Page 2 - Revision history; © 2011, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved.
Revision history © 2011, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100628615, Rev. C March 2011 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Constellation ES.2 and SeaTools are eit...
Page 3 - Contents; PowerChoice
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C i Contents 1.0 Seagate Technology support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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ii Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 7.4 Power dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7.5 Environmental limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C iii 12.4.1 SAS physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 12.4.2 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 12.4.3 C...
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Page 7 - List of Figures
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C v List of Figures Figure 1. 3TB model current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Figure 2. 3TB models (3Gb) DC current and power vs. input/output operati...
Page 9 - Seagate Technology support services; SEAGATE ONLINE SUPPORT and SERVICES
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 1 1.0 Seagate Technology support services SEAGATE ONLINE SUPPORT and SERVICES For information regarding products and services, visit http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/contact_us/ Available services include: Presales & Technical support Global Su...
Page 10 - Scope; This manual describes Seagate Technology; Yes
2 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 2.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology ® LLC, Constellation ® ES.2 SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disk drives. Constellation ES.2 drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SAS Interface Manual (p...
Page 11 - Applicable standards and reference documentation; Standards; SAS Interface Manual; Electromagnetic compatibility
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 3 3.0 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 adequate power and ...
Page 12 - Constellation ES SAS; Taiwanese BSMI
4 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 3.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the directives/standards for CE Marking and C-Tick Marking. The drive was tested in a representative system for typical applications. The selected system...
Page 14 - Reference documents
6 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 3.2 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-8323 3.5” Drive Form...
Page 15 - General description
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 7 4.0 General description Constellation ES.2 drives provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. The Serial Attached SCSI interface is d...
Page 16 - Standard features; Constellation; Media description
8 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 4.1 Standard features Constellation ES.2 drives have the following standard features:• Perpendicular recording technology• 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface • Integrated dual port SAS controller supporting the SCSI protocol• Suppo...
Page 17 - Sector Size; Programmable drive capacity; Factory-installed options; • The
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 9 4.4 Reliability • Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.73%• Mean time between failures (MTBF) of 1,200,000 hours• Balanced low mass rotary voice coil actuator• Incorporates industry-standard Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)•...
Page 18 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Access time
10 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 5.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Constellation ES.2 drives. 5.1 Internal drive characteristics ST33000650SS ST33000651SS ST33000652SS Drive capaci...
Page 20 - Cache operation; Refer to the; Case A; Drive transfers the requested logical blocks to the initiator.; Case B
12 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 5.4 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 drive buffer storage space when it is used i...
Page 22 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
14 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 6.0 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 constraints. 6.1 Error r...
Page 23 - Seek errors; seeks. Unrecoverable seek errors; Interface errors; Reliability and service; Preventive maintenance; No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required.; Hot plugging the drive
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 15 6.1.3 Seek errors A seek error is defined as a failure of the drive to position the heads to the addressed track. After detecting an initial seek error, the drive automatically performs an error recovery process. If the error recovery process fails, a...
Page 25 - Primary Temperature
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 17 S.M.A.R.T. measures error rates. All errors for each monitored attribute are recorded. A counter keeps track of the number of errors for the current interval. This counter is referred to as the Failure Counter. Error rate is the number of errors per o...
Page 26 - DST failure definition; Recovered errors will not be reported as diagnostic failures.; Implementation
18 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 6.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST) Drive Self Test (DST) is a technology designed to recognize drive fault conditions that qualify the drive as a failed unit. DST validates the functionality of the drive at a system level. There are two test coverage options...
Page 27 - Short and extended tests; DST has two testing options:; Log page entries; The Self-Test Results Value field is set to Fh; Abort
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 19 6.2.6.2.3 Short and extended tests DST has two testing options: 1. short 2. extended These testing options are described in the following two subsections. Each test consists of three segments: an electrical test segment, a servo test segment, and a re...
Page 28 - Product warranty; See Section 1.0 for warranty contact information.; Shipping
20 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 6.2.7 Product warranty See Section 1.0 for warranty contact information. Shipping When transporting or shipping a drive, use only a Seagate-approved container. Keep your original box. Sea-gate approved containers are easily identified by the Seagate A...
Page 29 - Physical/electrical specifications; power management; PowerChoice modes; Mode; Reduced electronics; can be invoked using one of these two methods:
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 21 7.0 Physical/electrical specifications This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive. 7.1 PowerChoice TM power management Drives using the load/unload architecture provide programmable power man...
