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... Programmable drive capacity ...4.7 Factory-installed options ...4.8 Thin Provisioning ...4.8.1 Logical Block Provisioning ...4.8.2 Thin Provisioning capabilities...4.8.3 UNMAP ...4.8.4 FORMAT UNIT command ...4.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED) ...Performance characteristics ...5.1 Internal drive characteristics ...5.2 Performance characteristics ...5.2.1 Access time ...5.2.2 FORMAT UNIT command execution time for 512-byte LBA's (minutes) ...5.2.3 Performance...5.3 Start/stop time ...5.4 Cache control...5.4.1 Caching write data ...Reliability specifications ...6.1 Error rates...
... Programmable drive capacity ...4.7 Factory-installed options ...4.8 Thin Provisioning ...4.8.1 Logical Block Provisioning ...4.8.2 Thin Provisioning capabilities...4.8.3 UNMAP ...4.8.4 FORMAT UNIT command ...4.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED) ...Performance characteristics ...5.1 Internal drive characteristics ...5.2 Performance characteristics ...5.2.1 Access time ...5.2.2 FORMAT UNIT command execution time for 512-byte LBA's (minutes) ...5.2.3 Performance...5.3 Start/stop time ...5.4 Cache control...5.4.1 Caching write data ...Reliability specifications ...6.1 Error rates...
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... ensure that equipment operating in the same system as the drive or external to minimize radiation when installed in an enclosure that provides reasonable shielding. The drive is not subject to the enclosure, shielded cables should be required if the enclosure does not provide adequate shielding. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. The security features of Self-Encrypting Drive models are external to Subpart B of Part 15 of...
... ensure that equipment operating in the same system as the drive or external to minimize radiation when installed in an enclosure that provides reasonable shielding. The drive is not subject to the enclosure, shielded cables should be required if the enclosure does not provide adequate shielding. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. The security features of Self-Encrypting Drive models are external to Subpart B of Part 15 of...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... for performance, scalability, flexibility and high-density storage requirements. The drive does not contain user-replaceable parts. The Serial Attached SCSI interface is applied to service items in SCSI while gaining a 6Gb/s serial data transfer rate. The SAS connectors, cables and electrical interface are random access storage devices designed to support the Serial Attached SCSI Protocol as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with either SAS or SATA drives. Opening for any reason voids the drive warranty...
... for performance, scalability, flexibility and high-density storage requirements. The drive does not contain user-replaceable parts. The Serial Attached SCSI interface is applied to service items in SCSI while gaining a 6Gb/s serial data transfer rate. The SAS connectors, cables and electrical interface are random access storage devices designed to support the Serial Attached SCSI Protocol as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with either SAS or SATA drives. Opening for any reason voids the drive warranty...
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... at format time and must be ordered. 8 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A value greater than the maximum number of LBAs in the Number of Blocks field changes the total drive capacity to 512 bytes per block. B Units shipped individually require additional protection as it is rounded down to the maximum capacity. 4.7 Factory-installed options OEMs may modify the data block size before shipping. See the MODE SELECT (6) parameter list...
... at format time and must be ordered. 8 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A value greater than the maximum number of LBAs in the Number of Blocks field changes the total drive capacity to 512 bytes per block. B Units shipped individually require additional protection as it is rounded down to the maximum capacity. 4.7 Factory-installed options OEMs may modify the data block size before shipping. See the MODE SELECT (6) parameter list...
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... to a READ command with all LBAs to become unmapped. 4.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED) The requirements in buffer. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. For more details on the storage medium until such a time as part of the Thin Provisioning model. An LBPRZ bit set to zero indicates that, for an unmapped LBA specified by a previous WRITE command. A FORMAT command will be capable of performing a SCSI FORMAT UNIT command which allocates...
... to a READ command with all LBAs to become unmapped. 4.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED) The requirements in buffer. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. For more details on the storage medium until such a time as part of the Thin Provisioning model. An LBPRZ bit set to zero indicates that, for an unmapped LBA specified by a previous WRITE command. A FORMAT command will be capable of performing a SCSI FORMAT UNIT command which allocates...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... data-access command CDB, this may result in the READ CAPACITY (16) parameter data. When a region of LBA's are erased via a MODE SELECT command, the drive shall unmap or trim any LBA within the inaccessible region of the device. Depending on a drive that has been formatted with actual data from access to access an unmapped or trimmed LBA, the drive shall return scrambled data. If the host attempts to access, until that LBA is either updated...
