SEAGATE ST3300955FC - Manual

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A v List of Figures Figure 1. Typical ST3300955FC drive, 4 Gbit, +5V and +12V current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 2. ST3400755FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second at 4 Gbit . . . . . . 28 Figure 3. ST330095...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 1 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology ® LLC, Cheetah NS FC (Fibre Channel) disc drives. Cheetah NS FC drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifica-tions to the extent described in this manual. The Fibre...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 3 2.0 Standards, compliance and reference documents The drive has been developed as a system peripheral to the highest standards of design and construction. The drive depends upon its host equipment to provide adequate power and environment in order to achieve op...

4 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 2.2 Compliance 2.2.1 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 ...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 5 2.3 Reference documents Cheetah NS FC Installation Guide Seagate part number: 100457517 SCSI Commands Reference Manual Seagate part number: 100293068 Fibre Channel Interface Manual Seagate part number: 100293070 ANSI Fibre Channel Documents X3.230-1994 FC Physi...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 7 3.0 General description Cheetah NS FC drives provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. Cheetah NS FC drives support 4-Gbit Fibre Channel whi...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9 3.3 Performance • Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer • 800 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per port• 10k RPM spindle. Average latency = 2.98 msec• Command queuing of up to 128 commands • Background processing of queue• Supports start an...

10 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 3.7 Factory-installed options You may order the following items which are incorporated at the manufacturing facility during production or packaged before shipping. Some of the options available are (not an exhaustive list of possible options): • Other capaciti...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 11 4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Cheetah NS FC drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics ST3400755FC ST3300955FC Drive capacity* 400.0 300 Gbytes (formatt...

12 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes) Execution time measured from receipt of the last byte of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) to the request for a Status Byte Transfer to the Initiator (excluding connect/disconnect). 4.2.3 General performance chara...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 13 4.4 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 in cache o...

14 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A If read caching is enabled (RCD=0), then data written to the medium is retained in the cache to be made avail-able for future read cache hits. The same buffer space and segmentation is used as set up for read functions. The buffer segmentation scheme is set up...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 15 5.0 Reliability specifications The following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operational interface, including all inter-face timings, power supply voltages, environmental requirements and drive mounting constraints. 5.1 Error rates The...

16 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 5.1.3 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 seek pos...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 17 The Pass-through state is disabled while the drive performs self test of the FC interface. The control line for an external port bypass circuit remains in the Enable Bypass state while self test is running. If the bypass circuit is present, loop operation may ...

20 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A A Drive Not Ready condition is reported by the drive under the following conditions: • Motor will not spin• Motor will not lock to speed• Servo will not lock on track• Drive cannot read configuration tables from the disc In these conditions, the drive responds...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 23 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive. 6.1 AC power requirements None. 6.2 DC power requirements The voltage and current requirements for a single drive are...

24 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A [1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these val-ues. Power supply at nominal voltage. N (number of drives tested) = 6, 35 Degrees C ambient. [2] For +12 V, a –10% tolerance is allowed during initial spindle ...

26 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 6.2.3 Current profiles The +12V and +5V current profiles for the ST3400755FC and ST3300955FC models are shown below. Note: All times and currents are typical. See Tables 2 and 3 for maximum current requirements. Figure 1. Typical ST3400755FC drive, 4 Gbit, +5V...

28 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 6.3 Power dissipation ST3400755FC Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 4 Gbit operation is 8.1 watts (27.64 BTUs per hour). To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (see Figure 3). Locate...

30 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 6.4 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). Maximum wet...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 31 6.4.3 Effective altitude (sea level) a. Operating –200 to +10,000 feet (–61 to +3,048 meters) b. Non-operating –200 to +40,000 feet (–61 to +12,210 meters) 6.4.4 Shock and vibration Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are measured directly on...

32 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A Drives packaged in single or multipacks with a gross weight of 20 pounds (8.95 kg) or less by Seagate for general freight shipment shall withstand a drop test from 48 inches (1,070 mm) against a concrete floor or equivalent. Figure 6. Recommended mounting Z Y ...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 33 6.4.4.2 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 - 500 Hz 0.5 G (0 to peak, swept sine, 1.0 octave/min) Vibration may...

34 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A exposed to an ambient relative humidity greater than 95%. Materials used in cabinet fabrication, such as vulca-nized rubber, that can outgas corrosive compounds should be minimized or eliminated. The useful life of any electronic equipment may be extended by r...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 35 6.5 Mechanical specifications Refer to Figure 7 for detailed physical dimensions. See Section 8.4, “Drive mounting.” Figure 7. Mounting configuration dimensions Height (max): 1.028 in 26.11 mm Width (max): 4.010 in 101.85 mm Depth (max): 5.787 in 146.99 mm Wei...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 37 7.0 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 defect and erro...

38 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consists of 11 levels for read recoveries and five levels for write. Each level may consist of multiple steps, where a step is defined as a recovery function involving a single re-read or re-write attempt. The maxim...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 39 7.3 FC-AL system errors Information on the reporting of operational errors or faults across the interface is given in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. The FCP Response returns information to the host about numerous kinds of errors or faults. The Receive Dia...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 41 8.0 Installation Cheetah NS FC disc drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, switches, or termina-tors on the drive. Simply plug the drive into the host’s 40-pin Fibre Channel backpanel connector (FC-SCA) — no cables are required. S...

