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Medalist Pro
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Disc Drive
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Installation Guide
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Contents Preface.........................................................................................1 Electrostatic discharge protection ................................................2 Important safety information and precautions..............................3 Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise ......................................................5 Regulatory agency compliance....................................................8 Seagate Technology support services .............................
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 1 Preface This manual contains information for users of the Seagate® Medalist Pro SCSI disc drives. It provides support services, per- formance specifications, and initial setup information. Additional information is available in the Medalist Pro Product Manual (part number 32661-001). Contact your Seagate sales representative if you need to order this publication. Handling precautions • Disc drives are fragile. Do not drop or jar the drive. Use a padded s
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2 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B Electrostatic discharge protection Caution. Removal of circuit boards by personnel not perform- ing depot repair will damage components and may void the warranty. All drive electronic assemblies are sensitive to static electricity, due to the electrostatically sensitive devices used within the drive circuitry. Although some devices such as metal-oxide semi- conductors are extremely sensitive, all semiconductors, as well as some resistors and capacitors,
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 3 Important safety information and precautions Caution. Use forced-air ventilation when bench-testing the drive to ensure proper cooling of drive components. Use proper safety techniques for safe, reliable operation of this unit. The procedures in this manual and labels on the unit contain warnings and cautions that must be carefully read and followed to minimize or eliminate the risk of personal injury. The warnings point out conditions or practices that
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4 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B • Do not remove the head and disc assembly (HDA) from the drive. Return the entire drive for depot repair if the HDA is defective. • Do not attempt to disassemble the HDA. It is not field repair- able. If the sealed HDA is opened by personnel not performing depot repair, this will damage components and void the warranty. As a component, this drive is designed to be installed and oper- ated in accordance with UL1950, EN60950, CSA C22.2 950- M89, and VDE08
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 5 Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise Vorsicht. Beim Testen des Laufwerks auf dem Prüftisch ist Fremdbelüftung vorzusehen, um eine ausreichende Kühlung der Laufwerkkomponenten sicherzustellen. Verwenden Sie geeignete Sicherheits- um den sicheren, zuver- lässigen Betrieb dieser Einheit zu gewährleisten. Die Verfahren in diesem Handbuch und die Aufkleber auf dem Gerät enthalten Warn- und Vorsichtshinweise. Diese Hinweise sind sorgfältig durchzulesen und zu beachte
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6 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B • Treffen Sie beim Betrieb, bei der Installation oder bei der Entfernung der Einheit angemessene Sicherheitsvorkehrun- gen. • Wenn eine Einheit unter Spannung steht, gehen Sie bei der Fehlerdiagnose besonders vorsichtig vor. Schalten Sie die Einheit aus, bevor Sie mit den Installations-und Entfernungsar- beiten beginnen. • Wenn das Laufwerk in einem Einbaugestell oder Gehäuse montiert ist, sorgen Sie dafür, daß die Temperatur im Inneren des Gestells oder
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 7 digen hat eine Beschädigung der Komponenten und Erlöschen des Garantieanspruchs zur Folge. Als Teilkomponente ist dieses Laufwerk für die Installation und den Betrieb in Übereinstimmung mit UL 1950, EN60950, CSA C22.2 950-M89 und VDE0805 vorgesehen. Seagate ist ständig bemüht, die Zulassungsfähigkeit von Seagate-Produkten im Rahmen der gegenwärtig geltenden Standards zu gewährleisten. Zu den typischen Anwendungen dieser Festplattenwerke zählen Systemein
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8 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B Regulatory agency compliance 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 equipment operating in the same system as the drive or external to the sys- tem does not adversely affect the performance of the drive. See Table
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 9 Electromagnetic compliance for the European Union If this model has the CE Marking it complies with the European Union requirements of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Direc- tive 89/336/EEC of 03 May 1989 as amended by Directive 92/31/ EEC of 28 April 1992 and Directive 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993. Australian C-Tick If this model has the C-Tick Marking it complies with the Austra- lia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meets the Electromagnetic Com
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10 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B Seagate Technology support services Online Services Internet Visit www.seagate.com for online information about Seagate products or e-mail your disc or tape questions to: Presales Support: Disc: http://www.seagate.com/support/email/ email_presales.shtml or DiscPresales@Seagate.com Tape: http://www.seagate.com/support/email/ email_tape_presales.shtml or Tape_Sales_Support@Seagate.com Technical Support: Disc: http://www.seagate.com/support/email/ email_d
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 11 phone numbers, commonly asked questions, troubleshooting tips and specifications for disc drives and tape drives 24 hours daily. International callers can reach this service by dialing 1- 405-936-1234. ® SeaFAX is Seagate's automated FAX delivery system. Using a touch-tone phone, you can obtain technical support information by return FAX 24 hours daily. This service is available worldwide. Presales Support Our Presales Support staff can help you determi
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12 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B from 8:00 A.M. to 12:15 P.M. and 1:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. (central time) Monday through Friday. Customer Service (CSO) Warranty Repair Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate drives. Seagate direct OEM, Distribution and System Integrator custom- ers should contact their Seagate service center representative for warranty information. Other customers should contact their place of purchase. Authorized Service Centers If your live outside the U.
