Page 2 - ©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved.
©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100343673, Rev. D August 2007 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. NL35 Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks o...
Page 3 - iii; Contents
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D iii Contents 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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iv NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 6.4 Environmental limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.4.1 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28...
Page 7 - vii; List of Figures
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D vii List of Figures Figure 1. NL35 Series family disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second (1 Gbit). . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Page 9 - Scope; This manual describes Seagate Technology; family disc drive
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 1 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology ® LLC, NL35 Series (Fibre Channel) disc drives. NL35 Series drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The Fibre Cha...
Page 11 - Applicable standards and reference documentation; Standards; Electromagnetic compatibility
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 3 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation 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 achiev...
Page 12 - Electromagnetic compliance; • Typical current use microprocessor; Electromagnetic compliance for the European Union; Environmental protection; European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
4 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 2.2 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 sys-tem represen...
Page 13 - Reference documents; Fibre Channel Interface Manual
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 5 2.4 Reference documents NL35 Series FC Installation Guide Seagate part number: 100343674 Fibre Channel Interface Manual Seagate part number: 77767496 ANSI Fibre Channel Documents X3.230-1994 FC Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) X3.297.1997 FC-PH-2 Fibre...
Page 15 - General description
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 7 3.0 General description NL35 Series drives combine Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) heads and a Fibre Channel interface to pro-vide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainf...
Page 16 - Standard features
8 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 3.1 Standard features NL35 Series drives have the following standard features: • Integrated dual port FC-AL controller • Concurrent dual port transfers • Support for FC arbitrated loop, private and public attachment • Differential copper FC drivers and receive...
Page 18 - Programmable drive capacity; Factory-installed accessories; OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be ordered.; User-installed accessories
10 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity Using the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something less than maximum. See the Mode Select Parameter List table in the FC Interface Product Manual. Refer to the Parameter list block descriptor number...
Page 19 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Format command execution time (in minutes); Not including controller overhead; Read
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 11 4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of NL35 Series drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics ST3500071FC ST3400071FC Drive capacity* 500.0 .......................
Page 20 - Generalized performance characteristics; Sustainable disc transfer rate:
12 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 4.2.3 Generalized performance characteristics Data buffer transfer rate to/from disc media (one 512-byte sector): Sustainable disc transfer rate: Note. 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1,000,000 bytes. Notes for Section 4.2. [1] Execution time measured from receipt of the l...
Page 21 - There is no power control switch on the drive.; Cache operation
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 13 4.3 Start/stop time If the Motor Start option is disabled, the drive becomes ready within 25 seconds after DC power is applied. If a recoverable error condition is detected during the start sequence, the drive executes a recovery procedure and the time to bec...
Page 22 - Caching write data; Table 25 shows the mode default settings for the drive.; Prefetch operation
14 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D Case B—A Read command requests data, and the first logical block is not in any segment of the cache: 1. The drive fetches the requested logical blocks from the disc and transfers them into a segment, and then from there to the host in accordance with the Mode...
Page 25 - Reliability specifications; Error rates
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 17 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...
Page 26 - seeks. Unrecoverable seek errors; Interface errors; Reliability and service
18 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 5.1.1 Recoverable Errors Recovereable errors are those detected and corrected by the drive, and do not require user intervention. Recoverable Data errors will use correction, although ECC on-the-fly is not considered for purposes of recov-ered error specifica...
Page 27 - MTBF is based on the following assumptions:; Preventive maintenance; No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required.; Hot plugging the drive
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 19 5.2.1 Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) The production disc drive shall achieve an MTBF of 1,000,000 hours when operated in an environment that ensures the HDA case temperatures specified in Section 6.4 are not exceeded. Short-term excursions up to the specifi...
Page 28 - milliseconds
20 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 5.2.4 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 of a failure to allow you t...
Page 29 - NL35 Series drives implement a temperature warning system which:; Parameter Code; Primary Temperature
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 21 Error rate is the number of errors per operation. The algorithm that S.M.A.R.T. uses to record rates of error is to set thresholds for the number of errors and their interval. If the number of errors exceeds the threshold before the interval expires, the erro...
Page 31 - DST has two testing options:; Log page entries; The Self-Test Results Value field is set to Fh
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 23 5.2.6.2.2 Invoking DST To invoke DST, submit the Send Diagnostic command with the appropriate Function Code (001b for the short test or 010b for the extended test) in bytes 1, bits 5, 6, and 7. Refer to the Fibre Channel Interface Product Manual, part number ...
Page 33 - Physical/electrical specifications; AC power requirements; Notes
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 25 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 ar...
