Page 2 - Revision history; © 2010, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved.
Revision history © 2010, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100602414, Rev. D March 2010 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Constellation ES, SeaTools and SeaTDD a...
Page 3 - ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D; Contents; PowerChoice
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D i Contents 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 7 - List of Figures
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D v List of Figures Figure 1. ST32000444SS & ST32000445SS model current profiles 26 Figure 2. ST31000424SS & ST31000425SS model current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 3. ST350041...
Page 9 - Scope; This manual describes Seagate Technology; Yes
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 1 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology ® LLC, Constellation ® ES Series SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disc drives. Constellation ES drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SAS Interface Ma...
Page 10 - Applicable standards and reference documentation; Standards; SAS Interface Manual; Electromagnetic compatibility
2 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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 adequate power ...
Page 11 - Electromagnetic compliance; Constellation ES SAS; Taiwanese BSMI
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 3 2.1.2 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 sy...
Page 12 - European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS); Reference documents
4 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 2.1.3 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, restricts the presence of chemi-cal substances, including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Hexavalent Chromium, PBB and ...
Page 13 - General description
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 5 3.0 General description Constellation ES 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 inter-face i...
Page 14 - Standard features; Constellation ES drives have the following standard features:; Media description
6 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 3.1 Standard features Constellation ES drives have the following standard features: • Perpendicular recording technology• 1.5 / 3 / 6 Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface • Integrated dual port SAS controller supporting the SCSI protocol• Suppor...
Page 15 - Performance
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 7 3.3 Performance • Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer • 600MB/s maximum instantaneous data transfers.• 7200 RPM spindle. Average latency = 4.16ms• Background processing of queue• Supports start and stop commands (spindle stops spinning)• Ad...
Page 16 - Factory-installed options; • The
8 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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): • Ot...
Page 17 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Access time
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 9 4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Con-stellation ES drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics ST32000444SS ST31000424SS ST3500414SS ST32000445S...
Page 18 - Format command execution time for 512-byte sectors (minutes)
10 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 4.2.2 Format command execution time for 512-byte sectors (minutes) ST32000444SSST32000445SS ST31000424SSST31000425SS ST3500414SSST3500415SS Maximum (with verify) 627 345 173 Maximum (without verify) 314 173 86 Note. There is approximately a 1.5 in...
Page 19 - Cache operation; Refer to the; Case A; Drive transfers the requested logical blocks to the initiator.; Case B
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 11 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 us...
Page 20 - Caching write data
12 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 4.5.1 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 is enabled (RCD...
Page 21 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 13 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 Er...
Page 22 - Seek errors; seeks. Unrecoverable seek errors; Interface errors; Reliability and service; Preventive maintenance; No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required.; Hot plugging the drive
14 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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 fail...
Page 23 - Performance impact
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 15 Caution. The drive motor must come to a complete stop prior to changing the plane of operation. This time is required to insure data integrity. 5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. This t...
Page 24 - Predictive failures; Primary Temperature
16 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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 p...
Page 25 - DST failure definition; Recovered errors will not be reported as diagnostic failures.; Implementation
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 17 5.2.6 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 opt...
Page 27 - Product warranty
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 19 5.2.7 Product warranty Beginning on the date of shipment to the customer and continuing for the period specified in your purchase contract, Seagate warrants that each product (including components and subassemblies) that fails to function properly...
Page 28 - Physical/electrical specifications; power management; PowerChoice modes; Mode; Reduced electronics; can be invoked using one of these two methods:
20 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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 programmable power...
Page 29 - 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
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 21 6.1.1 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 driv...
Page 30 - DC power requirements; Notes
22 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D Table 2: 2000GB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requirements Notes 3.0Gb mode 6.0Gb mode (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) Voltage +5V +12V [4] +5V +12V [4] Regulation [5] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2] Avg idle current DCX [1] [7] 0.41 0.43 0.42 0.4...
Page 33 - General DC power requirement notes.; The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.; Conducted noise immunity
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 25 [5] See +12V current profile in Figure 3. [6] This condition occurs after OOB and Speed Negotiation completes but before the drive has received the Notify Spinup primitive. [7] See paragraph 6.3.1, "Conducted noise immunity." Specified vol...
Page 34 - Current profiles
26 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 6.3.3 Current profiles The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Constellation ES drives are shown below. Figure 1. ST32000444SS & ST32000445SS model current profiles Note: All times and currents are typical. See Table 2 for max...
Page 37 - Power dissipation; Please refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers.; Random 8 Block Re ads
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 29 6.4 Power dissipation ST32000444SS and ST32000445SS 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 8). Locate ...
Page 39 - tt; Random 8 Block Reads
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 31 ST31000424SS and ST31000425SS 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 8). Locate the typical I/O rate f...
Page 41 - Ra ndom 8 Block Rea ds
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 33 ST3500414SS and ST3500415SS 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 8). Locate the typical I/O rate for...
Page 43 - Environmental limits; Temperature; Location of the HDA temperature check point; Relative humidity; The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 35 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 58.7°F (14.8°C)...
Page 44 - Shock and vibration; b. Operating—abnormal
36 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 6.5.3 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) 6.5.4 Shock and vibration Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are measure...
Page 46 - Vibration; Acoustics
38 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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 exceeding 5 - 22 Hz 0.25 Gs, limited displacement 22 - 350 Hz 0.5 G...
Page 47 - Electromagnetic susceptibility
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 39 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 vulca-nized rubber, that can outgas...
Page 48 - Mechanical specifications; Mounting configuration dimensions
40 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 6.6 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 12 for detailed mounting configuration dimensio...
Page 49 - About self-encrypting drives; • Security Protocol Out; Data encryption; Admin SP
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 41 7.0 About self-encrypting drives Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security services for the protection of stored data, com-monly known as “protection of data at rest.” These drives are compliant with the Trusted Computing Group (...
