Page 2 - © 2010, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved.
© 2010, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100629381, Rev. A December 2010 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Savvio and SeaTools are either trademarks or regis-te...
Page 3 - Contents; PowerChoice
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A i Contents 1.0 Seagate Technology support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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ii Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 7.4 Power dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7.5 Environmental limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A iii 12.4.1 SAS physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 12.4.2 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 12.4.3 Connect...
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Page 7 - List of Figures
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A v List of Figures Figure 1. Current profile for 300GB models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 2. Current profile for 146GB models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 9 - Seagate Technology support services; SEAGATE ONLINE SUPPORT and SERVICES
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 Support ...
Page 10 - Scope; This manual describes Seagate Technology
2 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 2.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology ® LLC, Savvio ® 15K.3 SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disc drives. Savvio drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SAS Inter- face Manual (part number 100293071) ...
Page 11 - Applicable standards and reference documentation; Standards; SAS Interface Manual; Electromagnetic compatibility
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 depend on host equipment to provide adequate power and environ...
Page 14 - Reference documents; SCSI Commands Reference Manual
6 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 3.2 Reference documents SCSI Commands Reference Manual Seagate part number: 100293068 SAS Interface Manual Seagate part number: 100293071 ANSI SAS Documents SFF-8223 2.5” Drive Form Factor with Serial Connector SFF-8460 HSS Backplane Design Guidelines SFF-84...
Page 15 - General description
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 7 4.0 General description Savvio drives provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engi-neering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. The Serial Attached SCSI interface is designed to meet n...
Page 16 - Standard features; Savvio; Media description
8 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 4.1 Standard features Savvio 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• Support for SAS expanders a...
Page 17 - Performance; performance; Reliability; Sector Size
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 9 4.3 Performance • Firmware-controlled multisegmented cache designed to dynamically adjust segments for enhanced system performance • 600 MB/s maximum instantaneous data transfers• 15K RPM spindle. Average latency = 2.0 ms• Background processing of queue• Sup...
Page 18 - Programmable drive capacity; Factory installed options; • The
10 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 4.6 Programmable drive capacity Using the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something less than maximum. See the Mode Select (6) parameter list table in the SAS Interface Manual , part number 100293071. A value of zero in the Number ...
Page 19 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Access time
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 11 5.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Sav-vio drives. 5.1 Internal drive characteristics ST9300653SS ST9146853SS ST9300553SS ST9146753SS ST9300453SS ST914665...
Page 21 - Cache operation; Refer to the; Case A; Drive transfers the requested logical blocks to the initiator.; Case B
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 13 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 in cach...
Page 22 - Caching write data; Table 9 shows the mode default settings for the drive.; Prefetch operation
14 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 5.5.1 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=0), then ...
Page 23 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 15 6.0 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. 6.1 Error rates ...
Page 24 - Seek errors; seeks. Unrecoverable seek errors; Interface errors; Reliability and service; The AFR (MTBF) specification is based on the following assumptions:; Preventive maintenance; No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required.; Hot plugging the drive
16 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 seek ...
Page 25 - 0 milliseconds
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 17 6.2.4 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...
Page 26 - Savvio drives implement a temperature warning system which:; Parameter Code; Primary Temperature
18 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 er...
Page 27 - DST failure definition; Recovered errors will not be reported as diagnostic failures.; Implementation
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 19 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 imple...
Page 28 - Short and extended tests; DST has two testing options:; Log page entries; The Self-Test Results Value field is set to Fh; Abort
20 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 read/ver...
Page 30 - Physical/electrical specifications; power management; PowerChoice modes; Reduced electronics
22 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 CSS architecture have limited power management capability. Th...
Page 31 - 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
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 23 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 power ...
Page 32 - DC power requirements; Notes
24 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A Table 2: 300GB models DC power requirements Notes 3.0 Gb mode 6.0 Gb mode Parameter (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) (Amps) Voltage +5V +12V [2] +5V +12V [2] Regulation [5] ±5% ±5% [2] ±5% ±5% [2] Avg idle current DC [1] [7] 0.36 0.20 0.37 0.20 Standby 3 σ 0.31 0.06 0....
Page 33 - Operating condition is defined as random 8 block reads.
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 25 [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 spind...
Page 34 - General DC power requirement notes.; The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.; Conducted noise immunity
26 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A General DC power requirement notes. 1. Minimum current loading for each supply voltage is not less than 1.7% of the maximum operating current shown. 2. The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns. 3. Where power is provided to multiple d...
Page 35 - Current profiles; Figure 1. Current profile for 300GB models.
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 27 7.3.3 Current profiles The +12V and +5V current profiles for the Savvio 15K.3 SAS drives are shown below. Figure 1. Current profile for 300GB models.
Page 36 - Current profile for 146GB models
28 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A Figure 2. Current profile for 146GB models Note: All times and currents are typical. See Tables 2 and 3 for maximum current requirements.
Page 37 - Power dissipation; 00GB models in 6Gb operation
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 29 7.4 Power dissipation 300GB models in 6Gb operation Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 6Gb operation is 4.23 watts (14.43 BTUs per hour). To obtain operating power for typical random read operations, refer to the following I/O rate curve (se...
Page 39 - Environmental limits; Temperature; The maximum allowable drive case temperature is 60°C.; Relative humidity; The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 31 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). Maximum ...
