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Prod uct Ma nu al Ch ee t ah 15 K.6 SAS 10046 6193 Rev . A Oc tober 2007 ST34 50856S S ST33 00656S S ST31 46356S S.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A i Cont ent s 1.0 S cope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 S tandards, co m plian ce and reference do cuments .
ii Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 6.4.1 T e mperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6.4.2 Relat ive humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 1 List o f Figur es Figure 1. Cheetah 15K.6 SAS disk driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. Typical ST3450856SS c urrent profiles .
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 1 1.0 S cope This ma nual describes S eagate T echnolog y ® LLC, Cheet ah ® SAS (Se rial Att ached SCSI) disk drives. Cheet ah drives support the SAS Protocol specificati ons to the exten t described in this manua l.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 3 2.0 S tandards, compliance and reference document s 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 ction.
4 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 2.2 C omplia nce 2.2.1 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 wa s tested in a repre sent ative system for typica l applications.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. 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 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 7 3.0 General d escri ption Cheet ah drives combine per pendicular re cording, gi ant magnetor esistive (GMR) head s, partial response/m ax- imum l ikelihoo.
8 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 3. 1 St a ndar d fea tu r e s Cheet ah drives have the foll owing st andard f eatures: • 1.5 / 3 Gb it Serial Att ached SCSI (SAS) interface • Integr.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 9 3.4 Reli abilit y • 1,600,00 0 hour MTBF (Ann ualized F ailure Rate (AF R) of 0.55% ) • Incorpor ates industry-st andard Self-M onitoring A nalysis a nd Reporting T echnolo gy (S.M.A.R.T .) • 5-y ear warra nty 3.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 11 4.0 Performance cha r acteristics This secti on pr ovides det ailed informa tion concern ing perfor mance-related ch aracteristics a nd features of Cheet ah drives.
12 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 4.2.2 For m a t command execution time (minut es) Executio n time measured from receipt of t he last byte of the Comman d Descriptor Block ( CDB) to the req uest for a S tatus B yte T ransfer to th e Initiat or (excluding connect/disconne ct).
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 13 The S T ART S T OP U NIT comm and m ay be used to comm and the dr i ve to st op the spindl e. S top tim e is 30 sec- onds (m aximum) from r emoval of D C pow er . There is no po wer control sw itch on the drive .
14 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 4.5.1 Cac hing write data W rite caching is a write operation by th e drive th at makes u se of a d rive buf fer stor age area where the da ta to be wri tten to the medi um is stored wh i le the drive pe rforms the W rite comman d.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 15 5.0 Reliabi lity specifi cati ons 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 rive mounting constr aints.
16 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , 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. A fter dete cting an initia l seek error , the drive automati cally perf orms an error recover y process.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 17 5.2.4 S .M.A. R.T . S.M.A.R .T . is an acronym for Self-Mon itoring Analysis and Repor ting T echnology .
18 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Re po rt i ng co ntr ol Reporti ng is controlled by the MRI E bits in th e Informa tional Excep tions Control mode page (1Ch). Subject to the repo rting method, th e firmw are wi ll issue to the ho st an 01- 5Dxx sense code.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 19 be use d to set this trip point. The d efault value for this drive is 68°C, however , you can set i t to any value in the range of 0 to 68°C. If you speci fy a tem perature gr eater than 68°C i n this fi eld, the temperature is roun ded down to 68 °C.
20 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 5.2.6.2. 1 S t ate of the dr ive prior to t esting The dr ive mu st be in a re ady state befor e issuing the Send Diagnosti c command. There ar e mult iple reasons why a drive may not be read y , some of which are valid conditio ns, and not erro rs.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 21 2. The Sel f-T est Result s V alue field is set to Fh 3. The dr ive will store the lo g page to non-volatile mem ory Af ter a self-test i s complete or has been ab orted, the drive upd ates the Self-T est Resul ts V alue field in its S elf- T est Results Log p age in non-volatile mem ory .
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 23 6.0 Physi cal/electrical spe ci fications This secti on pro vides infor mation re lating to the physical and electrical chara cteristics of the d r ive. 6.1 AC po wer requ irement s None. 6.2 DC po wer requ irement s The voltage and current requi remen ts for a single d rive are shown below .