Page 34 - General DC power requirement notes.; The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.; Conducted noise immunity
26 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D [5] See paragraph 6.2.1, "Conducted noise immunity." Specified voltage tolerance includes ripple, noise, and transient response. [6] Operating condition is defined as random 8 block reads at 161 I/Os per second. Current and power specified at nominal ...
Page 35 - Power dissipation
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 27 6.3 Power dissipation Typical power dissipation under idle conditions is 10.49 watts (35.79 BTUs per hour) during 1 Gbit operation. Typical power dissipation under idle conditions is 10.75 watts (36.68 BTUs per hour) during 2 Gbit operation. To obtain operati...
Page 36 - Environmental limits; Temperature; Location of the HDA Temperature check point; Relative humidity; The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.
28 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 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 we...
Page 37 - b. Operating—abnormal; Package size; Any
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 29 6.4.4 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, resonances may occur internal...
Page 38 - Recommended mounting
30 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D Figure 5. Recommended mounting Z Y X Z Y X
Page 39 - Vibration; Operating normal translational random flat profile; Air cleanliness
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 31 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 5-22 Hz @ 0.25 G (zero to peak) 22-350 Hz @ 0.50 G (zero to peak) 3...
Page 40 - Typical idle mode sound power
32 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 6.4.6 Corrosive environment Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing equivalent to 10 years exposure to light industrial environments containing sulfurous gases, chlorine and nitric oxide, classes G and H per ASTM B845. However, ...
Page 41 - Mechanical specifications; Mounting configuration dimensions
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 33 6.5 Mechanical specifications The following nominal dimensions are exclusive of the decorative front panel accessory. However, dimensions of the front panel are shown in figure below. Refer to Figure 6 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions. See Secti...
Page 43 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 35 7.0 Defect and error management The drive, as delivered, complies with this product manual. The read error rates and specified storage capaci-ties are not dependent upon use of defect management routines by the host (initiator). Defect and error management in...
Page 44 - Read and write retry count maximum recovery times
36 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D Table 12 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 (for read...
Page 45 - Background Media Scan
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 37 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 Di...
Page 47 - Installation; no; Drive ID/option selection
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 39 8.0 Installation NL35 Series disc drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, switches, or terminators on the drive. Simply plug the drive into the host’s 40-pin Fibre Channel backpanel connector (FC-SCA) — no cables are required. See...
Page 48 - Cooling; Air flow
40 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 8.3 Cooling The host enclosure must provide heat removal from the drive. You should confirm that the host enclosure is designed to ensure that the drive operates within the temperature measurement guidelines described in Sec-tion 6.4.1. In some cases, forced ...
Page 51 - Interface requirements; Fibre Channel link service frames; Table 13 lists the link services supported by NL35 Series drives.; Link services supported; Type of frame; Basic link service frames
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 43 9.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on NL35 Series drives. Additional information is provided in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number 77767496). 9.1 FC-AL features This section lists...
Page 52 - Task name; FC SCSI FCP response codes; Function name
44 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.1.2 Fibre Channel task management functions Table 14 lists the Fibre Channel SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol (FC SCSI FCP) task management functions sup-ported. 9.1.3 Fibre Channel task management responses Table 15 lists the FC SCSI FCP response codes returned...
Page 53 - Fibre Channel port login; Bytes
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 45 9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login Table 16 identifies the required content of the N_Port Login (PLOGI) payload from an initiator. Table 16: N_Port login (PLOGI) payload Bytes 0-15 03 00 00 00 XX XX BB BB CF XX FS FS XX XX XX XX Common 16-31 XX XX XX XX PN PN PN ...
Page 54 - Fibre Channel port login accept; Table 17 identifies the N_Port Login access payload values.; Fibre Channel Process Login; Table 18 lists the process login payload data.
46 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept Table 17 identifies the N_Port Login access payload values. Table 17: N_Port Login Accept (ACC) payload 9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login Table 18 lists the process login payload data. Table 18: Process Login (PLRI) paylo...
Page 55 - Fibre Channel Process Login Accept; Table 19 lists NL35 Series process login accept payload data.; Fibre Channel fabric login; Table 20 lists the fabric login payload from the drive.
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 47 9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Login Accept Table 19 lists NL35 Series process login accept payload data. Table 19: Process Login Accept (ACC) payload 9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login Table 20 lists the fabric login payload from the drive. Table 20: Fabric Login...
Page 56 - Fibre Channel fabric accept login
48 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login Table 20 lists the required content of the Fabric Login Accept (ACC) payload from the fabric. Table 21: Fabric Login Accept (ACC) payload Bytes 0-15 02 00 00 00 XX XX BB BB CF XX FS FS R_ A_ T0 V_ Common 16-31 E_ D_ T0 ...
