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Page 5 - Contents
Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A i Contents 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Standards, compliance and reference documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Cheetah NS FC Product Manual, Rev. A iii 9.6 Signal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.6.1 TTL input characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 9.6.2...
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Page 9 - List of Figures
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...
Page 11 - Scope; This manual describes Seagate Technology
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...
Page 13 - Standards, compliance and reference documents; Standards; Electromagnetic compatibility
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...
Page 14 - Compliance; Electromagnetic compliance; • Typical current use microprocessor; Electromagnetic compliance for the European Union
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 ...
Page 15 - Reference documents; Specification for Acoustic Test Requirement and Procedures
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...
Page 17 - General description
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...
Page 19 - Sector Size
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...
Page 20 - Factory-installed options; standard OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be ordered.; User-installed accessories
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...
Page 21 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Access time; Not including controller overhead
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...
Page 22 - There is no power control switch on the drive.
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...
Page 23 - Cache operation; Drive transfers the requested logical blocks to the initiator.; Caching write data
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...
Page 24 - Tables 17 and 18 show the mode default settings for these drives.; Prefetch operation
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...
Page 25 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
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...
Page 26 - Seek errors; seeks. Unrecoverable seek errors; Interface errors; Reliability and service; • 250 average on/off cycles per year; Preventive maintenance; No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required.; Hot plugging the drive
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...
Page 27 - 2 milliseconds
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 ...
Page 30 - DST has two testing options:; Log page entries; The Self-Test Results Value field is set to Fh
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...
Page 33 - Physical/electrical specifications; AC power requirements; Notes
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...
Page 34 - See +12V current profiles in Figures 1 and 2.; General DC power requirement notes.; The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.
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 ...
Page 36 - Current profiles
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...
Page 38 - Power dissipation; Random 8 Block Reads
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...
Page 40 - Environmental limits; Temperature; Figure 5. Locations of the HDA temperature check point; Relative humidity; The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.
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...
Page 41 - b. Operating—abnormal; Package size; Any
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...
Page 42 - Figure 6. Recommended mounting
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 ...
Page 43 - Vibration; Acoustics
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...
Page 44 - 表示该部件(于同类物品程度上)所含的危险和有毒物质低于中国RoHS MCV标准所定义的门槛值。; 表示该部件(于同类物品程度上)所含的危险和有毒物质超出中国RoHS MCV标准所定义的门槛值。; 中国限制危险物品的指令
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...
Page 45 - Mechanical specifications; Figure 7. Mounting configuration dimensions
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...
Page 47 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors
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...
Page 48 - Read and write retry count maximum recovery times
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...
Page 49 - Background Media Scan
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...
Page 51 - Installation; Drive ID/option selection
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...
Page 52 - Figure 8. Air flow; Drive mounting
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...
Page 53 - Grounding
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...
Page 55 - Interface requirements; Fibre Channel link service frames; Table 5 lists the link services supported by Cheetah NS FC drives.; Link services supported; Basic link service frames
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...
Page 57 - Fibre Channel port login; Bytes
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 ...
Page 58 - Fibre Channel port login accept; Table 9 identifies the N_Port Login access payload values.; Fibre Channel Process Login; Table 10 lists the process login payload data.
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 ...
Page 59 - Fibre Channel Process Login Accept; Table 11 lists Cheetah NS FC process login accept payload data.; Fibre Channel fabric login; Table 12 lists the fabric login payload from the drive.
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...
Page 60 - Fibre Channel fabric accept login
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...
Page 61 - Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options; Table 14 lists the FC-AL options supported by Cheetah NS FC drives.; Dual port support; ing a soft address to prevent an address conflict.; FC-AL options supported
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....
Page 62 - SCSI commands supported; Table 15 lists the SCSI commands supported by Cheetah NS FC drives.; Supported commands
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...
Page 65 - Command code
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...
Page 66 - Inquiry data; Mode Sense data; Default values; Cheetah NS FC inquiry data
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 ...
Page 69 - CHG 9c 0a 9d 0f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
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 ...
Page 70 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions
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...
Page 71 - FC-AL physical interface; Figure 9. Physical interface; Physical characteristics; This section defines physical interface connector.; Physical description; Figure 10. Port bypass circuit physical interconnect; J1 interface connector
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...
Page 72 - Connector requirements; The FC-AL SCA device connector is illustrated in Figure 11.; Figure 11. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions; Electrical description; Fibre Channel drives use the FC-SCA connector for:; Pin descriptions
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 ...
Page 73 - *Short pins in mating backpanel connector.; FC-AL transmitters and receivers
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...
Page 74 - The Fault LED Out signal is driven by the drive when:
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...
Page 75 - • Transmitter/receiver wrap test failure; Motor start controls
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...
Page 76 - Parallel Enclosure Services Interface (ESI)
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...
Page 78 - Device control codes; Signal characteristics; TTL input characteristics; Table 26 provides the TTL characteristics.; Reserved for power failure warning.
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...
Page 79 - Serial output voltage swing; Serial input voltage swing; AC coupled
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...
Page 81 - 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
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...
Page 82 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
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...
Page 83 - Index; Numerics
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...
Page 88 - See also cooling
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...