Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ST3300656FC Seagate
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Prod uct Ma nu al Chee t ah 15 K.6 FC 10046 5943 Rev . A Oc tober 2007 ST34 50856F C ST33 00656F C ST31 46356F C.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A i Cont ent s 1.0 S cope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Ap p lic able standa rds and refe r e nce document ation .
ii Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 6.4.2 Relat ive humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6.4.3 E ffective altitude (sea level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A iii 9.6 S ignal ch aracteristic s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 9.6.1 T T L in put characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A v List o f Figur es Figure 1. Typical S T330065 6FC curren t profil es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 2. Typical S T314635 6FC curren t profil es .
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 1 1.0 S cope This ma nual describes Sea gate T echnolog y ® LLC, Cheet ah ® 15K.6 FC (Fibr e Channel ) disc dri ves. Che etah 1 5K . 6 FC dri ves suppo rt the Fibre Ch annel Arbitrat ed Loop and S CSI Fi bre Cha nnel Protocol sp ecifi- catio ns to the extent de scribed in this manual.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 3 2.0 Appl icable st andards an d reference docum ent ation The dr ive has been d evelope d as a system p eriphe ral to the hig hest st and ards of design and constru c tion.
4 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 2.1.2 Elect roma gn etic com plia nce Seag ate uses an i ndepend ent lab oratory to confirm comp liance with t he directi ves/stand ards for CE Ma rking and C-T ick Marking. The dr ive was tested in a r epre sent ative system for typica l applications.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 5 Seag ate also h as internal system s in place to en sure ongoing complian ce with the RoHS Direct ive and all laws and regu lations which restr ict chemical conte nt in el ectron ic products.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 7 3.0 General d escription Cheet ah 15K .6 FC drive s provide high perfor man ce, hi gh cap acity dat a stor age for a variety of system s includ- ing engi neering wor kstations, n etwork server s, mainframe s, and supercompute r s.
8 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 3. 1 St a ndar d feat u re s Cheet ah 15K.6 FC dr ives have the f ollowing st andard featur es: • Perp endicula r recordi ng techn ology • 4-Gbi t Fibr.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 9 3.3 P erform ance • Prog rammable multi-segme ntabl e cache buf fer • 800 Mb ytes/sec maximum inst antaneous d ata transfers per port • 15k R PM spindle ; average lat ency = 2.
10 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A • Single- unit shipping pa ck. The driv e is normal ly shipped in bulk p ackaging to provide m aximum prot ection against tra nsit damage. Unit s shipped ind ividuall y requ ire add itio nal pro tection as pr ovi ded by th e single unit shippi ng pack.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 11 4.0 Performance cha racteristics This secti on pr ovides det ailed informa tion concernin g perfor mance-re l a ted charact e risti cs and fe atures of Che etah 15 K .
12 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 4.2.2 Format co m mand ex ecution time (minutes) 4.2.3 Ge neral perf orma nce cha racter istics 4.3 St a rt/st op tim e If the Mot or S tar t option is disabled, the drive become s ready with in 20 seconds af ter DC power is app l ie d.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 13 the app li ca ble bytes i n pag e 08h. P refetch and cache oper ations are independent features f r om the stan dpoint that each is enabled a nd disabled .
14 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A If the numb er o f write dat a logical blo cks excee d the size o f the segm ent b eing wr itten into, wh en th e en d of the segment is re ached , the da.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 15 5.0 Reliabili ty specifi cations The follow ing reliab ility specificat ions assume correct hos t and driv e ope ration al int erface, inclu ding all i nter- face timi ngs, power supply volt ages, environ mental requi remen ts and d r ive m ounting constraint s.
16 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 5.1.3 Seek errors A seek err or is defined as a failure of the dri ve to pos ition the heads to the ad dressed track. Aft er detecting an initia l seek error , the drive autom atic ally perf orms an error recover y process.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 17 The Pass-thro ugh st ate is disabled while the drive perfo rms se l f test of the FC interface. T he control l ine for an externa l por t bypass cir cuit rema ins in the Enable By pass state wh i le self test is runnin g.
18 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Re po rti ng co ntr ol Reporti ng is controlled by the MRI E bits in the Info rmational E xceptions C ontrol mode page (1Ch). Subject to the repo rting method, th e firmw are will issue to th e ho st an 01-5D xx sense code.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 19 be use d to set this trip point. The default value for this drive is 68°C, how ever , you can set it to any val ue in the range of 0 to 68°C. If you speci fy a tem perature greater than 68°C i n this fi eld, the temperature is roun ded down to 68 °C.
