Page 2 - Document Revision History; Revision; Page 8 - Korean RRL cert info added
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Page 3 - Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D; Contents; PowerChoice
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 2 Contents Seagate® Technology Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 5 For information regarding online support and services, visit: http://www.seagate.com/contacts/ Available services include: • Presales & Technical support • Global Support Services telephone numbers & business hours • Authori...
Page 7 - Scope; Note
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 6 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate ® Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disk drives. Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. T...
Page 8 - Applicable standards and reference documentation; Standards; Electromagnetic compatibility; Australian RCM Mark
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 7 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation The drives documented in this manual have been developed as system peripherals to the highest standards of design and construction. The drives depends on host equipment to provide...
Page 9 - Korean KCC
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 8 Korean KCC If these drives have the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) logo, they comply with paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the Electromagnetic Compatibility control Regulation and meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Fra...
Page 10 - Reference documents
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 9 2.2 Reference documents SAS Interface Manual Seagate part number: 100293071 SCSI Commands Reference Manual Seagate part number: 100293068 Self-Encrypting Drives Reference Manual Seagate part number: 100515636 ANSI SAS Documents SFF-...
Page 11 - General description
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 10 3.0 General description Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. The Se...
Page 12 - Standard features; Media description
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 11 3.1 Standard features Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives have the following standard features:• Perpendicular recording technology• 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0/12.0 Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface • Integrated dual port SAS controll...
Page 13 - Formatted capacities; Factory-installed options
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 12 3.5 Formatted capacities Standard OEM models are formatted to 512 bytes per block. The block size is selectable at format time and must be a multiple of 4 bytes. Users having the necessary equipment may modify the data block size b...
Page 14 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Format command execution time
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 13 4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics Drive capacity 6TB ...
Page 15 - Cache operation; Case A; Case B
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 14 4.2 Start/stop time The drive accepts the commands listed in the SAS Interface Manual less than 3 seconds after DC power has been applied. If the drive receives a NOTIFY (ENABLE SPINUP) primitive through either port and has not rec...
Page 16 - Caching write data
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 15 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 command. If read caching...
Page 17 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 16 5.0 Reliability specifications The following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operational interface, including all interface timings, power supply voltages, environmental requirements and drive mounting cons...
Page 18 - Reliability and service; Hot plugging the drive; Caution
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 17 5.2 Reliability and service Users can enhance the reliability of Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 disk drives by ensuring that the drive receives adequate cooling. Section 6.0 provides temperature measurements and other information t...
Page 19 - Performance impact; Maximum processing delay
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 18 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 provide sufficient warning...
Page 20 - Thermal monitor; DST failure definition
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 19 5.2.4 Thermal monitor Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives implement a temperature warning system which:1. Signals the host if the temperature exceeds a value which would threaten the drive. 2. Saves a S.M.A.R.T. data frame on the...
Page 21 - Implementation
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 20 5.2.5.2 Implementation This section provides all of the information necessary to implement the DST function on this drive. 5.2.5.2.1 State of the drive prior to testing The drive must be in a ready state before issuing the Send Dia...
Page 23 - Physical/electrical specifications; power management; PowerChoice modes; PowerChoice reporting methods; Request Sense command reports
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 22 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive. 6.1 PowerChoice TM power management Drives using the load/unload architecture provide pr...
Page 24 - AC power requirements
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 23 6.2 AC power requirements None. 6.3 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 ha...
Page 27 - Conducted noise immunity
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 26 [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 +12 V, a –10% tolerance is all...
Page 28 - Current profiles; TB model current profiles
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 27 6.3.3 Current profiles The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD drives are shown below. Figure 1. 6TB model current profiles Note: All times and currents are typical. See Table 1 for maxi...
Page 29 - TB model current profiles
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 28 The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD drives are shown below. Figure 2. 4TB model current profiles Note: All times and currents are typical. See Table 2 for maximum current requirement...
Page 30 - TB model current profiles
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 29 The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD drives are shown below. Figure 3. 2TB model current profiles Note All times and currents are typical. See Table 3 for maximum current requirements...
Page 31 - Power dissipation
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 30 6.4 Power dissipation 6TB models in 6Gb 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 curve (see Figure 4). Locate the...
Page 34 - Environmental limits; Temperature; Location of the HDA temperature check point; Humidity
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 33 6.5 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 referenced to a standard day at...