Page 57 - Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options; Table 22 lists the FC-AL options supported by NL35 Series drives.; Dual port support; ing a soft address to prevent an address conflict.; FC-AL options supported; Option
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 49 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options Table 22 lists the FC-AL options supported by NL35 Series drives. 9.2 Dual port support NL35 Series drives have two independent FC-AL ports. These ports may be connected on independent loops or on the same loop. Po...
Page 58 - SCSI commands supported; Table 23 lists the SCSI commands supported by NL35 Series drives.; Supported commands; Command code
50 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.3 SCSI commands supported Table 23 lists the SCSI commands supported by NL35 Series drives. Table 23: 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 byt...
Page 63 - Mode Sense data; Default values
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 55 9.3.1 Inquiry data Table 24 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. Table 24: NL35 Series inquiry data * Copyright year (changes with actual year). ** 02 = SCSI-2...
Page 67 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions; Miscellaneous features; Miscellaneous status; Supported
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 59 9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 27 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. ...
Page 68 - FC-AL physical interface; Physical interface; Physical characteristics; This section defines physical interface connector.; Physical description; Port bypass circuit physical interconnect
60 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.5 FC-AL physical interface Figure 8 shows the location of the J1 Fibre Channel single connection attachment (FC-SCA). Figure 10 pro-vides the dimensions of the FC-SCA. Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided within this...
Page 69 - Connector requirements; FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions; Electrical description; Part description; Berg
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 61 9.5.2 Connector requirements Recommended mating SCA part number: The FC-AL SCA device connector is illustrated in Figure 10. Figure 10. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions 9.5.3 Electrical description Fibre Channel drives use the FC-SCA connector for: • DC ...
Page 70 - Pin descriptions; *Short pins in mating backpanel connector.; FC-SCA pin descriptions
62 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.5.4 Pin descriptions This section provides a pin-out of the FC-SCA and a description of the functions provided by the pins. *Short pins in mating backpanel connector. [1] This pin may be connected to external logic to detect the presence of the drive. The d...
Page 71 - FC-AL transmitters and receivers; Power; The Fault LED Out signal is driven by the drive when:
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 63 9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers A typical FC-AL differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 11. The receiver is required to provide the AC coupling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 11. FC-AL transmitters and receivers 9....
Page 72 - • Transmitter/receiver wrap test failure; Active LED Out conditions; Normal command activity
64 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.5.8 Active LED Out The Active LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 30. 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 limitin...
Page 73 - Case
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 65 9.5.10 Motor start controls The drive’s motor is started according to the Start_1 and Start_2 signals described in Table 31. The state of these signals can be wired into the backplane socket or driven by logic on the backplane. 9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID l...
Page 75 - Device control codes; Signal characteristics; TTL input characteristics; Table 34 provides the TTL characteristics.; Device control code values; Reserved for Power failure warning.; TTL characteristics; State; Input high
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 67 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 1...
Page 76 - Serial output voltage swing; Serial input voltage swing; AC coupled
68 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 9.6.2 LED driver signals Fault and Active LED signals are located in the FC-SCA connector (J1). See Table 35 for the output character-istics of the LED drive signals. 9.6.3 Differential PECL output The serial PECL output signal voltage characteristics are pro...
Page 77 - Receive eye diagram; Eye diagram data values; Link rate; Bit time
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 69 Figure 13 provides the data valid eye diagram for typical and minimum requirements to recover data at the specified interface error rate. The inputs are AC coupled on the drive. Table 38 lists the data values. Figure 13. Receive eye diagram Table 38: Eye diag...
Page 79 - Seagate Technology support services; Internet; For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit; Seagate Service Centers; Presales Support; Seagate technical support is available to assist you online at
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 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 Supp...
Page 80 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
72 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 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-relat...
Page 81 - Index; Numerics
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D 73 Index Numerics 12 volt pins 63 3rd party reserve command 54 5 volt pins 63 A Abort Sequence (ABTS) 43 abort task set function 44 AC coupling 63 AC power requirements 25 ACA active status 59 ACA active, faulted initiator status 59 Accept (ACC) 43 access time 1...
Page 86 - See also cooling
78 NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D shock 29 and vibration 29 shock mount 41 signal characteristics 67 LED driver 68 single-unit shipping pack kit 10 SMART 9 , 20 SMP = 1 in Mode Select command 59 SO 45 , 48 spindle brake 8 Stacked connection req. 45 , 48 standards 3 Start unit/stop unit comman...