20 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A • Motor will not spin • Motor will not lock to speed • Servo will not lock on track • Drive cannot rea d configurat i o n tables f rom the disc In these conditions, the d rive respond s to a T est Unit Rea dy command with an 0 2/04/00 or 02/04/03 co de.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 21 The dr ive will report the failur e condition an d LBA (if ap plicable) in the Self-test Re sults Log p a r ameter . The Sense key , A SC, A SCQ, and FRU are used to r eport the failure co ndition. 5.2.6.2.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 23 6.0 Physical/el ect rical specific ations This secti on pro vides infor mation re lating to the physical and electrical chara cteristics of the d rive. 6.1 AC po wer requ i r em ent s None. 6.2 DC po wer requ i r em ent s The voltage and current requir ements for a single d rive a re shown below .
24 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A [1] Measur ed with average r eading D C ammete r . Instan taneous +12V current peaks will exceed these val - ues. P ower suppl y at nomina l voltage. N ( number of drives tested) = 6, 35 Degr ees C ambient .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 25 347 I/Os per second for ST330065 6F C and S T3146 356FC models. Cu rrent and p ower specified at nomi - nal vol tages. [7] Duri ng idle, the dri ve heads are relocat ed every 60 seconds to a ran dom location within the band fr om three- quar ters to maximum track.
26 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Figure 1. T ypical ST3450856FC current profiles.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 27 Figure 2. T ypical ST3300656FC current profiles.
28 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Figure 3. T ypical ST3146356FC current profiles.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 29 6. 3 Po wer diss ipatio n ST3 450856FC T ypical power dissi pation under idle condi tions in 4 Gbit opera tion is 12.27 wat ts (41.9 BT Us per hour ). T o obtain oper ating power for typical rando m read opera tions, refer to the following I/O ra te curve (see Figure 4).
30 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A ST3 300656FC T ypical power dissi pation under idle condi tions in 4 Gbit opera tion is 10.69 wat ts (36.5 BTU s per hour ). T o obtain oper ating power for typical rando m read opera tions, refer to the following I/O ra te curve (see Figure 4).
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 31 ST3 146356FC T ypical power dissi pation under idle co nditions in 4 Gbit opera tion is 9.56 watt s (32.6 BT Us per hour ). T o obtain oper ating power for typical rando m read opera tions, refer to the following I/O ra te curve (see Figure 4).
32 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A b. Non -operating –40° to 1 58°F (–40° to 70°C) package ambi ent with a maximum gradient of 36°F (20°C) per hour . This speci fication assumes that th e dr iv e is p ackaged in the shipping cont ain er designe d by Seagate for use w ith drive.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 33 b. Operati ng—abno rmal Equipm ent, as in stalle d for norma l operat ion, does not incur physical damage while subjected t o intermit - tent shock not exceeding 40 Gs at a maxi mum du rati on of 1 1 msec (half sinew ave).
34 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Figure 8. Recommended mounting Z Y X Z Y X.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 35 6.4.4.2 V ibrat ion a. Operati ng—nor mal The dr ive as inst alled for normal oper ation, shall co mply wit h the comp lete specified perf ormance while subjected t o continuous vibr ation not exce eding 10–500 Hz @ 0.
36 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Users shoul d use cau tion exposing an y electronic component s to uncontrolled chemical poll utant s and corro- sive chemi cals as el ectroni c dr ive com ponen t reliab i lity can be af fected by the i nst allation environmen t.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 37 6. 5 M echa nica l s peci fic ation s The follow ing nominal dimensions ar e exclusive of the decorati ve front pa nel accessory . However , dime nsions of the front panel are shown in figure below . Refer to Figure 9 for deta iled mo unting configuration dimensions.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 39 7.0 Defect and error management Seag ate continues to use innovative techno logies to ma nage defect s and errors. T hese technol ogies are designed to increase da ta integr ity , perform drive se lf-m aintenance, an d validate pro per drive o peration.
40 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A The dr ive firmwa r e error recovery algor ithms con sists o f 13 levels for rea d recoveries an d five levels for write. Each level may consist of m ultiple steps, where a step is defined as a recovery functi on involvi ng a sin gle re- read or re-write a ttempt.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 41 [1] These va lues are subje ct to change. Setting these r etry counts to a value bel ow the default setti ng could result in a n increased unrecover ed error rate w hich may excee d the value given i n this pro duct manual.
