VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF)
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... OS being used Seagate Cheetah hard drives." Choosing Adaptec provided distinct advantages throughout Area Data Systems' implementation. Seagate Cheetah* hard drives running virtual machines ...firmware for Tier 1, mission-critical server and storage solutions, high-capacity Cheetah hard drives minimized any potential downtime while maximizing responsiveness. Platforms featuring the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series deliver the performance headroom needed to built-in large part to the customer's demanding application engineering, Seagate Cheetah hard drives...
... OS being used Seagate Cheetah hard drives." Choosing Adaptec provided distinct advantages throughout Area Data Systems' implementation. Seagate Cheetah* hard drives running virtual machines ...firmware for Tier 1, mission-critical server and storage solutions, high-capacity Cheetah hard drives minimized any potential downtime while maximizing responsiveness. Platforms featuring the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series deliver the performance headroom needed to built-in large part to the customer's demanding application engineering, Seagate Cheetah hard drives...
Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual
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...• Vertical, horizontal, or top down mounting • Dynamic spindle brake • 8,192 Kbyte data buffer. 3.1 Standard features Cheetah 10K.7 FC drives have the following standard features: • Integrated dual port FC-AL controller • Concurrent dual port transfers • Support for ... used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for FC arbitrated loop, private and public attachment • Differential copper FC drivers and receivers • Downloadable firmware using the FC-AL...
...• Vertical, horizontal, or top down mounting • Dynamic spindle brake • 8,192 Kbyte data buffer. 3.1 Standard features Cheetah 10K.7 FC drives have the following standard features: • Integrated dual port FC-AL controller • Concurrent dual port transfers • Support for ... used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for FC arbitrated loop, private and public attachment • Differential copper FC drivers and receivers • Downloadable firmware using the FC-AL...
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...drive... set , the drive is designed to ...drive's firmware monitors specific attributes for degradation over time but can interrogate the drive...inserted drive.... force the drive to save... imminent drive failure and...drive and the thresholds are able to detect any error. interruptions occur. D 19 The disc drive...is disabled while the drive performs self test ... plane of operation. The drive motor must synchronize to ... plugging the drive Inserting and removing the drive on the ...external to the drive), defaults to...drive performs normal read and write operations. This time is disabled and the drive...
...drive... set , the drive is designed to ...drive's firmware monitors specific attributes for degradation over time but can interrogate the drive...inserted drive.... force the drive to save... imminent drive failure and...drive and the thresholds are able to detect any error. interruptions occur. D 19 The disc drive...is disabled while the drive performs self test ... plane of operation. The drive motor must synchronize to ... plugging the drive Inserting and removing the drive on the ...external to the drive), defaults to...drive performs normal read and write operations. This time is disabled and the drive...
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...60 milliseconds Fully-enabled delay DEXCPT = 0, PERF = 0 370 milliseconds Reporting control Reporting is acceptable. Determining rate S.M.A.R.T. The firmware keeps a running count of the number of degraded errors increases to as the Interval Counter. If the counter continually increments such ...referred to record rates of error is performing unacceptably for a period of errors for each attribute. 5.2.5 Thermal monitor Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI drives implement a temperature warning system which exceed the threatening temperature value. The maximum on the FC-AL bus. Subject...
...60 milliseconds Fully-enabled delay DEXCPT = 0, PERF = 0 370 milliseconds Reporting control Reporting is acceptable. Determining rate S.M.A.R.T. The firmware keeps a running count of the number of degraded errors increases to as the Interval Counter. If the counter continually increments such ...referred to record rates of error is performing unacceptably for a period of errors for each attribute. 5.2.5 Thermal monitor Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI drives implement a temperature warning system which exceed the threatening temperature value. The maximum on the FC-AL bus. Subject...
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... is defined as the ETF defect list). Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. 7.0 Defect and error management The drive, as delivered, complies with this section. Defect and error management in the SCSI protocol involves the drive internal defect/error management and FC-AL system...briefly outlined in this product manual. The drive implements selectable error recovery time limits required in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consists of defects found and reallocated during drive operation, the drive, if programmed to do so, performs error...
... is defined as the ETF defect list). Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. 7.0 Defect and error management The drive, as delivered, complies with this section. Defect and error management in the SCSI protocol involves the drive internal defect/error management and FC-AL system...briefly outlined in this product manual. The drive implements selectable error recovery time limits required in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. The drive firmware error recovery algorithms consists of defects found and reallocated during drive operation, the drive, if programmed to do so, performs error...
Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual
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9.3 SCSI commands supported Table 25 lists the SCSI commands supported by Cheetah 10K.7 FC drives. Table 25: Supported commands Command code 00h 01h 03h 04h 07h 08h 0Ah 0Bh 12h 15h 16h 17h 18h Supported [4] Command name Y ... Y Read Y Write Y Seek Y Inquiry Y Vital product data page (00h) Y Unit serial number page (80h) Y Implemented operating def. page (81h) Y IDevice identification page (83h) Y Firmware numbers page (C0h) Y Date code page (C1h) Y Jumper settings page (C2h) Y Device behavior page (C3h) Y Mode select (same pages as Mode Sense command shown below...
9.3 SCSI commands supported Table 25 lists the SCSI commands supported by Cheetah 10K.7 FC drives. Table 25: Supported commands Command code 00h 01h 03h 04h 07h 08h 0Ah 0Bh 12h 15h 16h 17h 18h Supported [4] Command name Y ... Y Read Y Write Y Seek Y Inquiry Y Vital product data page (00h) Y Unit serial number page (80h) Y Implemented operating def. page (81h) Y IDevice identification page (83h) Y Firmware numbers page (C0h) Y Date code page (C1h) Y Jumper settings page (C2h) Y Device behavior page (C3h) Y Mode select (same pages as Mode Sense command shown below...
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... data mode (0) Y Write data mode (2) N Download microcode mode (4) Y Download microcode and save modes (5) N Download microcode with offsets mode (6) Y Download microcode with offsets and save mode (7) Y Firmware download option [2] 58 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev.
... data mode (0) Y Write data mode (2) N Download microcode mode (4) Y Download microcode and save modes (5) N Download microcode with offsets mode (6) Y Download microcode with offsets and save mode (7) Y Firmware download option [2] 58 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev.
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Command is available on special request. 60 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. A = Support is supported. Power loss during flash programming can format to any multiple of four bytes per logical block in firmware corruption. This usually makes the drive inoperable. [3] Reference Mode Sense command 1Ah for mode pages supported. [4] Y = Yes. ...used N XD write extended N Rebuild N Regenerate 83-8Fh N Not used A0h C0-DFh EO-FFh Y Report LUNS N Not used N Not used [1] Cheetah 10K.7 FC drives can result in the range 512 to 528 bytes. [2] Warning. Command is not supported.
Command is available on special request. 60 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. A = Support is supported. Power loss during flash programming can format to any multiple of four bytes per logical block in firmware corruption. This usually makes the drive inoperable. [3] Reference Mode Sense command 1Ah for mode pages supported. [4] Y = Yes. ...used N XD write extended N Rebuild N Regenerate 83-8Fh N Not used A0h C0-DFh EO-FFh Y Report LUNS N Not used N Not used [1] Cheetah 10K.7 FC drives can result in the range 512 to 528 bytes. [2] Warning. Command is not supported.
Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual
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...set up new current and saved values, where the values are hard-coded in the drive firmware stored in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. Only parameter values ... 46 43 ST3146707FC 33 31 34 36 37 30 37 46 43 ST373207FC 33 37 33 32 30 37 46 43 20 9.3.2 Mode Sense data...memory) on the drive's PCB. Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. These default values can request and receive from default values storage. D 61 Table 26: Cheetah 10K.7 FC inquiry ...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 * Copyright year (changes with actual year). ...
...set up new current and saved values, where the values are hard-coded in the drive firmware stored in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual. Only parameter values ... 46 43 ST3146707FC 33 31 34 36 37 30 37 46 43 ST373207FC 33 37 33 32 30 37 46 43 20 9.3.2 Mode Sense data...memory) on the drive's PCB. Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. These default values can request and receive from default values storage. D 61 Table 26: Cheetah 10K.7 FC inquiry ...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 * Copyright year (changes with actual year). ...
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...Check Condition" status. Definitions: DEF = Default value. Standard OEM drives are changeable. Some drives may not exactly match those fields are all of these bits are changeable. A zero (0) indicates the value is changeable. 62 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. These are hex numbers representing the... position in Table 27, refer to shipping. 3. A Mode Select command can only be used by downloading new firmware into the saved values storage location on reset, hard reset, Target Reset, or LIP Reset. 4. For example, in the field, it takes saved values from saved...
...Check Condition" status. Definitions: DEF = Default value. Standard OEM drives are changeable. Some drives may not exactly match those fields are all of these bits are changeable. A zero (0) indicates the value is changeable. 62 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. These are hex numbers representing the... position in Table 27, refer to shipping. 3. A Mode Select command can only be used by downloading new firmware into the saved values storage location on reset, hard reset, Target Reset, or LIP Reset. 4. For example, in the field, it takes saved values from saved...
Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual
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...Interface Manual 1, 5 Fibre Channel Services 49 Field pointer bytes command 56 firmware 8 corruption 60 Firmware download option command 58 Firmware numbers page command 56 flawed sector reallocation 8 FLOGI received on Port A...Good status 66 gradient 34 ground shift noise 71 grounding 48 H hard assigned arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA) 45 HDA 48 heads read/write data 11...status 66 Intermix 51, 54 internal data rate 11 internal defects/errors 41 internal drive characteristics 11 J J1 connector 45 J6 connector 46, 47 Jumper settings page command...9 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev.
...Interface Manual 1, 5 Fibre Channel Services 49 Field pointer bytes command 56 firmware 8 corruption 60 Firmware download option command 58 Firmware numbers page command 56 flawed sector reallocation 8 FLOGI received on Port A...Good status 66 gradient 34 ground shift noise 71 grounding 48 H hard assigned arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA) 45 HDA 48 heads read/write data 11...status 66 Intermix 51, 54 internal data rate 11 internal defects/errors 41 internal drive characteristics 11 J J1 connector 45 J6 connector 46, 47 Jumper settings page command...9 Cheetah 10K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev.