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1. Table 14 Supported commands Command name Command code Supported READ 32 7 Fh 0009h Y READ BUFFER modes 0 2 3 Ah And Bh supported 3Ch Y non SED drives only READ CAPACITY 10 25h Y READ CAPACITY 16 9Eh 10h Y READ DEFECT DATA 10 37h Y READ DEFECT DATA 12 B7h Y READ LONG 10 3Eh Y non SED drives only READ LONG 16 9Eh 11h Y non SED drives only REASSIGN BLOCKS 07h Y RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS 1Ch Y Supported Diagnostics pages 00h Y Translate page 40h Y RELEASE 6 17h Y RELEASE 10 57h Y REPORT LUNS A0h Y REQUEST SENSE 08h Y Actual Retry Count bytes Y Extended Sense Y Field Pointer bytes Y RESERVE 6 16h Y 3rd Party Reserve Y Extent Reservation N RESERVE 10 56h Y 3rd Party Reserve Y Extent Reservation N REZERO UNIT 01h Y SECURITY PROTOCOL IN A2h Y SED models only SECURITY PROTOCOL OUT B5h Y SED models only SEEK 6 0Bh Y SEEK 10 2Bh Y SEND DIAGNOSTICS 1Dh Y Supported Diagnostics pages 00h Y Translate page 40h N START UNIT STOP UNIT 1Bh Y SYNCHRONIZE CACHE 35h Y SYNCHRONIZE CACHE 16 91h Y TEST UNIT READY 00h Y UNMAP 42H Y VERIFY 10 2Fh Y BYTCHK bit Y VERIFY 12 AFh N VERIFY 16 AFh Y 48 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Table 14 Supported commands Command name Command code Supported VERIFY 32 7 Fh 000Ah Y WRITE 6 OAh Y WRI
2. 16 6 3 1 Annualized Failure Rate AFR and Mean Time Between Failure MTBF 16 6 3 2 Preventive maintenance 16 6 3 3 Hot plugging the drive 16 6 3 4 SMART Eme a SER neret dc A tie te eg ies 17 6 3 5 Thermal MONO eee eee 18 6 3 6 Drive Self Test DST 19 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 6 3 7 Product warranty na 21 7 0 Physical electrical specifications 22 7 1 Power specifications AI Su WA KUI E E E EE E E 22 7 1 1 Power consumption a 22 7 2 AC powerreguirements 22 7 3 DC power requirements 23 7 3 1 Conducted noiseimmunity 26 7 3 2 Power sequencing 1 eee 26 7 3 3 Current profiles Wi 26 7 4 Power dissipation y S uY 0 cocoa 28 7 5 Environmental limits ii 29 7 51 Temperature EA 29 7 5 2 Relative humidity 30 7 5 3 Effective altitude sea level 30 7 5 4 Shock and vibration 30 7 5 5 Aircleanlin SS ckeIr cg gag iig nana na HAG RE Liga EES 3
3. 9 4 8 5 Protection Information PI and Security SED 9 5 0 Performance characteristics snnanananuan 11 5 1 Internal drive characteristics IIIA ete ee 11 5 2 Performance characteristics ii 11 5 2 1 ACCESS TIME 222 intacta arre E da 11 5 2 2 FORMAT UNIT command execution time for 512 byte LBA s minutes 12 5 2 3 PerfOrmarce s an uror ERU a Sia 12 5 3 Start stop timo uu d eet bes kene eser banana d und feed aro anemia 13 5 4 Cache control assar it dvds ai amp tede Red GRE qued DR ead 13 5 4 1 Caching write data massa ae paro Espa a Le Siw e ETA RR URS WARNA Honda 13 6 0 Reliability specifications ooooococococococooococococcococococococooc co 14 6 1 Error Tales uuu Bea ia Be a AUN I Eun e de b Eo e i etu 14 6 1 1 Unrecoverable ErrorS 15 6 1 2 Interface errors 15 6 2 Endurance Management ii 15 6 2 1 Wear Leveling nrod tea UA aa Ba an aa Banana 15 6 2 2 Garbage Collection 15 6 2 3 Write AmplificatiOn na 15 6 2 4 UNMAP 23552 cht Dott NA Ast tW C eet pr du 15 6 2 5 Data Retention ii 16 6 2 6 Lifetime Endurance Management 16 6 3 Reliability and service
4. Configuration Format Mode DCRT Bit IP Bit 400GB 200GB 100GB Non SED Default Thin Provisioned DCRT 1 IP 0 5 5 5 Non SED Fully Provisioned DCRT 0 IP 1 140 60 30 Non SED Fully Provisioned DCRT 1 IP 1 100 40 20 SED Default Thin Provisioned DCRT 0 IP 0 5 N A N A SED Default Thin Provisioned DCRT 1 IP 0 5 N A N A SED Fully Provisioned DCRT 0 IP 1 140 N A N A SED Fully Provisioned DCRT 1 IP 1 100 N A N A 5 2 3 Performance Table 6 Performance Notes 400GB 200GB 100GB Maximum Burst Transfer Rate 600MB s Peak sequential 128KB read write data transfer rate MB s max 1 360 300 Sustained sequential 128KB read write data transfer rate MB s 1 300 300 300 200 300 100 Peak 4KB random read write command rate IOPs 2 48 000 22 000 Sustained 4KB random read write command rate IOPs 2 48 000 48 000 48 000 22 000 16 000 8000 Sustainable 4KB Random combined IOPS for 5 year Endurance 3 31 000 31 000 31 000 65 35 R W 70 Duty Cycle 1 Testing performed at Queue Depth 32 Seguentially Preconditioned drive using IOMeter 2006 7 27 2 Testing performed at Queue Depth 32 Randomly Preconditioned drive using IOMeter 2006 7 27 3 Testing performed at Queue Depth 32 Non Preconditioned drive using IOMeter 2006 7 27 Note IOMeter is available at http www iometer org or http sourceforge net projects iometer IOMeter is licensed under the Intel Open Source License and the G
5. Seagate E Product Manual Pulsar XT 2 SAS Standard Models Self Encrypting Drive Models ST400FX0002 ST400FX0012 ST200FX0002 ST100FX0002 100647497 Rev B June 2011 Revision history Revision Date Sheets affected or comments Rev A 03 16 11 Initial release Rev B 06 01 11 34 7mm weight correction O 2011 Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved Publication number 100647497 Rev B June 2011 Seagate Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and or other countries Pulsar and SeaTools are either trademarks or regis tered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of Seagate Technology LLC Call 877 PUB TEK1 877 782 8351 to request permission One gigabyte or GB equals one billion bytes and one terabyte or TB eguals one trillion bytes Your computer s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity In addition some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus will not be available for data storage Seagate reserves the right to change without notice product offerings or specifications Contents 1 0 Seagate Technology sup
6. The objective of the extended test option is to empirically test critical drive components The read operation tests the media contents The integrity of the media is checked through a read verify scan of the media The anticipated length of the Extended test is reported through the Control Mode page 6 3 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 page Existing data will be moved to make room for the new parameter block The drive reports 20 param eter blocks in the log page If there are more than 20 parameter blocks the least recent parameter block will be deleted The new parameter block will be initialized as follows 1 The Function Code field is set to the same value as sent in the DST command 2 The Self Test Results Value field is set to Fh 3 The drive will store the log page to non volatile memory After a self test is complete or has been aborted the drive updates the Self Test Results Value field in its Self Test Results Log page in non volatile memory The host may use LOG SENSE to read the results from up to the last 20 self tests performed by the drive The self test results value is a 4 bit field that reports the results of the test If the field is set to zero the drive passed with no errors detected by the DST If th
7. M B 1 10 4 00 Hs gt OF DATUM D amp lo isIp Y n t t A I1 i eos i i A A RO 30 0 08 4X 0 30 0 05 4x B C SEE Detaill 33 43 0 05 P B lt 15 875 lt 15 875 1 27 MX 27 6X A pe icm P lhe 0 84 0 05 22X 6 0 158 A 4 90 0 08 0 35MIN Y vo k k P15 p S1 S7 OF DATUM B Figure 15 SAS device plug dimensions 56 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Detail A S14 lt 6 10 sg 0 30 0 05 x 45 5X poo oq n A 2 25 T N GA E Ee H 0 40 0 05 X 45 3X 4 85 0 05 lt 0 10B Y CORING ALLOWED E N THIS AREA 4 40 0 15 R0 30 0 08 C SEE Detail 2 A 1 95 0 08 Li fM lt wazi 3 90 0 15 SECTION O SECTION A A eeu CONTACT SURFACE FLUSH TO DATUM A 0 03 1 Ji Ss 4 65 F 1 90 0 08 1 23 0 05 DM Detail 2 7 LX 0 08 0 05 2 40 ee 10 10 A v SECTION B B D Figure 16 SAS device plug dimensions detail Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 57 11 4 2 Physical characteristics This section defines physical interface connector 11 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 of this publication
8. For less than full shipments instructions are printed on the bulk pack carton for minimum drive quantities and proper drive placement Figure 9 Recommended mounting Note Image may not represent actual product for reference only Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 31 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 vibration Vibration may be applied in the X Y or Z axis Operating normal translational random flat profile 20 2000 Hz translational random flat profile 16 3 GRMS Note This specification does not cover connection issues that may result from testing at this level b Operating abnormal Equipment as installed for normal operation shall not incur physical damage while subjected to periodic vibration Vibration occurring at these levels may degrade operational performance during the abnormal vibration period Specified operational performance will continue when normal operating vibration levels are resumed This assumes system recovery routines are available Operating abnormal translational random flat profile 20 2000 Hz translational random flat profile 16 3 GRMS Note This specification does not cover connection issues that may result from testing at this level c Non operating The limits of non operating vibration shall apply to all conditions of handling and transportation This incl
9. Type 40 PI level Type Il 40 Pl level Type Ill 40 Pl Levels 40 PI Returned for Thin Provisioned LBA 10 PI Setting 10 pin descriptions 58 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B power 59 dissipation 28 requirements AC 22 requirements DC 23 sequencing 26 Power consumption 22 power distribution 3 Power specifications 22 PowerChoice 22 PowerCycle 36 preventive maintenance 14 PROT_EN bit 10 protection information 40 protection of data at rest 35 Q queue tagging 55 R radio interference regulations 3 Random number generator 36 read error rates 14 38 receivers 59 recommended mounting 31 reference documents 5 relative humidity 30 reliability 7 specifications 14 reliability and service 16 repair and return information 21 reporting actual retry count 55 reservation conflict status 55 resonance 30 return information 21 RNG 36 RoHS 4 5 S safety 3 SAS interface 58 physical interface 55 task management functions 44 SAS documents 5 SAS Interface Manual 3 5 SAS 2 Specification 60 SCSI interface commands supported 46 Secure ID 35 security partitions 35 Security Protocol In 35 Security Protocol Out 35 segmented caching 55 63 self encrypting drives 35 Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology 7 17 Serial Attached SCSI SAS Interface Manual 2 shielding 3 shipping 21 shipping container 30 shock 31 and vibration 30 shock mount 43 SID 35 signal characteristics 59 single unit sh
10. failed unit DST validates the functionality of the drive at a system level There are two test coverage options implemented in DST 1 Extended test 2 Shorttest The most thorough option is the extended test that performs various tests on the drive and scans every logical block address LBA of the drive The short test is time restricted and limited in length it does not scan the entire media contents but does some fundamental tests and scans portions of the media If DST encounters an error during either of these tests it reports a diagnostic failed condition If the drive fails the test remove it from service and return it to Seagate for service 6 3 6 1 DST failure definition The drive will present a diagnostic failed condition through the self tests results value of the diagnostic log page if a functional failure is encountered during DST The drive parameters are not modified to test the drive more stringently and the recovery capabilities are not reduced All retries and recovery processes are enabled during the test If data is recoverable no failure condition will be reported regardless of the recovery processes reguired to recover the data The following conditions are considered DST failure conditions Read error after recovery attempts are exhausted Write error after recovery attempts are exhausted Recovered errors will not be reported as diagnostic failures 6 3 6 2 Implementation This section provides all
11. 30 46 58 30 30 31 32 20 20 20 20 20 Product ID 32 47 R R R R S S S S S S S S 00 00 00 00 48 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64 79 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 95 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 96 111 00 43 6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 28 63 29 20 32 Copyright 112 127 30 31 31 20 53 65 61 67 61 74 65 20 41 6C 6C 20 notice 128 143 72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20 PP R S Copyright year changes with actual year SCSI Revision support See the appropriate SPC release documentation for definitions 10 INQUIRY data for an INQUIRY command received on Port A 30 INQUIRY data for an INQUIRY command received on Port B Four ASCII digits representing the last four digits of the product firmware release number Eight ASCII digits representing the eight digits of the product serial number Bytes 16 through 26 reflect model of drive The table above shows the hex values for Model ST400FX0012 Refer to the values below for the values of bytes 16 through 26 for a particular model ST400FX0002 53 54 34 30 30 46 58 30 30 30 32 ST200FX0002 53 54 32 30 30 46 58 30 30 30 32 ST100FX0002 53 54 31 30 30 46 58 30 30 30 32 11 3 2 MODE SENSE data The MODE SENSE command provides a way for the drive to report its operating parameters to the initiator The drive m
12. 55 11 4 2 Physical characteristics 58 11 4 8 Connectorreguirements 58 1144 Electrical description 58 11 4 5 Pindescriptions ii 58 11 4 6 SAS transmitters andreceivers 59 T4 7 POWER o sess Ee LR ba eque ea P eee an oad 59 Signal characteristics 59 11 5 4 Ready LED Out roun aaae y ae ai AA Aa 59 11 5 2 Differential signals 60 SAS 2 Specification compliance 60 Additional information inna 60 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 List of Figures Current profiles for 400GB models 26 Current profiles for 200GB models 27 Current profiles for 100GB models 27 400GB at 6Gb DC current and power vs input output operations per second 28 200GB at 6Gb DC current and power vs input output operations per second 28 100GB at 6Gb
13. Block Device Characteristics page B1h Date Code page C1h Device Behavior page C3h Device Identification page 83h Extended Inguiry Data page 86h Firmware Numbers page COh Jumper Settings page C2h Power Conditions page 8Ah Supported Vital Product Data page 00h Thin Provisioning page B2h Unit Serial Number page 80h Vendor Unique page D1h Vendor Unique page D2h LOG SELECT 4Ch PCR bit DU bit DS bit TSD bit ETC bit TMC bit LP bit LOG SENSE 4Dh Application Client Log page OFh Background Scan Results log page 15h Buffer Over run Under run page 01h Cache Statistics page 37h Factory Log page 3Eh Information Exceptions Log page 2Fh lt lt lt z lt z lt z z z lt lt z lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt z lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Z lt lt lt lt lt z lt Z 46 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Table 14 Supported commands Command name Command code Supported Last n Deferred Errors or Asynchronous Events page OBh Last n Error Events page 07h Non medium Error page 06h Pages Supported list 00h Protocol Specific Port log pages 18h Read Error Counter page 03h Read Reverse Error Counter page 04h Self test Results page 10h Solid