42 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A If forced air is necessary, possible air-flow patterns are shown in Figure 8. The air-flow patterns are created by fans either forcing or drawing air as shown in the illustrations. Conduction, convection, or other forced air-flow patterns are acceptable as lon...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 43 8.5 Grounding Signal ground (PCBA) and HDA ground are connected together in the drive and cannot be separated by the user. The equipment in which the drive is mounted is connected directly to the HDA and PCBA with no electri-cally isolating shock mounts. If it...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 45 9.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Cheetah NS FC drives. Addi-tional information is provided in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number 100293070). 9.1 FC-AL features This section li...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 47 9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login Table 8 identifies the required content of the N_Port Login (PLOGI) payload from an initiator. Table 8: N_Port login (PLOGI) payload Bytes 0-15 03 00 00 00 09 09 BB BB CF XX FS FS XX XX XX XX Common 16-31 XX XX XX XX PN PN PN PN ...

48 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept Table 9 identifies the N_Port Login access payload values. 9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login Table 10 lists the process login payload data. XX Indicates fields that are not used. Table 9: N_Port Login Accept (ACC) payload ...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 49 9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Login Accept Table 11 lists Cheetah NS FC process login accept payload data. 9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login Table 12 lists the fabric login payload from the drive. Table 11: Process Login Accept (ACC) payload Bytes 0-15 02 10 00 1...

50 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login Table 13 lists the required content of the Fabric Login Accept (ACC) payload from the fabric. Table 13: Fabric Login Accept (ACC) payload Bytes 0-15 02 00 00 00 09 09 BB BB CF XX FS FS R_ A_ T0 V_ Common 16-31 E_ D_ T0 V...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 51 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options Table 14 lists the FC-AL options supported by Cheetah NS FC drives. 9.2 Dual port support Cheetah NS FC drives have two independent FC-AL ports. These ports may be connected on independent loops or on the same loop....

52 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.3 SCSI commands supported Table 15 lists the SCSI commands supported by Cheetah NS FC drives. Table 15: Supported commands Command code Supported [4] Command name 00h Y Test unit ready 01h Y Rezero unit 03h Y Request sense Y Extended sense Y Field pointer by...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 55 [1] Cheetah NS FC drives can format to 512, 520, 524 or 528 bytes per logical block. [2] Warning. Power loss during flash programming can result in firmware corruption. This usually makes the drive inoperable. [3] Reference Mode Sense command 1Ah for mode page...

56 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.3.1 Inquiry data Table 16 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. * Copyright year (changes with actual year). ** SCSI Revision support. Refer to the appropiate ...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 59 Table 18: Mode Sense data default and changeable values for ST3300955FC drives MODE DATA HEADER: 03 8a 00 10 00 00 00 08 MODE PAGES: DEF 80 06 00 80 0f 00 00 00 CHG 80 06 b7 c0 0f 00 00 00 DEF 81 0a c0 0b ff 00 00 00 05 00 ff ff CHG 81 0a ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ...

60 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 19 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 supported. T...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 61 9.5 FC-AL physical interface Figure 9 shows the location of the J1 Fibre Channel single connection attachment (FC-SCA). Figure 11 pro-vides the dimensions of the FC-SCA connector. Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided wi...

62 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.5.2 Connector requirements The FC-AL SCA device connector is illustrated in Figure 11. Figure 11. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions 9.5.3 Electrical description Fibre Channel drives use the FC-SCA connector for: • DC power• FC-AL interface• Drive select ...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 63 Table 21: FC-SCA pin descriptions *Short pins in mating backpanel connector. [1] This pin may be connected to external logic to detect the presence of the drive. The drive connects this pin to the common ground. [2] Pins 9, 10, 17, 18, and 39 are option select...

64 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.5.6 Power Power is supplied through the FC-SCA with support for +5 volts and +12 volts. All of the voltage pins in the drive connector are the same length. Four 12 volt pins provide +12 volt power to the drive. The current return for the +12 volt power suppl...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 65 9.5.8 Active LED Out The Active LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 22. The Active LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the proper +5 volt supply through an appropriate current limiting...

66 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines The SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines determine drive address, and, optionally, for an Enclosure Services Inter-face. When the Parallel ESI line is high, the enclosure backpanel must provide address information on the SEL line. R...

68 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 9.5.12 Device control codes The drive inputs a Device Control Code on the DEV_CTRL_CODE lines at power up to determine the link rate on the Fibre Channel ports. Both ports run at the same rate. If the backpanel does not connect to these lines, the drive has 10...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 69 9.6.2 LED driver signals Fault and Active LED signals are located in the FC-SCA connector (J1). See Table 27 for the output character-istics of the LED drive signals. 9.6.3 FC Differential output The serial output signal voltage characteristics are provided in...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 71 10.0 Seagate Technology support services Internet For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit www.seagate.com . Worldwide support is available 24 hours daily by email for your questions. Presales Support: [email protected] Technical Suppo...

72 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A Customer Service Operations Warranty Service Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for warranty-relate...

Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A 73 Index Numerics 12 volt pins 64 3rd party reserve command 55 5 volt pins 64 A Abort Sequence (ABTS) 45 abort task set function 46 AC coupling 63 AC power requirements 23 ACA active status 60 ACA active, faulted initiator status 60 Accept (ACC) 45 acoustics 33 a...

78 Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A SMP = 1 in Mode Select command 60 SO 47 , 50 spindle brake 8 Stacked connection req. 47 , 50 standards 3 Start unit/stop unit command 53 start/stop time 12 support services 71 Supported diagnostics pages command 53 surface stiffness allowable for non-flat surf...