24 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A [1] Measur ed with average readin g DC ammete r or equ ivalent sampling scope. Inst antan eous +12V curr ent peaks will exceed th ese values. Power supply at nomina l voltage. N (nu mber of drives tested ) = 6, 35 Degrees C ambien t.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 25 15,000 RP M. The ±5% must be maintained afte r the drive signi fies that it s power-up seq uence has been complete d and that the dr ive is able t o accept selection by the host initi ator . [3] See +12 V cu rrent pr ofile in F igure 2.
26 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Figure 2. T ypical ST3450856SS current profiles.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 27 Figure 3. T ypical ST3300656SS current profiles.
28 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Figure 4. T ypical ST3146356SS current profiles.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 29 6. 3 Po wer di ssipat ion ST345085 6SS in 3 Gbit o peration T ypical power dissi pation under idle co nditions in 3Gb opera tion is 12.67 watt s (43.23 BTUs per hour ). T o obtain oper ating power for typical rando m read operations, re fer to the following I/O rate curve ( see F igure 5).
30 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A ST3300656SS in 3 Gb it operation T ypical power dissi pation under idle co nditions in 3Gb opera tion is 1 1.19 watts (3 8.15 BTUs per hour). T o obtain oper ating power for typical rando m read operations, re fer to the following I/O rate curve ( see F igure 5).
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 31 ST3146356SS in 3 Gb it operation T ypical power dissi pation under idle co nditions in 3Gb opera tion is 9.59 watt s (32.72 BTUs per hour ). T o obtain oper ating power for typical rando m read operations, re fer to the following I/O rate curve ( see F igure 5).
32 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 6.4 Enviro nmental limi t s T emperatur e and humidity values exp erienced by the dr iv e must be such that cond ensation does not occur on any dr i ve p art. Altit ude and a tmospheric p ressure sp ecifications are reference d to a stand ard day at 58.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 33 6.4.2 Relative hu m idity The valu es below assume that no cond ensation on the dr i ve occur s. a. Operati ng 5% to 95% non- condensing r elative humidity w ith a max i m um gradie nt of 20% per h our . b.
34 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A d. Packag ed disk drives shipped as loose loa d (not palletized) general freight will b e p ackaged to withstand drops from hei ghts as de fined in the t able bel ow . For add i t ional de tails refer to Seagate specific ations 30 190-001 (under 100 lbs/45 kg) or 30191-001 (o ver 100 lbs/45 Kg).
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. 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 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Users shoul d use cau tion exposing an y electronic component s to uncontroll ed chemical pol lutant 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 allati on environmen t.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 37 Figure 10. Physical dimensions 26.1 1 MAX (1.028 MAX) 2X 20.14 (2X .793) 6.35 (.250) 24.00 (.945) 2X 28.45 (2X 1.120) 2X 70.05 (2X 2.758) 122.00 (4.803) 2X 130.05 (2X 5.120) 0.36 ( .014) 146.99 MAX (5.787 MAX) 131.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. 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 technologie s are designed to increase da ta integr ity , per form drive se lf-m aintenance, and val idat e proper drive o perati on.
40 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A The dr ive firmwa r e error recovery algor ithms consists o f 13 levels for read recove ries and five levels for write. Each level may consist of m ultiple steps, where a step is defined as a recovery functi on involv ing a sin gle re- read or re-write a ttempt.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 41 7. 3 SA S s ystem err ors Inform ation on the reporti ng of oper ational er rors or fau lts acr oss the interface is given in t he SAS Interf ace Manual . The SSP Respon se returns i nformation to the host about numerous kinds of e rrors or fault s.
42 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 7.6 De ferr ed A uto-Rea ll ocat ion Deferred Aut o-Realloc ation (DAR) simplifies reallocation al g orithms at the system leve l by allowing the drive to reall ocate un readabl e location s on a subse quent write command.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 43 8.0 Inst al lat ion Cheet ah disk drive i nstall ation is a plu g-and-play process. There a r e no jumper s, switches, or terminators on the dri ve. SAS drives are designed to be used in a host system t hat pr o vides a SAS-com patible backplane with bays designed to accommodate t he drive.