14. DC current and power vs input output operations per second 29 Temperature check point location 15mm drives 30 Temperature check point location 7mm drives 30 Recommended mounting ii 31 Mounting configuration dimensions 400GB models 0c eee eee eee 33 Mounting configuration dimensions 200 8 100GB models 34 Physical interlace zu bil Pash da RE deg Yee I ORDRE maa Mn eh 41 PAUP TOW ec a Sac Sais CIE EE 42 Physical interface is od vows peda kee beets ita 55 SAS device plug dimensions 56 SAS device plug dimensions detail 57 SAS transmitters and receivers 59 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 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 amp Technical support Global Support Services telephone numbers amp business hours Authorized Service Centers For information regarding Warranty Support visit http www seagate com www en us support warranty amp returns assistance For information regarding Data Recovery Services visit http www i365 com For Seagate OEM amp Distribution partner por
15. Off Drive started ready and activity Off On command executing Drive transitioning from not ready state to Blinks steadily ready state or the reverse 50 on and 50 off 0 5 seconds on and off for 0 5 seconds FORMAT UNIT in progress Toggles on off Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 59 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 23 for the output characteristics of the LED drive signals Table 23 LED drive signal State Test condition Output voltage LED off high 0 V XVOH 3 6 V 100 pA lt lop lt 100 pA LED on low lo 15 mA 0 Vo x0 225 V 11 5 2 Differential signals The drive SAS differential signals comply with the intra enclosure internal connector requirements of the SAS standard Table 24 defines the general interface characteristics Table 24 General interface characteristics Characteristic Units 1 5Gb s 3 0Gb s 6 0Gb s Bit rate nominal Mbaud 1 500 3 000 6 000 Unit interval UI nominal ps 666 6 333 3 166 6 Impedance nominal differential ohm 100 100 100 Transmitter transients maximum V 1 2 1 2 1 2 Receiver transients maximum V 1 2 1 2 1 2 11 6 SAS 2 Specification compliance Seagate SAS 2 drives are entirely compatible with the latest
16. and stored into the saved values storage location on the media prior to shipping 3 Current values Current values are volatile values being used by the drive to control its operation A MODE SELECT com mand can be used to change the values identified as changeable values Originally current values are installed from saved or default values after a power on reset hard reset or Bus Device Reset message 4 Changeable values Changeable values form a bit mask stored in nonvolatile memory that dictates which of the current values and saved values can be changed by a MODE SELECT command A one 1 indicates the value can be changed A zero 0 indicates the value is not changeable For example in Table 16 refer to Mode page 81 in the row entitled CHG These are hex numbers representing the changeable values for Mode page 81 Note in columns 5 and 6 bytes 04 and 05 there is 00h which indicates that in bytes 04 and 05 none of the bits are changeable Note also that bytes 06 07 09 10 and 11 are not changeable because those fields are all zeros In byte 02 hex value FF eguates to the binary pattern 11111111 If there is a zero in any bit position in the field it means that bit is not changeable Since all of the bits in byte 02 are ones all of these bits are changeable The changeable values list can only be changed by downloading new firmware Note Because there are often several different versions of drive control firmware in
17. applied If the drive receives a NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP primitive through either port and has not received a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 0 the drive becomes ready for normal operations within 13 seconds excluding the error recovery procedure If the drive receives a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 0 before receiving a NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP primitive the drive waits for a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 1 After receiving a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit equal to 1 the drive waits for a NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP primitive After receiving a NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP primitive through either port the drive becomes ready for normal operations within 13 seconds excluding the error recovery procedure If the drive receives a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit and IMMED bit equal to 1 and does not receive a NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP primitive within 5 seconds the drive fails the START STOP UNIT command The START STOP UNIT command may be used to command the drive to stop Stop time is 3 seconds maxi mum from removal of DC power SCSI stop time is 3 seconds There is no power control switch on the drive 5 4 Cache control All default cache mode parameter values Mode Page 08h for standard OEM versions of this drive family are given in Table 17 and 18 5 4 1 Caching write data Write caching is a write operation by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer stora
18. are created by one or more fans either forcing or drawing air as shown in the illustrations Conduction convection or other forced air flow patterns are acceptable as long as the temperature measurement guide lines of Section 7 5 1 are met Above unit 22 ou A wa Under unit Note Air flows in the direction shown back to front or in reverse direction front to back Above unit s 3 e Under unit gt Note Air flows in the direction shown or lt in reverse direction side to side Figure 13 Air flow Note Image may not represent actual product for reference only 42 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 10 3 Drive mounting Mount the drive using the bottom or side mounting holes If mounting 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 mounting surface stiffness is 80 Ib in 14 0 N mm The following equation and paragraph define the allowable mounting surface stiffness KxX F lt 15lb 67N where K is the mounting surface stiffness units in Ib in or N mm and X is the out of plane surface distortion units in inches or millimeters The out of plane distortion X is determined by defining a plane with three of the four mounting points fixed and evaluating the out of plane deflection of the fourth mounting point when a known force F is applied to the fourth point 10 4 Grounding Signal groun
19. as the drive performs normal read and write operations When the PERF bit is set the drive is considered to be in On line Mode Only and will not perform off line functions An application can measure off line attributes and force the drive to save the data by using the REZERO UNIT command Forcing S M A R T resets the timer so that the next scheduled interrupt is in one hour An application can interrogate the drive through the host to determine the time remaining before the next scheduled measurement and data logging process occurs To accomplish this issue a LOG SENSE command to log page Ox3E This allows applications to control when S M A R T interruptions occur Forcing S M A R T with the REZERO UNIT command resets the timer Performance impact S M A R T attribute data is saved to the media so that the events that caused a predictive failure can be recre ated The drive measures and saves parameters once every hour subject to an idle period on the drive inter faces The process of measuring off line attribute data and saving data to the media is interruptible The maximum on line only processing delay is summarized below Maximum processing delay Fully enabled delay DEXCPT 0 S M A R T delay times 75 ms Reporting control Reporting is controlled by the MRIE bits in the Informational Exceptions Control mode page 1Ch Subject to the reporting method For example if the MRIE is set to one the firmware will issue to the
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21. host an 01 5D00 sense code The FRU field contains the type of predictive failure that occurred The error code is preserved through bus resets and power cycles Determining rate S M A R T monitors the rate at which errors occur and signals a predictive failure if the rate of degraded errors increases to an unacceptable level To determine rate error events are logged and compared to the number of total operations for a given attribute The interval defines the number of operations over which to measure the rate The counter that keeps track of the current number of operations is referred to as the Interval Counter 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 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 17 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 appropriate interval If the number of errors exceeds the threshold before the interval expires the error rate is considered to be unacceptable If the number of errors does not exceed the threshold before the interval expires the error rate is considered to be acceptable In either case the interval and failure counters are reset and the process starts over Predictive failures S M A R T signals predictive failures when
22. returned for task management functions supported Table 13 Task management response codes Function name Response code Function complete 00 Invalid frame 02 Function not supported 04 Function failed 05 Function succeeded 08 Invalid logical unit 09 44 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 11 2 Dual port support Pulsar XT 2 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 ports can run at 6Gb s or the first port can run at 6Gb s while the second port runs at 3Gb s The supported link rates are 1 5 3 0 or 6 0 Gb s Subject to buffer availability the Pulsar XT 2 drives support Concurrent port transfers The drive supports receiving COMMAND TASK management transfers on both ports at the same time Full duplex The drive supports sending XFER RDY DATA and RESPONSE transfers while receiving frames on both ports Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 45 11 3 SCSI commands supported Table 14 lists the SCSI commands supported by Pulsar XT 2 drives Table 14 Supported commands Command name Command code Supported CHANGE DEFINITION 40h FORMAT UNIT 1 04h DPRY bit supported DCRT bit supported STPF bit supported IP bit supported DSP bit supported IMMED bit supported VS vendor specific INQUIRY 12h Block Limits page BOh
23. to page accesses in both directions for a sequentially preconditioned drive Average access time is a true statistical random average of at least 5000 measurements of accesses between programmable pages on a randomly preconditioned drive Table 4 Typical Access Time usec 400GB 100 200 GB Read Write Read Write Average 268 133 208 121 Page to Page Typical 3 268 133 207 121 Average Latency 247 188 1 Execution time measured from receipt of the Command to the Response 2 Assumes no errors 3 Typical access times are measured under nominal conditions of temperature voltage and horizontal orientation as measured on a representative sample of drives Note These drives are designed to provide the highest possible performance under typical conditions However due to the nature of Flash memory technologies there are many factors that can result in values different than those stated in this specification Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 11 5 2 2 FORMAT UNIT command execution time for 512 byte LBA s minutes The device may be formatted as either a Thin Provisioned device or a Fully Provisioned device The default format is Thin Provisioned and is recommended for most applications Thin Provisioning provides the most flexibility for the device to manage the flash medium to maximize endurance Table 5 Maximum FORMAT UNIT Times minutes
24. warm up 7 3 1 Conducted noise immunity Noise is specified as a periodic and random distribution of frequencies covering a defined frequency Maximum allowed noise values given below are peak to peak measurements and apply at the drive power connector 5V 250 mV pp from 100 Hz to 20 MHz 12v 450 mV pp from 100 Hz to 100 KHz 250 mV pp from 100 KHz to 20 MHz 150 mV pp from 20 MHz to 80 MHz 7 3 2 Power sequencing The drive does not require power sequencing The drive protects against inadvertent writing during power up and down 7 3 3 Current profiles The 12V and 5V current profiles for the Pulsar 10K 4 drives are shown below Undo lt File Vertical Timebase Trigger Display Cursors Measure Math Analysis Utilities Help Zoom C2 and F1 12 spinup current profile gt E meal AAA AA teins ERR EERE E C3 and F2 SY spinup current profile gt gt C2 F2 eres 3 imebase 8 005 500 mA div IE 500 idiv 2 00 sidiv Stop 430V 1 000 A ofst 2 00 sidiv 500 kS 25 kSis Edge Positive LeCroy 3 10 2011 8 29 44 AM Figure 1 Current profiles for 400GB models 26 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B rtical Timek Utiliti C2 and F1 12V spinup current profile gt gt C3 and F2 SV spinup current profile gt gt 500 mA div 500 mA div 500 mA div 500 mA div 1 000 4 ofst 000 4 ofst 2 00 sidiv 2 00 sidiv LeCroy Figure 2 Current profiles for 200GB
25. 0 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 ODE PAGES DEF 81 Oa cO 01 Sa 00 00 00 Ob 00 ff ff CHG 81 Oa 38 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 DEF 82 Oe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3a 00 00 00 00 CHG 82 Oe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 DEF 87 Oa c0 01 5a 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff CHG 87 0a 38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff DEF 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff a0 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 88 12 a5 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 8a 0a 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 7f ff CHG 8a Oa 07 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 18 06 06 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 18 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 99 0e 46 00 07 d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 99 0e 50 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 59 01 00 64 00 06 00 02 00 00 00 00 14 la 0e 00 50 00 c5 00 00 1a 3a ed 50 06 05 b0 01 49 c2 60 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 aa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 10 29 0e 00 50 00 c5 00 00 la 3a ee 50 06 05 bO 00 00 fe e4 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 aa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 59 01 00 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 59 03 00 2c 00 06 00 02 00 00 00 10 80 ac 00 01 80 ac 00 01 80 bc 00 00 00 00 la
26. 0 82 0 82 Measured with average reading DC ammeter Instantaneous 12V current peaks will exceed these values Power supply at nominal voltage N number of drives tested 6 60 Degrees C ambient For 12 V a 10 tolerance is allowed during initial start but must return to 5 before reaching ready state The 5 must be maintained after the drive signifies that its power up sequence has been completed and that the drive is able to accept selection by the host initiator See 12V current profile in Figure 4 for 400GB models and Figure 5 for 200GB models See 12V current profile in Figure 6 for 100GB models This condition occurs after OOB and Speed Negotiation completes but before the drive has received the Notify Spinup primitive See paragraph 7 3 1 Conducted noise immunity Specified voltage tolerance includes ripple noise and transient response Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 25 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 drives ffom a common supply careful consideration for individual drive power requirements should be noted Where multiple units are powered on simultaneously the peak starting current must be available to each device 4 Parameters other than start are measured after a 10 minute
