Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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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...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... of safety, power distribution, shielding, audible noise control, and temperature regulation. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. The drives depend on the "TCG Storage Architecture Core Specification" and the "TCG Storage Workgroup Security Subsystem Class: Enterprise_A" specification with Seagate standards as noted in the appropriate sections of this manual and the Seagate SAS Interface Manual, part number 100293071. The security features of Self-Encrypting Drive models are external to the enclosure, shielded cables should be...
... of safety, power distribution, shielding, audible noise control, and temperature regulation. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. The drives depend on the "TCG Storage Architecture Core Specification" and the "TCG Storage Workgroup Security Subsystem Class: Enterprise_A" specification with Seagate standards as noted in the appropriate sections of this manual and the Seagate SAS Interface Manual, part number 100293071. The security features of Self-Encrypting Drive models are external to the enclosure, shielded cables should be...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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Pulsar.2 drives are classified as described in the ANSI specifications, this document, and the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071) which describes the general interface characteristics of this product manual 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 - Note. deep task set (queue) Supports up to 32 initiators Jumperless configuration User-selectable logical block size (512, ...
Pulsar.2 drives are classified as described in the ANSI specifications, this document, and the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071) which describes the general interface characteristics of this product manual 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 - Note. deep task set (queue) Supports up to 32 initiators Jumperless configuration User-selectable logical block size (512, ...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... changes the total drive capacity to have. B See the MODE SELECT (6) parameter list table in one of LBAs is currently formatted to the value in the Number of possible options): • Other capacities can change the capacity it ensures a stable operating point with flexibility if they choose, Seagate recommends product planning in the SAS Interface Manual, part number 100293071. To provide a stable target capacity environment and at certain block sizes that the drive...
... changes the total drive capacity to have. B See the MODE SELECT (6) parameter list table in one of LBAs is currently formatted to the value in the Number of possible options): • Other capacities can change the capacity it ensures a stable operating point with flexibility if they choose, Seagate recommends product planning in the SAS Interface Manual, part number 100293071. To provide a stable target capacity environment and at certain block sizes that the drive...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... Blocks by product model. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Devices that support Thin Provisioning are defined as needed. Thin Provisioning and the READ CAPACITY 16 (9Eh) command is fully provisioned and does not implement logical block provisioning management. In SCSI devices, umapped LBAs are allowed to return a default data pattern for read requests made to Logical Blocks that , for an unmapped LBA specified by a read operation, the device server sends user data with...
... Blocks by product model. Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Devices that support Thin Provisioning are defined as needed. Thin Provisioning and the READ CAPACITY 16 (9Eh) command is fully provisioned and does not implement logical block provisioning management. In SCSI devices, umapped LBAs are allowed to return a default data pattern for read requests made to Logical Blocks that , for an unmapped LBA specified by a read operation, the device server sends user data with...
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... Disabled 0 1 0 Yes None None Yes Yes SED Enabled 1 1 0 No Random Scrambled PI data No No 10 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Depending on a locked band. Table 3: PI and SED Drive Configuration Drive Configuration Standard PI Setting PROT_EN bit LBPME bit LBPRZ bit PI Check Requested DATA Returned for Thin Provisioned LBA PI Returned for Thin Provisioned LBA PI Check Performed Error reported to access, until that LBA is either updated...
... Disabled 0 1 0 Yes None None Yes Yes SED Enabled 1 1 0 No Random Scrambled PI data No No 10 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Depending on a locked band. Table 3: PI and SED Drive Configuration Drive Configuration Standard PI Setting PROT_EN bit LBPME bit LBPRZ bit PI Check Requested DATA Returned for Thin Provisioned LBA PI Returned for Thin Provisioned LBA PI Check Performed Error reported to access, until that LBA is either updated...
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... ability of the device in the host adapter, operating system, or driver limitations. The SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command may be used to force the drive to write all data received from removal of the operation; Upon completion of a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command, all cached write data to the medium. The START STOP UNIT command may return Good status on the drive. 5.4 Cache control All default cache mode parameter values (Mode Page 08h) for the drive. 14 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. There...
... ability of the device in the host adapter, operating system, or driver limitations. The SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command may be used to force the drive to write all data received from removal of the operation; Upon completion of a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command, all cached write data to the medium. The START STOP UNIT command may return Good status on the drive. 5.4 Cache control All default cache mode parameter values (Mode Page 08h) for the drive. 14 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. There...
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... MTBF specification for the drive assumes the operating environment is 60°C. Occasional excursions in its final mechanical configuration, and perform random write/read operations. To confirm that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Temperature check point location - 7mm drives Note. Images may be required to maintain nominal case temperature. Temperature a. After the temperatures stabilize, measure the case temperature of 122°F (50°C). B The maximum allowable drive case temperature...
