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Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 9
... eliminates unnecessary drive returns. • Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting. • Supports latching SATA cables and connectors. • Worldwide Name (WWN) capability uniquely identifies the drive.
Constellation.2 Serial ATA Self-Encrypting Drive models have the following additional features: • Automatic data encryption/decryption • Controlled access •...
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 10
... environment to host software where two devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of host bus addresses. A host adapter that emulates a master/slave environment manages two sets of shadow registers. This is not a typical Serial ATA environment.
The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function...
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 25
...according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
3.11
Electromagnetic immunity
When properly installed in a representative host system, the drive operates without errors or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency ... 61000-4-5: 95 EN 61000-4-6: 97
EN 61000-4-11: 94
Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F
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Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 27
... (enclosure, disc drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits for a Class B computing device, pursuant to Subpart J, Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation with noncertified assemblies is likely to result in interference to radio and television reception.
Radio and television interference. This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used...
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 28
...years. The following table contains information mandated by China's "Marking Requirements for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products" Standard.
"O" indicates the hazardous... as electronic drive component reliability can be affected by the installation environment. The silver, copper, nickel and gold films used in Seagate products are ...Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 30
... computer.
• Do not touch the connector pins or the printed circuit board.
• Do not remove the factory-installed labels from the drive or cover them with additional labels. Removal voids the warranty. Some factory-installed labels contain information needed to service the drive. Other labels are used to seal out dirt and contamination.
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Constellation.2 Serial ATA...
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 35
... 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 ATA commands: • Trusted Send • Trusted Receive
These commands...
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 36
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6.7
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.
Three conditions must be met before the drive will allow the download operation:
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Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F
Constellation.2 SATA Product Manual - Page 49
... 31 environmental
limits 17 EraseMaster 29 error-correction algorithms 3 errors 20 ESD 24 EU 20 EU RoHS directive 22 European Union (EU) requirements 20 Execute Device Diagnostics 34
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FCC verification 21 features 3 Federal Communications Commission 21 FIPS 28 firmware download port 30 Flush Cache 34 Flush Cache Extended 34 Format Track 34
Constellation.2 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. F
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Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 4
...Authenticated firmware download 37 9.8 Power requirements 37 9.9 Supported commands 37
10.0 Defect and error management 38
10.1 Drive internal defects/errors 38 10.2 Drive error recovery procedures 38 10.3 SAS system errors 39 10.4 Background Media Scan 40 10.5 Media Pre-Scan 40 10.6 Deferred Auto-Reallocation 40 10.7 Idle Read After Write 41
11.0 Installation 42
11.1 Drive orientation...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 15
...Constellation drives have the following standard features:
• Perpendicular recording technology • 1.5 / 3 / 6 Gbit Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface • Integrated dual port SAS controller supporting the SCSI protocol • Support for SAS expanders and fanout adapters • Firmware downloadable using the SAS interface • 128 - deep task set (queue) • Supports up...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 42
...FIPS PUB 140-2, is a U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. It is titled "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules". The initial publication was on May 25, 2001 and was last updated December 3, 2002.
Purpose
The National Institute... of FIPS tamper evidence labels. Note. Does not represent actual drive.
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Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. F
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 43
... and security services for the protection of stored data, commonly known as "protection of data at rest." These drives are compliant with the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise Storage Specifications as detailed in Section 3.2.
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is an organization sponsored and operated by companies in the computer, storage and digital communications industry. Seagate's SED...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 44
... 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.
9.5
Data bands...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 45
...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.
9.7
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...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 58
... format to 512, 520 or 528 bytes per logical block. [2] Warning. Power loss during flash programming can result in firmware corruption. This usually makes the
drive inoperable. [3] Reference Mode Sense command 1Ah for mode pages supported. [4] Y = Yes. Command is supported.
N = No. Command is not supported. A = Support is available on special request.
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Constellation SAS Product Manual, Rev. F
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 59
... 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...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 60
... 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...
Constellation SAS Product Manual - Page 70
... 35 encryption key 36 environment 43 environmental
limits 28 requirements 14 environmental control 31 EraseMaster 36 error management 38 rates 14 errors 38 European Union 4
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FCC rules and regulations 3 features 7
interface 45 feed forward equalizer 60 FFE 60 FIPS 34 firmware 7
corruption 50 firmware download port 36 flawed sector reallocation 7 Format command execution time 11 function
complete...
Constellation SATA Product Manual - Page 10
... environment to host software where two devices on separate Serial ATA ports are represented to host software as a Device 0 (master) and Device 1 (slave) accessed at the same set of host bus addresses. A host adapter that emulates a master/slave environment manages two sets of shadow registers. This is not a typical Serial ATA environment.
The Serial ATA host adapter and drive share the function...