27. 00 00 01 00 10 80 ac 00 01 80 ac 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 CHG 59 03 00 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 9a Oa 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 8c a0 CHG 9a Oa 00 02 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff DEF 9c Oa 10 00 00 00 O 00 00 00 01 Fh O H o Fh O CHG 9c Oa 9d Of ff ff 00 00 00 00 DEF dc 01 00 Oc 01 00 01 5 CHG dc 01 00 Oc 00 00 ff f 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 Fly O DEF 80 06 00 80 00 00 00 00 CHG 80 06 b7 80 00 00 00 00 54 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 11 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 Table 19 Miscellaneous features Supported Feature or condition N Automatic contingent allegiance Asynchronous event notification Segmented caching Zero latency read Queue tagging up to 128 queue tags supported Deferred error handling Parameter rounding controlled by Round bit in MODE SELECT page 0 lt lt lt lt z lt z Reporting actual retry count in Extended Sense bytes 15 16 and 17 Table 20 Miscellaneous status Supported Status Good Check condition Conditio
28. 00 00 la b2 81 50 06 05 b0 01 49 c2 60 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 aa 00 00 0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 10 29 0e 00 50 00 c5 00 00 la b2 82 50 06 05 b0 00 00 fe e4 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 aa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 59 01 00 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 59 03 00 2c 00 06 00 02 00 00 00 10 80 ac 00 01 80 ac 00 01 80 bc 00 00 00 00 la 00 00 01 00 10 80 ac 00 01 80 ac 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 CHG 59 03 00 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 9a Oa 00 02 00 00 00 05 00 00 8c a0 CHG 9a Oa 00 02 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 DEF 9c 0a 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 Fly O CHG Ye 0a Od Of ff ft fft ff ff ff ff ff DEF dc 01 00 Oc 01 00 01 5 CHG dc 01 00 Oc 00 00 ff f 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 Fly O DEF 80 06 00 80 00 00 00 00 CHG 80 06 b7 80 00 00 00 00 52 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Table 17 ODE DATA HEADE 01 3e 00 10 01 BLOCK DESCRIPTOR 00 00 00 00 17 ODE PAGES DEF 81 0a cO 01 CHG
29. 2 7 5 6 Corrosive environment 32 7 5 7 Electromagnetic susceptibility 32 7 6 Mechanical specifications 33 8 0 About self encrypting driveS anznanananaanana 35 8 1 Data eneryptlOm z sai Pees dra a Tub an gerere e De BUEN BU SRI UP A 35 8 2 GontrolledacCeSS a2 dea sad ave su eae eh eesti eee EV MEE ERE ERES 35 8 2 1 Admin SP a ara n SS 2 gos Be PREPARED EIN LUNAR RHET 35 8 2 2 LOCKING SP e rot co Pena n CURTE nao aaa aaa 36 8 2 3 Default password su yy a aene tene Lie eels eee dat 36 8 3 Random number generator RNG 36 8 4 Drive locking eR dp era n mes Pelee EE adeeb gen wae EN 36 8 5 Data bands coxa be PUR MEE RUE REPERI E ae BEY HEURE EMI UE Er 36 8 6 Cryptographic erase t un seeded AE BER BIA WEE rhet REP UR AS 37 8 7 Authenticated firmware download 37 8 8 Power requirements ion 37 8 9 Supported commands ooo 37 9410 RevenSP sandes aie anna nba ee A URAT ROE MENU Rd E alee ate 37 9 0 Defect and error management cocoocococorocoorcocococoocoococoocococ oc cc 38 9 1 Drive internal defects errors 38 9 2 Drive error recovery procedures 39 9 3 SAS Sy Stem erforS e us
30. 7 The receiver is AC cou pling to eliminate ground shift noise Differential Transfer Medium Figure 17 SAS transmitters and receivers 11 4 7 Power The drive receives power 5 volts and 12 volts through the SAS device connector Three 12 volt pins provide power to the drive 2 short and 1 long The current return for the 12 volt power supply is through the common ground pins The supply current and return current must be distributed as evenly as possible among the pins Three 5 volt pins provide power to the drive 2 short and 1 long The current return for the 5 volt power sup ply is through the common ground pins The supply current and return current must be distributed as evenly as possible among the pins Current to the drive through the long power pins may be limited by the system to reduce inrush current to the drive during hot plugging 11 5 Signal characteristics This section describes the electrical signal characteristics of the drive s input and output signals See Table 21 for signal type and signal name information 11 5 1 Ready LED Out The Ready LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 22 Table 22 Ready LED Out conditions Normal command activity LED status Ready LED Meaning bit mode page 19h 0 1 Drive stopped not ready and no activity Off Off Drive stopped not ready and activity On On command executing Drive started ready and no activity On
31. 81 0a 38 00 DEF 82 Oe 00 00 CHG 82 0e 00 00 DEF 87 0a cO 01 CHG 87 0a 38 00 DEF 88 12 14 00 CHG 88 12 a5 00 DEF 8a Oa 00 00 CHG 8a Oa 07 0 DEF 18 06 06 00 CHG 18 06 00 00 DEF 99 Oe 46 00 CHG 99 Oe 50 00 DE 59 01 00 64 b0 01 49 c2 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 CHG 59 01 00 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 59 03 00 2c 00 00 01 00 CHG 59 03 00 2c 00 00 00 00 DEF 9a Oa 00 02 CHG 9a Oa 00 02 DEF 9c Oa 10 00 CHG 9c Oa 9d Of DEF dc 01 00 Oc CHG dc 01 00 Oc DEF 80 06 00 80 CHG 80 06 b7 80 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B MODE SENSE data for 200GB drives R 00 00 10 49 5a 00 00 00 5a 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 07 ff 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 ff 00 ff 01 00 00 00 El 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 80 00 00 00 do ff 06 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 80 00 00 00 ff 00 ff 00 00 00 00 bO 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ac 00 00 o Fh O 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 ff 02 00 29 88 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 o Fh O ol h O 00 00 00 Ob Ef 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 0e aa 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 5 00 00 00 ff 00 Ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
32. Block Locations A FORMAT com mand will cause all LBAs to become unmapped 4 8 5 Protection Information PI and Security SED The requirements in this section apply to any device which supports LBA unmapping In SCSI devices umapped LBAs are defined as part of the Thin Provisioning model Support of the Thin Provi sioning model is indicated by the LBPME bit having a value of 1 in the READ CAPACITY 16 parameter data Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 9 When a region of LBA s are erased via cryptographic erase as part of the erase the drive shall unmap those LBAs If the host attempts to access an unmapped or trimmed LBA the drive shall return scrambled data For a given LBA the data shall be identical from access to access until that LBA is either updated with actual data from the host or that LBA is cryptographically erased The drive shall report a value of 0 in the LBPRZ field returned in the READ CAPACITY 16 parameter data If the host attempts to access an unmapped LBA on a drive that has been formatted with Protection Informa tion PI the drive shall return scrambled PI data for that LBA Depending on the value of the RDPROTECT field in the data access command CDB this may result in the drive returning a standard PI error to the host If the host reduces the addressable capacity of the drive via a MODE SELECT command the drive shall unmap or trim any LBA within the inaccessible region of the device Additiona
33. F 8482 SAS Plug Connector ANSI INCITS xxx Serial Attached SCSI SAS 2 Standard T10 1760 D ISO IEC 14776 xxx SCSI Architecture Model 3 SAM 4 Standard T10 1683 D ISO IEC 14776 xxx SCSI Primary Commands 3 SPC 4 Standard T10 1731 D ISO IEC 14776 xxx SCSI Block Commands 3 SBC 3 Standard T10 1799 D ANSI Small Computer System Interface SCSI Documents X3 270 1996 SCSI 3 Architecture Model Trusted Computing Group TCG Documents apply to Self Encrypting Drive models only TCG Storage Architecture Core Specification Rev 1 0 TCG Storage Security Subsystem Class Enterprise Specification Rev 1 0 Self Encrypting Drives Reference Manual Seagate part number 100515636 JEDEC Standards JESD218 Solid State Drive SSD Requirements and Endurance Test Method JESD219 Solid State Drive SSD Endurance Workloads In case of conflict between this document and any referenced document this document takes precedence Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 5 4 0 General description Pulsar XT 2 drives provide high performance high capacity data storage for a variety of systems with a Serial Attached SCSI SAS interface The Serial Attached SCSI interface is designed to meet next generation com puting demands for performance scalability flexibility and high density storage requirements Pulsar XT 2 drives are random access storage devices designed to support the Serial Attached SCSI Protocol as described in the ANSI specifications t
34. For more detailed warranty information refer to the standard terms and conditions of purchase for Seagate products stated in purchase documentation The remaining warranty for a particular drive can be determined by calling Seagate Customer Service at 1 800 468 3472 Customers can also determine remaining warranty using the Seagate web site www sea gate com The drive serial number is required to determine remaining warranty information Shipping When transporting or shipping a drive use only a Seagate approved container Keep the original box Seagate approved containers are easily identified by the Seagate Approved Package label Shipping a drive in a non approved container voids the drive warranty Seagate repair centers may refuse receipt of components improperly packaged or obviously damaged in tran sit Contact your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes Seagate recommends shipping by an air ride carrier experienced in handling computer equipment 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 the warranty Storage The maximum recommended storage period for the drive in a non operational environment is 90 days Drives should be stored in the original unopened Seagate shipping packaging when ever poss
35. I Block Commands 3 SBC 3 Draft Stan dard documentation 40 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 10 0 Installation Pulsar XT 2 drive installation is a plug and play process There are no jumpers on the drive SAS drives are designed to be used in a host system that provides a SAS compatible backplane with bays designed to accommodate the drive In such systems the host system typically provides a carrier or tray into which the drive must be mounted Mount the drive to the carrier or tray provided by the host system using four M3 x 0 5 metric screws When tightening the screws use a maximum torque of 4 5 in lb 0 45 in lb Do not over tighten or force the screws The drive can be mounted in any orientation Note SAS drives are designed to be attached to the host system without I O or power cables If the intent is to use the drive in a non backplane host system connecting the drive using high quality cables is acceptable as long as the I O cable length does not exceed 10 meters 32 8 feet Slide the carrier or tray into the appropriate bay in the host system using the instructions provided by the host system This connects the drive directly to the system s SAS connector The SAS connector is normally located on a SAS backpanel See Section 11 4 1 for additional information about these connectors Power is supplied through the SAS connector The drive is shipped from the factory low level formatted in 512 byte logical blocks Refo
36. NU General Public License Intel does not endorse any IOMeter results Peak performance is defined as the typical best case performance that the product will be able to achieve when the product is preconditioned as mentioned and host commands are aligned on 4KB boundaries Sustained performance is defined as the typical worst case performance that the product will be able to achieve when the product is preconditioned as mentioned and host commands are aligned on 4KB boundar ies Write values also take into account the worst case performance throttling that may occur to ensure the product meets specified reliability specifications 12 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Due to the nature of Flash memory technologies there are many factors that can result in values different than those stated in this specification Some discrepancies can be caused by bandwidth limitations in the host adapter operating system or driver limitations It is not the intent of this manual to cover all possible causes of performance discrepancies When evaluating performance of SSD devices it is recommended to measure performance of the device in a method that resembles the targeted application using real world data and workloads Test time should also be adequately large to ensure that sustainable metrics and measures are obtained 5 3 Start stop time The drive accepts the commands listed in the SAS Interface Manual less than 3 seconds after DC power has been
37. SAS 2 Specification T10 1760 D Revision 16 The most important characteristic of the SAS 2 drive at 6Gb s is that the receiver is capable of adapting the equalizer to optimize the receive margins The SAS 2 drive has two types of equalizers 1 A Decision Feedback Egualizer DFE which utilizes the standard SAS 2 training pattern transmitted dur ing the SNW 3 training gap The DFE circuit can derive an optimal equalization characteristic to compen sate for many of the receive losses in the system 2 A Feed Forward Equalizer FFE optimized to provide balanced receive margins over a range of channels bounded by the best and worst case channels as defined by the relevant ANSI standard 11 7 Additional information Please contact your Seagate representative for SAS electrical details if required For more information about the Phy Link Transport and Applications layers of the SAS interface refer to the Seagate SAS Interface Manual part number 100293071 For more information about the SCSI commands used by Seagate SAS drives refer to the Seagate SCSI Commands Reference Manual part number 100293068 60 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Index Numerics 12 volt pins 59 5 volt pins 59 6 Gbps 60 A abort task set function 44 AC coupling 59 AC power requirements 22 ACA active status 55 ACA active faulted initiator status 55 access time average latency 11 average typical 11 page to page typical 11 active LED Out sig
38. SI Command Reference 100293068 Table 2 Thin Provisioning Product Configuration Product Configuration LBPME LBPRZ Non SED Supported Supported SED Supported Not Supported A logical block provisioning management enabled LBPME bit set to one indicates that the logical unit imple ments logical block provisioning management An LBPME bit set to zero indicates that the logical unit is fully provisioned and does not implement logical block provisioning management A logical block provisioning read zeros LBPRZ bit set to one indicates that for an unmapped LBA specified by a read operation the device server sends user data with all bits set to zero to the data in buffer An LBPRZ bit set to zero indicates that for an unmapped LBA specified by a read operation the device server may send user data with all bits set to any value to the data in buffer 4 8 3 UNMAP The UNMAP command requests that the device server break the association of a specific Logical Block address from a Physical Block thereby freeing up the Physical Block from use and no longer requiring it to contain user data An unmapped block will respond to a READ command with data that is determined by the setting of the LBPRZ bit in the READ CAPACITY parameter data 4 8 4 FORMAT UNIT command A device which supports Thin Provisioning will be capable of performing a SCSI FORMAT UNIT command which allocates Logical Blocks Addresses that are not linked to Physical
39. State Media log page 11h Start stop Cycle Counter page 0Eh Temperature page 0Dh Vendor Unique page 3Ch Verify Error Counter page 05h Write error counter page 02h MODE SELECT 6 Same pages as MODE SENSE 6 15h w MODE SELECT 10 same pages as MODE SENSE 6 55h MODE SENSE 6 1Ah g Caching Parameters page 08h Control Mode page 0Ah Disconnect Reconnect 02h Error Recovery page 01h Format page 03h Information Exceptions Control page 1Ch Background Scan mode subpage 1Ch 01h Notch and Partition Page 0Ch Protocol Specific LUN mode page 18h Protocol Specific Port page 19h Power Condition page 1Ah Rigid Disc Drive Geometry page 04h Unit Attention page 00h Verify Error Recovery page 07h Xor Control page 10h MODE SENSE 10 same pages as MODE SENSE 6 5Ah PERSISTENT RESERVE IN 5Eh PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 5Fh PRE FETCH 10 34h READ 6 08h READ 10 DPO bit supported 28h FUA bit supported READ 12 A8h READ 16 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 88h lt z lt lt lt lt z lt lt lt z lt lt z lt lt lt z lt lt z lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt zi lt lt lt lt z Z
40. T 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 7 3 DC power requirements Table 8 400GB standard model DC power requirements Parameter 400GB 6 0Gb Regulation 5 5 Voltage 5V 12V w Current A Current A Power W Average idle current DCx 0 44 0 31 5 92 Maximum starting current peak DC DC 30 1 15 0 45 peak AC AC 30 1 21 0 63 Delayed start max DC 30 0 44 0 31 5 92 Peak operating current random read Typical DC DCX 0 47 0 36 6 67 Maximum DC 30 0 48 0 37 6 84 Maximum peak DC 30 0 47 0 46 Peak operating current random write Typical DC DCx 0 45 0 42 7 29 Maximum DC 30 0 46 0 43 7 46 Maximum peak DC 30 0 60 053 Peak operating current sequential read Typical DC DCX 0 58 0 44 8 18 Maximum DC 30 0 59 0 45 8 35 Maximum peak DC 30 0 64 0 52 Peak operating current sequential write Typical DC DCx 0 55 0 53 9 11 Maximum DC 30 0 56 0 54 9 28 Maximum peak DC 30 0 57 0 63 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 23 Table 9 200GB standard model DC power requirements Parameter 200GB 6 0Gb Regulation 15 15 Voltage 5V 12V Po Current A Current A Power W Average idle current DCx 0 40 0 17 4 04 Maximum starting current peak DC DC 30 1 13 0 30 peak AC AC 30 1 20 0 64 Delayed start max DC 30 0 43 0 19 4 43 Peak operating current random read Typical DC DCx 0 47 0 22 4 99 Maximu
41. TE 10 2Ah Y DPO bit Y FUA bit Y WRITE 12 AAh N WRITE 16 8Ah Y WRITE 32 7 Fh 000Bh Y WRITE AND VERIFY 10 2Eh Y DPO bit Y WRITE AND VERIFY 12 AEh N WRITE AND VERIFY 16 8Eh Y WRITE AND VERIFY 32 7Fh 000Ch Y WRITE BUFFER modes 0 2 supported 3Bh Y non SED drives only WRITE BUFFER 3Bh Firmware Download option modes 5 7 Ah and Bh 2 Y non SED drives only Firmware Download option modes 4 5 7 Y SED drives only WRITE LONG 10 3Fh Y WRITE LONG 16 9Fh 11h Y WRITE SAME 10 41h Y PBdata N LBdata N WRITE SAME 16 93h Y WRITE SAME 32 7Fh 000Dh Y XDREAD 52h N XDWRITE 50h N XPWRITE 51h N 1 Pulsar XT 2 drives can format to 512 520 524 528 4096 4160 4192 and 4224 bytes per logical block 2 Warning Power loss during a firmware upgrade can result in firmware corruption This usually makes the drive inoperable 3 Reference MODE SENSE command 1Ah for mode pages supported 4 Y Yes Command is supported N No Command is not supported A Support is available on special request Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 49 11 3 1 INQUIRY data Table 15 lists the INQUIRY command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SAS Interface Manual Table 15 Pulsar XT 2 INQUIRY data Bytes Data hex 0 15 00 00 xx 12 8B 01 PP 02 53 45 41 47 41 54 45 20 Vendor ID 16 31 53 54 34 30
42. aintains four sets of mode parameters 1 50 Default values Default values are hard coded in the drive firmware stored in flash E PROM nonvolatile memory on the drive s PCB These default values can be changed only by downloading a complete set of new firmware into the flash E PROM An initiator can request and receive from the drive a list of default values and use those in a MODE SELECT command to set up new current and saved values where the values are changeable Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 2 Saved values Saved values are stored on the drive s media using a MODE SELECT command Only parameter values that are allowed to be changed can be changed by this method Parameters in the saved values list that are not changeable by the MODE SELECT command get their values from default values storage When power is applied to the drive it takes saved values from the media and stores them as current val ues in volatile memory It is not possible to change the current values or the saved values with a MODE SELECT command before the drive is ready An attempt to do so results in a Check Condition status On drives reguiring unique saved values the required unique saved values are stored into the saved val ues storage location on the media prior to shipping the drive Some drives may have unique firmware with unique default values also On standard OEM drives the saved values are taken from the default values list
43. aintenance 14 Makers Secure ID 35 maximum delayed motor start 23 24 25 maximum start current 23 24 25 mean time between failure See MTBF media description 7 miscellaneous feature support Asynchronous event notification 55 Automatic contingent allegiance 55 Deferred error handling 55 Parameter rounding 55 Queue tagging 55 Reporting actual retry count 55 Segmented caching 55 Zero latency read 55 miscellaneous status support ACA active 55 ACA active faulted initiator 55 Busy 55 Check condition 55 Condition met good 55 Good 55 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Reservation conflict 55 Task setfull 55 miscorrected media data 14 Mode sense data table 50 52 53 mounting 43 holes 43 orientations 41 mounting configuration 33 mounting configuration dimensions 33 34 MSID 35 36 MTBF 14 16 N noise audible 3 noise immunity 26 non operating 30 31 32 temperature 30 non operating vibration 32 O office environment 32 operating 30 31 32 option selection 58 options 8 out of plane distortion 43 P packaged 31 parameter rounding 55 password 35 36 passwords 36 PCBA 43 peak operating current 23 24 25 Peak operating mode 22 peak to peak measurements 26 Performance 12 performance characteristics 11 detailed 11 performance highlights 7 physical damage 32 physical interface 55 physical specifications 22 PI Check Performed 10 PI Check Requested 10 Pl level Type O 40 PI level
44. at can monitor and refresh memory cells when power is applied 3 Endurance rating is the expected amount of host data that can be written by product when subjected to a specified work load at a specified operating and storage temperature For the specific workload to achieve this level of endurance please reference JEDEC Specification JESD218 TBW is defined as 1x10 12 Bytes 6 1 Error rates The error rates stated in this manual assume the following The drive is operated in accordance with this manual using DC power as defined in paragraph 7 3 DC power requirements Errors caused by host system failures are excluded from error rate computations Assume random data Default OEM error recovery settings are applied This includes AWRE ARRE full read retries full write retries and full retry time 14 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 6 1 1 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 read or write problems Unrecoverable data errors are only detected during read operations but not caused by the read If an unrecoverable data error is detected a MEDIUM ERROR 03h in the Sense Key will be reported Multiple unrecoverable data errors resulting from the same cause are treated as 1 error 6 1 2 Interface errors An interface error is defined as a failure of the receiver on a port to recover the data as transmitted
45. ation Keys pass words for the drive s Admin and Locking SPs 8 4 Drive locking In addition to changing the passwords as described in Section 8 2 3 the owner should also set the data access controls for the individual bands The variable LockOnReset should be set to PowerCycle to ensure that the data bands will be locked if power is lost This scenario occurs if the drive is removed from its cabinet The drive will not honor any data READ or WRITE requests until the bands have been unlocked This prevents the user data from being accessed without the appropriate credentials when the drive has been removed from its cabinet and installed in another system When the drive is shipped from the factory the firmware download port is unlocked allowing the drive to accept any attempt to download new firmware The drive owner must use the SID credential to lock the firmware download port before firmware updates will be rejected 8 5 Data bands When shipped from the factory the drive is configured with a single data band called Band O also known as the Global Data Band which comprises LBA 0 through LBA max The host may allocate Band1 by specifying a start LBA and an LBA range The real estate for this band is taken from the Global Band An additional 14 Data Bands may be defined in a similar way Band2 through Band15 but before these bands can be allocated LBA space they must first be individually enabled using the EraseMaster password Da
46. by the device port connected to the receiver The error may be detected as a running disparity error illegal code loss of word sync or CRC error 6 2 Endurance Management Customer satisfaction with Solid State Drives can be directly related to the internal algorithms which an SSD uses to manage the limited number of Program Erase PE cycles that NAND Flash can withstand These algorithms consist of Wearleveling Garbage Collection Write Amplification Unmap Data Retention Lifetime Endurance Management 6 2 1 Wear Leveling Wear Leveling is a technique used by the drive to ensure that all Flash cells are written to or exercised as evenly as possible to avoid any hot spots where some cells are used up faster than other locations Wear Lev eling is automatically managed by the drive and requires no user interaction The Seagate algorithm is tuned to operate only when needed to ensure reliable product operation 6 2 2 Garbage Collection Garbage Collection is a technique used by the drive to consolidate valid user data into a common cell range freeing up unused or obsolete locations to be erased and used for future storage needs Garbage Collection is automatically managed by the drive and requires no user interaction The Seagate algorithm is tuned to oper ate only when needed to ensure reliable product operation 6 2 3 Write Amplification While Write Amplification is not an algorithm itis a major characteristic of SSD s that must be ac
47. cation and the TCG Storage Workgroup Security Subsystem Class Enterprise A specification with addi tional vendor unique features as noted in this product manual 3 1 1 Electromagnetic compatibility The drive as delivered is designed for system integration and installation into a suitable enclosure prior to use The drive is supplied as a subassembly and is not subject to Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC Rules and Regulations nor the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications The design characteristics of the drive serve to minimize radiation when installed in an enclosure that provides reasonable shielding The drive is capable of meeting the Class B limits of the FCC Rules and Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications when properly packaged however it is the user s responsibility to assure that the drive meets the appropriate EMI requirements in their system Shielded I O cables may be required if the enclosure does not provide adequate shielding If the I O cables are external to the enclosure shielded cables should be used with the shields grounded to the enclosure and to the host controller 3 1 1 1 Electromagnetic susceptibility As a component assembly the drive is not required to meet any susceptibility performance requirements It is the responsibility of those integrating the drive within their systems to perform those tests required and design their system to ensure that equipm
48. chieve an AFR of 0 44 MTBF of 2 000 000 hours when operated in an environ ment that ensures the case temperatures do not exceed the values specified in Section 7 5 Operation at case temperatures outside the specifications in Section 7 5 may increase the product AFR decrease the MTBF The AFR MTBF is a population statistic not relevant to individual units The AFR MTBF specification is based on the following assumptions for Enterprise Storage System environ ments 8760 power on hours per year 250 average on off cycles per year Operations at nominal voltages Systems will provide adequate cooling to ensure the case temperatures specified in Section 7 5 are not exceeded Temperatures outside the specifications in Section 7 5 will increase the product AFR and decrease the MTBF 6 3 2 Preventive maintenance No routine scheduled preventive maintenance is required 6 3 3 Hot plugging the drive When a drive is powered on by switching the power or hot plugged the drive runs a self test before attempting to communicate on its interfaces When the self test completes successfully the drive initiates a Link Reset starting with OOB An attached device should respond to the link reset If the link reset attempt fails or any time the drive looses sync the drive initiated link reset The drive will initiate link reset once per second but alternates between port A and B Therefore each port will attempt a link reset once per 2 sec
49. counted for by all the algorithms that the SSD implements The Write Amplification Factor of an SSD is defined as the ratio of Host User data requested to be written to the actual amount of data written by the SSD internal to account for the user data and the housekeeping activities such as Wear Leveling and Garbage Collection The Write Amplification Factor of an SSD can also be directly affected by the characteristics of the host data being sent to the SSD to write The best Write Amplification Factor is achieved for data that is written in sequential LBA s that are aligned on 4KB boundaries The worst case Write Amplification Factor typically occurs for randomly written LBA s of transfer sizes that are less than 4KB and that originate on LBA s that are not on 4KB boundaries 6 2 4 UNMAP A new SCSI command has been added to the SSD as part of the Thin Provisioning feature set Use of the UNMAP command reduces the Write Amplification Factor of the drive during housekeeping tasks such as Wear Leveling and Garbage Collection This is accomplished because the drive does not need to retain data which has been classified by the host as obsolete Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 15 6 2 5 Data Retention Data Retention is another major characteristic of SSD s that must be accounted for by all the algorithms that the SSD implements While powered up the Data Retention of SSD cells are monitored and rewritten if the cell levels decay to an unexpected
50. d PCBA and case 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 drive with no electrically isolat ing shock mounts If it is desired for the system chassis to not be connected to the drive ground the systems integrator or user must provide a nonconductive electrically isolating method of mounting the drive in the host equipment Increased radiated emissions may result if designers do not provide the maximum surface area ground con nection between system ground and drive ground This is the system designer s and integrator s responsibility Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 43 11 0 Interface requirements This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on Pulsar XT 2 drives Additional information is provided in the SAS Interface Manual part number 100293071 11 1 SAS features This section lists the SAS specific features supported by Pulsar XT 2 drives 11 1 1 Task management functions Table 12 lists the SAS task management functions supported Table 12 SAS task management functions supported Task name Supported Abort Task Yes Abort task set Yes Clear ACA Yes Clear task set Yes T Nexus Reset Yes Logical Unit Reset Yes Query Task Yes Query Task Set Yes Query Asynchronous Event Yes 11 1 2 Task management responses Table 13 lists the SAS response codes
