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C141-C013-01EN
MBA3073RC, MBA3147RC, MBA3300RC SERIES,
MBB2073RC, MBB2147RC SERIES,
MBC2036RC, MBC2073RC SERIES
DISK DRIVES
SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI INTERFACE
SPECIFICATIONS
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FOR SAFE OPERATION Handling of This Manual This manual contains important information for using this product. Read thoroughly before using the product. Use this product only after thoroughly reading and understanding especially the section "Important Alert Items" in this manual. Keep this manual handy, and keep it carefully. FUJITSU makes every effort to prevent users and bystanders from being injured or from suffering damage to their property. Use the product according to this manual.
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Revision History (1/1) Revised section (*1) Edition Date Details (Added/Deleted/Altered) 01 2007.02.28 — — *1 Section(s) with asterisk (*) refer to the previous edition when those were deleted. C141-C013
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Preface This manual explains concerning the hard disk drives with internal Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller. The purpose of this manual is to provide the specifications and functions of SAS for use of these magnetic disk drives incorporated into user systems, and to present the information necessary for creating host system software. This manual is written for users who have a basic knowledge of hard disk drives and their use in computer systems. The composition of manuals relate
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Preface Chapter 6 Sense Data and Error Recovery Methods This chapter describes the configuration and contents of sense data which report to the host system when an error occurs, etc., key information necessary for error recovery, recommended procedures for error recovery to be executed through host system software and retry processing. Chapter 7 Disk Media Management This chapter describes the procedure for initializing the disk media, methods of treating media defects and data recovery
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Preface CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL The model names of the disk drives covered by this manual differ depending on their device types and capacity (*1). In addition, these disk drives are called Hard Disk Drive (HDD), "drive" or "device" in this manual. Note: Model Name M BA 3 147 RC Interface type Formatted capacity [One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment and formatting.]
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Preface Conventions for Alert Messages This manual uses the following conventions to show the alert messages. An alert message consists of an alert signal and alert statements. The alert signal consists of an alert symbol and a signal word or just a signal word. The following are the alert signals and their meanings: This indicates a hazardous situation likely to result in serious personal injury if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. This indicates a hazardous situati
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Preface MANUAL ORGANIZATION Product Maintenance 1. General Description Manual 2. Specifications 3. Data Format 4. Installation Requirements 5. Installation 6. Diagnostics and Maintenance 7. Error Analysis Interface Specifications 1. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Interface (This Manual) 2. Command Processing 3. Data Buffer Management 4. Command Specifications 5. Parameter Data Formats 6. Sense Data and Error Recovery 7. Disk Media Management C141-C013 5
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Preface REFERENCED STANDARDS The product specifications and functions described in this manual conform to the following standards: Specification Concerned Name (document) number organization T10/1562-D Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) American national Revision 05 Standards Institute (ANSI) T10/1601-D Serial Attached SCSI-1.1 (SAS-1.1) American national Revision 10 Standards Institute (ANSI) T10/1236D Information technology SCSI Primary American national Revision 20 Commands-2 (SPC-
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Contents CHAPTER 1 SAS Interface .............................................................................21 1.1 Topologies in SAS Interface....................................................................22 1.1.1 SAS Layering ........................................................................................23 1.1.2 Physical links and phys .........................................................................24 1.1.3 Ports (narrow ports and wide ports) ......................
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Contents 1.4.3.3 BREAK................................................................................................. 48 1.4.3.4 BROADCAST ...................................................................................... 48 1.4.3.5 CLOSE.................................................................................................. 49 1.4.3.6 EOAF (End of address frame) .............................................................. 49 1.4.3.7 ERROR..................................
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Contents 1.5.6 SSP link layer ........................................................................................72 1.5.6.1 SSP frame transmission and reception ..................................................73 1.5.6.2 SSP flow control....................................................................................73 1.5.6.3 Interlocked frames.................................................................................73 1.5.6.4 Closing an SSP connection.....................
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Contents 2.8.3 Reserved operation code..................................................................... 118 2.8.4 Error recovery processing................................................................... 118 2.8.5 Abort processing................................................................................. 119 2.8.6 Fatal hardware errors .......................................................................... 122 2.9 Data Block Addressing........................................
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Contents 4.1.16 LOG SENSE (4D) ...............................................................................192 4.1.17 PERSISTENT RESERVE IN (5E)......................................................194 4.1.18 PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT (5F)..................................................201 4.1.19 REPORT LUNS (A0)..........................................................................207 4.1.20 REPORT DEVICE IDENTIFIER (A3)...............................................209 4.1.21 SET D
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Contents 5.1.3 Format Parameters (Page Code = 3) ................................................... 289 5.1.4 Drive Parameters (Page Code = 4) ..................................................... 294 5.1.5 Verify Error Recovery Parameters (Page Code = 7) .......................... 296 5.1.6 Caching Parameters (Page Code = 8) ................................................. 298 5.1.7 Control Mode Parameters (Page Code = 0A) ..................................... 304 5.1.8 Notch Parameters
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Contents 6.2.1 Termination status analysis and error recovery methods ....................372 6.2.2 Sense data analysis and error recovery methods .................................374 6.2.3 Error logging .......................................................................................382 6.3 Disk Drive Error Recovery Processing.................................................382 6.3.1 Error states and retry processing procedures.......................................382 6.3.2 Auto
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Contents 7.6 SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology)......... 410 7.6.1 Overview............................................................................................410 7.6.2 Data analysis.......................................................................................411 7.6.3 Failure prediction method................................................................... 412 7.6.4 Reporting function................................................................
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Contents Illustrations Figures Figure 1.1 SAS drive connection patterns ............................................................. 22 Figure 1.2 SAS control layers................................................................................ 23 Figure 1.3 Physical links and phys ........................................................................ 24 Figure 1.4 Ports (narrow ports and wide ports) ..................................................... 25 Figure 1.5 SAS devices ....
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Contents Table 1.5 OOB signal transmitter requirements ................................................... 34 Table 1.6 OOB signal receiver burst time detection requirements....................... 35 Table 1.7 OOB signal receiver idle time detection requirements......................... 35 Table 1.8 OOB signal receiver negation time detection requirements ................. 35 Table 1.9 SAS speed negotiation sequence timing specifications........................ 39 Table 1.10 Primitives not
