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Prod uct Ma nu al Savvi o ® 10K. 2 SAS 10038 4760 Rev . D Aug ust 2007 ST91 46 802S S ST97 34 02SS.
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D i Cont ent s 1.0 S cope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Ap plicable standard s and refe rence docume ntation .
ii Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 6.4.2 Relat ive hum idity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.4.3 E ffective altitude (sea level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D iii List o f Fi gures Figure 1. Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. ST9 146802S S current pr ofile . . .
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 1 1.0 S cope This ma nual de scribes Sea gate T echnolog y ® LLC, S avvio ® 10K .2 SAS (Ser ial Atta ched SC SI) disc drives. Savvio drives suppo rt the SAS Protocol specificati o ns to the extent described in this manu al.
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 3 2.0 Appl icable st andards an d refer ence docu ment ation The dr ive has been d evelope d as a system p eriphe ral to the hig hest st and ards of desig n and constru ction.
4 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 2.1.2 Elect roma gn etic com plia nce Seag ate uses an i ndepend ent lab oratory to confirm comp liance w ith the di rectives/st and ards for C E Ma rking and C-T ick Ma rking. The dr ive wa s tested in a repre sent ative system for typica l applications.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 5 2.1.3 Eur opean Union R estr iction of Ha zardou s Sub st ances (R oHS) The Euro pean Union R estr iction of H azard ous Subst ance s (RoHS ) Dire ctive re stri ct s the p resen ce of ch emical subst ances, in cluding L ead (Pb), in e lectron ic prod ucts ef fective July 200 6.
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 7 3.0 General d escription Savvio dr ives com bine T unnel ing Magn etore sistive (T MR) heads an d a Seri al Att ached SCS I (SAS) interface to pro vide hig.
8 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 3. 1 St and ar d fea tu r e s Savvio d rives have the followi ng stan dard featu res: • Perp endicular recording techno logy • 1.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 9 3.4 Reli abilit y • Annua lized Fa ilure Ra te (A FR) or 0 .55% • Mean ti me betwe en failur es (MTB F) of 1 ,600,000 ho urs • Balanced low ma ss rotar y voice coil actuator • Incorpor ates in dustry-st andard Sel f-Monitor ing Analysi s and Repo rting T echnology (S .
10 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 3.8 Fa ctor y-ins talled opti ons Y ou m ay order the followin g items which are incor porated at the manufacturing facility durin g production or packa ged before shipping .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 11 4.0 Performance cha racteristics This secti on provi des de ta iled i nformati on co ncern ing perf orm ance- rel ate d chara cteristics an d featur es of Sav - vio drives. 4.1 Int e rn al driv e char act eris tic s ST9146802SS ST973402SS Drive capacity 146.
12 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 4.2.2 For mat co mmand execut ion tim e for 512-byt e se ctors (mi nutes) 4.2.3 Ge neral perf orma nce cha racter istics ST9146802SS ST973402SS Max i mu m .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 13 4.3 St art/ stop time The drive accep ts the comm ands listed in the SAS Interface Manual less than 3 seconds af ter DC power has been ap plied.
14 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Case B —A Read comman d requests dat a, and at least one requ ested logical block is not in any segment of the cache : 1.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 15 When prefetch (read l ook-ahe ad) is enabl ed (enab led by DRA = 0), the d rive e nables prefe tch o f contiguous blocks from the d isc when it sen ses that a prefetch hi t will likely occur . The drive disables prefetch when it decides tha t a pr efetch hit is no t likel y to occur .
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 17 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 inter - face timi ngs, power supply volt ages, environ mental requir ements and dri ve mounting constraint s.
18 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 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 addresse d track. Aft er dete cting an initia l seek error , the driv e automati call y perf orms an error recovery process.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 19 5.2.4 S .M.A. R.T . S.M.A.R .T . is an acronym for Se lf-Mon itoring Analysis and Repor ting T echno logy .
20 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Re po rt ing cont rol Reporti ng is controlled by th e MRIE bits in the Info rma tional Excep tions Con trol mode p age (1C h). Subj ect to the repo rting me thod, the fi rmware wi ll issue to the ho st an 01- 5Dxx sense code.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 21 can be used to set th is t rip poin t. The defau lt val ue for this drive is 65°C, how eve r , you can set it to an y value i n the range of 0 to 65°C. If you specify a tempera ture great e r than 65°C in this fiel d, the temperat ure is roun ded down to 6 5°C.
22 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 5.2.6.2. 1 S t ate of t he drive p rior to t esting The dr ive mu st be in a re ady st ate befor e issuing the Send Diagnos tic command. Ther e are mu ltiple re asons why a drive may not be read y , some of which are valid conditio ns, and not erro rs.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 23 5.2.6.2. 4 Log p age entrie s When the dr ive b egins DST , it create s a new entr y in the Se lf-test Result s Log page. The new ent ry is created by i nserti ng a new self -te st p ar ame ter block a t the beg i nning of t he se l f-test resu lts l og p a rameter section of the log p age .
24 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Produ ct rep ai r and ret urn info rmatio n Seag ate customer service centers are the only facilit ies authorized to service Seag ate drives. Seagate does not sanct ion any third -part y repair facilities. Any unau thor ized re pair or t ampering with the facto ry seal voids the w arranty .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 25 6.0 Physical/el ectrical spe cifications This secti on pro vides infor mation re lating to the physical and electrica l chara cteristics o f the driv e. 6.1 AC po wer re qu ir em ent s None. 6.2 DC po wer re qu ir em ent s The volta ge and current r equir ements for a s ingle d rive a re show n below .
26 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Ge n 3. 5 L PSS me as ured d ata (la te st ava ila bl e) pl us 12V ma x s tar t c ur rent m argi ns of .15A f or D C an d .20A fo r AC. All ot hers h av e 10 % ma r gi n ad de d. [1] Measur ed with average r eadin g DC ammete r .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 27 6.2.1 Cond ucted nois e immu nity Noise is specifi ed as a per iodic and random distr ibution of fre quencies cover ing a ba nd from DC to 1 0 MHz. Maximum allowed noise valu es given below ar e peak-to- peak measu rement s and apply at the d rive p ower connector .
28 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Figure 3. ST973402SS cur rent profile Not e: All ti mes and currents are typical. See T ables 12 and 13 for maximum current requirements.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 29 6. 3 Po wer di ssi p atio n ST914680 2SS in 3 Gbit ope ration T ypical power dissip ation under idle co nditions in 3Gb o peration i s 5.18 watt s (17.68 BTU s per hour ). T o obta in operating powe r for typical rando m read opera tions, re fer to the following I/O ra te curve (s ee Figure 4 ).
30 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 6.4 Enviro nmental li mit s T emper ature and hum idity values exp erienced by the dr iv e must be such t hat condensation does not occur on any dr ive p art. A ltitude a nd atmosp heric p ressure sp ecificati ons are reference d to a stand ard day at 58.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 31 6.4.2 Rela tive hu midity The valu es below assume that n o cond ensation on th e drive occurs. a. Operati ng 5% to 95% non- condensing r elative hu midity wi th a max imum g radient of 2 0% per h our . b.
32 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D d. Packag ed Disc drives shipped as loose load ( not palletized) general freight will be p ackag ed to withst and dr ops fr om hei ghts as de fined in t he tabl e below . Fo r addit ional de tails refer to Seaga te specifica tions 30 190-001 (under 100 l bs/45 kg) or 30191-00 1 (o ver 100 lbs/45 Kg).
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 33 6.4.4.2 V ibration a. Operati ng—nor mal The dr ive as inst alled for normal oper ation, shall co mply wit h the comp lete specifie d perf ormance w hile subjected t o contin uous vibrati on not exce eding 1-500 Hz @ 0.
34 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 6.4.7 A cous tics Soun d power dur ing idle m ode shal l be 3.1 be ls typical when mea sured to ISO 77 79 specifica tion. Ther e will not be any d iscrete to nes more tha n 10 dB above the masking noi se on typical drives wh en mea - sured ac cording to Seaga te specificat ion 305 53-001.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 35 6. 5 M ec hani cal spe cif icat ion s The follow ing nominal dimensions ar e exclusive of the decorative fron t pa nel accessory . However , dime nsions of the front panel are shown in figure below . Refer to Fig ure 8 for det a iled mo unting configuration dime nsions.
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 37 7.0 Defect and error management Seag ate continues to use innovative techno logies to ma nage defect s and erro rs. These tech nologie s are designed to incre ase data integr ity , per form drive se lf-m aintenance, an d validat e pro per dri ve opera tion.
38 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D The drive firmware error recove ry algor ithms consist s of 1 1 level s for read reco veries and five levels for writ e. Each level may consist of m ultiple steps, where a step is defined as a re covery function involving a sin gle re- read or re- write a ttempt.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 39 When the RC bit is one , reallocations ar e disabled even if the ARRE or A W RE bits are one. T he drive will still perfor m dat a re covery actions withi n the li mits d efined by the Read Retr y Count, W r ite Retry Co unt, and Recovery T ime Lim it p arameter s.
40 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Since the backgr ound scan functi on s ar e o nly don e d uring idle p eri od s, BMS cau ses a neg ligib le imp a ct to sys - tem perfo rma nce.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 41 8.0 Inst allation Savvio disc dri ve insta llati on is a p lug-a nd-play process. There are no jumpe rs, switch es, or te rminators on the driv e. SAS drives are designed to be used in a host system t hat provides a SAS-comp atible backplan e with bays designed to acco modate the dr ive.
42 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 8.2 Coolin g Cabi net coolin g must be d esigned by the custom er so that the a mbient temp erat ure immed iately sur rounding the driv e will n ot exceed tem perature conditio ns specifie d in Section 6.4.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 43 8. 3 Driv 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 no t physically disto rt the dr ive by att empting to m ount it on a stif f, non-fl at surface.
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Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 45 9.0 Interface requ irement s This se ction p artiall y describe s the interface req uirement s as i mplement ed on Savvi o drives. Addi tional i nfor - mation is p rovided in the SAS Inter face Manu al (par t number 100293071) .
46 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 9.2 Dual po rt supp or t Savvio S AS drives hav e two indepen dent por ts. These ports may be conn ected in the sam e or differ ent SCSI domains. Eac h drive port has a unique SAS address. The two port s run at the same l ink rate.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 47 9. 3 SCSI c omm and s su pp orte d T able 17 li sts th e SCSI co mmands sup ported by S avvio driv es. T a ble 17: Co mmand s supp orted by Sa vvio SAS fa.
48 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Last n De ferr ed Errors or Asynchro nous Even ts pa ge (0 Bh) N Last n E rror Events page ( 07h) N Non -medi um Error p a ge (06h) Y Page s Supported l is.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 49 Read Capacity ( 10) 25h Y Read Capacity ( 16) 9Eh/10 h N Read Defect Dat a (10) 37h Y Read Defect Dat a (12) B7h Y Read Lon g 3Eh Y Rea d Long (16 ) 9Eh/1.
50 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D [1] Savvio d rives can format to 512, 520, or 52 8 bytes per l ogical bl ock. [2] Wa r n i n g . Power lo ss during fla sh pr ogrammin g can result i n firmw are co rruption. This usually m akes the driv e inoperab le.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 51 9.3.1 Inqu iry dat a T able 18 list s the Inquiry co mma nd dat a that th e dr ive shoul d retur n to the initiato r p er the f ormat gi ven in the SAS In terface Ma nual . T able 18: Savv io inqu iry dat a * Copyright y ear (changes with actual year).
52 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D On dr ives r equiring u nique saved val ues, the re quire d unique saved val ues are stored into the saved val - ues storag e location on the media prio r to shipping the drive. Some dr ives may have unique firmw are with unique d efault va lues also.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 53 T a ble 19: M ode Sense dat a change able and de fault va lues fo r ST9 146802S S drives MODE DATA HEADER: 03 fa 00 10 00 00 00 08 BLOCK DESCRIPTOR: 11 17.
54 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D T a ble 20: M ode Sense dat a change able and de fault va lues fo r ST9 73402SS d rives MODE DATA HEADER: 03 fa 00 10 00 00 00 08 BLOCK DESCRIPTOR: 08 8b b.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 55 9. 4 M isc ella neou s oper ating fe atur es a nd c on diti ons T able 21 lists va rious f eatures an d condit ions. A “Y” in the support colum n indica tes the featu re or con dition is support ed. An “ N” in th e support co lumn ind icates the feat ure o r condition is not supp orted.
56 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 9.4.1 SAS ph ysica l interface Figure 1 1 sho ws the location of the S AS devic e conn ector J1. Fi gure s 12 and 13 pro vide the di men sions of the SAS co nnector . Det ails of the ph ysical, electrical, an d logical chara cteristics are provide d within this secti on.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 57 Figu re 12 . SAS de v i ce plug dime n sio ns 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.
58 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Figure 13. SAS device plug dimensions (d etai l) 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 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 59 9.4.2 Phy sical char act eristic s This section define s physical int erface conne ctor . 9.4.3 Conn ector req uirement s Con tact you r prefe rre d connecto r manuf acture r for matin g part in formation.
60 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D NC - No connection i n the dr ive. 9.4.6 SAS transm itter s and r eceivers A typ ical SAS dif fere ntial copper tra nsmitter a nd r eceiver p air is show n in Fi gure 14. The re ceiver is AC co u - pling to elimi nate groun d shif t noise .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 61 The Re ady LED Ou t signa l is desig ned t o pull down the cat hode of an LED . The an ode i s attache d to the proper +3.3 volt supp ly thr ough an app ropriate current limiti ng resisto r . The LED an d the cu rrent l imitin g resis - tor ar e external to the d rive.
62 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 9.5.2.1. 2 Rec eive eye m ask Figure 15 de scribes the re ceive eye mask. This eye m ask ap plies to jitter after the appl ication o f a single pole high-p ass fre quency-wei ghting function tha t progressi vely attenu ates jitter at 20 dB/deca de below a freq uency of ((b it rate ) / 1 .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 63 The leading and trailing e dge sl opes of figure 15 sha ll be pre served. A s a re sult the a mplitude valu e of Z 1 is less than tha t given in t able 28.
64 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 9.5.2.2 T ransmi tter si gnal ch aracter istics T able 27 specifies th e signa l requireme nts at the tra nsm itter en d of a TxR x connection as me asured into the zero-le ngth te st load. All sp ecificati ons are b ased on dif ferenti al measur ement s.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 65 9.5.2.3 Receiver signal charac teristi cs T able 2 8 defi nes the compl iance point req uirement s of t he signal at the r eceiver e nd of a T xRx con nection as measur ed into the te st loads specified in figure 18 a nd figu re 19 .
66 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D 9.5.2.3. 2 Rec eiver jitter toler ance T able 30 d efines t he amount of jitter the receiver shall tole rate . 9.5.2.3. 3 Comp liant jit ter tes t p attern ( CJTP A T) The CJTP A T wi thin a comp liant protoco l fra me is used for all jitte r testi ng unless o therwise specifie d.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 67 9.5.2.4 Elect rical T xRx conn ecti ons TxRx conn ections may be d ivided i nto T xRx connecti on segme nts . In a sing le T xRx connecti on indi vidual TxRx connection segmen ts may be forme d from dif fering med ia and mate rials, includi ng traces on print ed wir - ing boa rds a nd optical fibers.
68 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D A com binatio n of a zer o-length t est load and the tran smitter compliance transf er function (TCT F) test load method ology is used for the specifi cat io n of tr ansmit ter char acteristics. This methodology specifies the tra ns - mitter signal at t he test po int s on the req uired test loads.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 69 Figure 18 show s the compli ance inter connect test l oad. Figure 18. Compliance interconnect test lo ad Figure 19 sho ws the zero- length test l oad. Figu re 19 . Zer o- l engt h test lo ad Figure 20 show s an ISI loss example at 3.
70 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Figure 21 show s an ISI loss example at 1. 5 Gbp s. Figure 21. ISI loss example at 1.5 Gbp s 9.5.2.5 Receiver chara cterist ics The driv e re ceiver i s A.C. coup led. The receive netw o r k termina tes the TxR x conne ction by a 100 ohm eq ui va - lent i mpedance a s specified in tabl e 31 .
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 71 10.0 S eagate T echnolo gy suppo rt service s Inter net For info rma tion regardin g Seagate pr oducts and services, vi sit www .sea g ate.com . Worldw ide support i s availa ble 24 hour s daily by email fo r your que stions.
72 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D Custo mer S ervi ce Op erat ions W arranty Ser vice Seag ate of fer s worldw ide custom er supp ort for Seagate pro duct s. Se agate distr ibutor s, OEMs and other di rect customer s should cont act their Sea gate Customer S ervice Operati ons (CSO) repr esent ative for warra nty- related issu es.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 73 Index Numerics 12 volt pin s 60 5 volt pins 60 A abort t ask set function 45 AC coup ling 60 AC powe r re quirements 25 ACA active status 55 ACA acti ve, .
74 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D envi ronment 42 environm enta l limits 30 requir emen ts 17 envi ronmenta l control 33 error manage ment 37 rat es 1 7 error s 37 Euro pean Union Restr ict.
Savvio 1 0K.2 SAS P roduct Ma nual, Rev. D 75 Task set full 55 miscorre cted m edia data 1 7 Mode se nse data, ta ble 51 , 53 mounting 43 hol es 43 orientat ions 41 mounting configu ration 35 mounting.
76 Savvio 10K.2 SAS Pr oduct Manu al, Rev. D signal characte ristics 60 single-un it shipping pack kit 1 0 SMART 9 , 19 SMP = 1 in Mode Select comm and 55 spindl e brake 8 standar ds 3 start/stop time.
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