44 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 8.2 Coolin g Cabi net coolin g must be d esigned by the custom er so that the a mbient temperat ure immed iately surroun ding the driv e will n ot exceed temper ature conditio ns specified in S ection 6.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 45 8. 3 Dr iv e mo unti ng Mount the dr iv e using the b ottom or side mo unti ng holes. If you moun t the d ri ve u sing the botto m ho le s, ensu re that you do not physically disto rt the drive by att empting to mount i t on a stiff, non -flat surface.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 47 9.0 Interface requ i rement s This sect i o n par tially de scribes the i nterface r equireme nts as impl emented on Cheet ah drive s. Additional infor- mation is p rovided in the SAS Inter face Manu al (par t number 10029 3071).
48 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 9.2 Dual port su pport Cheet ah SAS drive s have two i nd epen dent po rt s. Th ese por t s may be co nnecte d in the same or dif fere nt S CSI domains. Each drive port has a unique SAS addr ess. The two port s run at the same link rate.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 49 9. 3 SC SI comm and s su ppor te d T able 8 list s the SCSI com mands supp orted by Chee tah drives . T able 8: Co mmands su pported by C heet ah 15 K.
50 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Non -medi um Erro r pa ge (06h) Y Page s Suppor ted list (00h) Y Rea d Erro r Counter pa ge (0 3h) Y Re ad Reverse E rror Cou nter page ( 04h) N Self-te.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 51 Reassign B locks 07h Y Recei ve Diagnosti c Result s 1Ch Y Supp orted D iagnostic s pages ( 00h) Y T ranslate p age (40h) Y Release 17h Y Relea se (10) 5.
52 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A [1] Cheet ah drives can format to 5 12, 520, 524, or 528 bytes pe r logical block. [2] Wa r n i n g . Power lo ss during flas h progr amming can result in firmware corru ption. This usually makes the driv e inoperab le.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 53 9.3.1 Inqu iry dat a T able 9 lis ts the In quiry command dat a that the dri ve shoul d return t o the initiator pe r the format given i n the SAS In terface Ma nual . T able 9: In qu iry dat a * Copyright year (changes with actual y ear).
54 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Select command be fore the drive a chieves oper ating spee d and i s “ready .” A n attem pt to d o so result s in a “Check Cond ition” sta tus.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 55 9.3.2.1 ST3 450856SS Mod e Sens e data MOD E DATA HE ADER : 01 2 e 00 10 00 00 0 0 08 MODE PAG ES: DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff CHG 81 0a ff f.
56 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 9.3.2.2 ST3 300656SS Mod e Sens e data MOD E DATA HE ADER : 01 2e 00 10 00 00 00 08 MODE PAG ES: DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff CHG 81 0a ff ff.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 57 9.3.2.3 ST3 146356SS Mod e Sens e data MOD E DATA HE ADER : 01 2e 00 10 00 00 00 08 MODE PAG ES: DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff CHG 81 0a ff ff .
58 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 9. 4 M iscel la neou s op erati ng fe at ures and con dit ions T able 10 lists va rious featur es and conditio ns. A “Y” i n the suppor t column indica tes the featu r e 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.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 59 9.4.1 SAS physical interf ace Figure 13 shows the lo cation of th e SAS devi ce conn ecto r J1. Figur es 14 an d 15 pr ovide the d im ension s of the SAS device. Det ails of the ph ysical, electrical, an d logi cal charac teristics are provide d w ithin t his section.
60 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Figure 14. SAS connecto r dimensions C OF DATUM B L 5.08 1.27 (6X) 1.27 (14X) 15.875 0.35MIN 15.875 33.43 0.05 B 4.90 0.08 0.84 0.05 (22X) 0.15 B P15 P1 S7 S1 SEE Detail1 0.30 0.05 (4X) 4.00 0.08 0.15 D 0.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 61 Figure 15. SAS connecto r dimensions 9.4.2 Physical charact er istic s This section defines physical int erface connector . 9.4.3 Conn ector req u irem ents Con tact you r preferre d connector m anufacturer for matin g part inform ation.
62 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 9.4.4 Electrical d escription SAS d rives use the d evice connector for: • DC power • SAS inte rface • Activity LED This conn ector is designe d to either plug directly into a backpanel or accept c ables.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 63 9.4.6 SAS transm itters and r eceivers A typ ical SAS differe ntial co pper tra nsmitter and r eceiver pai r is sh own in Figu re 16. The receiver is AC cou- pling to elimi nate groun d shif t noise. Figure 16.
