Seagate Constellation 500-GB SED Handbuch

Product ManualConstellation® SAS100538693Rev. BMarch 2009Standard Models ST9500430SSSelf-Encrypting Drive Models ST9500431SS

4 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B2.1.3 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)The European Union Restriction of Hazardous S

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 53.0 General descriptionConstellation drives provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a varie

6 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B3.1 Standard featuresConstellation drives have the following standard features:• Perpendicular recording tec

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 73.3 Performance• Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer • 600 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data tra

8 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B3.6 Programmable drive capacityUsing the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 94.0 Performance characteristicsThis section provides detailed information concerning performance-related cha

10 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B4.2.2 Format command execution time for 512-byte sectors (minutes) Note. There is no significant difference

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 114.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache controlThe drive provides a prefetch (read look-ahead) and multi-segment

12 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B4.5.1 Caching write data Write caching is a write operation by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer s

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 135.0 Reliability specificationsThe following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operat

Revision history©2009, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100538693, Rev. B March 2009Seagate, Seagate Technology and th

14 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B5.1.3 Seek errorsA seek error is defined as a failure of the drive to position the heads to the addressed t

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 15Caution. The drive motor must come to a complete stop prior to changing the plane of operation. This time i

16 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BS.M.A.R.T. measures error rates. All errors for each monitored attribute are recorded. A counter keeps trac

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 175.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST)Drive Self Test (DST) is a technology designed to recognize drive fault conditio

18 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B5.2.6.2.3 Short and extended testsDST has two testing options:1. short2. extendedThese testing options are

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 195.2.7 Product warrantyBeginning on the date of shipment to the customer and continuing for the period speci

20 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B6.0 Physical/electrical specificationsThis section provides information relating to the physical and electr

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 216.1.1 PowerChoice reporting methodsPowerChoiceTM provides these reporting methods for tracking purposes:Req

22 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B[1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. [2] Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these value

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 23completed and that the drive is able to accept selection by the host initiator. [5] See +12V current profil

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B iContents1.0 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B6.3.3 Current profiles The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Constellation drives are sh

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 256.4 Power dissipation ST9500430SS and ST9500431SS in 3 Gbit operationPlease refer to Table 13 for power dis

26 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B6.5 Environmental limitsTemperature and humidity values experienced by the drive must be such that condensa

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 276.5.2 Relative humidityThe values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.a. Operating5% to 9

28 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. Bd. PackagedDisc drives shipped as loose load (not palletized) general freight will be packaged to withstand

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 296.5.4.2 Vibrationa. Operating—normalThe drive as installed for normal operation, shall comply with the comp

30 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B6.5.7 AcousticsSound power during idle mode shall be 2.3 bels typical when measured to ISO 7779 specificati

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 316.6 Mechanical specificationsThe following nominal dimensions are exclusive of the decorative front panel a

32 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B7.0 About self-encrypting drivesSelf-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security services for th

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 337.2.2 Locking SPThe Locking SP controls read/write access to the media and the cryptographic erase feature.

ii Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B6.5.1 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B7.6 Cryptographic eraseA significant feature of SEDs is the ability to perform a cryptographic erase. This

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 358.0 Defect and error management Seagate continues to use innovative technologies to manage defects and erro

36 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BThe drive firmware error recovery algorithms consist of 12 levels for read recoveries and five levels for w

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 378.4 Background Media ScanBackground Media Scan (BMS) is a self-initiated media scan. BMS is defined in the

38 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B8.7 Idle Read After WriteIdle Read After Write (IRAW) utilizes idle time to verify the integrity of recentl

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 399.0 InstallationConstellation disc drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, swi

40 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B9.2 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immediately su

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 419.3 Drive mountingMount the drive using the bottom or side mounting holes. If you mount the drive using the

42 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on C

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 4310.2 Dual port supportConstellation SAS drives have two independent ports. These ports may be connected in

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B iii10.5.2 Differential signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.3 SCSI commands supportedTable 17 lists the SCSI commands supported by Constellation drives. Table 1

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 45 Last n Deferred Errors or Asynchronous Events page (0Bh) N Last n Error Events page (07h) N Non-medium

46 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BRead Capacity (10) 25h YRead Capacity (16) 9Eh/10h NRead Defect Data (10) 37h YRead Defect Data (12) B7h YR

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 47[1] Constellation drives can format to 512, 520, 524, or 528 bytes per logical block.[2] Warning. Power los

48 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.3.1 Inquiry data Table 18 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator p

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 49On drives requiring unique saved values, the required unique saved values are stored into the saved val-ues

50 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BTable 19: Mode Sense data changeable and default values for ST9500430SS/ST9500431SS drives MODE DATA HEADE

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 5110.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 20 lists various features and conditions. A “Y”

52 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.4.1 SAS physical interface Figure 8 shows the location of the SAS device connector J1. Figures 9 and 10

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 53 Figure 9. SAS device plug dimensionsC OF DATUM BL5.081.27 (6X)1.27 (14X)15.8750.35MIN15.87533.43 0.05B4

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54 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BFigure 10. SAS device plug dimensions (detail)6.10Detail A0.30 0.05 x 45 (5X)0.40 0.05 X 45 (3X)CORING

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 5510.4.2 Physical characteristics This section defines physical interface connector.10.4.3 Connector requirem

56 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.4.6 SAS transmitters and receiversA typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is sho

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 57The Ready LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the prope

58 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.5.2.1.2 Receive eye mask Figure 12 describes the receive eye mask. This eye mask applies to jitter after

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 59The leading and trailing edge slopes of figure 12 shall be preserved. As a result the amplitude value of Z1

60 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.5.2.2 Transmitter signal characteristics Table 26 specifies the signal requirements at the transmitter e

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 6110.5.2.3 Receiver signal characteristics Table 27 defines the compliance point requirements of the signal a

62 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B10.5.2.3.2 Receiver jitter toleranceTable 29 defines the amount of jitter the receiver shall tolerate.10.5.

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 6310.5.2.4 Electrical TxRx connectionsTxRx connections may be divided into TxRx connection segments. In a sin

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 11.0 ScopeThis manual describes Seagate Technology® LLC, Constellation® SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disc drive

64 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BA combination of a zero-length test load and the transmitter compliance transfer function (TCTF) test load

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 65Figure 15 shows the compliance interconnect test load.Figure 15. Compliance interconnect test loadFigure 1

66 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BFigure 18 shows an ISI loss example at 1.5 Gbps.Figure 18. ISI loss example at 1.5 Gbps10.5.2.5 Receiver c

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 6711.0 Seagate Technology support servicesInternetFor information regarding Seagate products and services, vi

68 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. BCustomer Service OperationsWarranty ServiceSeagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate products.

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 69IndexNumerics12 voltpins 565 volt pins 56Aabort task set function 42AC coupling 56AC power requirem

70 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. Bdimensions 31disc rotation speed 9drive 29drive characteristics 9drive failure 14Drive Locking

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 71logical block size 6, 10logical segments 11Mmaintenance 13Makers Secure ID 32maximum delayed moto

72 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. Brecommended mounting 28Recoverable Errors 13recovered media data 13referencedocuments 4relative hum

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 73Wwarranty 19Zzero latency read 51zone bit recording (ZBR) 6

2 Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentationThe drives documented in this manual have been developed

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Seagate Technology LLC920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066-4544, USAPublication Number: 100538693, Rev. B, Printed in USA

Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. B 32.1.2 Electromagnetic complianceSeagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the direct