Page 40 - b. Operating—abnormal
32 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 7.5.3 Effective altitude (sea level) a. Operating –1000 to +10,000 ft (–304.8 to +3048 m) b. Non-operating –1000 to +40,000 ft (–304.8 to +12,192 m) 7.5.4 Shock and vibration Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are measured directly on the...
Page 41 - Recommended mounting; Vibration
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 33 Figure 8. Recommended mounting 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 - 500 Hz, swept sine: 0.5 G (zero ...
Page 43 - Mechanical specifications; Dimensions
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 35 7.6 Mechanical specifications Refer to Figure 9 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions. Note that these dimensions are in line with the Small Form Factor Standard documented in SFF-8201 and SFF-8223. See Section 11.3, “Drive mounting.” Figure 9. Dim...
Page 44 - About FIPS; Purpose; Figure 10. Example of FIPS tamper evidence labels.
36 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 8.0 About FIPS The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, is a U.S. govern-ment computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. It is titled “Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules”. The...
Page 45 - About self-encrypting drives; • Security Protocol Out; Data encryption; Admin SP
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 37 9.0 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 (TCG) Enter...
Page 46 - Drive locking
38 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 9.2.2 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 on the dr...
Page 47 - The download file must be signed and authenticated.; Power requirements
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 39 9.6 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 recoverable since it...
Page 48 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors; Drive error recovery procedures
40 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 defect and ...
Page 49 - SAS system errors; SAS Interface; Background Media Scan; Read and write retry count maximum recovery times
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 41 The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consists of 20 levels for read recoveries and six 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 max...
Page 51 - Levels of PI; There are 4 types of Protection Information.; Setting and determining the current Type Level
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 43 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 (i.e....
Page 52 - Installation; Power is supplied through the SAS connector.; Drive orientation
44 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 11.0 Installation Savvio 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 bays designed to acco...
Page 53 - Cooling; Air flow
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 45 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 environmen...
Page 55 - Interface requirements; SAS features; Task management functions; Table 5 lists the SAS task management functions supported.; Task management responses; Task name; Task management response codes; Function name
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 47 12.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Savvio drives. Additional infor-mation is provided in the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071). 12.1 SAS features This section lists the SAS-sp...
Page 56 - Supported commands; Command name
48 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 12.2 Dual port support Savvio 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 clocking (e.g. both port...
Page 60 - Inquiry data; Savvio inquiry data; Mode Sense data; Default values
52 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 12.3.1 Inquiry data Table 8 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SAS Interface Manual . Table 8: Savvio inquiry data * Copyright year (changes with actual year). ** SCSI Revision support. S...
Page 62 - Mode Sense data default and changeable values for 300GB drives; CHG 9C 0A 9D 0F FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
54 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A Table 9: Mode Sense data default and changeable values for 300GB drives MODE DATA HEADER: 00 00 05 12 8B 01 30 02 MODE PAGES: DEF 81 0A C0 14 FF 00 00 00 05 00 FF FF CHG 81 0A FF FF 00 00 00 00 FF 00 FF FF DEF 82 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3A 00 00 00 00...
Page 63 - Mode Sense data default and changeable values for 146GB drives
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 55 Table 10: Mode Sense data default and changeable values for 146GB drives MODE DATA HEADER: 00 00 05 12 8B 01 30 02 MODE PAGES: DEF 81 0A C0 14 FF 00 00 00 05 00 FF FF CHG 81 0A FF FF 00 00 00 00 FF 00 FF FF DEF 82 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3A 00 00 00 0...
Page 64 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions; Miscellaneous features; Miscellaneous status; Supported
56 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 12.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 11 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 supporte...
Page 65 - SAS physical interface
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 57 12.4.1 SAS physical interface Figure 13 shows the location of the SAS device connector J1. Figures 14 and 15 provide the dimensions of the SAS connector. Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided within this section. The ...
Page 66 - SAS device plug dimensions; C OF DATUM B
58 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A Figure 14. 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 42.73 RE...
Page 68 - Physical characteristics; This section defines physical interface connector.; Connector requirements; The SAS device connector is illustrated in Figures 14 and 15.; Electrical description; SAS drives use the device connector for:; Pin descriptions
60 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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 revision...
Page 69 - SAS transmitters and receivers; Power; Signal characteristics; Ready LED Out; Normal command activity
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 61 12.4.6 SAS transmitters and receivers A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 16. The receiver is AC cou-pling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 16. SAS transmitters and receivers 12.4.7 Power The drive recei...
Page 70 - Differential signals; SAS-2 Specification compliance; LED drive signal; State; VOH; LED o; General interface characteristics; Characteristic
62 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 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. See Table 1...
Page 71 - Index; Numerics
Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A 63 Index Numerics 12 volt pins 61 5 volt pins 61 6 Gbps 62 A abort task set function 47 AC coupling 61 AC power requirements 23 ACA active status 56 ACA active, faulted initiator status 56 acoustics 34 active LED Out signal 61 actuator 9 assembly design 7 adap...
Page 72 - See
64 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A drive characteristics 11 Drive Locking 38 drive mounting 35 , 46 drive select 60 dual port support 48 E electrical description of connector 60 signal characteristics 61 specifications 22 electromagnetic compatibility 3 electromagnetic susceptibility 34 EMI ...
Page 74 - See also
66 Savvio 15K.3 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A reliability 9 specifications 15 reliability and service 16 repair and return information 21 reporting actual retry count 56 reservation conflict status 56 resonance 32 return information 21 RNG 38 RoHS 5 rotation speed 11 S safety 3 SAS interface 60 physica...
