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Savvio 10K.2 SAS ST914680 2SS ST973402 SS.
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS ST914680 2SS ST973402 SS.
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Revision st atus summary sheet Rev isi on Dat e Note s Rev . A 06/23/0 6 Init ial releas e. Rev . B 10/23/06 None ..
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B i Content s 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Applicable standa rds and refer ence documentation .
ii Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 6.4.2 Relati ve humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.4.3 Effec tive altitud e (sea level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B iii List of Figures Figure 1. Savvio 10K.2 SAS disc driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. ST9146802 SS curre nt profile . . . . .
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1 1.0 Scope This m anual des cribes S eagate T ec hnology ® LL C, Savvio ® 10K .2 SAS ( Serial At tached SCS I) disc dr ives. Savvio driv es support the SAS Protoc ol specif ications to the extent de scribed in this manual.
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3 2.0 Applicable st andards and reference document ation The drive has been developed as a system pe ripheral to the highest standards of design and cons truction .
4 Savvio 10K .2 SAS P roduct Manual, Rev. B 2.1.2 Electromagn etic complia nce Seagate u s es a n independ ent labor atory to c onfirm comp liance with the di rectives/sta ndards for CE Markin g and C-Tick Marking. T he drive wa s test ed in a repre sentative sys tem for ty pical app licatio ns.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 5 2.1.3 Europ ean Union Restriction of Hazardous Subst ances (RoHS) The Euro pean Union Res triction of Haz ardous Su bstances (RoH S) Directi ve restricts the presence of chemical substances , includin g Lead (P b), in elec tronic products effective July 20 06.
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 7 3.0 Gen eral desc ript ion Savvio drives com bine giant ma gnetores istive (GMR) heads, partial r esponse/ maximum lik elihood (PR ML) read cha nnel el ectr.
8 Savvio 10K .2 SAS P roduct Manual, Rev. B 3.1 S t andard features Savvio drives ha ve the followin g standard fe atures: • Perpend icular re cordin g techno logy • 1.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 9 3.4 Reliabi lity • Annuali zed Failur e Rate (AF R) or 0.55% • Mean time between fai lures (MTBF ) of 1,600,000 hours • Balance d low mas s rotary voi ce coil ac tuator • Incorpo rates indus try-standard S elf-Mon itoring Ana lysis and Rep orting T echno logy (S.
10 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 3.8 Factory-i nst alled options Y ou may or der the followin g items w hich ar e incorporat ed at th e manufac turing fa cility du ring produ ction or packaged be fore shippi ng.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1 1 4.0 Performance characteri sti cs This sec tion prov ides detailed i nformatio n concerni ng perfor mance-re lated cha racterist ics and f eatures of Sa v - vio dri ves. 4.1 Internal drive chara cteristics ST914680 2SS ST973402 SS Drive capac ity 146.
12 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 4.2.2 Format c ommand execu tion time for 5 12-byte sect ors (minute s) 4.2.3 Genera l performance character istics ST9146802 SS ST973402SS Maximu m (with.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1 3 4.3 S t art/stop ti me The drive accepts the co mmands list ed in the SAS Interface Man ual less than 3 seco nds after DC power has been appl ied.
14 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Case B —A Rea d command reques ts dat a, and at least one reques ted logical bl ock is not in any segment of the ca che: 1.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1 5 When pre fetch (read l ook-ahead) is enabled ( enabled b y DRA = 0), the dri ve enables prefetch of c ontiguous blocks from the dis c when i t senses tha t a prefetch hit will l ikely oc cur . The drive d isables prefe tch when i t decides that a pr efetch hit is not lik ely to oc cur .
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1 7 5.0 Reliabili ty specificati ons The foll owing re liability specifi cations assume correct h ost and dr ive ope rational i nterface , includi ng all i nter - face timi ngs, powe r supply v oltages, envir onmental re quirements and drive m ounting c onstraints.
18 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 5.1.3 Seek e rrors A seek err or is defi ned as a fail ur e of the dr ive to pos it ion the he ads to the add re ss ed tra ck. Aft er dete cti ng a n initial seek er ror , the drive automatic ally perfo rms an error re covery p rocess .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 1 9 5.2.4 S.M.A.R. T . S.M.A.R.T . is an ac ronym for Se lf-Monitor ing Analys is and Reporti ng T echnol ogy .
20 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Reporting control Reportin g is cont r oll ed by the MRIE bits in the Inform ational Exceptio ns Control mode page (1Ch). Subject to the repo rting metho d, the firmw are w ill is sue to the h ost a n 01- 5Dxx sense code.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2 1 can be used to set this tr ip point. T he default va lue for this drive is 65°C, how ever , y ou can set it to any value in the range o f 0 to 65°C . If you s pec ify a temperatu re greate r t han 6 5°C i n th is fie ld, the te mpe ratur e i s rou nde d down to 65°C.
22 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 5.2.6.2.1 St a te of the d rive prior to testing The drive mus t be in a ready state before iss uing the Send Diagnost ic command. Th ere are multiple re asons why a d rive may not be ready , some of which a re valid conditions , and no t errors.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2 3 5.2.6.2.4 Log p age entrie s When t he d riv e be gi ns DST , it cr eate s a ne w ent ry i n th e S elf -te st Res ul ts Log page. T he new entry is c reate d by inser ting a new self-tes t parameter block at the b eginning o f the se lf-test res ults log parameter section of the log page.
24 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Product repair and return informat ion Seaga te customer service centers ar e the only facilities authorize d to servic e Seagate drives. S eagate does not sancti on any third- party repair facilities . Any unauthori zed repair or tamperin g with the factory seal voids the warranty .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2 5 6.0 Physical/ electrical spe cifications This sec tion pro vides inform ation rel ating to th e physical and electr ical char acteristic s of the dr ive. 6.1 AC power requirement s None. 6.2 DC power requirement s The voltage an d current re quiremen ts for a single dri ve are shown be low .
26 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Gen 3.5 L PSS mea sured data ( latest avai lable) plus 1 2V max star t current mar gins of . 15A for D C and .20A fo r AC. All othe rs hav e 10 % margin added. [1] Measure d with a verage r eading DC ammeter .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2 7 6.2.1 Condu cted noise immunity Noise is specifie d as a pe riodic an d random distributi on of fre quencies c overing a band fro m DC to 10 MHz. Maximum allowed n oise val ues given below are peak-to-p eak meas urements and app ly at the drive power conne ctor .
28 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Figure 3. ST9 73402SS current profi le Note: All ti mes and current s are ty pical. Se e T ables 12 an d 13 for maximu m current r equiremen ts.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 2 9 6.3 Power dissip ation ST91468 02SS in 3 G bit oper ation T ypi cal power di ssipation unde r idle con ditions in 3Gb op eration is 5.1 8 watts (17 .68 BTUs pe r hour). T o obtain operati ng power for typical random read opera tions, refer to the follo wing I/O rate curve (see Figure 4 ).
30 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 6.4 Environment al limit s T empe ratur e an d hum idi ty val ues exper i enced by the drive mus t be suc h that c ond ens ation does not occ ur on any drive part. Altit ude and atm ospheric pressu re specif ications ar e referen ced to a s tandard day at 58.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3 1 6.4.2 Relative h umidity The value s belo w assume tha t no co ndensatio n on the dr ive occur s. a. Operating 5% to 95% non -conden sing relat ive humidit y with a ma ximum grad ient of 20% per hour . b. Non-operati ng 5% to 95% non -conden sing relat ive humidit y .
32 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B d. Packag ed Disc driv es ship ped as loo se load (no t palletized) general fr eight will b e packaged to w ithstand dro ps from heights as defined in th e table below. For additio nal details r efer to Seag ate speci ficatio ns 30190- 001 (under 100 lbs/4 5 kg) or 30 191-001 (over 100 l bs/45 Kg ).
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3 3 6.4.4.2 Vibration a. Operating —normal The drive as installed for norm al operatio n, shall com ply with the co mplete specif ied perfor mance whil e subject ed to conti nuous v ibration no t exceedi ng 10-500 Hz @ 1.
34 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 6.4. 7 Aco usti cs Sound powe r during i dle mode shall be 3.1 bels typical when measur ed to ISO 777 9 specif ication. There will no t be any discrete tones more than 10 dB abo ve the masking noi se on typical drives when mea - sured ac cording to Sea gate specificat ion 30553-001 .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3 5 6.5 Mechanical spec ifications The follow in g nom ina l dimen sions are ex c lusiv e of the dec orat iv e fr ont panel acces sor y . Howeve r , dimensi ons of the front panel ar e shown in figure belo w .
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3 7 7.0 Defect a nd error ma nagement Seaga te continues to use innovativ e technolo gies to manage defects and errors. Th ese technolog ies are designed to increas e data integr ity , p erform d rive self -maintenanc e, and va lidate pr oper driv e operation .
38 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B The drive fir mware erro r recover y algorithms consists of 1 1 lev els for read re coveries and five leve ls for write. Each level ma y consi st of mul tiple ste ps, where a s tep is def ined as a recove ry func tion invo lving a s ingle re- read or r e- write at temp t.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 3 9 When t he RC bi t is one, r ealloc ations are dis abled even if th e ARRE o r AWRE bits are one. The driv e will still perform data rec overy action s within the limits defined by the Read Retry Co unt, Write Retry Cou nt, and Recovery T ime Limit param eters.