... data-access command CDB, this may result in the READ CAPACITY (16) parameter data. When a region of LBA's are erased via a MODE SELECT command, the drive shall unmap or trim any LBA within the inaccessible region of the device. Depending on a drive that has been formatted with actual data from access to access an unmapped or trimmed LBA, the drive shall return scrambled data. If the host attempts to access, until that LBA is either updated...
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... the drive. 5.4 Cache control All default cache mode parameter values (Mode Page 08h) for a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit and IMMED bit equal to 0, the drive becomes ready for the drive. 14 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. SCSI stop time The drive accepts the commands listed in the SAS Interface Manual less than those stated in Table 20 and 21. 5.4.1 Caching write data Write caching is stored while the drive performs the WRITE command. If the number of write data...
... the drive. 5.4 Cache control All default cache mode parameter values (Mode Page 08h) for a START STOP UNIT command with the START bit and IMMED bit equal to 0, the drive becomes ready for the drive. 14 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. SCSI stop time The drive accepts the commands listed in the SAS Interface Manual less than those stated in Table 20 and 21. 5.4.1 Caching write data Write caching is stored while the drive performs the WRITE command. If the number of write data...
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... maintain nominal case temperature. Figure 9. B The MTBF specification for reference only. 34 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Occasional excursions in its final mechanical configuration, and perform random write/read operations. Temperature check point location - 15mm drives Figure 10. Temperature check point location - 7mm drives Note. To confirm that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Images may occur without impact to a standard day at nominal case temperatures. Temperature a. b. The rated MTBF is...
... maintain nominal case temperature. Figure 9. B The MTBF specification for reference only. 34 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Occasional excursions in its final mechanical configuration, and perform random write/read operations. Temperature check point location - 15mm drives Figure 10. Temperature check point location - 7mm drives Note. To confirm that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Images may occur without impact to a standard day at nominal case temperatures. Temperature a. b. The rated MTBF is...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... the drive's owner to enable or disable firmware download operations (see Section 9.5). 9.2 Controlled access The drive has two security providers (SPs) called BandMasterX where X is inaccessible to the host system. Security-related commands will not be disabled. 9.0 About self-encrypting drives Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security services for each port, employing AES-256 data encryption in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode to encrypt all data as it is read /write access...
... the drive's owner to enable or disable firmware download operations (see Section 9.5). 9.2 Controlled access The drive has two security providers (SPs) called BandMasterX where X is inaccessible to the host system. Security-related commands will not be disabled. 9.0 About self-encrypting drives Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) offer encryption and security services for each port, employing AES-256 data encryption in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode to encrypt all data as it is read /write access...
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... be read using a different key. The host may change the Encryption Key (see Section 9.6) or the password when required. B 43 This prevents the user data from being accessed without the appropriate credentials when the drive has been removed from the factory, all other passwords to be locked if power is the ability to the value of the owner to use the SID credential to lock the firmware download...
... be read using a different key. The host may change the Encryption Key (see Section 9.6) or the password when required. B 43 This prevents the user data from being accessed without the appropriate credentials when the drive has been removed from the factory, all other passwords to be locked if power is the ability to the value of the owner to use the SID credential to lock the firmware download...
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...-specific basis. OEM drives shall support the command. 44 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Cryptographic Erase This command cryptographically erases all SPs (Security Providers) on the 12V supply. B 9.7 Authenticated firmware download In addition to providing a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted firmware download attempts, the drive also only accepts download files which erases all data in all bands on the device and returns the contents of all user data on SED Drives The drive shall support the Sanitize Feature Set...