Page 35 - Shock and vibration; b. Operating—abnormal
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 34 6.5.4 Shock and vibration Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are measured directly on the drive chassis. If the drive is installed in an enclosure to which the stated shock and/or vibration criteria is applied, r...
Page 36 - Recommended mounting
Package size Packaged/product weight Drop height <600 cu in (<9,800 cu cm) Any 60 in (1524 mm) 600-1800 cu in (9,800-19,700 cu cm) 0-20 lb (0 to 9.1 kg) 48 in (1219 mm) >1800 cu in (>19,700 cu cm) 0-20 lb (0 to 9.1 kg) 42 in (1067 mm) >600 cu in (>9,800 cu cm) 20-40 lb (9.1 to 18.1...
Page 37 - Vibration; Acoustics
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 36 6.5.4.2 Vibration a. Operating—normal The drive as installed for normal operation, shall comply with the complete specified performance while subjected to continuous vibration not exceeding5 - 22 Hz 0.25 Gs, limited displacement 22...
Page 38 - Electromagnetic susceptibility; Mechanical specifications
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 37 6.5.8 Electromagnetic susceptibility See Section 2.1.1.1. 6.6 Mechanical specifications Refer to Figure 12 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions. See Section 10.3, “Drive mounting.” mm in mm in mm in Figure 12. Mounting co...
Page 39 - Mounting configuration dimensions (6TB models)
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 38 Figure 13. Mounting configuration dimensions (6TB models) Note The image is for mechanical dimension reference only and may not represent the actual drive.
Page 40 - About FIPS; Purpose; Example of FIPS tamper evidence labels.
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 39 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 Modul...
Page 41 - About self-encrypting drives; Data encryption; Admin SP; Drive locking
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 40 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 compliant with the Trusted Co...
Page 43 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors; Drive error recovery procedures
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 42 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 validate proper drive op...
Page 44 - SAS system errors; Write retry count
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 43 * 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 degradation of the unrecove...
Page 45 - Background Media Scan
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 44 9.4 Background Media Scan Background Media Scan (BMS) is a self-initiated media scan. BMS is defined in the T10 document SPC-4 available from the T10 committee. BMS performs sequential reads across the entire pack of the media whil...
Page 46 - Levels of PI; Setting and determining the current Type Level
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 45 9.8 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 information provide the sam...
Page 47 - Physical interface; Drive orientation
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 46 10.0 Installation Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 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 S...
Page 48 - Cooling; Air flow
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 47 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 6.5.1, "Temperature." The rack, cab...
Page 49 - Drive mounting; Grounding
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 48 10.3 Drive mounting Breather Hole Do Not Cover 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...
Page 50 - Interface requirements; SAS features; Task name; Function name
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 49 11.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives. Additional information is provided in the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071)...
Page 51 - SCSI commands supported; Command name
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 50 11.3 SCSI commands supported Table 7 lists the SCSI commands supported by Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 drives. Table 7 Supported commands Command name Command code Supported Change Definition 40h N Compare 39h N Copy 18h N Copy a...
Page 55 - Bytes
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 54 Table 8 Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 inquiry data Bytes Data (hex) 0-15 00 00 xx** 12 8B 00 30 02 53 45 41 47 41 54 45 20 Vendor ID 16-31 [53 54 36 30 30 30 4E 4D 30 30 31 34} 20 20 20 20 Product ID 32-47 R# R# R# R# S# S# S# S# ...
Page 60 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions; Supported
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 59 11.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 12 lists various features and conditions. A “Y” in the support column indicates the feature or condition is supported. An “N” in the support column indicates the feature or...
Page 61 - SAS device plug dimensions; C OF DATUM B
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 60 Figure 18. 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 (2X) 41.13 0.15 B...
Page 62 - Detail A
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 61 Figure 19. SAS device plug dimensions (detail) 11.4.2 Physical characteristics This section defines physical interface connector. 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 0.0...
Page 64 - SAS transmitters and receivers; Signal characteristics; Normal command activity; Ready LED Meaning bit mode page 19h
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 63 11.4.6 SAS transmitters and receivers A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 20. The receiver is AC coupling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 20. SAS transmitters and receivers 11....
Page 65 - SAS-3 Specification Compliance; State; Characteristic
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 64 11.5.2 Differential signals The drive SAS differential signals comply with the intra-enclosure (internal connector) requirements of the SAS standard. Table 17 defines the general interface characteristics. 11.6 SAS-3 Specification ...
Page 66 - Seagate Technology LLC
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