Page 30 - PowerChoice reporting methods; provides these reporting methods for tracking purposes:; Request Sense command reports; • Specified and accumulated Start/Stops and Load/Unload cycles; AC power requirements
22 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 7.1.1 PowerChoice reporting methods PowerChoice TM provides these reporting methods for tracking purposes: Request Sense command reports • Current power condition• Method of entry Note. Processing the Request Sense command does not impact the drive’s ...
Page 31 - DC power requirements; Notes
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 23 [1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. [2] Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these values. [3] Power supply at nominal voltage. N (number of drives tested) = 6, 35 Degrees C ambient. [4] For +12 V, a –10% tolerance is allowed during ...
Page 32 - Operating condition is defined as random 8 block reads.; General DC power requirement notes.; The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.; Conducted noise immunity
24 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C [5] See +12V current profile in Figure 1. [6] This condition occurs after OOB and Speed Negotiation completes but before the drive has received the Notify Spinup primitive. [7] See paragraph 7.3.1, "Conducted noise immunity." Specified voltage...
Page 33 - Current profiles; TB model current profiles
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 25 7.3.3 Current profiles The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Constellation ES drives are shown below. Figure 1. 3TB model current profiles Note: All times and currents are typical. See Table 2 for maximum current requirements.
Page 34 - Power dissipation; TB models in 3Gb operation; Please refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers.
26 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 7.4 Power dissipation 3TB models in 3Gb operation Please refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers. To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure 2). Locate the typical I/O rate fo...
Page 35 - TB models in 6Gb operation
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 27 3TB models in 6Gb operation Please refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers. To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure 3.). Locate the typical I/O rate for a drive in your sys...
Page 36 - Environmental limits; Temperature; Check Point; Location of the HDA temperature check point; Relative humidity; The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.
28 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 7.5 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 58.7°F (14.8°C). Ma...
Page 37 - b. Operating—abnormal
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 29 7.5.3 Effective altitude (sea level) a. Operating –1000 to +10,000 feet (–304.8 to +3,048 meters) b. Non-operating –1000 to +40,000 feet (–304.8 to +12,192 meters) 7.5.4 Shock and vibration Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are mea...
Page 39 - Vibration; Acoustics
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 31 7.5.4.2 Vibration a. Operating—normal The drive as installed for normal operation, shall comply with the complete specified performance while subjected to continuous vibration not exceeding 5 - 22 Hz 0.25 Gs, limited displacement 22 - 350 Hz 0.5 Gs 35...
Page 40 - Electromagnetic susceptibility
32 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C components should never be exposed to condensing water on the surface of the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) or exposed to an ambient relative humidity greater than 95%. Materials used in cabinet fabrication, such as vulcanized rubber, that can ...
Page 41 - Mechanical specifications; Mounting configuration dimensions
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 33 7.6 Mechanical specifications Refer to Figure 6 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions. See Section 11.3, “Drive mounting.” Note. These dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard documented in SFF-8301 and SFF-8323, found at www.sffc...
Page 42 - About FIPS; Purpose; Figure 7. Example of FIPS tamper evidence labels.
34 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 8.0 About FIPS The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, is a U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. It is titled “Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules”...
Page 43 - About self-encrypting drives; • Security Protocol Out; Data encryption; Admin SP
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 35 9.0 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 Computing Group (TCG) ...
Page 44 - Default password; Drive locking
36 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 9.2.3 Default password When the drive is shipped from the factory, all passwords are set to the value of MSID. This 32-byte random value is printed on the drive label and it can be read by the host electronically over the I/O. After receipt of the dri...
Page 45 - Authenticated firmware download; The download file must be signed and authenticated.; Power requirements
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 37 9.7 Authenticated firmware download In addition to providing a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted firmware download attempts, the drive also only accepts download files which have been cryptographically signed by the appropriate Seagate Design Cent...
Page 46 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors; Drive error recovery procedures
38 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 10.0 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 operation. SCSI defec...
Page 47 - SAS system errors; SAS Interface; Background Media Scan; Read and write retry count maximum recovery times
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 39 Table 3 equates the read and write retry count with the maximum possible recovery time for read and write recovery of individual LBAs. The times given do not include time taken to perform reallocations. Reallocations are performed when the ARRE bit (f...
Page 49 - Levels of PI; There are 4 types of Protection Information.; Setting and determining the current Type Level
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 41 10.8 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 same, common LBA count...
Page 50 - Installation; Power is supplied through the SAS connector.; Drive orientation
42 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 11.0 Installation Constellation ES.2 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 backplane with bay...