51. d in the SAS Interface Manual Status reporting plays a role in systems error management and its use in that respect is described in sections where the various com mands are discussed 9 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 reads across the entire addressable space of the media while the drive is idle In RAID arrays BMS allows hot spare drives to be scanned for defects prior to being put into service by the host system On regular duty drives if the host system makes use of the BMS Log Page it can avoid placing data in suspect locations on the media Unreadable and recovered error sites will be logged and reallocated With BMS the host system can consume less power and system overhead by only checking BMS status and results rather than tying up the bus and consuming power in the process of host initiated media scanning activ ity Since the background scan functions are only done during idle periods BMS causes a negligible impact to sys tem performance The BMS scan is performed after 500ms of idle time Other features that normally use idle time to function will function normally because BMS functions for bursts of 500ms and then suspends activity for 100ms to allow other background functions to operate BMS interrupts immediately to service host commands from the interface bus while performing reads BMS wi
52. e field is not set to zero the test failed for the reason reported in the field The drive will report the failure condition and LBA if applicable in the Self test Results Log parameter The Sense key ASC ASCQ and FRU are used to report the failure condition 6 3 6 2 5 Abort There are several ways to abort a diagnostic Applications can use a SCSI Bus Reset or a Bus Device Reset message to abort the diagnostic Applications can abort a DST executing in background mode by using the abort code in the DST Function Code field This will cause a 01 self test aborted by the application client code to appear in the self test results values log All other abort mechanisms will be reported as a 02 self test routine was interrupted by a reset condition 20 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 6 3 7 Product warranty Beginning on the date of shipment to the customer and continuing for the period specified in the purchase con tract Seagate warrants that each product including components and subassemblies that fails to function properly under normal use due to defect in materials or workmanship or due to nonconformance to the applica ble specifications will be repaired or replaced at Seagate s option and at no charge to the customer if returned by customer at customer s expense to Seagate s designated facility in accordance with Seagate s warranty procedure Seagate will pay for transporting the repair or replacement item to the customer
53. e interface if RDPROTECT and WRTPRO TECT bits are nonzero values Type 2 does allow the use of 10 and 16 byte commands with zero values in the RDPROTECT and WRTPROTECT fields The drive will generate 8 bytes of Protection Information e g OxFFFFFFFF to be stored on the media but the 8 bytes will not be transferred to the host during a READ command Type 3 Seagate products do not support Type 3 9 6 2 Setting and determining the current Type Level A drive is initialized to a type of PI by using the FORMAT UNIT command on a PI capable drive Once a drive is formatted to a PI Type it may be queried by a READ CAPACITY 16 command to report the Pl type which it is currently formatted to A drive can only be formatted to a single PI Type It can be changed at anytime to a new Type but requires a FORMAT UNIT command which destroys all existing data on the drive No other vehi cle for changing the PI type is provided by the T10 SBC3 specification Type 1 PI FORMAT UNIT CDB command 04 90 00 00 00 00 parameter data 00 AO 00 00 Type 2 PI FORMAT UNIT CDB command 04 DO 00 00 00 00 parameter data 00 AO 00 00 9 6 3 Identifying a Protection Information drive The Standard INQUIRY data provides a bit to indicate if Pl is support by the drive Vital Product Descriptor VPD page 0x86 provides bits to indicate the PI Types supported and which PI fields the drive supports check ing Note For further details with respect to PI please refer to SCS
54. e necessary to modify the enclosure to minimize drive movement The limits of shock and vibration defined within this document are specified with the drive mounted by any of the four methods shown in Figure 9 and in accordance with the restrictions of Section 10 3 30 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 7 5 4 1 Shock a Operating normal The drive as installed for normal operation shall operate error free while subjected to intermittent shock not exceeding 1000 Gs at a maximum duration of 0 5ms half sinewave Shock may be applied in the X Y or Z axis Shock is not to be repeated more than once every 2 seconds Note This specification does not cover connection issues that may result from testing at this level b Non operating The limits of non operating shock shall apply to all conditions of handling and transportation This includes both isolated drives and integrated drives The drive subjected to nonrepetitive shock not exceeding the three values below shall not exhibit device damage or performance degradation 1000 Gs at a maximum duration of 0 5ms half sinewave Shock may be applied in the X Y or Z axis c Packaged Seagate finished drive bulk packs are designed and tested to meet or exceed applicable ISTA and ASTM standards Volume finished drives will be shipped from Seagate factories on pallets to minimize freight costs and ease material handling Seagate finished drive bulk packs may be shipped individually
55. ead of PI being transferred from the media that is not calculated as part of the data transferred to the host To determine the full transfer rate of a PI drive transfers should be calculated by adding the 8 extra bytes of PI to the transferred LBA length i e 512 8 520 PI for matted drives are physically formatted to 520 byte LBA s that store 512 bytes of customer data with 8 bytes of Protection Information appended to it The advantage of Pl is that the Protection Information bits can be man aged at the HBA and HBA driver level Allowing a system that typically does not support 520 LBA formats to integrate this level of protection Protection Information is valid with any supported LBA size 512 LBA size is used here as common example 9 6 1 Levels of PI There are 4 types of Protection Information Type 0 Describes a drive that is not formatted with Pl information bytes This allows for legacy support in non PI systems Type 1 Provides support of PI protection using 10 and 16 byte commands The RDPROTECT and WRTPRO TECT bits allow for checking control through the CDB Eight bytes of Protection Information are transmitted at LBA boundaries across the interface if RDPROTECT and WRTPROTECT bits are nonzero values Type 1 does not allow the use of 32 byte commands Type 2 Provides checking control and additional expected fields within the 32 byte CDBs Eight bytes of Pro tection Information are transmitted at LBA boundaries across th
56. efore a differentiation between drive based encryption and other forms of encryp tion was necessary Note The Self Encrypting Drive models indicated on the cover of this product manual have provisions for Security of Data at Rest based on the standards defined by the Trusted Computing Group see www trustedcomputinggroup org Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 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 environment for optimum performance and compliance with applicable industry and governmental regulations Special attention must be given in the areas of safety power distribution shielding audible noise control and temper ature regulation In particular the drives must be securely mounted to guarantee the specified performance characteristics Mounting by bottom holes must meet the requirements of Section 10 3 3 1 Standards The Pulsar XT 2 family complies with Seagate standards as noted in the appropriate sections of this manual and the Seagate SAS Interface Manual part number 100293071 The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 60950 and CSA 60950 as tested by UL CSA and EN60950 as tested by TUV The security features of Self Encrypting Drive models are based on the TCG Storage Architecture Core Spec ifi
57. ent operating in the same system as the drive or external to the system does not adversely affect the performance of the drive See Tables 8 through 10 DC power requirements Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 3 3 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 represents the most popular characteristics for test platforms The system configurations include Typical current use microprocessor Keyboard Monitor display Printer Mouse Although the test system with this Seagate model complies with the directives standards we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply The computer manufacturer or system integrator shall confirm EMC compliance and provide the appropriate marking for their product Electromagnetic compliance for the European Union If this model has the CE Marking it complies with the European Union requirements of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004 108 EC as put into place on 20 July 2007 Australian C Tick If this model has the C Tick Marking it complies with the Australia New Zealand Standard AS NZ CISPR22 and meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Framework reguirements of Australia s Spectrum Manage ment Agency SMA Korean KCC If these drives have the Korean Communication
58. ge area where the data to be written to the medium is stored while the drive performs the WRITE command Ifthe number of write data logical blocks exceed the size of the segment being written into when the end of the segment is reached the data is written into the beginning of the same cache segment overwriting the data that was written there at the beginning of the operation however the drive does not overwrite data that has not yet been written to the medium If write caching is enabled WCE 1 then the drive may return Good status on a WRITE command after the data has been transferred into the cache but before the data has been written to the medium If an error occurs while writing the data to the medium and Good status has already been returned a deferred error will be generated Data that has not been written to the medium is protected by a back up power source which provides the ability of the data to be written to non volatile medium in the event of an unexpected power loss The SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command may be used to force the drive to write all cached write data to the medium Upon completion of a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command all data received from previous WRITE commands will have been written to the medium Tables 16 17 and 18 show the mode default settings for the drive Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 13 6 0 Reliability specifications The following reliability specifications assume correct host and drive operationa
59. h 371 916 520 162AFEE8h 185 958 264 B157F78h 4096 97 677 846 5D27216h 48 840 246 2E93E36h 24 421 446 174A446h 4160 96 153 847 5BB30F7h 48 076 924 2DD987Ch 24 038 462 16ECC3Eh 4192 95 419 848 5AFFDC8h 47 709 924 2D7FEE4h 23 854 962 16BFF72h 4224 94 696 970 5A4F60Ah 47 348 485 2D27B05h 23 674 243 1693D83h 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 of Blocks field indicates that the drive will not change the capacity it is currently formatted to have A number other than zero and less than the maximum number of LBAs in the Number of Blocks field changes the total drive capacity to the value in the Number of Blocks field A value greater than the maximum number of LBAs is rounded down to the maximum capacity 4 7 Factory installed options OEMs 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 capacities can be ordered depending on sparing scheme and LBA size requested Single unit shipping pack The drive is normally shipped in bulk packaging to provide maximum protection against transit damage Units shipped individually require additional protection as provided by the single u
60. his document and the SAS Interface Manual part number 100293071 which describes the general interface characteristics of this drive Pulsar XT 2 drives are classified as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance highest level with the ANSI SCSI 1 standard The SAS connectors cables and electrical interface are compatible with Serial ATA SATA giving future users the choice of populating their systems with either SAS or SATA drives This allows users to continue to leverage existing investment in SCSI while gaining a 6Gb s serial data transfer rate The Self Encrypting Drive models indicated on the cover of this product manual have provisions for Security of Data at Rest based on the standards defined by the Trusted Computing Group see www trustedcomputing group org Note Never disassemble and do not attempt to service items in the enclosure The drive does not contain user replaceable parts Opening for any reason voids the drive warranty 4 1 Standard features Pulsar XT 2 SAS drives have the following standard features 1 5 3 0 6 0 Gb Serial Attached SCSI SAS interface Integrated dual port SAS controller supporting the SCSI protocol Support for SAS expanders and fanout adapters Firmware downloadable using the SAS interface 128 deep task set queue Supports up to 32 initiators Jumperless configuration User selectable logical block size 512 520 524 528 4096 4160 4192 or 4224 bytes per logical bl
61. ible Once the drive is removed from the Seagate original packaging the recommended maximum period between drive operation cycles is 30 days During any storage period the drive non operational temperature humidity wet bulb atmo spheric conditions shock vibration magnetic and electrical field specifications should be followed see Section 7 0 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 21 7 0 Physical electrical specifications This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of the drive ZA Power specifications The drive receives DC power 5V and 12V through the standard SAS interface 7 1 1 Power consumption Power requirements for the drives are listed in the tables beginning on page 23 Typical power measurements are based on an average of drives tested under nominal conditions using 5V and 12V input voltage at 60 C ambient temperature Startup power Startup power is measured from the time of power on to the time that the drive reaches operating condition and can process media access commands Peak operating mode During peak operating mode the drive is tested in various read and write access patterns to simulate the worst case power consumption Idle mode power Idle mode power is measured with the drive powered up and ready for media access commands with no media access commands having been received from the host 7 2 AC power reguirements None 22 Pulsar X
