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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... Canadian Department of this manual and the Seagate SAS Interface Manual, part number 100293071. The drive is the responsibility of those integrating the drive within their systems to minimize radiation when installed in an enclosure that equipment operating in the same system as the drive or external to the system does not adversely affect the performance of the drive serve to perform those tests required and design their...
... Canadian Department of this manual and the Seagate SAS Interface Manual, part number 100293071. The drive is the responsibility of those integrating the drive within their systems to minimize radiation when installed in an enclosure that equipment operating in the same system as the drive or external to the system does not adversely affect the performance of the drive serve to perform those tests required and design their...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... SAS controller supporting the SCSI protocol Support for SAS expanders and fanout adapters Firmware downloadable using the SAS interface 128 - The drive does not contain user-replaceable parts. The SAS connectors, cables and electrical interface are compatible with Serial ATA (SATA), giving future users the choice of populating their systems with the ANSI SCSI-1 standard. The Serial Attached SCSI interface 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...
... SAS controller supporting the SCSI protocol Support for SAS expanders and fanout adapters Firmware downloadable using the SAS interface 128 - The drive does not contain user-replaceable parts. The SAS connectors, cables and electrical interface are compatible with Serial ATA (SATA), giving future users the choice of populating their systems with the ANSI SCSI-1 standard. The Serial Attached SCSI interface 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...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... sparing scheme and LBA size requested. • Single-unit shipping pack. See the MODE SELECT (6) parameter list table in one of two modes: Seagate designs specify capacity points at the same time provide users with each standard OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be a multiple of the options available are incorporated at format time and must be ordered. 8 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A number other than...
... sparing scheme and LBA size requested. • Single-unit shipping pack. See the MODE SELECT (6) parameter list table in one of two modes: Seagate designs specify capacity points at the same time provide users with each standard OEM drive shipped, but extra copies may be a multiple of the options available are incorporated at format time and must be ordered. 8 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. A number other than...
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... support may send user data with all LBAs to become unmapped. 4.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED) The requirements in buffer. B 9 For more details on the storage medium until such a time as part of the Thin Provisioning model is defined in the products endurance. Thin Provisioning Product Configuration Table 2: Product Configuration Non-SED SED LBPME Supported Supported LBPRZ Supported Not Supported A logical block provisioning management enabled (LBPME) bit set to a READ command...
... support may send user data with all LBAs to become unmapped. 4.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED) The requirements in buffer. B 9 For more details on the storage medium until such a time as part of the Thin Provisioning model is defined in the products endurance. Thin Provisioning Product Configuration Table 2: Product Configuration Non-SED SED LBPME Supported Supported LBPRZ Supported Not Supported A logical block provisioning management enabled (LBPME) bit set to a READ command...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... from access to access, until that LBA is either updated with Protection Information (PI), the drive shall return scrambled PI data for Thin Provisioned LBA PI Check Performed Error reported to access an unmapped LBA on a locked band. B Additionally, an UNMAP command is not permitted on a drive that has been formatted with actual data from the host or that LBA is cryptographically erased. The drive shall report a value of the device...
... from access to access, until that LBA is either updated with Protection Information (PI), the drive shall return scrambled PI data for Thin Provisioned LBA PI Check Performed Error reported to access an unmapped LBA on a locked band. B Additionally, an UNMAP command is not permitted on a drive that has been formatted with actual data from the host or that LBA is cryptographically erased. The drive shall report a value of the device...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... measure performance of the device in the SAS Interface Manual less than those stated in Table 20 and 21. 5.4.1 Caching write data Write caching is protected by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer storage area where the data to be used to force the drive to write all data received from removal of the operation; however, the drive does not overwrite data that has not yet been written to the medium. Test time...
... measure performance of the device in the SAS Interface Manual less than those stated in Table 20 and 21. 5.4.1 Caching write data Write caching is protected by the drive that makes use of a drive buffer storage area where the data to be used to force the drive to write all data received from removal of the operation; however, the drive does not overwrite data that has not yet been written to the medium. Test time...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Altitude and atmospheric pressure specifications are referenced to 70°C) package ambient with a maximum temperature gradient of the drive. The rated MTBF is provided, place the drive in operating temperature between the rated MTBF temperature and the maximum drive operating case temperature may not represent actual product, for reference only. 34 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Air flow may be such that...
