Seagate ST3450857SS - Cheetah 450 GB Hard Drive driver and firmware
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VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF) - Page 3
... 3405 PCI-e 4-port Unified Serial (SATA/SAS) RAID Controller was chosen as the optimal choice for the required virtualization environment. Adaptec provided unmatched flexibility in running virtualization software as well as the necessary drivers and firmware for effective execution.
Choosing Adaptec provided distinct advantages throughout Area Data Systems' implementation. Hard drive performance...
VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate (454K, PDF) - Page 4
...system bus, and high I/O bandwidth-critical features for High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications as well as datacenters and general-purpose enterprise-class computing needs.
Features:
• 4-port card supports up to 128 SATA and SAS devices using SAS expanders • PCIe host interface • 3 Gb/s per port • Supports approximately 200 TB (using 500 GB SATA drives) • RAID...
Cheetah 15K.7 Data Sheet - Page 2
... Background Media Scan proactively scans the media for potential defects during drive idle time. It enables incipient errors to be corrected before data is lost.
• Our Quick and Robust Download feature loads new firmware in a matter of seconds with built-in protection to ensure no corruption in the event of a power failure during firmware switch.
Seagate Global Customer Support
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Enterprise-Optimized 6Gb/s SAS Rivals Fibre Channel Performance and Scalability at Lower Cost - Page 3
... supporting networked storage expansion beyond a single rack
Greater signal integrity with SSC
Enables 6Gb/s SAS drives installed in close proximity to one another without compromising data integrity
Cost-effective simplification
Simplified connectivity with standardization on mini SAS connectors
Investment protection
Retains compatibility with earlier SAS/SATA hard drives and SCSI software...
Enterprise-Optimized 6Gb/s SAS Rivals Fibre Channel Performance and Scalability at Lower Cost - Page 5
...form factor (SFF) 2.5-inch hard drives.
Investment Protection With Backwards Compatibility
Given the numerous technical advancements that the new SAS-2 specification incorporates, it may be surprising to learn that 6Gb/s SAS maintains full 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA compatibility. To further ensure seamless interoperability, compatibility with existing SCSI software and middleware is also retained...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 4
... 37 7.7 Authenticated firmware download 37 7.8 Power requirements 37 7.9 Supported commands 37
8.0 Defect and error management 38
8.1 Drive internal defects/errors 38 8.2 Drive error recovery procedures 38 8.3 FC-AL system errors 40 8.4 Background Media Scan 41 8.5 Media Pre-Scan 41 8.6 Deferred Auto-Reallocation 41 8.7 Idle Read After Write 42
9.0 Installation 43
9.1 Drive ID/option...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 12
...drivers and receivers • Downloadable firmware using the FC-AL interface • Supports SCSI enclosure services via interface connector • 128-deep task set (queue) • Supports up to 32 initiators • Drive selection ID and configuration options are set... Code track address to eliminate seek errors • Self-diagnostics performed at power on
• Zone bit recording (ZBR) ...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 13
... firmware download
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 • 400 Mbytes/sec maximum instantaneous data transfers per port •...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 41
... an organization sponsored and operated by companies in the computer, storage and digital communications industry. Seagate's SED models comply with the standards published by the TCG.
To use the security features in the drive, the host must be capable of constructing and issuing the following two SCSI commands: • Security Protocol Out • Security Protocol In...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 42
... the appropriate credentials when the drive has been removed from its cabinet and installed in another system.
When the drive is shipped from the factory, the firmware download port is locked and the drive will reject any attempt to download new firmware. The drive owner must use the SID credential to unlock the firmware download port before firmware updates will be accepted.
7.5
Data bands...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 43
...can never be recovered. This is tantamount to an instantaneous data erase and is very useful if the drive is to be scrapped or redispositioned.
7.7
Authenticated firmware download
In addition to providing a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted firmware download attempts, the drive also only accepts download files which have been cryptographically signed by the appropriate Seagate Design Center...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 61
...Firmware download option [2] Read buffer (Mode 1Ch -- Error Retrieval Mode) Read buffer Read combined header and data mode (0) Read data mode (2) Read descriptor mode (3) Read long Write long (10) (WR_UNCOR = 0) Write long (10) (WR_UNCOR = 1) Change definition Write same (10) PBdata LBdata Not used Log Select Log Sense Support...
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Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual, Rev. B
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Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 63
... report its operating parameters to the initiator. The drive maintains four sets of mode parameters:
1. Default values
Default values are hard-coded in the drive firmware stored in flash E-PROM (nonvolatile memory) on the drive's PCB. These default values can be changed only by downloading a complete set of new firmware into the flash E-PROM. An initiator can request and receive from the...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 64
... being used by the drive to control its operation. A Mode Select command can be used to change the values identified as changeable values. Originally, current values are installed from saved or default values after a power on reset, hard reset, or Bus Device Reset message.
4. Changeable values
Changeable values form a bit mask, stored in nonvolatile memory, that dictates which...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 82
... code page command 53 DC power 64
requirements 20 decrypt 35 default MSID password 36 defect and error management 38 defects 38 Deferred Auto-Reallocation 41 deferred error handling 62 DEK 35 description 5 DEV_CTRL_CODE 70 Device Behavior page command 53 device control code values 70 Device Identification page command 53 device selection IDs 43 devices 43 dimensions 34 Disable page...
Cheetah 15K.7 FC Product Manual - Page 83
... drive characteristics 9 IRAW 42
J
J1 connector 43 Jumper settings page command 53 jumpers 43
L
latency
average rotational 9, 10
LBdata 55 LED driver signals 71 Link Service Reject (LS_RJT) 46 link services supported 46
Locking SP 35, 36
LockOnReset 36 Lock-unlock-cache command 54 Log select command 55 Log sense command 55 logic power 66 logical block address...
Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Product Manual - Page 4
... 7.7 Authenticated firmware download 35 7.8 Power requirements 36 7.9 Supported commands 36
8.0 Defect and error management 37
8.1 Drive internal defects/errors 37 8.2 Drive error recovery procedures 37 8.3 SAS system errors 39 8.4 Background Media Scan 39 8.5 Media Pre-Scan 40 8.6 Deferred Auto-Reallocation 40 8.7 Idle Read After Write 40
9.0 Installation 41
9.1 Drive orientation 41...
Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Product Manual - Page 41
... the appropriate credentials when the drive has been removed from its cabinet and installed in another system.
When the drive is shipped from the factory, the firmware download port is locked and the drive will reject any attempt to download new firmware. The drive owner must use the SID credential to unlock the firmware download port before firmware updates will be accepted.
7.5
Data bands...
Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Product Manual - Page 55
... being used by the drive to control its operation. A Mode Select command can be used to change the values identified as changeable values. Originally, current values are installed from saved or default values after a power on reset, hard reset, or Bus Device Reset message.
4. Changeable values
Changeable values form a bit mask, stored in nonvolatile memory, that dictates which...
Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Product Manual - Page 72
... ID 34
maximum delayed motor start 20, 21, 22 maximum start current 20, 21, 22
media description 6 Media Pre-Scan 40 miscellaneous feature support
Adaptive caching 55 Asynchronous event notification 55 Automatic contingent allegiance 55 Deferred error handling 55 Parameter rounding 55 Queue tagging 55 Reporting actual retry count 55
Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Product Manual, Rev. B