62. ipping pack kit 8 SMART 7 17 SNW 3 training gap 60 Specification 60 SSD Physical format address descriptor 38 standards 3 start stop time 13 Startup power 22 support services 1 surface stiffness allowable for non flat surface 43 system chassis 43 T Task Aborted 55 task management functions 44 Abort task set 44 Clear ACA 44 Clear task set 44 terminate task 44 task management response codes 44 Function complete 00 44 Function not supported 05 44 Function reject 04 44 task set full status 55 TCG 35 technical support services 1 temperaiure 29 42 limits 29 non operating 30 regulation 3 See also cooling terminate task function 44 Thin Provisioning 9 transmitters 59 transporting the drive 21 Trusted Computing Group 35 Type 1 Plformat 40 Type 2 Plformat 40 64 U unformatted 8 Unmap 9 15 Unrecoverable Errors 15 unrecovered media data 14 V vibration 30 32 voltage 22 W warranty 21 Wear Leveling 15 Write Amplification 15 Z zero latency read 55 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Seagate Seagate Technology LLC AMERICAS Seagate Technology LLC 10200 South De Anza Boulevard Cupertino California 95014 United States 408 658 1000 ASIA PACIFIC Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte Ltd 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 Singapore 569877 65 6485 3888 EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology SAS 16 18 rue du D me 92100 Boulogne Billancourt France 33 1 4186 10 00 Publication Numbe
63. ith a non SED drive the download file must pass the acceptance criteria for the drive For example it must be applicable to the correct drive model and have compatible revision and customer status 8 8 Power requirements The standard drive models and the SED drive models have identical hardware however the security and encryption portion of the drive controller ASIC is enabled and functional in the SED models This represents a small additional drain on the 5V supply of about 30mA and a commensurate increase of about 150mW in power consumption There is no additional drain on the 12V supply See the tables in Section 7 3 for power reguirements on the standard non SED drive models 8 9 Supported commands The SED models support the following two commands in addition to the commands supported by the standard non SED models as listed in Table 14 SECURITY PROTOCOL OUT B5h SECURITY PROTOCOL IN A2h 8 10 RevertSP The SED models will support RevertSP feature where it erases all data in all bands on the device and returns the contents of all SPs Security Providers on the device to their Original Factory State Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 37 9 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 error management involve
64. ity services Security related commands will not be accepted unless they also supply the correct credentials to prove the requester is authorized to perform the command 8 2 1 Admin SP The Admin SP allows the drive s owner to enable or disable firmware download operations see Section 8 4 Access to the Admin SP is available using the SID Secure ID password or the MSID Makers Secure ID password Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 35 8 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 drive each data band has its own password called BandMasterX where X is the number of the data band 0 through 15 8 2 3 Default password When the drive is shipped from the factory all passwords are set to the value of MSID This 32 byte random value is printed on the drive label and it can be read by the host electronically over the I O After receipt of the drive it is the responsibility of the owner to use the default MSID password as the authority to change all other passwords to unique owner specified values 8 3 Random number generator RNG The drive has a 32 byte hardware RNG that it is uses to derive encryption keys or if requested to do so to pro vide random numbers to the host for system use including using these numbers as Authentic
65. l interface including all inter face timings power supply voltages environmental requirements and drive mounting constraints Read Error Rates Unrecovered Data Less than 1 LBA in 10 bits transferred Miscorrected Data Less than 1 LBA in 10 bits transferred Interface error rate Less than 1 error in 1012 bits transferred Mean Time Between Failure MTBF 2 000 000 hours Annualized Failure Rate AFR 0 44 Preventive maintenance None required Typical Data Retention with 3 months Power removed at 40C 2 Endurance Rating 3 Method 1 Full drive writes per day 35 Method 2 TBW per JEDEC JESD218 400GB 24 800 TB 200GB 12 400 TB 100GB 6 200 TB Error rate specified with automatic retries and data correction with ECC enabled and all flaws reallocated 2 As NAND Flash devices age with use the capability of the media to retain a programmed value begins to deteriorate This deterioration is affected by the number of times a particular memory cell is programmed and subsequently erased When a device is new it has a powered off data retention capability of up to several years With use the retention ca pability of the device is reduced Temperature also has an effect on how long a Flash component can retain its pro grammed value with power removed At high temperature the retention capabilities of the device are reduced Data retention is not an issue with power applied to the SSD The SSD drive contains firmware and hardware features th
66. level Data Retention when the drive is powered off is affected by Program and Erase PE cycles and the temperature of the drive when stored 6 2 6 Lifetime Endurance Management As stated in Section 6 2 an SSD has a limited number of Program and Erase PE cycles that are capable In worse case applications the write workload could be such that the drive experiences a high Write Amplification Factor that could lead to potential wear out prior to the drive achieving it s expected field life Additionally the Data Retention spec of the SSD needs to be considered to ensure the spec is met once the drive is worn out Seagate has implemented a Lifetime Endurance Management technique which helps OEMS and user to avoid early wear out By monitoring the write workload being sent to the drive the drive can add additional response time to WRITE commands to provide a sustainable level of performance that is capable of being sustained for the life of the drive Most users may never see this added response time in their applications 6 3 Reliability and service Integrators can enhance the reliability of Pulsar XT 2 drives by ensuring that the drive receives adequate cool ing Section 7 0 provides temperature measurements and other information that may be used to enhance the service life of the drive Section 10 2 provides recommended air flow information 6 3 1 Annualized Failure Rate AFR and Mean Time Between Failure MTBF The production drive shall a
67. ll complete any BMS initiated error recovery prior to returning to service host initiated commands Overhead associated with a return to host servicing activity from BMS only impacts the first command that interrupted BMS this results in a typical delay of about 1ms 9 5 Auto Reallocation Auto Reallocation allows the drive to reallocate unreadable locations on a subsequent write command if the recovery process deems the location to be defective The drive performs auto reallocation on every WRITE command With each write to a Logical LBA the drive writes the data to a different physical media location Physical locations that return unrecoverable errors are retired during future WRITE attempts and associated recovery process This is in contrast to the system having to use the REASSIGN BLOCKS command to reassign a location that was unreadable and then generate a WRITE command to rewrite the data This operation requires that AWRE and ARRE are enabled this is the default setting from the Seagate factory Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 39 9 6 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 same capacity point as non PI formatted drives Sequential performance of a PI drive will be reduced by approximately 1 56 due to the extra overh
68. lly an UNMAP command is not permitted on a locked band Table 3 PI and SED Drive Configuration Drive Configuration PI Setting Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled PROT EN bit 0 1 LBPME bit 1 1 LBPRZ bit 0 0 PI Check Requested N A Yes No mo Random None Random PI Returned for Nisha None Scrambled Thin Provisioned LBA PI data PI Check Performed N A Yes No Error reported to Host No No No No Yes No 10 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 5 0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance related characteristics and features of Pul sar XT 2 drives Note Data provided is based on format at 512 bytes 5 1 Internal drive characteristics ST400FX0002 ST200FX0002 ST100FX0002 ST400FX0012 Drive capacity 400 200 100 GB formatted rounded off value Flash Memory Type NAND SLC Emulated LBA Size 512 520 524 528 4096 4160 4192 or 4224 Native Programmable Page Size 4096 User Bytes Default Transfer Alignment Offset 0 5 2 Performance characteristics See Section 11 4 1 SAS physical interface and the SAS Interface Manual part number 100293071 for addi tional timing details 5 2 1 Access time Access measurements are taken with nominal power at 25 C ambient temperature All times are measured using drive diagnostics The specifications in the table below are defined as follows Page to page access time is an average of all possible page
69. lysis and Reporting Technology S M A R T 5 year warranty Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 7 4 5 Formatted capacities Standard OEM models are formatted to 512 bytes per block The block size is selectable at format time and must be a multiple of 4 bytes Users having the necessary equipment may modify the data block size before issuing a FORMAT UNIT command and obtain different formatted capacities than those listed To provide a stable target capacity environment and at the same time provide users with flexibility if they choose Seagate recommends product planning in one of two modes Seagate designs specify capacity points at certain block sizes that Seagate guarantees current and future products will meet We recommend customers use this capacity in project planning as it ensures a stable operating point with backward and forward compatibility from generation to generation The current guaranteed operating points for this product are shown below The Capacity stated is identical when the drive is formatted with or without PI enabled Table 1 Formatted Capacity LBA Count Capacity LBAs LBA 400GB 200GB 100GB Size Decimal Hex Decimal Hex Decimal Hex 512 781 422 768 2E9390B0h 390 721 968 1749F1B0h 195 371 568 BA52230h 520 764 871 800 2D970478h 382 435 904 16CB8240h 191 217 952 B65C120h 524 754 677 072 2CFB7550h 377 338 536 167DBAA8h 188 669 272 B3EDD58h 528 743 833 040 2C55FDDO
70. m DC 30 0 50 0 22 5 14 Maximum peak DC 30 0 77 0 55 Peak operating current random write Typical DC DCx 0 45 0 27 5 49 Maximum DC 30 0 49 0 28 5 81 Maximum peak DC 3o 0 71 0 74 Peak operating current sequential read Typical DC DCx 0 54 0 27 5 94 Maximum DC 30 0 58 0 28 6 26 Maximum peak DC 30 0 79 0 55 Peak operating current sequential write Typical DC DCx 0 52 0 35 6 80 Maximum DC 30 0 56 0 36 7 12 Maximum peak DC 30 0 79 0 85 24 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Table 10 100GB standard model DC power requirements Parameter 100GB 6 0Gb Regulation 15 15 Voltage 5V 12V Average idle current DCx 0 40 0 17 4 04 Maximum starting current peak DC DC 30 1 09 0 31 peak AC AC 30 1 16 0 73 Delayed start max DC 30 0 43 0 18 4 31 Peak operating current random read Peak operating current random write Typical DC DCx 0 46 0 21 4 82 Maximum DC 30 0 49 0 23 5 21 Maximum peak DC 30 0 80 0 72 Peak operating current sequential read Typical DC DCx 0 45 0 25 5 25 Maximum DC 30 0 49 0 26 5 57 Maximum peak DC 30 0 71 0 54 Peak operating current sequential write Typical DC DCX 0 54 0 28 6 06 Maximum DC 30 0 58 0 29 6 38 Maximum peak DC 30 0 80 0 58 1 2 3 4 5 6 Typical DC DCx 0 53 0 36 6 97 Maximum DC 30 0 57 0 37 7 29 Maximum peak DC 30
71. models rigger 2 00 sidiv Stop 4 30 Y 500 kS 25 kS s Edge Positive 3 10 2011 8 23 27 AM Utilities Help C2 and F1 12V spinup current profile gt gt C3 and F2 SV spinup current profile gt gt c2 Em J 500 ma div 500 mAJdiv 500 ma div 500 mA div 1 000 A ofst 1 000 A ofst 2 00 sidiw 2 00 sidiv LeCroy Figure 3 Current profiles for 100GB models Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B eb 3 00 rigger 4 2 00 sidiv Stop 430 Y 500 kS 25 kS s Edge Positive 3 10 2011 8 18 43 AM 27 7 4 Power dissipation 400GB models in 6Gb operation Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 6Gb operation is 5 92 watts 20 20 BTUs per hour To obtain operating power for typical random write operations refer to the following I O rate curve see Figure 4 Locate the typical I O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding 5 volt current 12 volt current and total watts on the vertical axis To calculate BTUs per hour multiply watts by 3 4123 ST400FX0002 CURRENT POWER vs THROUGHPUT SAS 6 0GB Random 8 Block Writes 10 00 SIMA A Was 8 00 3 o Y 00 Wa o Figure 4 400GB at 6Gb DC current and power vs input output operations per second 200GB models in 6Gb operation Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 6Gb operation is 4 04 watts 13 79 BTUs per hour To obtain operating power f
72. n met good Busy Reservation conflict Task set full ACA active ACA active faulted initiator Z Z Z lt lt lt lt lt Task Aborted 11 4 1 SAS physical interface Figure 14 shows the location of the SAS device connector J1 Figures 15 and 16 provide the dimensions of the SAS connector Details of the physical electrical and logical characteristics are provided within this section The operational aspects of Seagate s SAS dri es are provided in the SAS Interface Manual Figure 14 Physical interface Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 55 0 80 6X 5 92 pa 7 62 4 65 2 00 3X _ e 0 52 0 08 x 45 lt 0 45 0 03 7X 8 08 I lo 10 MJE 42 73 REF 4 41 13 amp 0 15 gt 0 208 0 30 0 05 20 id C lt A
73. nal 59 Admin SP 35 AES 128 data encryption 35 air cleanliness 32 air flow 42 illustrated 42 air inlet 42 altitude 30 ambient 30 ambient temperature 22 ANSI documents SCSI 5 Serial Attached SCSI 5 asynchronous event notification 55 audible noise 3 automatic contingent allegiance 55 Auto Reallocation 39 average idle current 23 24 25 B Background Media Scan 39 backpanel 58 Band 0 36 BandMasterX 36 BMS 39 busy status 55 C cache control 13 caching write data 13 Canadian Department of Communications 3 capacity unformatted 11 case 43 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B CBC 35 CE Marking 4 check condition status 55 China RoHS directive 5 Cipher Block Chaining 35 class B limit 3 clear ACA function 44 clear task set function 44 commands supported 46 condensation 30 condition met good status 55 connector illustrated 58 requirements 58 cooling 42 CRC error 15 Cryptographic erase 37 Current profiles 26 customer service 21 D Data Bands 36 data bands 35 data block size modifing the 8 Data encryption 35 Data Encryption Key 35 Data Retention 14 16 DATA Returned for Thin Provisioned LBA 10 DC power 22 58 requirements 23 Decision Feedback Equalizer 60 decrypt 35 default MSID password 36 defects 38 deferred error handling 55 DEK 35 description 6 DFE 60 dimensions 33 drive 32 drive characteristics 11 drive failure 16 Drive Locking 36 drive mounting 33 43 drive select 58 dual port suppor
74. nit shipping pack Users planning single unit distribution should specify this option The Safety and Regulatory Agency Specifications part number 75789512 is usually included with each standard OEM drive shipped but extra copies may be ordered 8 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 4 8 Thin Provisioning 4 8 1 Logical Block Provisioning The drive is designed with a feature called Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning is a technique which does not require Logical Blocks to be associated to Physical Blocks on the storage medium until such a time as needed The use of Thin Provisioning is a major factor in SSD products because it reduces the amount of wear leveling and garbage collection that must be performed The resultis an increase in the products endurance For more details on Logical Block Provisioning and Thin Provisioning Reference the SBC 3 document provided by the T 10 committee 4 8 2 Thin Provisioning capabilities The level of Thin Provisioning support may vary by product model Devices that support Thin Provisioning are allowed to return a default data pattern for read requests made to Logical Blocks that have not been mapped to Physical Blocks by a previous WRITE command In order to determine if Thin Provisioning is supported and what features of it are implemented requires the system to send a READ CAPACITY 16 9Eh command to the drive Thin Provisioning and the READ CAPACITY 16 9Eh command is defined in the Seagate SC
75. ock Industry standard SFF 2 5 inch dimensions ECC maximum burst correction length of 90 bits No preventive maintenance or adjustments required Self diagnostics performed when power is applied to the drive Vertical horizontal or top down mounting Drive Self Test DST Background Media Scan BMS Parallel flash access channels Power loss data protection Thin Provisioning with Block Unmap Support Silent operation Lifetime Endurance Management Pulsar XT 2 SAS Self Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features 6 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B Automatic data encryption decryption Controlled access Random number generator Drive locking 16 independent data bands Cryptographic erase of user data for a drive that will be repurposed or scrapped Authenticated firmware download 4 2 Media description The media used on the drive consists of Single Layer Cell SLC NAND Flash for improved reliability and per formance 4 3 Performance Programmable multi segmentable cache buffer 600MB s maximum instantaneous data transfers Background processing of queue Non Volatile Write Cache Note There is no significant performance difference between Self Encrypting Drive and standard non Self Encrypting Drive models 4 4 Reliability Annualized Failure Rate AFR of 0 44 Mean time between failures MTBF of 2 000 000 hours Incorporates industry standard Self Monitoring Ana
76. of the information necessary to implement the DST function on this drive 6 3 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 multiple rea sons why a drive may not be ready some of which are valid conditions and not errors For example a drive may be in process of doing a FORMAT UNIT or another DST It is the responsibility of the host application to determine the not ready cause 6 3 6 2 2 Invoking DST To invoke DST submit the SEND DIAGNOSTIC command with the appropriate Function Code 001b for the short test or 010b for the extended test in bytes 1 bits 5 6 and 7 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 19 6 3 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 two segments an electrical test segment and a read verify scan segment Short test Function Code 001b The purpose of the short test is to provide a time limited test that tests as much of the drive as possible within 120 seconds The short test does not scan the entire media contents but does some fundamental tests and scans portions of the media A complete read verify scan is not performed and only factual failures will report a diagnostic failed condition This option provides a quick confidence test of the drive Extended test Function Code 010b
77. ompounds should be minimized or eliminated The useful life of any electronic equipment may be extended by replacing materials near circuitry with sulfide free alternatives 7 5 7 Electromagnetic susceptibility See Section 3 1 1 1 32 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 7 6 Mechanical specifications Refer to Figure 10 or 11 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions See Section 10 3 Drive mounting Weight 0 441 pounds 200 grams Note These dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard documented in SFF 8201 and SFF 8223 found at www sffcommittee org 90 60 A51 3 0 A23 je 2 7504 0101 Figure 10 Mounting configuration dimensions 400GB models Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 33 Weight 0 220 pounds 100 grams Note These dimensions conform to the Small Form Factor Standard documented in SFF 8201 and SFF 8223 found at www sffcommittee org 90 60 AS3 90 60 A51 76 60 REF 3 0 A23 je 5 dido 2 750 010m 69 85 25mm Figure 11 Mounting configuration dimensions 200 amp 100GB models 34 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 8 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 Enterprise Storage Specifications as detailed in Section 3 2 The T
78. onds assuming both ports are out of sync If the self test fails the drive does not respond to link reset on the failing port Note It is the responsibility of the systems integrator to assure that no temperature energy voltage haz ard or ESD potential hazard is presented during the hot connect disconnect operation Discharge 16 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B the static electricity from the drive carrier prior to inserting it into the system 6 3 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 administrators to back up the data before an actual failure occurs Note The drive s firmware monitors specific attributes for degradation over time but can t predict instanta neous drive failures Each monitored attribute has been selected to monitor a specific set of failure conditions in the operating per formance of the drive and the thresholds are optimized to minimize false and failed predictions Controlling S M A R T The operating mode of S M A R T is controlled by the DEXCPT and PERF bits on the Informational Exceptions Control mode page 1Ch Use the DEXCPT bit to enable or disable the S M A R T feature Setting the DEX CPT bit disables all S M A R T functions When enabled S M A R T collects on line data
79. or typical random write operations refer to the following I O rate curve see Figure 5 Locate the typical I O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding 5 volt current 12 volt current and total watts on the vertical axis To calculate BTUs per hour multiply watts by 3 4123 ST200FX0002 CURRENT POWER vs THROUGHPUT SAS 6 0GB Random 8 Block Writes 8 00 OMA a 12 VORA 7 00 d Wats 6 00 5 00 3 ob 30 2 00 1 00 0 00 Figure 5 200GB at 6Gb DC current and power vs input output operations per second 28 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 100GB models in 6Gb operation Typical power dissipation under idle conditions in 6Gb operation is 4 04 watts 13 79 BTUs per hour To obtain operating power for typical random write operations refer to the following I O rate curve see Figure 6 Locate the typical I O rate for a drive in your system on the horizontal axis and read the corresponding 5 volt current 12 volt current and total watts on the vertical axis To calculate BTUs per hour multiply watts by 3 4128 ST100FX0002 CURRENT POWER vs THROUGHPUT SAS 6 0GB Random 8 Block Writes 10 00 TA 200 m 12Vo1A A Wats 8 00 1 00 0 00 10000 0 15000 0 20000 0 25000 0 1 Os per Second Figure 6 100GB at 6Gb DC current and power vs input output operations per second 7 5 Environmental limi
80. port services coococcococcococrcocococmococcocm c 1 2 0 SCOPC asa Aa a eere ea O aa AI CE one na RAN a s s 2 3 0 Applicable standards and reference documentation 3 3 1 Standards ra end ta Akuntan ato s ed AN LA AN Ag e BARA NAN A te T dr aji 3 3 1 1 Electromagnetic compatibility 3 3 1 2 Electromagnetic compliance 4 3 1 3 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS 4 3 1 4 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Directive 5 3 2 Reference documents an 5 4 0 General description sa na nan ba ida ee 6 4 1 Standard features 6 4 2 Media description cocoa 7 4 3 Performance usus hes AAA ERAS LL nana hn ADI pa aa una hai 7 4 4 Reliability sacada bo mesh San WA a Rn da ad k aan aid sta dos 7 4 5 Formatted capacitles 444 dese ora Dare aa niaga ple ha Tua ad 8 4 6 Programmable drive capacity 8 4 7 Factory installed options ii 8 4 8 Thin PROVISIONING AA di O Pi AA P ES 9 4 8 1 Logical Block Provisioning 9 4 8 2 Thin Provisioning capabilities 9 4 8 3 UNMAP 1 a cao ete moe e eg Dn ara Ba 9 4 8 4 FORMATUNITcommand
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82. rating procedures are complied with 4 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 3 1 4 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Directive Ha up sal fc KeA This product has an Environmental Protection Use Period EPUP of 20 years The following table contains information mandated by China s Marking Requirements for Control of Pollution 6m Caused by Electronic Information Products Standard ia mA ANER R EAER CEPUP o Fp o Y PR EF mP ERNS ANA RESER PTE RES o Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements ESA s Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Chromium Dipheny Dipheny Ether ir Cr6 Jesas PBB 22 2 PBDE Mercury Cadmium zx Hg Cd Name of Parts rr O indicates the hazardous and toxic substance content of the part at the homogenous material level is lower than the threshold defined by the China RoHS MCV Standard ORAM FRADE F Br rfi Ht HO CT P ROHS MCV ERE h AE X indicates the hazardous and toxic substance content of the part at the homogenous material level is over the threshold defined by the China RoHS MCV Standard Sorte CHAPA PE F AE KERAMA diy E t ROHS MCV PRERE LAGI Ht 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 8470 Multi Lane Copper Connector SF
83. rmatting the drive is only required if the application requires a different logical block size Figure 12 Physical interface 10 1 Drive orientation The drive may be mounted in any orientation All drive performance characterizations however have been done with the drive in horizontal level and vertical drive on its side orientations which are the two preferred mounting orientations Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 41 10 2 Cooling Cabinet cooling must be designed by the customer so that the temperature of the drive will not exceed temper ature conditions specified in Section 7 5 1 Temperature The rack cabinet or drawer environment for the drive must provide heat removal from the assembly The sys tem designer should confirm that adequate heat removal is provided using the temperature measurement guidelines described in Section 7 5 1 Forced air flow may be required to keep temperatures at or below the temperatures specified in Section 7 5 1 in which case the drive should be oriented or air flow directed so that the least amount of air flow resistance is created while providing air flow Also the shortest possible path between the air inlet and exit should be cho sen to minimize the travel length of air heated by the drive and other heat sources within the rack cabinet or drawer environment If forced air is determined to be necessary possible air flow patterns are shown in Figure 13 The air flow pat terns
84. rusted Computing Group TCG is an organization sponsored and operated by companies in the com puter storage and digital communications industry Seagate s SED models comply with the standards pub lished by the TCG To use the security features in the drive the host must be capable of constructing and issuing the following two SCSI commands SECURITY PROTOCOL OUT SECURITY PROTOCOL IN These commands are used to convey the TCG protocol to and from the drive in the appropriate command pay loads 8 1 Data encryption Encrypting drives use one in line encryption engine for each port employing AES 256 data encryption in Cipher Block Chaining CBC mode to encrypt all data prior to being written on the media and to decrypt all data as it is read from the media The encryption engines are always in operation cannot be disabled and do not detract in any way from the performance of the drive The 32 byte Data Encryption Key DEK is a random number which is generated by the drive never leaves the drive and is inaccessible to the host system The DEK is itself encrypted when it is stored on the media and when it is in volatile temporary storage DRAM external to the encryption engine A unique data encryption key is used for each of the drive s possible16 data bands see Section 8 5 8 2 Controlled access The drive has two security partitions SPs called the Admin SP and the Locking SP These act as gate keepers to the drive secur
85. s Commission KCC logo they comply with KN22 and KN61000 Taiwanese BSMI If this model has the Taiwanese certification mark then it complies with Chinese National Standard CNS 13438 3 1 3 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Directive restricts the presence of chemical substances including Lead Pb in electronic products effective July 2006 A number of parts and materials in Seagate products are procured from external suppliers We rely on the rep resentations of our suppliers regarding the presence of RoHS substances in these parts and materials Our supplier contracts require compliance with our chemical substance restrictions and our suppliers document their compliance with our requirements by providing material content declarations for all parts and materials for the drives documented in this publication Current supplier declarations include disclosure of the inclusion of any RoHS regulated substance in such parts or materials 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 restricted substances are not utilized in our manufacturing operations labora tory analytical validation testing and an internal auditing process to ensure that all standard ope
86. s drive internal defect error management and SAS system error considerations errors in communications between the initiator and the drive In addition Seagate provides the following technologies used to increase data integrity and drive reliability Background Media Scan see Section 9 4 Auto Reallocation see Section 9 5 The read error rates and specified storage capacities are not dependent on host initiator defect management routines 9 1 Drive internal defects errors During the initial drive manufacturing test operation at the factory media defects are identified tagged as being unusable and their locations recorded on the drive primary defects list referred to as the P list At factory format time these known defects are also deallocated that is marked as retired and the location listed in the defects reallocation table The P list is not altered after factory formatting Locations of defects found and reallocated during error recovery procedures after drive shipment are listed in the G list defects growth list The P and G lists may be referenced by the initiator using the READ DEFECT DATA command Details of the SCSI commands supported by the drive are described in the SAS Interface Manual Also more information on the drive Error Recovery philosophy is presented in the SAS Interface Manual The drive uses a vendor unique format to report defects via the READ DEFECT DATA command pending T10