40 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Since th e backgroun d scan fun ctions a re only done during i dle periods , BMS ca uses a neg ligible impact to sys - tem perfo rmance.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4 1 8.0 Inst allation Savvio disc drive installation is a plug- and-play pr ocess. Th ere are no jumpe rs, switche s, or terminat ors on the drive. SAS dr ives are de signed to be used i n a host s ystem tha t provid es a SAS-com patible ba ckplane wit h bays designed to acco modate t he drive.
42 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 8.2 Cooling Cabinet c ooling must be des igned by th e custo mer so tha t the ambi ent temper ature imm ediately s urroundin g the driv e will not ex ceed tem perature c onditions s pecified in Sect ion 6.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4 3 8.3 Drive mounti ng Mount the drive using th e bottom o r side mo unting ho les. If y ou mount the drive using t he bottom holes, e nsure that you d o not phys ically di stort the dr ive by atte mpting to m ount it on a stiff, non-flat s urface.
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Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4 5 9.0 Interface re quirement s This section part ially descri bes the in terface requ irements as implemented on Savvio drives. Ad ditional in for - mation is provided in the SAS Int erf ace M a nua l (part number 100293071) .
46 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 9.2 Dual port support Savvio SAS driv es ha ve two inde penden t por ts. These ports m ay b e con nected i n the same or different SCSI domains . Each dr ive por t has a un ique SAS address. The two por ts run at the same link rate.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4 7 9.3 SCSI commands support ed T able 17 lists the S CSI co mmands s upported by Savvio drives. T able 17: Commands supported by Savvio SAS family drive Com.
48 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Last n De ferred Er rors or As ynchronous Events page (0B h) N Last n E rror Events page ( 07h) N Non-me dium Er ror page (06h) Y Pages Supporte d list (0.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 4 9 Read Capacity (10) 25h Y Read Capacity (16) 9Eh/ 10h N Read Defec t Data (10) 37h Y Read Defec t Data (12) B7h Y Read Long 3Eh Y Read Long ( 16) 9Eh/ 1 1h.
50 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B [1] Savvio dr ives can format to a ny multi ple of four bytes p er logica l block in the range 512 to 5 28 bytes . [2] W a rning. P owe r lo ss d ur in g fl ash pr ogr am ming can res ul t i n firmwa re corr upti on .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 5 1 9.3.1 Inquir y dat a T able 18 l ists the Inquir y comma nd data that the driv e should return to the initiator pe r the form at given in th e SAS Interfa ce Manual . T ab le 18: Savvio inquiry d at a * Copyri ght year (c hanges with act ual year).
52 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B On driv es requir ing unique saved va lues, the r equired unique sav ed value s are sto red into the save d val - ues storage loc ati on on the medi a pri or to sh ip pin g the dri v e. So me d rive s m ay hav e uni qu e fir m ware wit h unique de fault val ues also.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 5 3 T ab le 19: Mode S ense data change able and d efault val ues for ST91 46802SS d rives MODE DATA HEADER: 03 fa 00 10 00 00 00 08 BLOCK DESCRIPTOR: 11 17 7.
54 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B T ab le 20: Mode S ense data change able and d efault val ues for ST97 3402SS d rives MODE DATA HEADER: 03 fa 00 10 00 00 00 08 BLOCK DESCRIPTOR: 08 8b b9.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 5 5 9.4 Miscellaneous opera ting features and conditions T abl e 21 lists var ious fe atures and condit ions. A “Y” in the suppor t colu mn indica tes the fea ture or condi tion is support ed. An “N” i n the supp ort column indicate s the featu re or cond ition is not suppo rted.
56 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 9.4.1 SAS phys ical interf ace Figure 1 1 shows the locatio n of the SAS devi ce conne ctor J1 . Figures 12 and 13 provide th e dimensi ons of th e SAS connec to r . Details of the ph ysical , electric al, and logi cal charac teristic s are pro vided within th is secti on.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 5 7 Figure 12. SAS device plug d imensions 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.
58 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Figure 13. SAS devi ce plug dime nsions (det ail) 6.10 Detail A 0.30 0.05 x 45 (5X) 0.40 0.05 X 45 (3X) CORING ALLOWED IN THIS AREA. 2.25 0.05 4.85 0.05 0.10 B E S14 S8 4.40 0.15 SEE Detail 2 3.90 0.15 SECTION A - A SECTION C - C A 0.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 5 9 9.4.2 Physica l characte ristics This sec tion defi nes phys ical in terface co nnector . 9.4.3 Connec tor requirement s Contact you r preferred c onnector manufacturer for mating part information .