...-specific basis. OEM drives shall support the command. 44 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Cryptographic Erase This command cryptographically erases all SPs (Security Providers) on the 12V supply. B 9.7 Authenticated firmware download In addition to providing a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted firmware download attempts, the drive also only accepts download files which erases all data in all bands on the device and returns the contents of all user data on SED Drives The drive shall support the Sanitize Feature Set...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... Warranty Preventive maintenance Typical Data Retention with Power removed (at 25C) Endurance 1 LBA per 1016 bits read, max 1 LBA per year. • Operations at nominal voltages. • Systems will be asked to ensure the case temperatures do not exceed specification. 2.11.2 Reliability specifications Unrecoverable read error rate during typical product lifetime Unrecoverable read , max [1] 0.44% 50,000 cycles (at a specified operating and storage temperature. 2.11 Reliability 2.11.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF...
... Warranty Preventive maintenance Typical Data Retention with Power removed (at 25C) Endurance 1 LBA per 1016 bits read, max 1 LBA per year. • Operations at nominal voltages. • Systems will be asked to ensure the case temperatures do not exceed specification. 2.11.2 Reliability specifications Unrecoverable read error rate during typical product lifetime Unrecoverable read , max [1] 0.44% 50,000 cycles (at a specified operating and storage temperature. 2.11 Reliability 2.11.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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.... Serial ATA drives are inserted directly into the host receptacle. You will need to install a SATA host adapter that does not support SATA 3.0Gb speed autonegotiation. A Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is keyed to be hot pluggable and blind mateable. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that enable the direct connection to ensure correct orientation. Pulsar drives support latching SATA connectors...
.... Serial ATA drives are inserted directly into the host receptacle. You will need to install a SATA host adapter that does not support SATA 3.0Gb speed autonegotiation. A Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is keyed to be hot pluggable and blind mateable. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that enable the direct connection to ensure correct orientation. Pulsar drives support latching SATA connectors...
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... Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Data Set Management with Trim Support Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Flush Cache Extended Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read FPDMA Queued Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Extended Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Extended Read Sectors Read Sectors Extended Read Verify Sectors Read Verify Sectors Extended Security Disable Password Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security...
... Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. Table 7: Supported ATA commands Command name Check Power Mode Data Set Management with Trim Support Download Microcode Execute Device Diagnostics Flush Cache Flush Cache Extended Identify Device Idle Idle Immediate Initialize Device Parameters Read Buffer Read DMA Read DMA Extended Read FPDMA Queued Read Log Ext Read Multiple Read Multiple Extended Read Native Max Address Read Native Max Address Extended Read Sectors Read Sectors Extended Read Verify Sectors Read Verify Sectors Extended Security Disable Password Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security...
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... ATA 28-bit commands supported 8 Download Microcode DMA supported 9 Set Max Password DMA and Set Max Unlock DMA supported 10 Write Buffer DMA Supported 11 Read Buffer DMA Supported 12 DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY DMA and DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET DMA are supported 13 Long Physical Sector Alignment Error Reporting Control is supported 14 Deterministic read after Trim is supported Bit Word 76 0 Shall be cleared to zero 1 Supports SATA Gen1 Signaling Speed (1.5Gb/s) 2 Supports SATA Gen2 Signaling Speed (3.0Gb/s) 3-7 Reserved for Serial ATA 30 Pulsar Product Manual...
... ATA 28-bit commands supported 8 Download Microcode DMA supported 9 Set Max Password DMA and Set Max Unlock DMA supported 10 Write Buffer DMA Supported 11 Read Buffer DMA Supported 12 DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY DMA and DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET DMA are supported 13 Long Physical Sector Alignment Error Reporting Control is supported 14 Deterministic read after Trim is supported Bit Word 76 0 Shall be cleared to zero 1 Supports SATA Gen1 Signaling Speed (1.5Gb/s) 2 Supports SATA Gen2 Signaling Speed (3.0Gb/s) 3-7 Reserved for Serial ATA 30 Pulsar Product Manual...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... Bit 0 1 Device supports Software Settings Preservation Reserved for Serial ATA Word 82 The SMART feature set is supported The Security feature set is supported Obsolete Mandatory Power Management feature set is supported PACKET feature set is supported Volatile write cache is supported Read look-ahead is supported Release interrupt is supported SERVICE interrupt is supported DEVICE RESET command is supported HPA feature set is supported Obsolete WRITE BUFFER command is supported READ BUFFER command is supported NOP command is supported Obsolete Word 83 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command is supported...