42 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A service b y the host syste m. On r egular du ty drives, if the host system makes u se of the BMS Log Pag e, it can avoid pla cing data in suspect locations o n the medi a. Unreadable and recovered e rr o r sites will b e logged or reall ocated per ARRE/A WRE settings.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 43 7.7 Id le Re ad A fter Write Idle Read After Write (IRA W) utilizes idle tim e to verify the integrity of recently wr itte n data.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 45 8.0 Inst allatio n Cheet ah 15K.6 FC disc drive inst allation is a plug- and-play pro cess. There are no jumper s, switch es, or termi- nators on th e driv e. Simply plug the dr ive i n to the host’s 40- pin Fibre Channe l backp anel connector (FC - SCA) — no cables ar e requi red.
46 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A If forced ai r is necessary , possible air- flow patterns are shown i n Figure 10. The ai r-flow pa tterns are created by fans either forcing or draw ing air as shown in the illustrat ions.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 47 8.5 G round ing Signal ground (PCB A) and HDA groun d are connected t oget her in the drive an d cannot be sep arated by the user . The eq uipment in which the drive i s mounted is connecte d di rectly to the HDA and PCBA with no elect ri- cally isolating shock mounts .
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 49 9.0 Interface requ i rement s This secti on pa r tiall y describes the interface re quirement s as implemented on C h eetah 1 5K . 6 FC driv es. Addi- tion al informatio n is provided in the Fibre Ch annel Interf ace Manual ( part n umber 1002930 70).
50 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.1. 2 Fib re Cha n nel t as k mana gem ent fu nct ions T able 7 list s the F ibre Chann el SCS I Fibre Channel Prot ocol (FC SCS I FCP ) ta sk management functions sup- ported .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 51 9.1.4 Fibre Ch annel port login T able 9 identifies the required conten t of the N_Port L ogin (PLOGI) p ayload from a n initiator .
52 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.1.5 Fibr e Chann el port login accept T able 10 id entifies the N _Port Logi n access p ayload val ues. 9.1.6 Fibr e Chann el Process Lo gin T able 1 1 lists the process login payl oad dat a. XX Indicates fields that are not used.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 53 9.1.7 Fibr e Chann el Process Lo gin Accept T able 12 list s Cheet ah 15K.6 FC process log in accept p ayload dat a. 9.1.8 Fibre Ch annel fabr ic login T able 13 list s the fabric login payl oad fr om the dr i ve.
54 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.1.9 Fibr e Chann el fabric ac cept lo gin T able 14 list s the requi red conten t of the Fa bric Login Accept ( A CC) payload from the fabric.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 55 9.1.10 Fibr e Channel Ar bitrated L oop opt ions T able 15 list s the FC- AL options supported b y Cheet ah 15K .6 FC drives. 9.2 Dual port su pport Che etah 1 5K .6 FC drives have two inde pendent F C-AL po rts.
56 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9. 3 SC SI c omm and s su ppor ted T able 16 list s the SCSI co mmands sup ported by Cheet ah 15K.6 FC dr ives.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 57 Y V erify error recovery page (07h) Y Caching p arameters p age (08h) Y Control mode p age (0Ah) Y Fibre Channel Interface Control p age (19h) Y Power con.
58 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 32h N Searc h data low 33h N Set limits 34h N Pref etch 35h Y Synchronize cache 36h N Loc k-unlock-cache 37h Y Read defect data 39h N C ompare 3Ah N C opy.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 59 [1] Che etah 15 K.6 FC dr ives can format to 5 12, 520, 52 4 or 528 bytes per logical block. [2] Wa r n i n g . Power lo ss during fla sh programmin g can resul t in fi rmware co rruption. This usual ly makes the driv e inoperab le.
60 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.3.1 Inqu iry dat a T able 17 list s the Inq uiry command d ata that th e drive sh ould retur n to the initiator p er the forma t given in the Fibre Ch anne l Interface Manual . * C opyright year (changes with actual y ear).
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 61 On standa rd OEM drives, the saved values are taken from the default values list and store d into the saved values stor age location on the media p rior to shippi ng. 3. Current values Curren t values are volatile val ues being used by the drive to contro l i t s oper ation .
62 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A T able 18: Mode Sense data saved, default and changeab le values for ST3450856FC drive s MODE DATA HEADER: 00 be 00 10 00 00 00 08 MODE PAGES: DEF 81 0a c.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 63 T able 19: Mode Sense data default and changeable values fo r ST3300656FC drives MODE DATA HEADER: 00 be 00 10 00 00 00 08 MODE PAGES: DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff .
64 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A T able 20: Mode Sense data default and changeable values fo r ST3146356FC drives MODE DATA HEADER: 00 be 00 10 00 00 00 08 MODE PAGES: DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 65 9. 4 M iscel la neous oper ati ng fe atur es a nd c ondit ions T able 21 list s various featur es and conditio ns. A “Y” i n the suppor t column indica tes the featu re or con dition is support ed. An “N” in th e support co l umn ind icates the feat ure or con dition is no t supported.
66 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.5 FC -AL ph ysic al inte rface Figure 1 1 shows the location of t he J1 Fibre Cha nnel single con nection attachm ent (FC-SCA ). Figur e 13 pr o- vides the d i mensi ons of th e FC-SCA connector . Det ails of the ph ysical, electrical, an d l ogical characteristi cs are provide d within this secti on.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 67 9.5.2 Conn ector req u irem ents The F C-AL SC A device conn ector is il lustrated i n Figure 13. Figu re 13 .
68 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A T able 24: FC-SCA pin descriptions *Short p ins in mating backp anel connector . [1] This pin may be connecte d to external l ogic to d etect the presen ce of the drive. The drive conn ects this pin to the comm on ground .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 69 9.5.6 P ower Power is supplied through the F C-SCA with support for +5 volt s and +12 vo lts. All of the voltag e pins in the drive con nector are the sa me length. Four 12 volt pins provi de +12 volt power to the drive.
70 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.5.8 Active L ED Out The Ac tive LED Ou t signal is driven b y the drive as in dicated in T able 25. The Ac tive LED Out signal is design ed to pull do wn the cathode of an LED. T he anode is att ached to the proper +5 volt supply through an appr opriate current limi ting resistor .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 71 9.5.1 1 SE L_6 thr ough S EL_0 ID l ines The S EL_6 throu gh SEL_0 ID lines de termine dr ive address, and, option ally , for an Enclosure Servic es Inter - face. W hen th e Parall el E SI line is high, the en cl osure backp ane l must pr ovide add ress info rma tion on the SEL line.
72 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A T able 27: Arbitrated loop physical address (AL_P A) values AL_ P A (hex) SEL I D (hex) Setting (dec) AL_P A (hex) SEL I D (hex) Setting (dec) AL_P A (hex.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 73 9.5.12 Dev ice cont rol co des The dr ive input s a Device Con trol Code on the DEV _CTRL_C ODE lines at pow er up to de termine the l ink rate on the Fi bre Channe l port s. Both ports r un at the same rat e.
74 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A 9.6.2 LED d river sign als Fault and Active LED signal s are located in the FC-SC A connector (J1) . See T able 30 for the output character - istics of the L ED drive signals. 9.6.3 FC Diffe rential ou tput The ser ial output sign al volta ge character istics are provi ded in T able 31.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 75 Figure 16 provides the da ta valid eye diagram for typical and m inimum requ irement s to recover data at the speci fied inte rface err or rate.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 77 10.0 Seagate T echnology suppo r t ser vice s Inter net For info rmation regardi ng Seagate pr oducts an d services, visit www .sea gate.com . Wo rldwide support i s availa ble 24 hour s daily by email fo r your questions.
78 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Custo mer Se rvice Opera tion s W arranty Ser vice Seag ate of fer s worldw ide custom er supp ort for Seagate pro duct s. Seagate distri butors, OEM s and other direct customer s should cont act their Seagate Custom er Service Operation s (CSO) represent ative for wa rranty- related issu es.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 79 Index Numerics 12 volt pin s 69 3rd pa rty reserve comm and 59 5 volt pins 69 A Abor t Sequence (A BTS) 49 abort t ask set function 50 AC coup ling 68 AC .
80 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A D DAR 42 data he ads read/wr ite 11 data ra te inte rnal 11 data tr ansfer rate 12 data valid e ye 75 Date code page command 5 6 DC power 67 requir ements.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 81 flawe d sector re allocation 8 FLOGI received on Port A 53 received on Port B 53 Force unit acce ss command 57 form f actor 8 forma t 45 Form at command e.
82 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A Reporti ng actual r etry count 65 Segm ented caching 65 SMP = 1 in Mode S e lect command 65 Synchr onized (l ocked) spind l e oper ation 65 Zero latency r.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 FC Pro duct Manua l, Rev. A 83 Pref etch comman d 58 prefetch /multi - segme nted cache control 12 prevent i v e maintenanc e 15 priv ate loop FC-A L optio ns 55 Proc Assc 51 Process A .
84 Cheetah 15K .6 FC P roduct Man ual, Rev. A single-un it shipping pack kit 1 0 SMART 9 , 17 SMP = 1 in Mode S e lect command 65 SO 51 , 54 spindl e brake 8 Stacked connection r eq.
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