64 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A The Re ady LED Out signa l is designed t o pull down th e cathode of an LED. The an ode is attache d to the proper +3.3 volt supp ly through an app ropriate current li miting resi stor . The LED and th e current li miting r esis- tor ar e external to the d r ive.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 65 9.5.2.1. 2 Rec eive eye m ask Figure 17 describes t he receive eye m ask. This eye mask ap plies to jitter af ter the applicati on of a singl e pole high-p ass frequency-wei ghting function tha t progr essively attenuates jitter at 20 dB /decade below a frequency of ((b it rate) / 1 .
66 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A The leading and tr ailing edge sl opes of figure 17 shall be preserved. As a result the a mplitude valu e of Z 1 is less than that given in table 17 and.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 67 9.5.2.2 T ran smitte r signa l characterist ics T able 16 specifies th e signal requ i reme nts at the tra nsm itte r end of a TxRx con nection as me asured into the zero-le ngth test load. All specific ations are b ased on differ ential measureme nts.
68 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 9.5.2.3 Receiver signal cha racteri stics T able 1 7 defines the compl iance point requirement s of the si g nal at th e receiver e nd of a T xRx connection as measur ed into the te st loads specified i n fi gure 20 a nd figure 21 .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 69 9.5.2.3. 2 Receiver jit ter to lerance T able 19 d efines the am ount of jitter the receiver shall tolerate . 9.5.2.3. 3 Compliant jit ter test p attern ( CJTP A T) The C JTP A T withi n a comp liant pr otocol fra me is used for all jitter te sting unless o therwise specifie d.
70 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A 9.5.2.4 Elect rical T xRx conn ections TxRx conn ections may be divid ed into T xRx connecti on segment s. In a sing le TxRx conne ction individual TxRx connection segmen ts may be formed from dif fering medi a and material s, including traces on printed wir - ing boa rds and opti cal fib ers.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 71 A com binatio n of a zer o-length t est load and the tran smitter compl iance transf er function (TCTF) test load method ology is use d for the specificat i on o f transmitter characteristics. This method ology specifies the trans- mitter signal at t he test point s on the required test l oads.
72 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Figure 21 shows the zero- l ength test load. Figu re 2 1 . Zer o-l engt h test loa d Figure 22 shows an ISI loss example at 3.0 Gbp s. Figure 22. ISI loss example at 3. 0 Gbps Figure 23 shows an ISI loss example at 1.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 73 9.5.2.5 Receiver characterist ics The driv e re ceiver i s A.C. coup led. The recei ve netwo r k termina tes the TxRx conne ction by a 1 00 ohm eq uiva- lent i mpedance a s specified in tabl e 20.
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Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 75 10.0 Seagate T echnolo gy suppo r t service s Inter net For info rmation regardi ng Seagate pr oducts an d services, visit www .se a gate.com . W orldw ide support i s availa ble 24 hour s daily by email fo r your questions.
76 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A Custo mer Se rvice Op eratio ns W arranty Ser vice Seag ate of fer s worldw ide custom er supp ort for Seagate pro duct s. Seagate distri butor s, OEMs and other direct customer s should cont act their Seagate Custom er Service Operation s (CSO) r epresent ative for wa rranty- related issu es.
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 77 Index Numerics 12 volt pin s 63 5 volt pins 63 A abort t ask set function 47 AC coup li ng 63 AC powe r requirem ents 23 ACA active status 58 ACA acti ve.
78 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A envi ronmenta l contro l 35 error manage ment 39 rat es 15 error s 39 F FCC rules and r egulations 3 feature s 8 interface 47 firmware 8 corrup tion 52 .
Cheetah 1 5K.6 SAS Prod uct Manual, R ev. A 79 noi se immunity 25 non-op erating 33 , 35 temper ature 32 non-op erating vibr ation 35 O offi ce environme nt 35 operat i n g 33 , 35 option sel ection 6.
80 Cheetah 1 5K .6 SAS Produ ct Manual , Rev. A T task man agement functions 4 7 Abort task se t 47 Clear ACA 47 Clear task se t 47 termina te task 47 task man agement response codes 47 Function compl.
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