87. standardization of a format for Solid State Devices This format defect type is defined as 110b in the SCSI FORMAT UNIT command The definition of the 110b format is defined in the following table Table 11 SSD Physical format address descriptor EX E 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 MSB MEDIA ID 1 LSB 2 CHANNEL 3 DIE 4 MSB BLOCK 5 LSB 6 RESERVED 7 VENDOR UNIQUE The MEDIA ID field contains an identifier for the flash controller for devices that utilize more than one flash controller The CHANNEL field contains the channel number within the corresponding Flash Controller 38 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B The DIE field contains the die number within channel The BLOCK field contains the block number within the die The VENDOR UNIQUE field may contain vendor unique information 9 2 Drive error recovery procedures When an error occurs during drive operation the drive performs error recovery procedures to attempt to recover the data The error recovery procedures used are not user changeable 9 3 SAS system errors Information on the reporting of operational errors across the interface is given in the SAS Interface Manual The SSP Response returns information to the host about numerous kinds of errors The Receive Diagnostic Results reports the results of diagnostic operations performed by the drive Status returned by the drive to the initiator is describe
88. su RN o bana BRG RT a tua ee s 39 9 4 Background Media Scan 39 9 5 Auto Reallocation 39 9 6 Protection Information PI KA IAEA KA 40 9 6 1 Levels oE PT IA dedos IA AA AA 40 9 6 2 Setting and determining the current Type Level 40 9 6 3 Identifying a Protection Information drive oo 40 10 0 Installation assa canas na NGS niue ue elc me E EAS e er RIEN 41 10 1 Drive orientaton xo au an na Rex A aed See udah vius 41 10 2 COIN 2 2 4 deh iara a ge a ae a atra gol ale eae hie E Shae 42 10 3 Brive mounting sas adie ai MER mn ce ACE es 43 10 4 Grounding ro a ee Na oh edes ED uve Len eB ri Sta whee asi 43 11 0 Interface requirements ococoocococoococcooocococoococco coco Rh hr 44 11 1 SAS TOQUES uuu a de ed ede hl Be Bee na ee a 44 11 1 1 Task managementfunctions 44 11 1 2 Task managementresponses 44 ii Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 11 2 11 3 Dual port support E a 45 SCSI commands supported 46 11 31 INQUIRY data ii 50 11 3 2 MODE SENSE data inn 50 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions 55 11 41 SASphysicalinterface
89. t 45 E electrical description of connector 58 signal characteristics 59 specifications 22 61 electromagnetic compatibility 3 electromagnetic susceptibility 32 EMI requirements 3 encryption engine 35 encryption key 36 Endurance 14 Endurance Management 15 environment 42 environmental limits 29 requirements 14 environmental control 32 EraseMaster 36 error management 38 rates 14 Error reported to Host 10 errors 38 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substanc es 4 F FCC rules and regulations 3 features 6 interface 44 feed forward equalizer 60 FFE 60 firmware 6 corruption 49 firmware download port 36 Format command executiontime 12 function complete code 00 44 not supported code 05 44 reject code 04 44 G Garbage Collection 15 Global Data Band 36 Good status 55 gradient 30 ground shiftnoise 59 grounding 43 H heat removal 42 heat source 42 host equipment 43 hot plugging the drive 16 humidity 30 humidity limits 29 62 Identifying a PI drive 40 Idle mode 22 Idle mode power 22 input voltage 22 inquiry data 50 installation 41 guide 5 interface commands supported 46 errorrate 14 errors 15 illustrated 55 physical 55 requirements 44 internal defects errors 38 internal drive characteristics 11 J jumpers 41 L LBPME bit 10 LBPRZ bit 10 Lifetime Endurance Management 16 Locking SP 35 36 LockOnReset 36 Logical Block Provisioning 9 logical block size 6 m
90. ta bands cannot overlap but they can be sequential with one band ending at LBA x and the next beginning at LBA x 1 Each data band has its own drive generated encryption key and its own user supplied password The host may change the Encryption Key see Section 8 6 or the password when required The bands shall be aligned to 4KB LBA boundaries 36 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 8 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 was written with one key and will be read using a different key Since the drive overwrites the old key with the new one and keeps no history of key changes the user data can never be recovered This is tanta mount to an instantaneous data erase and is very useful if the drive is to be scrapped or redispositioned 8 7 Authenticated firmware download In addition to providing a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted firmware download attempts the drive also only accepts download files which have been cryptographically signed by the appropriate Seagate Design Center Three conditions must be met before the drive will allow the download operation 1 The download must be an SED file A standard base drive non SED file will be rejected 2 The download file must be signed and authenticated 3 As w
91. tal visit hitps direct seagate com portal system For Seagate reseller portal visit http spp seagate com Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 2 0 Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology LLC Pulsar XT 2 SAS Serial Attached SCSI drives Pulsar XT 2 drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual The SAS Interface Manual part number 100293071 describes the general SAS characteristics of this and other Sea gate SAS drives The Self Encrypting Drive Reference Manual part number 100515636 describes the inter face general operation and security features available on Self Encrypting Drive models Product data communicated in this manual is specific only to the model numbers listed in this manual The data listed in this manual may not be predictive of future generation specifications or requirements If you are designing a system which will use one of the models listed or future generation products and need further assistance please contact your Field Applications Engineer FAE or our global support services group as shown in Section 1 0 Unless otherwise stated the information in this manual applies to standard and Self Encrypting Drive models Standard models Standard SED models ST400FX0002 ST400FX0012 ST200FX0002 ST100FX0002 Note Previous generations of Seagate Self Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption FDE models b
92. temperature of the drive See Figure 7 and 8 for temperature checkpoint Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 29 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 B 4 HERMI CO F 35 41 NE Figure 7 Temperature check point location 15mm drives 8 4 RERVOCOUPLE PROB 841 i CGD e e a Figure 8 Temperature check point location 7mm drives Note Images may not represent actual product for reference only 7 5 2 Relative humidity The values below assume that no condensation on the drive occurs a Operating 5 to 95 non condensing relative humidity with a maximum gradient of 20 per hour b Non operating 5 to 95 non condensing relative humidity 7 5 3 Effective altitude sea level a Operating 200 to 10 000 feet 60 96 to 3048 meters b Non operating 200 to 40 000 feet 60 96 to 12 192 meters 7 5 4 Shock and vibration Shock and vibration limits specified in this document are measured directly on the drive chassis If the drive is installed in an enclosure to which the stated shock and or vibration criteria is applied resonances may occur internally to the enclosure resulting in drive movement in excess of the stated limits If this situation is apparent it may b
93. the drive is performing unacceptably for a period of time The firm ware keeps a running count of the number of times the error rate for each attribute is unacceptable To accom plish this a counter is incremented each time the error rate is unacceptable and decremented not to exceed zero whenever the error rate is acceptable If the counter continually increments such that it reaches the pre dictive threshold a predictive failure is signaled This counter is referred to as the Failure History Counter There is a separate Failure History Counter for each attribute 6 3 5 Thermal monitor Pulsar XT 2 drives implement a temperature warning system which 1 Signals the host if the temperature exceeds a value which would threaten the drive 2 Signals the host if the temperature exceeds a user specified value i e the reference temperature value 3 Saves a S M A R T data frame on the drive which exceeds the threatening temperature value A temperature sensor monitors the drive temperature and issues a warning over the interface when the tem perature exceeds a set threshold The temperature is measured at power up and then at ten minute intervals after power up The thermal monitor system generates a warning code of 01 0B01 when the temperature exceeds the speci fied limit in compliance with the SCSI standard The drive temperature is reported in the FRU code field of MODE SENSE data Administrators can use this information to determine if
94. the total population of drives in the field the MODE SENSE values given in the following tables may not exactly match those of some drives The following tables list the values of the data bytes returned by the drive in response to the MODE SENSE command pages for SCSI implementation see the SAS Interface Manual DEF Default value Standard OEM drives are shipped configured this way CHG Changeable bits indicates if default value is changeable Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 51 Table 16 MODE SENSE data for 400GB drives ODE DATA HEADER 01 3e 00 10 01 00 00 10 T BLOCK DESCRIPTOR 00 00 00 00 2e 93 90 b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 ODE PAGES DEF 81 Oa cO 01 Sa 00 00 00 Ob 00 ff ff CHG 81 Oa 38 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 DEF 82 Oe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 3a 00 00 00 00 CHG 82 Oe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 DEF 87 Oa c0 01 5a 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff CHG 87 0a 38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff DEF 88 12 14 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff ff ff a0 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 88 12 a5 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 8a 0a 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 7f ff CHG 8a Oa 07 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 18 06 06 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 18 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 99 0e 46 00 07 dO 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CHG 99 0e 50 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 DEF 59 Ol 00 64 00 06 00 02 0000 00 00 14 la 0e 00 50 00 c5
95. the warning is due to the tempera ture exceeding the drive threatening temperature or the user specified temperature This feature is controlled by the Enable Warning EWasc bit and the reporting mechanism is controlled by the Method of Reporting Informational Exceptions field MRIE on the Informational Exceptions Control IEC mode page 1Ch The current algorithm implements two temperature trip points The first trip point is set at the maximum temper ature limit according to the drive specification The second trip point is user selectable using the LOG SELECT command The reference temperature parameter in the temperature log page see Table 7 can be used to set this trip point The default value for this drive is listed in the table however applications can set it to any value in the range defined If a temperature is specified that is greater than the maximum allowed in this field the temperature is rounded down to the maximum allowed A sense code is sent to the host to indicate the round ing of the parameter field Table 7 Temperature Log Page 0Dh Parameter Code Description 400GB 200 100GB 0000h Primary Temperature Drive Temperature 0001h Reference Temperature Blast a ds ene Changeable Range 0 to 70 C 0 to 65 C 18 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 6 3 6 Drive Self Test DST Drive Self Test DST is a technology designed to recognize drive fault conditions that qualify the drive as a
96. ts 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 bulb temperature is 82 F 28 C Note To maintain optimal performance drives should be run at nominal case temperatures 7 5 1 Temperature a Operating The drive meets the operating specifications over a 32 F to 140 F 0 C to 60 C drive case temperature range with a maximum temperature gradient of 36 F 20 C per hour The maximum allowable drive case temperature is 60 C The MTBF specification for the drive assumes the operating environment is designed to maintain nominal case temperature The rated MTBF is based upon a sustained case temperature of 122 F 50 C Occa sional excursions in operating temperature between the rated MTBF temperature and the maximum drive operating case temperature may occur without impact to the rated MTBF temperature However continual or sustained operation at case temperatures beyond the rated MTBF temperature will degrade the drive MTBF and reduce product reliability Air flow may be required to achieve consistent nominal case temperature values See Section 7 5 To con firm that the required cooling is provided place the drive in its final mechanical configuration and perform random write read operations After the temperatures stabilize measure the case
97. udes both isolated drives and integrated drives The drive shall not incur physical damage or degraded performance as a result of vibration Vibration may be applied in the X Y or Z axis Non operating translational random flat profile 20 2000 Hz translational random flat profile 16 3 GRMS 7 5 5 Air cleanliness The drive is designed to operate in a typical office environment with minimal environmental control 7 5 6 Corrosive environment Seagate electronic drive components pass accelerated corrosion testing eguivalent to 10 years exposure to light industrial environments containing sulfurous gases chlorine and nitric oxide classes G and H per ASTM B845 However this accelerated testing cannot duplicate every potential application environment Users should use caution exposing any electronic components to uncontrolled chemical pollutants and corro sive chemicals as electronic drive component reliability can be affected by the installation environment The sil ver copper nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are especially sensitive to the presence of sulfide chloride and nitrate contaminants Sulfur is found to be the most damaging In addition electronic components 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 corrosive c
98. when production parts are available from major connec tor manufacturers The SAS device connector is illustrated in Figures 15 and 16 11 4 4 Electrical description SAS drives use the device connector for DC power SAS interface Activity LED This connector is designed to either plug directly into a backpanel or accept cables 11 4 5 Pin descriptions This section provides a pin out of the SAS device and a description of the functions provided by the pins Table 21 SAS pin descriptions Pin Signal name Signal type Pin Signal name Signal type S1 Port A Ground P1 NC reserved 3 3Volts S2 Port A in Diff input pair P2 NC reserved 3 3Volts SON Port A_in P3 NC reserved 3 3Volts S4 Port A Ground P4 Ground S5 Port A out Diff output pair P5 Ground S6 Port A out P6 Ground S7 Port A Ground P7 5 Volts charge S8 Port B Ground P8 5 Volts S9 PortB in Diff input pair P9 5 Volts S10 Port B in P10 Ground 11 Port A Ground P11 Ready LED Open collector out S12 Port B out Diff output pair P12 Ground S13 Port B out P13 12 Volts charge 14 Port B Ground P14 12 Volts P15 12 Volts Short pin to support hot plugging NC No connection in the drive 58 Pulsar XT 2 SAS Product Manual Rev B 11 4 6 SAS transmitters and receivers A typical SAS differential copper transmitter and receiver pair is shown in Figure 1

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