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 13 Warranty Repair USA/Canada1-800-468-3472 FAX: 1-405-949-6740 Latin America 1-405-949-7758 FAX: 1-405-949-6738 Authorized Service Centers Brazil MA Informatica 55-21-516-6649 FAX: 55-21-516-5280 Canada Memofix 1-905-660-4936 FAX: 1-905-660-4951 Adtech 1-905-812-8099 or FAX: 1-905-812-7807 1-800-624-9857 European Support Services For European customer support, dial the toll-free number for your specific country for presales support, technical support, Sea
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14 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B Norway 800-113 91 Poland 00 800-311 12 38 Spain 900-98 31 24 Sweden 0 207 90 073 Switzerland 0 800-83 84 11 Turkey 00 800-31 92 91 40 United Kingdom 0 800-783 5177 SeaBOARD Germany 49-89-1409331 Fax Services—All European Countries Presales/Technical Support 31-20-653-3513 Warranty Repair 31-20-653-4320 Africa/Middle East Support Services For presales, technical support, warranty repair and FAX ser- vices in Africa and the Middle East, dial our European
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 15 SeaFAX Australia 61-2-9756-5170 Warranty Repair Japan81-3-5462-2904FAX: 81-3-5462-2979 Asia/Pacific and65-485-3595FAX: 65-488-7503 Australia
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16 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B General description Medalist Pro SCSI disc drives are high-speed, random-access digital-data storage devices. The drive is a component for installation in an enclosure designed for the drive. This is often a rack within the system or an external enclosure designed to house one or more disc drives or other peripheral units. In either case, the disc drive must receive adequate cooling (refer to “Providing adequate cooling”) and it must be sufficiently gr
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Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B 17 Table 1. Drive characteristics Interface Ultra SCSI [1] Capacity Formatted User LBAs ST39140 9.1 Gbyte 17,783,240 ST36530 6.5 Gbyte 12,715,920 ST34520 4.55 Gbyte 8,888,924 Recording Cylinders (user) 9,006 Read/write data heads ST39140 8 ST36530 6 ST34520 4 Access time [2] Average read 9.5 msec Average write 10.5 msec Disk rotation RPM 7,200 r/min Average latency 4.17 msec Internal transfer rate (variable with zone) ST39140 110–193.88 Mbits/sec ST36530 1
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18 Medalist Pro Installation Guide, Rev. B [1] Can be operated according to SCSI-2/SCSI-3 protocols. Referred to also as “SCSI Fast-20” or “Fast-40.” [2] Includes controller overhead. Table 2a. DC power requirements (Amps) for N/W/WC models ST39140 ST36530 ST34520 N/W/WC N/W/WC N/W/WC Voltage +5V +12V +5V +12V +5V +12V Regulation [5] ±5% ±5%[2] ±5% ±5%[2] ±5% ±5%[2] Max. operating current DC [1] 0.55 2.4 0.55 2.4 0.55 2.4 Avg. idle current DCX [1] 0.51 0.81 0.51 0.81 0.51 0.81 Max. starting
