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Page 3 - Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K; Contents
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 2 Contents Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 6 - For Firmware Download and Tools Download for Secure Erase, visit:; Seagate® Technology Support Services
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 5 For Seagate Product Support, visit: https://www.seagate.com/support For Seagate Compliance, Safety, and Disposal, visit: https://www.seagate.com/support For Firmware Download and Tools Download for Secure Erase, visit: https://www.seagate.com/support/dow...
Page 7 - Scope; See; Model type; Note
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 6 www.seagate.com Scope 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate® Exos® X16 SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disk drives. Exos X16 drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SAS Interface Manual ( part number 100293...
Page 8 - HDD and SSD Regulatory Compliance and Safety; Regulatory Models; Reference documents; SAS Interface Manual
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 7 www.seagate.com HDD and SSD Regulatory Compliance and Safety 2.0 HDD and SSD Regulatory Compliance and Safety For the latest regulatory and compliance information see: https://www.seagate.com/support/ scroll to bottom of page and click the Seagate HDD ...
Page 9 - General description
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 8 www.seagate.com General description 3.0 General description Exos X16 drives provide high per formance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. The Serial Att...
Page 10 - Standard features
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 9 www.seagate.com General description 3.1 Standard features Exos X16 drives have the following standard features:• 128 - deep task set (queue)• 256MB data buffer (See Section 4.4) . • 3.0 / 6.0/12.0 Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface• Drive Self Test ...
Page 11 - Performance
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 10 www.seagate.com General description 3.2 Performance • 1200MB/s maximum instantaneous data transfers.• 7200 RPM spindle. Average latency = 4.16ms• Adaptive seek velocity; improved seek performance• Background processing of queue• Programmable multi-segme...
Page 12 - Programmable drive capacity; Factory-installed options
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 11 www.seagate.com General description 3.6 Programmable drive capacity Using the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something less than maximum. See the Mode Select (6) parameter list table in the SAS Interface Manual , part number 1...
Page 13 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Format command execution time; Fast Format
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 12 www.seagate.com Performance characteristics 4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Exos X16 drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics Drive capacity 16...
Page 14 - General performance characteristics
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 13 www.seagate.com Performance characteristics 4.1.3 General performance characteristics 4.2 Start/stop time Power-on to ready time is based on typical operating conditions, default full current spin-up profile, and clean shutdown prior to measurement. To ...
Page 15 - Table 9; Cache operation; Case A
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 14 www.seagate.com Performance characteristics 4.3 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control The drive provides a prefetch (read look-ahead) and multi-segmented cache control algorithms that in many cases can enhance system performance. Cache refers to the dr...
Page 16 - Caching write data; Prefetch operation
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 15 www.seagate.com Performance characteristics 4.4.1 Caching write data Write caching is a write operation by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer storage area where the data to be written to the medium is stored while the drive performs the Write co...
Page 17 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 16 www.seagate.com Reliability specifications 5.0 Reliability specifications The following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operational interface, including all interface timings, power supply voltages, environmental requirements an...
Page 18 - Reliability and service; Hot plugging the drive; Caution
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 17 www.seagate.com Reliability specifications 5.2 Reliability and service Users can enhance the reliability of Exos X16 disk drives by ensuring that the drive receives adequate cooling. Section 6.0 provides temperature measurements and other information th...
Page 19 - Performance impact; Maximum processing delay
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 18 www.seagate.com Reliability specifications 5.2.3 S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. This technology is intended to recognize conditions that indicate imminent drive failure and is designed to provi...
Page 22 - See “Seagate® Technology Support Services” on page 5
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 21 www.seagate.com Reliability specifications 5.2.5.2.4 Log page entries When the drive begins DST, it creates a new entry in the Self-test Results Log page. The new entry is created by inserting a new self-test parameter block at the beginning of the self...
Page 23 - Physical/electrical specifications; PowerChoiceTM power management; PowerChoice modes
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 22 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive. 6.1 PowerChoice™ power management Drives using the load/unl...
Page 24 - PowerChoice reporting methods; Power Balance; • Mode page 01h byte 6 bits 0 & 1 define the Active Level; AC power requirements
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 23 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.1.1 PowerChoice reporting methods PowerChoice provides these reporting methods for tracking purposes: Request Sense command reports • Current power condition• Method of entry . Mode Sense command repo...
Page 25 - Notes
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 24 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.4 DC power requirements The voltage and current requirements for a single drive are shown below. Values indicated apply at the drive connector. The standard drive models and the SED drive models have ...
Page 28 - Figure 1; Conducted noise immunity
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 27 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications [1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these values. Power supply at nominal voltage. N (number of drives tested) = 6, 35 Degrees C ambient. [2] For +...
Page 29 - Current profiles; 6TB model current profiles.
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 28 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.4.3 Current profiles The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Exos X16 drives are shown below. Figure 1. 16TB model current profiles. Note All times and currents are typical. See Table...
Page 30 - Power dissipation
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 29 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.5 Power dissipation 16TB models in 12Gb operation Please refer to Table 1 for power dissipation numbers. To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate c...
Page 31 - Environmental limits; Temperature; The maximum allowable drive reported temperature is 140°F (60°C).; Humidity
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 30 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.6 Environmental limits Temperature and humidity values experienced by the drive must be such that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Altitude and atmospheric pressure specifications are re...