Page 51 - Cooling; Air flow
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 43 11.2 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 7.5.1, "Temperature." The rack, cabinet, or drawer envi...
Page 52 - Drive mounting; Do not cover breather hole on top cover.; Grounding
44 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 11.3 Drive mounting Breather Hole Do Not Cover Mount the drive using the bottom or side mounting holes. If you mount the drive using the bottom holes, ensure that you do not physically distort the drive by attempting to mount it on a stiff, non-flat s...
Page 53 - Interface requirements; SAS features; task management functions; Table 4 lists the SAS task management functions supported.; task management responses; Task name; Task management response codes; Function name
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 45 12.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Constellation ES.2 drives. Additional information is provided in the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071). 12.1 SAS features This section...
Page 54 - Dual port support; ports at the same time.
46 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 12.2 Dual port support Constellation ES.2 SAS drives have two independent ports. These ports may be connected in the same or different SCSI domains. Each drive port has a unique SAS address. The two ports have the capability of independent port clocki...
Page 55 - SCSI commands supported; Supported commands; Command name
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 47 12.3 SCSI commands supported Table 6 lists the SCSI commands supported by Constellation ES.2 drives. Table 6: Supported commands Command name Command code Supported Change Definition 40h N Compare 39h N Copy 18h N Copy and Verify 3Ah N Format Unit [1]...
Page 59 - Inquiry data; Constellation ES.2 inquiry data; Bytes; PP; Mode Sense data; Default values
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 51 12.3.1 Inquiry data Table 7 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SAS Interface Manual . Table 7: Constellation ES.2 inquiry data Bytes Data (hex) 0-15 00 00 xx** 12 8B 00 30 02 53 45 ...
Page 61 - Mode Sense data changeable and default values for 3TB drives; CHG 9a 26 01 0f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 53 Table 8: Mode Sense data changeable and default values for 3TB drives MODE DATA HEADER: 01 9a 00 10 01 00 00 10 BLOCK DESCRIPTOR: 00 00 00 01 5d 50 a3 b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 MODE PAGES: DEF 81 0a c0 14 ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff CHG 81 0a ff ff 00 00...
Page 62 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions; Miscellaneous features; Miscellaneous status; Supported
54 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 12.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 9 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 condition is not sup...
Page 63 - SAS physical interface
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 55 12.4.1 SAS physical interface Figure 10 shows the location of the SAS device connector J1. Figures 11 and 12 provide the dimensions of the SAS connector. Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided within this section...
Page 64 - SAS device plug dimensions; C OF DATUM B
56 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C Figure 11. 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 B C C A A 0.20 B 42...
Page 66 - Physical characteristics; This section defines physical interface connector.; Connector requirements; The SAS device connector is illustrated in Figures 11 and 12.; Electrical description; SAS drives use the device connector for:; Pin descriptions
58 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 12.4.2 Physical characteristics This section defines physical interface connector. 12.4.3 Connector requirements Contact your preferred connector manufacturer for mating part information. Part numbers for SAS connectors will be provided in a future re...
Page 67 - SAS transmitters and receivers; Power; Signal characteristics; Ready LED Out; Normal command activity
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 59 12.4.6 SAS transmitters and receivers A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 13. The receiver is AC coupling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 13. SAS transmitters and receivers 12.4.7 Power The drive ...
Page 68 - Differential signals; SAS-2 Specification Compliance; LED drive signal; State; VOH; LED o; General interface characteristics; Characteristic
60 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C The Ready LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the proper +3.3 volt supply through an appropriate current limiting resistor. The LED and the current limiting resistor are external to the drive. See Ta...
Page 69 - Index; Numerics
Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 61 Index Numerics 12 volt pins 59 5 volt pins 59 6 Gbps 60 A abort task set function 45 AC coupling 59 AC power requirements 22 ACA active status 54 ACA active, faulted initiator status 54 acoustics 31 active LED Out signal 59 actuator 9 assembly design ...
Page 70 - See
62 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C description 7 DFE 60 dimensions 33 disc rotation speed 10 drive 31 drive characteristics 10 Drive Locking 36 drive mounting 33 , 44 drive select 58 dual port support 46 E electrical description of connector 58 signal characteristics 59 specifications ...
Page 72 - See also
64 Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C Q queue tagging 54 R radio interference regulations 3 Random number generator 36 RCD bit 12 read error rates 14 , 38 read/write data heads 10 receivers 59 recommended mounting 30 Recoverable Errors 14 recovered media data 14 reference documents 6 rela...