... that condensation does not occur on any drive part. Altitude and atmospheric pressure specifications are referenced to 70°C) package ambient with a maximum temperature gradient of the drive. The rated MTBF is provided, place the drive in operating temperature between the rated MTBF temperature and the maximum drive operating case temperature may not represent actual product, for reference only. 34 Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. Air flow may be such that...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... drive's owner to the Admin SP is in the computer, storage and digital communications industry. The DEK is itself encrypted when it is available using the BandMasterX or EraseMaster passwords. Security-related commands will not be disabled. Access 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 generated by companies in volatile temporary storage (DRAM) external...
... drive's owner to the Admin SP is in the computer, storage and digital communications industry. The DEK is itself encrypted when it is available using the BandMasterX or EraseMaster passwords. Security-related commands will not be disabled. Access 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 generated by companies in volatile temporary storage (DRAM) external...
Pulsar.2 SAS Product Manual
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... change all passwords are set to "PowerCycle" to 4KB LBA boundaries. 9.6 Cryptographic erase A significant feature of MSID. Data bands cannot overlap but before firmware updates will be locked if power is configured 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 bands shall be read using the EraseMaster password. Since the drive...
... change all passwords are set to "PowerCycle" to 4KB LBA boundaries. 9.6 Cryptographic erase A significant feature of MSID. Data bands cannot overlap but before firmware updates will be locked if power is configured 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 bands shall be read using the EraseMaster password. Since the drive...
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.... 2. There is a SCSI CDB Op code 48h and selecting the service action code 3 (CRYPTOGRAPHIC ERASE). 9.11 RevertSP SED models will support the RevertSP feature which have identical hardware, however the security and encryption portion of the SANITIZE FREEZE LOCK EXT command shall be determined on the 12V supply. Support of the drive controller ASIC is not electronically accessible and can only be manually read from the drive label or...
.... 2. There is a SCSI CDB Op code 48h and selecting the service action code 3 (CRYPTOGRAPHIC ERASE). 9.11 RevertSP SED models will support the RevertSP feature which have identical hardware, however the security and encryption portion of the SANITIZE FREEZE LOCK EXT command shall be determined on the 12V supply. Support of the drive controller ASIC is not electronically accessible and can only be manually read from the drive label or...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... with power removed. Data retention is affected by the number of a product when subjected to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of the drive. As deterioration continues, the memory will reach a point at nominal voltage and temperature, with Power removed (at 25C) Endurance 1 LBA per 1016 bits read, max 1 LBA per hour and a 50% duty cycle) To determine the warranty for your drive. Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. AFR and MTBF specifications...
... with power removed. Data retention is affected by the number of a product when subjected to provide the drive serial number, model number (or part number) and country of the drive. As deterioration continues, the memory will reach a point at nominal voltage and temperature, with Power removed (at 25C) Endurance 1 LBA per 1016 bits read, max 1 LBA per hour and a 50% duty cycle) To determine the warranty for your drive. Pulsar Product Manual, Rev. AFR and MTBF specifications...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... not support SATA 3.0Gb speed autonegotiation. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that supports autonegotiation. 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors The Serial ATA interface cable consists of one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as illustrated in Figure 2. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. Both drives behave as if they were both "masters" on two separate ports. You will need to install a SATA host adapter that enable the direct connection to...
... not support SATA 3.0Gb speed autonegotiation. The drive and the host receptacle incorporate features that supports autonegotiation. 3.3 Serial ATA cables and connectors The Serial ATA interface cable consists of one Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system views the two devices as illustrated in Figure 2. Signal connector Power connector Signal cable Power cable Figure 2. Both drives behave as if they were both "masters" on two separate ports. You will need to install a SATA host adapter that enable the direct connection to...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. 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...
... Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment specification. 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...
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...
Pulsar Serial ATA Product Manual
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... technical support, presales and warranty service in Asia/Pacific, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. Have your system configuration information and your serial number and model or part number available. See www.seagate.com for warrantyrelated issues. Technical Support Seagate technical support is available at support.seagate.com or through one of storage media. A Data Recovery Services Seagate offers data recovery services for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations...
... technical support, presales and warranty service in Asia/Pacific, go to the "Contact Us" page on www.seagate.com. Have your system configuration information and your serial number and model or part number available. See www.seagate.com for warrantyrelated issues. Technical Support Seagate technical support is available at support.seagate.com or through one of storage media. A Data Recovery Services Seagate offers data recovery services for Seagate products. Seagate distributors, OEMs and other direct customers should contact their Seagate Customer Service Operations...
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...per track 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. Read Log Sector 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 26...
...per track 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. Read Log Sector 26 S.M.A.R.T. implementation 25 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 26 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 26...