Page 32 - Shock and Vibration; Shock; a. Linear Random Operating Vibration
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 31 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.6.4 Shock and Vibration Shock and vibration measurements specified in this document are made directly on the drive itself and applied in the X, Y, and Z axis at the drive mounting point locations. 6.6...
Page 33 - Acoustics
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 32 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.6.5 Acoustics Sound power during idle mode shall be 2.8 bels typical when measured to ISO 7779 specification. Sound power while operating shall be 3.0 bels typical when measured to ISO 7779 specificat...
Page 34 - Mechanical specifications; Figure 3; Mounting configuration dimensions
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 33 www.seagate.com Physical/electrical specifications 6.7 Mechanical specifications Refer to Figure 3 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions. See Section 10.3 , “Drive mounting.” Figure 3. Mounting configuration dimensions Weight: 1.477 lb 670 g No...
Page 35 - About FIPS; Purpose; Figure 4. Example of FIPS tamper evidence labels.
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 34 www.seagate.com About FIPS 7.0 About FIPS The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a U.S. Government Computer Security Standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. It is titled 'Security Requirements for Cryptographic ...
Page 36 - About self-encrypting drives; Data encryption; Admin SP; Drive locking
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 35 www.seagate.com About self-encrypting drives 8.0 About self-encrypting drives Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security services for the protection of stored data, commonly known as “protection of data at rest.” These drives are compli...
Page 37 - Table 7
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 36 www.seagate.com About self-encrypting drives 8.5 Data bands When shipped from the factor y, the drive is configured with a single data band called Band 0 (also known as the Global Data Band) which comprises LBA 0 through LBA max. The host may allocate B...
Page 38 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors; Drive error recovery procedures; Table 4
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 37 www.seagate.com Defect and error management 9.0 Defect and error management Seagate continues to use innovative technologies to manage defects and errors. These technologies are designed to increase data integrity, perform drive self-maintenance, and va...
Page 39 - SAS system errors; Deferred Auto-Reallocation
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 38 www.seagate.com Defect and error management * For read retry count, every tick ~ 5% of total error recovery. Valid range setting is 1-20. e.g. 1 ~ 5% 5 ~ 25% 20 ~ 100% Setting these retry counts to a value below the default setting could result in degra...
Page 40 - Levels of PI; Setting and determining the current Type Level
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 39 www.seagate.com Defect and error management 9.6 Protection Information (PI) Protection Information is intended as a standardized approach to system level LRC traditionally provided by systems using 520 byte formatted LBAs. Drives formatted with PI infor...
Page 41 - Physical interface; Drive orientation
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 40 www.seagate.com Installation 10.0 Installation Exos X16 disk drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, switches, or terminators on the drive. SAS drives are designed to be used in a host system that provides a SAS-compatible b...
Page 42 - Cooling; Figure 6
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 41 www.seagate.com Installation 10.2 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immediately surrounding the drive will not exceed temperature conditions specified in Section 6.6.1, "Temperature." The ra...
Page 43 - Drive mounting; Grounding
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 42 www.seagate.com Installation 10.3 Drive mounting Mount the drive using the bottom or side mounting holes. If mounting the drive using the bottom holes, ensure the drive is not physically distorted by attempting to mount it on a stiff, non-flat surface. ...
Page 44 - Interface requirements; SAS features; Dual port support; Task name; Function name
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 43 www.seagate.com Interface requirements 11.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Exos X16 drives. Additional information is provided in the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071). 11....
Page 45 - SCSI commands supported; Command name
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 44 www.seagate.com Interface requirements 11.3 SCSI commands supported Table Table 7 lists the SCSI commands supported by Exos X16 drives. Table 7 Supported commands Command name Command code Supported [4] Change Definition 40h N Compare 39h N Copy 18h N C...
Page 50 - Table 8; Bytes
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 49 www.seagate.com Interface requirements 11.3.1 Inquiry data Table 8 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SAS Interface Manual . Table 8 Exos X16 inquiry data * Copyright year (changes wi...
Page 56 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions; Supported
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 55 www.seagate.com Interface requirements 11.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table Table 13 lists various features and conditions. A “Y” in the support column indicates the feature or condition is supported. An “N” in the support column i...
Page 57 - SAS device; plug; dimensions; C OF DATUM B
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 56 www.seagate.com Interface requirements Figure 8. SAS device plug 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 0.30 0.05 (...
Page 58 - Detail A
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 57 www.seagate.com Interface requirements Figure 9. SAS device plug dimensions (detail) 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 SE...
Page 60 - SAS transmitters and receivers; Signal characteristics; Normal command activity; Ready LED Meaning bit mode page 19h
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 59 www.seagate.com Interface requirements 11.4.6 SAS transmitters and receivers A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure Table 10. The receiver is AC coupling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 10. SAS transmi...
Page 61 - Table 18 defines the general interface characteristics.; SAS-3 Specification Compliance; State; Characteristic
Seagate Exos X16 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 60 www.seagate.com Interface requirements 11.5.2 Differential signals The drive SAS differential signals comply with the intra-enclosure (internal connector) requirements of the SAS standard. Table 18 defines the general interface characteristics. 11.6 SAS...
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