60 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B NC - No co nnection in the dr ive. 9.4.6 SAS tra nsmitters an d receivers A typic al SAS differenti al coppe r transmitt er and re ceiver pair is sho wn in Fig ure 14. The r eceiver i s AC cou - pling to e liminate ground shi ft noise .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 6 1 The Ready LED Out sign al is design ed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The an ode is attached to th e proper +3 .3 vol t s upp ly thr ou gh a n ap pr opri ate cu rren t limitin g r es istor. The LED and the cu rren t l imi ting r es i s - tor are ex ternal to the drive.
62 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 9.5.2.1.2 Receive eye mask Figure 15 d escr ibes the r ecei ve eye mas k. This eye m ask ap plies to j itter a fter the applic ation of a sing le pol e high-pass fr eque ncy- we igh tin g fun cti on that p ro gres siv ely att enu ates ji tte r at 20 d B/decade b el ow a fr eq uen cy of ((bit r ate) / 1.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 6 3 The le ading and trai ling edge slopes of fi gure 15 s hall be pres erved. As a result the amplitude value of Z 1 is less th an t hat giv en in table 2 8 .
64 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 9.5.2.2 T ra nsmit ter sig nal ch ara cteri st ics T able 27 specifies the signal req uirements at the tra nsmitter en d of a TxRx c onnecti on as measur ed into th e zero- length test load. Al l specif ication s are base d on differen tial mea surements.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 6 5 9.5.2.3 Receive r signal ch aracterist ics T able 28 de fines the co mplianc e point requir ements of the signal at the receiv er end of a TxRx con nection as measure d into the tes t loads spec ified i n figure 18 a nd figure 19 .
66 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B 9.5.2.3. 2 Receive r jitter t olerance T able 30 define s the amou nt of jitte r the recei ver shall tolerat e . 9.5.2.3.3 Compliant jitter test p attern (C JTP A T) The CJTP A T with in a comp liant protoc ol frame is used for all jitter t esting unles s otherw ise specif ied.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 6 7 9.5.2.4 Electr i cal TxRx connections TxRx conn ections may be di vided in to TxRx co nnection segments. In a single T xRx conne ction individual TxRx con.
68 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B A combina tion of a zero-l ength test load and the transm itter comp liance transfer function (TC TF) test load method ology is us ed for the spe cification of transmitter characteristi cs. This m ethodology spe cifies the trans - mitter sig nal at the test poi nts on the requi red tes t loads.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 6 9 Figure 18 shows the compli ance intercon nect test l oad. Figure 18. Complia nce interconn ect test load Figure 19 shows the zero-length test load. Figure 19. Zero-length t est load Figure 20 shows an ISI lo ss example at 3.
70 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Figure 21 shows an ISI lo ss example at 1.5 Gb ps. Figure 21. ISI loss ex ample at 1. 5 Gbp s 9.5.2.5 Receive r charac teristics The driv e receiv er is A.C. coupled. The re ceive n etwork te rminates t he TxRx c onnectio n by a 1 00 ohm equ iva - lent impe dance as specifi ed in table 31 .
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 7 1 10.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online serv ices Internet www .seagat e.com for informatio n about S eagate produc ts and servic es. Worldwide s upport is av ailable 2 4 hours d aily by e- mail for y our questio ns.
72 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Dat a Recovery Services Seagate offe rs data recovery service s for all fo rmats and all b rands of storage media. Our Data Recovery Ser - vices labs are curre ntly locat ed in North Americ a. T o speak wit h a case mana gement repres entative, call 1-800-4 75-0143.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 7 3 Seag at e Serv ice Cente rs T oll-free su pport numbers Call center Presales and T echnical Support W arranty Service Austri a — 00 80 0-47324289 Belgiu.
74 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B Seag at e Serv ice Cente rs Call center T oll-fre e Direct dial F AX Austral ia 1800-14-7201 — — China (M andarin) 1, 4 800-810-96 68 +86-1 0-6225-533.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 7 5 Inde x Numerics 12 volt pins 60 5 volt pi ns 60 A abort tas k set function 45 AC coupling 60 AC power require men ts 25 ACA acti ve status 5 5 ACA acti ve.
76 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B environme nt 42 environme ntal limits 30 requireme nts 17 environme ntal control 33 error managemen t 37 rates 17 errors 37 Europea n Union Res triction o.
Savvio 10K.2 SAS Produ ct Man ual, Rev. B 7 7 Task se t full 55 miscorr ec ted med ia data 17 Mode sense data, table 51 , 53 mounting 43 holes 43 orientat ions 41 mounting con fig uration 35 mounting .
78 Savvio 10K.2 SA S Produ ct Manual , Rev. B signal charac teristics 60 singl e-uni t shippi ng pack ki t 10 SMART 9 , 19 SMP = 1 in Mod e Select comma nd 55 spin dle brake 8 standa rds 3 start/s top.
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