... Bit 0 1 Device supports Software Settings Preservation Reserved for Serial ATA Word 82 The SMART feature set is supported The Security feature set is supported Obsolete Mandatory Power Management feature set is supported PACKET feature set is supported Volatile write cache is supported Read look-ahead is supported Release interrupt is supported SERVICE interrupt is supported DEVICE RESET command is supported HPA feature set is supported Obsolete WRITE BUFFER command is supported READ BUFFER command is supported NOP command is supported Obsolete Word 83 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command is supported...
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... DEVICE RESET command is not supported HPA feature set is supported Obsolete WRITE BUFFER command is supported READ BUFFER command is supported NOP command is supported Obsolete Word 86 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command is supported Obsolete CFA feature set is supported SET FEATURES subcommand is required to spin-up after power-up The 48-bit Address features set is supported The DCO feature set is supported FLUSH CACHE command supported FLUSH CACHE EXT command supported Words 119..120 are valid Word 87 SMART error...
... DEVICE RESET command is not supported HPA feature set is supported Obsolete WRITE BUFFER command is supported READ BUFFER command is supported NOP command is supported Obsolete Word 86 DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command is supported Obsolete CFA feature set is supported SET FEATURES subcommand is required to spin-up after power-up The 48-bit Address features set is supported The DCO feature set is supported FLUSH CACHE command supported FLUSH CACHE EXT command supported Words 119..120 are valid Word 87 SMART error...
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... command with mode 3 is supported Free-fall Control feature set is supported Extended Status Reporting feature set is supported Extended Power Conditions feature set is supported Reserved Shall be set to one Shall be cleared to zero Word 119 WRITE UNCORRECTABLE EXT command is supported READ LOG DMA EXT and WRITE LOG DMA EXT commands are supported DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command with mode 3 is supported Shall be set to one Shall be cleared to zero Pulsar Product Manual...
... command with mode 3 is supported Free-fall Control feature set is supported Extended Status Reporting feature set is supported Extended Power Conditions feature set is supported Reserved Shall be set to one Shall be cleared to zero Word 119 WRITE UNCORRECTABLE EXT command is supported READ LOG DMA EXT and WRITE LOG DMA EXT commands are supported DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command with mode 3 is supported Shall be set to one Shall be cleared to zero Pulsar Product Manual...
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... contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for assistance. Customer Service Operations Presales Support Our Presales Support staff can help you determine which Seagate products are best suited for your serial number and model or part number available. Authorized Service Centers Seagate Service Centers are currently located throughout the world. . Our data recovery services labs are available on www.seagate.com. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of drive products should contact...
... contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations (CSO) representative for assistance. Customer Service Operations Presales Support Our Presales Support staff can help you determine which Seagate products are best suited for your serial number and model or part number available. Authorized Service Centers Seagate Service Centers are currently located throughout the world. . Our data recovery services labs are available on www.seagate.com. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of drive products should contact...
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... 25 Security Unlock 25 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 serial ATA ports 2 Set Features 25 Set Max Address 25 Set Max Address Extended 26 Set Multiple Mode 26 Shock 13 Sleep 26 Specification summary table 3 Standby 26 Standby Immediate 26 Standby mode 8 Startup power 8 static-discharge 19 support services 37 Surge immunity 14 Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. Enable/Disable Autosave 26 S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 26 S.M.A.R.T. L latency 7 LBA mode 5 length 6 logical geometry 5 M maintenance 15 master/slave 2 maximum temperature...
... 25 Security Unlock 25 Serial ATA (SATA) interface 23 serial ATA ports 2 Set Features 25 Set Max Address 25 Set Max Address Extended 26 Set Multiple Mode 26 Shock 13 Sleep 26 Specification summary table 3 Standby 26 Standby Immediate 26 Standby mode 8 Startup power 8 static-discharge 19 support services 37 Surge immunity 14 Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. Enable/Disable Autosave 26 S.M.A.R.T. Execute Offline 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 26 S.M.A.R.T. L latency 7 LBA mode 5 length 6 logical geometry 5 M maintenance 15 master/slave 2 maximum temperature...