Seagate Constellation.2 Manual

Product ManualConstellation.2TM SAS100620418Rev. COctober 2010Standard Models ST91000640SSST9500620SSSelf-Encrypting Drive Models ST91000641SSST950062

2 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C2.0 ScopeThis manual describes Seagate Technology® LLC, Constellation.2TM SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disc

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 33.0 Applicable standards and reference documentationThe drives documented in this manual have been develop

4 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C3.1.2 Electromagnetic complianceSeagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the dire

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 53.1.3 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)The European Union Restriction of Hazardous

6 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C4.0 General descriptionConstellation.2 drives provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a v

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 74.1 Standard featuresConstellation.2 drives have the following standard features:• Perpendicular recording

8 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C4.3 Performance• Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer • 600 MB/s maximum instantaneous data transfe

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 94.7 Factory-installed optionsYou may order the following items which are incorporated at the manufacturing

10 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C5.0 Performance characteristicsThis section provides detailed information concerning performance-related

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 115.2.2 Format command execution time for 512-byte sectors (minutes) 1TB models 500GB modelsMaximum (with v

Revision history© 2010, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100620418, Rev. C October 2010Seagate, Seagate Technology and

12 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C5.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache controlThe drive provides a prefetch (read look-ahead) and multi-segme

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 135.5.1 Caching write data Write caching is a write operation by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer

14 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C6.0 Reliability specificationsThe following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive oper

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 156.1.3 Seek errorsA seek error is defined as a failure of the drive to position the heads to the addressed

16 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. CCaution. The drive motor must come to a complete stop prior to changing the plane of operation. This time

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 17S.M.A.R.T. measures error rates. All errors for each monitored attribute are recorded. A counter keeps tr

18 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C6.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST)Drive Self Test (DST) is a technology designed to recognize drive fault condit

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 196.2.6.2.3 Short and extended testsDST has two testing options:1. short2. extendedThese testing options ar

20 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C6.2.7 Product warrantyBeginning on the date of shipment to the customer and continuing for the period spe

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 217.0 Physical/electrical specificationsThis section provides information relating to the physical and elec

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C iContents1.0 Seagate Technology support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C7.1.1 PowerChoice reporting methodsPowerChoiceTM provides these reporting methods for tracking purposes:R

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 23Table 2: 1TB drive (Standard & SED model) DC power requirementsNotes3.0Gb mode 6.0Gb mode(Amps) (Amp

24 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C[1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. [2] Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these val

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 25[5] See +12V current profile in Figure 1.[6] This condition occurs after OOB and Speed Negotiation comple

26 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C7.3.3 Current profiles The +12V (top) and +5V (bottom) current profiles for the Constellation drives are

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 27Note: All times and currents are typical. See Table 2 for maximum current requirements.Figure 2. 500GB m

28 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C7.4 Power dissipation1TB model drive in 3Gb operationPlease refer to Table 2 for power dissipation number

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 291TB model drive in 6Gb operationPlease refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers.To obtain operating

30 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C500GB model drive in 3Gb operationPlease refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers.To obtain operati

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 31500GB model drive in 6Gb operationPlease refer to Table 2 for power dissipation numbers.To obtain operati

ii Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C7.5 Environmental limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C7.5 Environmental limitsTemperature and humidity values experienced by the drive must be such that conden

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 337.5.3 Effective altitude (sea level)a. Operating–200 to +10,000 feet (–61 to +3,048 meters)b. Non-operati

34 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Cd. PackagedSeagate finished drive bulk packs are designed and tested to meet or exceed applicable ISTA an

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 357.5.4.2 Vibrationa. Operating—normalThe drive as installed for normal operation, shall comply with the co

36 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C7.5.7 AcousticsSound power during idle mode shall be 2.2 bels typical when measured to ISO 7779 specifica

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 377.6 Mechanical specificationsThe following nominal dimensions are exclusive of the decorative front panel

38 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C8.0 About FIPSThe Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, is a

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 399.0 About self-encrypting drivesSelf-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security services for

40 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C9.2.2 Locking SPThe Locking SP controls read/write access to the media and the cryptographic erase featur

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 419.6 Cryptographic eraseA significant feature of SEDs is the ability to perform a cryptographic erase. Thi

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C iii12.4.2 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C10.0 Defect and error management Seagate continues to use innovative technologies to manage defects and e

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 43The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consist of 20 levels for read recoveries and five levels for

44 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C10.4 Background Media ScanBackground Media Scan (BMS) is a self-initiated media scan. BMS is defined in t

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 4510.7 Idle Read After WriteIdle Read After Write (IRAW) utilizes idle time to verify the integrity of rece

46 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C10.8.3 Identifying a Protection Information driveThe Standard Inquiry provides a bit to indicate if PI is

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 4711.0 InstallationConstellation.2 disc drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers

48 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C11.2 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the ambient temperature immediately

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 4911.3 Drive mountingMount the drive using the bottom or side mounting holes. If you mount the drive using

50 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C12.0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 5112.2 Dual port supportConstellation.2 SAS drives have two independent ports. These ports may be connected

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52 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C12.3 SCSI commands supportedTable 7 lists the SCSI commands supported by Constellation.2 drives. Tabl

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 53 Last n Deferred Errors or Asynchronous Events page (0Bh) N Last n Error Events page (07h) N Non-mediu

54 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. CRead Capacity (10) 25h YRead Capacity (16) 9Eh/10h NRead Defect Data (10) 37h YRead Defect Data (12) B7h

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 55[1] Constellation.2 drives can format to 512, 520 or 528 bytes per logical block.[2] Warning. Power loss

56 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C12.3.1 Inquiry data Table 8 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 57When power is applied to the drive, it takes saved values from the media and stores them as current val-u

58 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. CTable 9: Mode Sense data changeable and default values for 1TB model drives MODE DATA HEADER: 01 9a 00

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 59Table 10: Mode Sense data changeable and default values for 500GB model drives MODE DATA HEADER: 01 9a

60 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C12.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions Table 11 lists various features and conditions. A “Y

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 6112.4.1 SAS physical interface Figure 13 shows the location of the SAS device connector J1. Figures 14 and

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C vList of FiguresFigure 1. 1TB model current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

62 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C Figure 14. SAS device plug dimensionsC OF DATUM BL5.081.27 (6X)1.27 (14X)15.8750.35MIN15.87533.43 0.0

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 63Figure 15. SAS device plug dimensions (detail)6.10Detail A0.30 0.05 x 45 (5X)0.40 0.05 X 45 (3X)CORI

64 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C12.4.2 Physical characteristics This section defines physical interface connector.12.4.3 Connector requir

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 6512.4.6 SAS transmitters and receiversA typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is s

66 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. CThe Ready LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the pro

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 67IndexNumerics12 voltpins 655 volt pins 656 Gbps 66Aabort task set function 50AC coupling 65AC p

68 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. CDFE 66dimensions 37disc rotation speed 10drive 35drive characteristics 10drive failure 15Driv

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 69Llatencyaverage rotational 10, 11Locking SP 39, 40LockOnReset 40logical block address 12logic

70 Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. CQqueue tagging 60Rradio interference regulations 3Random number generator 40RCD bit 12read error

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. C 71Type 1 PI format 45Type 2 PI format 45Uunformatted 8Unrecoverable Errors 14unrecovered media data

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