Page 50 - Locking SP; Drive locking
42 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 7.2.2 Locking SP The Locking SP controls read/write access to the media and the cryptographic erase feature. Access to the Locking SP is available using the BandMasterX or EraseMaster passwords. Since the drive owner can define up to 16 data bands...
Page 51 - Cryptographic erase; The download file must be signed and authenticated.; Power requirements
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 43 7.6 Cryptographic erase A significant feature of SEDs is the ability to perform a cryptographic erase. This involves the host telling the drive to change the data encryption key for a particular band. Once changed, the data is no longer recoverabl...
Page 52 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors; Drive error recovery procedures
44 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 8.0 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 de...
Page 53 - SAS system errors; SAS Interface; Read and write retry count maximum recovery times
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 45 The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consist of 12 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 attemp...
Page 54 - Background Media Scan
46 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 8.4 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 while the drive is i...
Page 55 - Idle Read After Write
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 47 8.7 Idle Read After Write Idle Read After Write (IRAW) utilizes idle time to verify the integrity of recently written data. During idle periods, no active system requests, the drive reads recently written data from the media and compares it to val...
Page 56 - Installation; Power is supplied through the SAS connector.; Drive orientation
48 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 9.0 Installation Constellation ES disc drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, switches, or termina-tors on the drive. SAS drives are designed to be used in a host system that provides a SAS-compatible backplane with b...
Page 57 - Cooling; Air flow
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 49 9.2 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, cabinet, or drawer e...
Page 58 - Drive mounting
50 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 9.3 Drive mounting 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 surface. The allowable mo...
Page 59 - Interface requirements; SAS features; task management functions; Table 6 lists the SAS task management functions supported.; task management responses; Task name; Task management response codes; Function name
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 51 10.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Constellation ES drives. Addi-tional information is provided in the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071). 10.1 SAS features This sect...
Page 60 - Dual port support; ports at the same time.
52 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 10.2 Dual port support Constellation ES SAS drives have two independent ports. These ports may be connected in the same or differ-ent SCSI domains. Each drive port has a unique SAS address. The two ports have the capability of independent port clo...
Page 61 - SCSI commands supported; Supported commands; Command name
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 53 10.3 SCSI commands supported Table 8 lists the SCSI commands supported by Constellation ES drives. Table 8: Supported commands Command name Command code Supported Change Definition 40h N Compare 39h N Copy 18h N Copy and Verify 3Ah N Format Unit [...
Page 65 - Inquiry data; Constellation ES inquiry data; Bytes; PP; Mode Sense data; Default values
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 57 10.3.1 Inquiry data Table 9 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SAS Interface Manual . Table 9: Constellation ES inquiry data Bytes Data (hex) 0-15 00 00 xx** 12 8B 00 30 02 53 4...
Page 70 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions; Miscellaneous features; Miscellaneous status; Supported
62 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 10.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 13 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 no...
Page 71 - SAS physical interface
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 63 10.4.1 SAS physical interface Figure 15 shows the location of the SAS device connector J1. Figures 16 and 17 provide the dimensions of the SAS connector. Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided within this sec...
Page 72 - C OF DATUM B
64 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D Figure 16. 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 ...
Page 73 - Detail A
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 65 Figure 17. SAS device plug dimensions (detail) 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 0.05 0.10 B E S14 S8 4.40 0.15 SEE Detail 2 3.90 0.15 SECTION A - A SECTION C - C A 0.35 0.05 45 R0.30...
Page 74 - Physical characteristics; This section defines physical interface connector.; Connector requirements; The SAS device connector is illustrated in Figures 16 and 17.; Electrical description; SAS drives use the device connector for:; Pin descriptions
66 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 10.4.2 Physical characteristics This section defines physical interface connector. 10.4.3 Connector requirements Contact your preferred connector manufacturer for mating part information. Part numbers for SAS connectors will be provided in a futur...
Page 75 - SAS transmitters and receivers; Power; Signal characteristics; Ready LED Out; Normal command activity
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 67 10.4.6 SAS transmitters and receivers A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 18. The receiver is AC cou-pling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 18. SAS transmitters and receivers 10.4.7 Power The d...
Page 76 - Differential signals; SAS-2 Specification Compliance; LED drive signal; State; VOH; LED o; General interface characteristics; Characteristic
68 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 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 resis-tor are external to the drive. S...
Page 77 - Seagate Technology support services; Web; For information regarding Seagate products and services, visit
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 69 11.0 Seagate Technology support services Web 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] Technic...
Page 78 - Customer Service Operations; Presales Support; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
70 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D Customer Service Operations Presales Support Our Presales Support staff can help you determine which Seagate products are best suited for your specific application or computer system, as well as product availability and compatibility. Technical Su...
Page 79 - Index; Numerics
ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D 71 Index Numerics 12 volt pins 67 5 volt pins 67 6 Gbps 68 A abort task set function 51 AC coupling 67 AC power requirements 21 ACA active status 62 ACA active, faulted initiator status 62 acoustics 38 active LED Out signal 67 actuator 7 assembly des...
Page 80 - See
72 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D description 5 DFE 68 dimensions 40 disc rotation speed 9 drive 38 drive characteristics 9 Drive Locking 42 drive mounting 40 , 50 drive select 66 dual port support 52 E electrical description of connector 66 signal characteristics 67 specification...
Page 82 - See also
74 ConstellationES Series SAS Product Manual, Rev. D R radio interference regulations 2 Random number generator 42 RCD bit 11 read error rates 13 , 44 read/write data heads 9 receivers 67 recommended mounting 37 Recoverable Errors 13 recovered media data 13 reference documents 4 relative humidity 35...
Page 86 - Seagate Technology LLC
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