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Product Manual
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Savvio 15K.1 FC
ST973451FC
ST936751FC
100384763
Rev. B
August 2007
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©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100384763, Rev. B August 2007 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. LD25 Series, SeaTools and SeaTDD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of
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Contents 1.0 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.0 Physical/electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.1 AC power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.2 DC power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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9.5 FC-AL physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 9.5.1 Physical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 9.5.2 Connector requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 9.5.3 Electrical description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 9.5.4 Pin
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List of Figures Figure 1. Savvio 15K.1 family disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. Typical ST973451FC drive +12V and +5V current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Figure 3. Typical ST936751FC drive +12V and +5V current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 4. ST973451FC DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second at 1 Gbit . . . . . 27
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1.0 Scope ® ® This manual describes Seagate Technology LLC, Savvio 15K.1 FC (Fibre Channel) disc drives. Savvio drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number 77767496) describes the general Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop characteristics of this and other Seagate Fibre Channel drives. Figure 1. Savvio 15K.1 family disc drive Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual,
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2 Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B
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2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation The drive has been developed as a system peripheral to the highest standards of design and construction. The drive depends upon its host equipment to provide adequate power and environment in order to achieve opti- mum performance and compliance with applicable industry and governmental regulations. Special attention must be given in the areas of safety, power distribution, shielding, audible noise control, and temperature regu- lation. In p
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2.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance with the directives/standards for CE Marking and C-Tick Marking. The drive was tested in a representative system for typical applications. The selected sys- tem represents the most popular characteristics for test platforms. The system configurations include: � Typical current use microprocessor � 3.5-inch floppy disc drive � Keyboard � Monitor/display � Printer � External modem � Mouse Although the te
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Seagate also has internal systems in place to ensure ongoing compliance with the RoHS Directive and all laws and regulations which restrict chemical content in electronic products. These systems include standard operat- ing procedures that ensure that restricted substances are not utilized in our manufacturing operations, labora- tory analytical validation testing, and an internal auditing process to ensure that all standard operating procedures are complied with. 2.3 Reference documents Savvi
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3.0 General description Savvio drives combine Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) heads and a Fibre Channel interface to provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. Savvio drives also support 4-Gbit Fibre Channel which can transfer data at up to 400 Mbytes per second and 800 Mbytes per second in dual-loop configurations. Savvio drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (F
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3.1 Standard features Savvio drives have the following standard features: � Perpendicular recording technology � 4-Gbit Fibre Channel interface. For 4 gigabit operation, the block size must be divisable by 8 � Integrated dual port FC-AL controller � Concurrent dual port transfers � Support for FC arbitrated loop, private and public attachment � Differential copper FC drivers and receivers � Downloadable firmware using the FC-AL interface � Supports SCSI enclosure services via interface connector
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3.2 Media description The media used on the drive has an aluminum substrate coated with a thin film magnetic material, overcoated with a proprietary protective layer for improved durability and environmental protection. 3.3 Performance � Firmware-controlled multisegmented cache designed to dynamically adjust segments for enhanced system performance. � 400 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per port � 15k RPM spindle; average latency = 2.0 msec � Background processing of queue � Su
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3.5.1 Programmable drive capacity Using the Mode Select command, the drive can change its capacity to something less than maximum. See the Mode Select (6) parameter list table in the Fibre Channel Interface Manual, part number 100293070. Refer to the Parameter list block descriptor number of blocks field. A value of zero in the number of blocks field indi- cates that the drive shall not change the capacity it is currently formatted to have. A number in the number of blocks field that is less
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4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of Sav- vio drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics ST973451FC ST936751FC Drive capacity 73.4 36.2 Gbytes (formatted, rounded off value) Read/write data heads 4 2 Tracks per surface (total) 42,554 42,554 Tracks (user accessible) Tracks per inch 150 150 kTPI (average) Peak bits per inch 861.81 861.81 kBPI 2 Areal Density 130.58 130.58 Gbit/in Internal data rat
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4.2.2 Format command execution time ST973451FC ST936751FC Maximum (with verify) 52 minutes 26 minutes Maximum (without verify) 35 minutes 18 minutes 4.2.3 General performance characteristics Sustained transfer rate 79 to 112 Mbytes/sec Fibre Channel Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate 400 Mbytes/sec* per port (dual port = 800 Mbytes/sec*) Logical block sizes - 512 (default) - 520 - 524 - 528 Read/write consecutive sectors on a track Yes Flaw reallocation performance impact (for
