling 63

FC-AL selective reset 63

Parameter rounding 63

Queue tagging 63

Reporting actual retry count 63

Segmented caching 63

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SMP = 1 in Mode Select command 63 Synchronized (locked) spindle operation 63 Zero latency read 63

miscellaneous status support

ACA active 63 ACA active, faulted initiator 63 Busy 63 Check condition 63 Condition met/good 63 Good 63 Intermediate/condition met/good 63 Intermediate/good 63 Reservation conflict 63 Task set full 63

miscorrected media data 17 Mode select

(10) command 57 command 54

Mode sense

(10) command 57 command 54 data, table 58, 60

monitoring state 19 motor start

controls 68 option 12

mounting 46

holes 46

orientations 45 mounting configuration 38 mounting configuration dimensions 38 MTBF 17, 18

defined 18

N_Port Login (PLOGI) 47

payload 49

payload values 50 NN 49, 52 Node Name 52 Node name 49 noise

audible 3 noise immunity 27 non-operating 34, 35, 37

temperature 34 non-operating vibration 37

office environment 37 old port state

FC-AL options 53 OPEN Full Duplex

FC-AL options 53

OPEN half duplex

FC-AL options 53 Open sequences per exchange 49 operating 34, 35, 37 option configurations 43 option selection 66 options 10, 53 orientation 35 OS 49 out-of-plane distortion 46

P_LOGI

received on Port A 50

received on Port B 50 package size 36 package test specification 5 packaged 36 parameter rounding 63 pass-through state 19 PBC 64, 68 PBdata 56 PCBA 46 peak bits per inch 11 peak operating current 25, 26 peak-to-peak measurements 27 performance characteristics

detailed 11

general 12 performance degradation 35 performance highlights 9 physical damage 37 physical interface 64

description 64 physical specifications 25 PI 50, 51 pin descriptions 66 PN 49, 52 port bypass circuit 19, 64, 68 port bypass LED connection 44 Port DISCovery 49 Port Discovery (PDISC) 47 port identifier field 50, 51 port login 49

accept 50 Port Name 52 Port name (initiator’s) 49 power 67

dissipation 31

requirements, AC 25

requirements, DC 25

sequencing 27 Power control page (1Ah) command 55 power distribution 3 power failure warning 71

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Prefetch command 55 prefetch/multi-segmented cache control 12 Pre-Scan 42 preventive maintenance 17 private loop

FC-AL options 53 Proc Assc 49 Process Accept (ACC) 51 Process Login (PRLI) 47, 50 Process Login Accept (ACC) payload 51 process login payload data 50 Process Logout (PRLO) 47 programmable drive capacity 9 public loop

FC-AL options 53 pull down resistor 68

reliability 9

specifications 17 reliability and service 18 repair and return information 24 reporting actual retry count 63 Request sense command 54 reservation conflict status 63 Reserve command 54 Reserved (10) command 57 resonance 35 return information 24 Rezero unit command 54 Rigid disc drive geometry page

command 54 rotation speed 11 running disparity 19

queue tagging 63

radio interference regulations 3 Random relative offset 49, 52 RCD bit 13 Read buffer command 56 Read capacity command 55 Read combined header and data mode (0) 56 Read command 54 Read data mode (2) 56 Read defect data command 56 Read descriptor mode (3) 56 read error rates 17 Read extended command 55 Read Link Status (RLS) 47 Read long command 56 read/write data heads 11 Reassign blocks command 54 Receive buffer field size 49, 52 receive buffer field size 50 Receive diagnostic results command 55 receive eye

diagram 73 receivers 67 recommended mounting 36 Recoverable Errors 17 recovered media data 17 reference

documents 5 Regenerate command 57 Register FC-4 Types (RFT_ID) 47 Relative address command 55 relative humidity 34 Release command 54 Released (10) command 57

safety 3 SCA part numbers 65 SCSI interface

commands supported 54

Search data

equal command 55 high command 55 low command 55

Seek command 54 seek error

defined 18

rate 17 Seek extended command 55 seek performance characteristics 11 seek time

average typical 11

full stroke typical 11

single track typical 11 segmented caching 63 SEL ID 43

lines 69

standard feature 8 Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology

9, 19

Send diagnostics page command 55 Sequential delivery 49, 52 Service Options 52 Service options 49 Set limits command 55 shielding 3 shipping 23 shipping container 34 shock 35

and vibration 35 shock mount 46 signal

characteristics 71

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LED driver 72 single-unit shipping pack kit 10 SMART 9, 19 SMP = 1 in Mode Select command 63 SO 49, 52 spindle brake 8 Stacked connection req. 49, 52 standards 3 Start unit/stop unit command 55 start/stop time 12 support services 75 Supported diagnostics pages command 55 surface stiffness

allowable for non-flat surface 46 switches 43 Synchronize cache command 55 synchronized spindle

operation 63 system chassis 46

target reset function 48 task management functions 48

Abort task set 48

Clear ACA 48

Clear task set 48

Target reset 48

terminate task 48 task management response codes 48

Function complete 00 48

Function not supported 05 48

Function reject 04 48 task set full status 63 technical support services 75 temperature 34, 45

limits 34

non-operating 34

regulation 3

See also cooling terminate task function 48 terminators 43 Test unit ready command 54 Third-party Process Logout (TRPLO) 47 tracks per inch 11 tracks per surface 11 Translate page command 55 transmit eye diagram 72 transmitters 67 transporting the drive 23 TTL input characteristics 71

unique identifier 50, 51 Unit attention page (00h) command 54 Unit serial number page command 54 Unrecoverable Errors 17 unrecovered media data 17

Valid version level 49, 52 Verify command 55 Verify error recovery page (07h) command 54 vibration 35, 37 Vital product data page command 54

warranty 23 word sync 19 Write and verify command 55 Write buffer command 56 Write combined header and data mode (0) 56 Write command 54 Write data mode (2) 56 Write extended command 55 Write long command 56 Write same command 56

XD read 57 XD write 56 XD write extended command 57 XID reassign 49 XP write 57

zero latency read 63 zone bit recording (ZBR) 8

UI 50, 51 unformatted 9

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Seagate ST336854FC, ST3146954FC, ST373554FC User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1.0 Scope

2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation

2.1 Standards

2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility

2.1.1.1 Electromagnetic susceptibility

2.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance

2.2 Reference documents

3.0 General description

3.1 Standard features

3.2 Media description

3.3 Performance

3.4 Reliability

3.5 Formatted capacities

3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity

3.6 Factory-installed accessories

3.7 Factory-installed options

3.8 User-installed accessories

4.0 Performance characteristics

4.1 Internal drive characteristics

4.2 Seek performance characteristics

4.2.1 Access time

4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes)

4.2.3 General performance characteristics

4.3 Start/stop time

4.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control

4.5 Cache operation

4.5.1 Caching write data

4.5.2 Prefetch operation

4.5.3 Optimizing cache performance for desktop and server applications

5.0 Reliability specifications

5.1 Error rates

5.1.1 Recoverable Errors

5.1.2 Unrecoverable Errors

5.1.3 Seek errors

5.1.4 Interface errors

5.2 Reliability and service

5.2.1 Mean time between failure (MTBF)

5.2.2 Preventive maintenance

5.2.3 Hot plugging the drive

5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T.

5.2.5 Thermal monitor

5.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST)

5.2.6.1 DST failure definition

5.2.6.2 Implementation

5.2.6.2.1 State of the drive prior to testing

5.2.6.2.2 Invoking DST

5.2.6.2.3 Short and extended tests

5.2.6.2.4 Log page entries

5.2.6.2.5 Abort

5.2.7 Product warranty

6.0 Physical/electrical specifications

6.1 AC power requirements

6.2 DC power requirements

6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity

6.2.2 Power sequencing

6.2.3 Current profiles

6.3 Power dissipation

6.4 Environmental limits

6.4.1 Temperature

6.4.2 Relative humidity

6.4.3 Effective altitude (sea level)

6.4.4 Shock and vibration

6.4.4.1 Shock

6.4.4.2 Vibration

6.4.5 Air cleanliness

6.4.6 Acoustics

6.4.7 Electromagnetic susceptibility

6.5 Mechanical specifications

7.0 Defect and error management

7.1 Drive internal defects/errors

7.2 Drive error recovery procedures

7.3 FC-AL system errors

7.4 Background Media Scan

7.4.1 Media Pre-Scan

8.0 Installation

8.1 Drive ID/option selection