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Product Manual
NL35 Series FC
ST3500071FC
ST3400071FC
100343673
Rev. D
August 2007
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©2007, Seagate Technology LLC All rights reserved. Publication number: 100343673, Rev. D August 2007 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. NL35 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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6.4 Environmental limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6.4.1 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6.4.2 Relative humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6.4.3 Effective altitude (sea level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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9.6.1 TTL input characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 9.6.2 LED driver signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 9.6.3 Differential PECL output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 9.6.4 Differential PECL input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 10.0 Seagate Technol
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List of Figures Figure 1. NL35 Series family disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 2. DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second (1 Gbit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 3. DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second (2 Gbit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 4. Location of the HDA Temperature check point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.0 Scope ® This manual describes Seagate Technology LLC, NL35 Series (Fibre Channel) disc drives. NL35 Series 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. NL35 Series family disc drive NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev.
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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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2.2 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 test
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2.4 Reference documents NL35 Series FC Installation Guide Seagate part number: 100343674 Fibre Channel Interface Manual Seagate part number: 77767496 ANSI Fibre Channel Documents X3.230-1994 FC Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) X3.297.1997 FC-PH-2 Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface-2 X3.303.1998 FC-PH-3 Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface-3 X3.272-1996 FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) X3.269-1996 Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI (FCP) NCITS TR-19 Private Loop SCSI Dir
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3.0 General description NL35 Series drives combine Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) heads and a Fibre Channel interface to pro- vide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineering workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. NL35 Series drives support the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol as described in the ANSI specifications, this document, and the Fibre Channel Interface Manual (part number
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3.1 Standard features NL35 Series drives have the following standard features: � 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 � 64-deep task set (queue) � Supports up to 32 initiators � Drive selection ID and configuration options are set on the FC-AL ba
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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 � Programmable multi-segmentable cache buffer � 200 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per port � 7K RPM spindle; average latency = 4.17 msec � Command queuing of up to 64 commands � Background processing of queue � Supports start and stop commands
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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 Parameter List table in the FC Interface Product Manual. Refer to the Parameter list block descriptor number of blocks field. A value of zero in the number of blocks field indicates 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 than the maximum number of LBAs
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4.0 Performance characteristics This section provides detailed information concerning performance-related characteristics and features of NL35 Series drives. 4.1 Internal drive characteristics ST3500071FC ST3400071FC Drive capacity* 500.0 ........................ 400.0........................ .................. Gbytes (formatted, rounded off value) Read/write data heads 8 ............................... 8 Bytes per track 686 ........................... 552........................... ...........
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4.2.3 Generalized performance characteristics Minimum sector interleave 1 to 1 Data buffer transfer rate to/from disc media (one 512-byte sector): ST3500071FC ST3400071FC Minimum [3]* 33 35 MBytes/sec Maximum [3] 66 66 MBytes/sec Sustainable disc transfer rate: ST3500071FC ST3400071FC Minimum [3]* 32 27 MBytes/sec Maximum [3] 67 56 MBytes/sec Fibre Channel Interface maximum instantaneous transfer rate 1 GHz 2 GHz 106 Mbytes/sec* per port 212 Mbytes/sec* per (dual port = 212 Mbytes/ port (dual p