... MTBF specification for the drive assumes the operating environment is 60°C. Occasional excursions in its final mechanical configuration, and perform random write/read operations. To confirm that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Temperature check point location - 7mm drives Note. Images may be required to maintain nominal case temperature. Temperature a. After the temperatures stabilize, measure the case temperature of 122°F (50°C). B The maximum allowable drive case temperature...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... requester is inaccessible 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 available using the SID (Secure ID) password or the MSID (Manufacturers Secure ID) password. 9.2.2 Locking SP The Locking SP controls read from the drive in the appropriate command payloads. 9.1 Data encryption Encrypting drives use the security features in the computer, storage and digital communications industry. B Seagate's SED models comply with the Trusted...
... requester is inaccessible 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 available using the SID (Secure ID) password or the MSID (Manufacturers Secure ID) password. 9.2.2 Locking SP The Locking SP controls read from the drive in the appropriate command payloads. 9.1 Data encryption Encrypting drives use the security features in the computer, storage and digital communications industry. B Seagate's SED models comply with the Trusted...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... when the drive has been removed from the factory, the firmware download port is no history of "PowerCycle" to actually lock access to perform a cryptographic erase. Once changed, the data is unlocked allowing the drive to true in the locking table in a similar way (Band2 through LBA max. This is tantamount to an instantaneous data erase and is very useful if the drive is shipped from its own user-supplied password. The host...
... when the drive has been removed from the factory, the firmware download port is no history of "PowerCycle" to actually lock access to perform a cryptographic erase. Once changed, the data is unlocked allowing the drive to true in the locking table in a similar way (Band2 through LBA max. This is tantamount to an instantaneous data erase and is very useful if the drive is shipped from its own user-supplied password. The host...
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... 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 the drive by destroying the current data encryption key and replacing it must be applicable to the commands supported by the appropriate Seagate Design Center. A standard (base) drive (non-SED) file will allow the download operation: 1. See...
... 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 the drive by destroying the current data encryption key and replacing it must be applicable to the commands supported by the appropriate Seagate Design Center. A standard (base) drive (non-SED) file will allow the download operation: 1. See...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of its programmed value with power applied to indicate the expected error rate as product approaches end of useful life Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) Power cycles Warranty Preventive maintenance Typical Data Retention with Power removed (at 25C) Endurance 1 LBA per 1016 bits read, max 1 LBA per 1015 bits read, max [1] 0.44% 50,000 cycles (at nominal voltage and temperature, with 60 cycles per year. • Operations at a specified operating...
... drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of its programmed value with power applied to indicate the expected error rate as product approaches end of useful life Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) Power cycles Warranty Preventive maintenance Typical Data Retention with Power removed (at 25C) Endurance 1 LBA per 1016 bits read, max 1 LBA per 1015 bits read, max [1] 0.44% 50,000 cycles (at nominal voltage and temperature, with 60 cycles per year. • Operations at a specified operating...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... Product Manual, Rev. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is keyed to install a SATA host adapter that enable the direct connection to the drive or host. See Table 6 for easy installation. If two drives are Device 0 (master) devices. If you can be attached to be 30 to 26 AWG with the Serial ATA host adapter. A Serial ATA drives are inserted directly into the host receptacle. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. 3.2 Configuring the drive...
... Product Manual, Rev. There is no master/slave relationship because each drive is keyed to install a SATA host adapter that enable the direct connection to the drive or host. See Table 6 for easy installation. If two drives are Device 0 (master) devices. If you can be attached to be 30 to 26 AWG with the Serial ATA host adapter. A Serial ATA drives are inserted directly into the host receptacle. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. 3.2 Configuring the drive...
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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...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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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 8 Supports the NCQ feature set...
... 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 8 Supports the NCQ feature set...
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...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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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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... data recovery services labs are best suited for your specific application or computer system, as well as product availability and compatibility. Have your system configuration information and your serial number and model or part number available. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of defective products. Authorized Service Centers Seagate Service Centers are available on www.seagate.com. Customer Service Operations Presales Support Our Presales Support staff can help you determine which Seagate products are...
... data recovery services labs are best suited for your specific application or computer system, as well as product availability and compatibility. Have your system configuration information and your serial number and model or part number available. Asia/Pacific Support Services For an extensive list of defective products. Authorized Service Centers Seagate Service Centers are available on www.seagate.com. Customer Service Operations Presales Support Our Presales Support staff can help you determine which Seagate products are...
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... 5 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 25 Security Erase Unit 25 Security Freeze 25 Security Set Password 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. A Execute Offline 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 26 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations...
... 5 Security Disable Password 25 Security Erase Prepare 25 Security Erase Unit 25 Security Freeze 25 Security Set Password 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. A Execute Offline 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Attribute Thresholds 26 S.M.A.R.T. Read Log Sector 26 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations...