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©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100384763, Rev. B August 2007 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. LD25 Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks o...
Page 3 - Contents
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B i Contents 1.0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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ii Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.1 AC power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B iii 9.5 FC-AL physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.5.1 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 9.5.2 ...
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Page 7 - List of Figures
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B v List of Figures Figure 1. Savvio 15K.1 family disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. Typical ST973451FC drive +12V and +5V current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 9 - Scope; This manual describes Seagate Technology; Savvio; 5K.1 family disc drive
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 1 1.0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology ® LLC, Savvio ® 15K.1 FC (Fibre Channel) disc drives. Savvio drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The Fibre C...
Page 11 - Applicable standards and reference documentation; Standards; Electromagnetic compatibility
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 achie...
Page 12 - Electromagnetic compliance; • Typical current use microprocessor; Electromagnetic compliance for the European Union; European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
4 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 sys-tem repre...
Page 13 - Reference documents; Savvio 15K.1 FC Installation Guide
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 5 Seagate also has internal systems in place to ensure ongoing compliance with the RoHS Directive and all laws and regulations which restrict chemical content in electronic products. These systems include standard operat-ing procedures that ensure that restrict...
Page 15 - General description
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 7 3.0 General description Savvio drives combine Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) heads and a Fibre Channel interface to provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes...
Page 16 - Standard features
8 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 3.1 Standard features Savvio drives have the following standard features: • Perpendicular recording technology • 4-Gbit Fibre Channel interface. For 4 gigabit operation, the block size must be divisable by 8 • Integrated dual port FC-AL controller • Concurren...
Page 17 - Sector Size
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 9 3.2 Media description The media used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for improved durability and environmental protection. 3.3 Performance • Firmware-controlled m...
Page 18 - Programmable drive capacity; Factory-installed accessories; OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be ordered.
10 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 (6) parameter list table in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual, part number 100293070. Refer to the Paramet...
Page 19 - Performance characteristics; Internal drive characteristics; Access time; Not Including controller overhead
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 11 4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Sav-vio drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics ST973451FC ST936751FC Drive capacity 73.4 36.2 Gbytes (formatted, rou...
Page 21 - Cache operation; Of the 16 Mbytes physical buffer space in the drive, approximately; Caching write data
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 13 The START STOP UNIT command may be used to command the drive to stop the spindle. Stop time is 30 sec-onds (maximum) from removal of DC power. There is no power control switch on the drive. 4.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control The drive provides a pref...
Page 22 - Table 19 shows the mode default settings for the drive.; Prefetch operation
14 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 ...
Page 23 - Reliability specifications; Error rates; Recoverable Errors
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 T...
Page 24 - 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.
16 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 5.1.2 Unrecoverable Errors An unrecoverable data error is defined as a failure of the drive to recover data from the media. These errors occur due to head/media or write problems. Unrecoverable data errors are only detected during read opera-tions, but not c...
Page 25 - Hot plugging the drive
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 17 5.2.3 Hot plugging the drive Inserting and removing the drive on the FC-AL will interrupt loop operation. The interruption occurs when the receiver of the next device in the loop must synchronize to a different input signal. FC error detection mecha-nisms, c...
Page 26 - Savvio drives implement a temperature warning system which:; 0 milliseconds
18 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B Performance impact S.M.A.R.T. attribute data is saved to the disc so that the events that caused a predictive failure can be recre-ated. The drive measures and saves parameters once every two hours subject to an idle period on the FC-AL bus. The process of m...
Page 28 - DST has two testing options:
20 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 5.2.6.2 Implementation This section provides all of the information necessary to implement the DST function on this drive. 5.2.6.2.1 State of the drive prior to testing The drive must be in a ready state before issuing the Send Diagnostic command. There are ...
Page 29 - Log page entries; The Self-Test Results Value field is set to Fh; Abort
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 21 5.2.6.2.4 Log page entries When the drive begins DST, it creates a new entry in the Self-test Results Log page. The new entry is created by inserting a new self-test parameter block at the beginning of the self-test results log parameter section of the log p...
Page 30 - Product repair and return information
22 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B Product repair and return information Seagate customer service centers are the only facilities authorized to service Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities. Any unauthorized repair or tampering with the factory seal voids...
Page 31 - Physical/electrical specifications; AC power requirements; Notes
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 a...
Page 32 - Operating condition is defined as random 8 block reads; General DC power requirement notes.; Minimum current loading for each supply voltage is not less than; DC power requirements for ST936751FC
24 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B [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 spindl...
Page 35 - Power dissipation; Random 8 Block Reads
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 27 6.3 Power dissipation ST973451FC Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 1Gb operation is 5.58 watts (19.04 BTUs per hour). Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 2Gb operation is 5.58 watts (19.04 BTUs per hour). Typical power dissipa...
Page 38 - Environmental limits; Temperature
30 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B Figure 9. ST936751FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second at 4 Gbit 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 atmosph...
Page 39 - Figure 10. Locations of the HDA temperature check point; Relative humidity; The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs.; Shock and vibration; b. Operating—abnormal
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 31 b. Non-operating –40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C) package ambient with a maximum gradient of 36°F (20°C) per hour. This specification assumes that the drive is packaged in the shipping container designed by Seagate for use with drive. Figure 10. Locations of the...
Page 40 - Any
32 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B abnormal levels may promote degraded operational performance during the abnormal shock period. Speci-fied operational performance will continue when normal operating shock levels resume. Shock may be applied in the X, Y, or Z axis. Shock is not to be repeate...
Page 41 - Figure 11. Recommended mounting
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 33 Figure 11. Recommended mounting Z Y X Z Y X
Page 42 - Vibration; Operating normal translational random flat profile; Air cleanliness
34 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 10-500 Hz @ 1.0 G (zero to peak) Vibration may be applied in the X, ...
Page 44 - Mechanical specifications; Measurements shown in inches
36 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 6.5 Mechanical specifications Figure 12. Drive dimensions (inches) Height: 0.583 in 14.8 mm Width: 2.755 in 69.98 mm Depth: 3.945 in 100.2 mm Weight: 0.50 pounds 0.227 kilograms 2.755 +/- .008 .379 +/- .010 3.016 +/- .010 2.430 +/- .010 .160 +/- .010 .583 +/...
Page 45 - Defect and error management; Drive internal defects/errors
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 er...
Page 48 - Idle Read After Write
40 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 7.7 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 valid write co...
Page 49 - Installation; no cables; Drive orientation
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 41 8.0 Installation Savvio 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 Sec...
Page 51 - Interface requirements; Fibre Channel link service frames; Table 5 lists the link services supported by Savvio drives.; Link services supported; Basic link service frames
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 43 9.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Savvio drives. Additional infor-mation is provided in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number 100293070). 9.1 FC-AL features This section lists t...
Page 53 - Fibre Channel port login; Bytes
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 45 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 P...
Page 54 - 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.
46 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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) payloa...
Page 55 - Fibre Channel Process Login Accept; Table 11 lists Savvio process login accept payload data.; Fibre Channel fabric login; Table 12 lists the fabric login payload from the drive.
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 47 9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Login Accept Table 11 lists Savvio 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 14 08 ...
Page 56 - Fibre Channel fabric accept login
48 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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...
Page 57 - Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options; Table 14 lists the FC-AL options supported by Savvio drives.; Dual port support; ing a soft address to prevent an address conflict.; FC-AL options supported
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 49 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options Table 14 lists the FC-AL options supported by Savvio drives. 9.2 Dual port support Savvio drives have two independent FC-AL ports. These ports may be connected on independent loops or on the same loop. Port A and ...
Page 58 - SCSI commands supported; Table 15 lists the SCSI commands supported by Savvio drives.; Supported commands
50 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 9.3 SCSI commands supported Table 15 lists the SCSI commands supported by Savvio 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 bytes Y...
Page 62 - Command code
54 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B [1] Savvio drives can format to any multiple of four bytes per logical block in the range 512 to 528 bytes. [2] Warning. Power loss during flash programming can result in firmware corruption. This usually makes the drive inoperable. [3] Reference Mode Sense ...
Page 63 - Inquiry data; Savvio inquiry data
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 55 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). ** 02 = SCSI-2 implemented with some SCSI-3 feat...
Page 64 - Miscellaneous operating features and conditions
56 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 17 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 65 - FC-AL physical interface; Figure 14. Physical interface; Physical characteristics; This section defines physical interface connector.; Physical description; Figure 15. Port bypass circuit physical interconnect
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 57 9.5 FC-AL physical interface Figure 14 shows the location of the J1 Fibre Channel single connection attachment (FC-SCA). Figure 16 pro-vides the dimensions of the FC-SCA connector. Details of the physical, electrical, and logical characteristics are provided...
Page 66 - Connector requirements; Figure 16. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions; Electrical description; Part description; Berg
58 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 9.5.2 Connector requirements The FC-AL SCA device connector is illustrated in Figure 16. Figure 16. 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 selec...
Page 67 - Pin descriptions; *Short pins in mating backpanel connector.
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 59 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. Table 20: FC-SCA pin descriptions *Short pins in mating backpanel connector. [1] This pin may be connected to external logic to dete...
Page 68 - FC-AL transmitters and receivers; Figure 17. FC-AL transmitters and receivers; Power; The Fault LED Out signal is driven by the drive when:
60 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers A typical FC-AL differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 17. The receiver is required to provide the AC coupling to eliminate ground shift noise. Figure 17. FC-AL transmitters and receivers S...
Page 69 - • Transmitter/receiver wrap test failure; Motor start controls
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 61 9.5.8 Active LED Out The Active LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 21. 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 limiti...
Page 70 - Parallel Enclosure Services Interface (ESI); High; Motor start control signals
62 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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....
Page 72 - Device control codes; Signal characteristics; TTL input characteristics; Table 25 provides the TTL characteristics.; Reserved for power failure warning.
64 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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 ...
Page 73 - Serial output voltage swing; Serial input voltage swing; AC coupled
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 65 9.6.2 Differential PECL output The serial PECL output signal voltage characteristics are provided in Table 26. The outputs are not AC coupled in order to deliver maximum signal without rise and fall time degradation. You must AC couple the receiver to isolat...
Page 75 - 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
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 67 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 Sup...
Page 76 - Customer Service Operations; Warranty Service; USA/Canada/Latin America support services; Direct dial; and Mexico; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Support Services
68 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 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-rela...
Page 77 - Index; Numerics
Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B 69 Index Numerics 1 Gbit 60 12 volt pins 60 2 Gbit 60 3rd party reserve command 53 4 Gbit 60 5 volt pins 60 A Abort Sequence (ABTS) 43 abort task set function 44 AC coupling 60 AC power requirements 23 ACA active status 56 ACA active, faulted initiator status 5...
Page 82 - See also cooling
74 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B Function not supported 05 44 Function reject 04 44 task set full status 56 technical support services 67 temperature 30 limits 30 non-operating 31 regulation 3 See also cooling terminate task function 44 termination 60 terminators 41 Test unit ready command ...