Seagate HAWK 2LP ST31231N Installation Manual page 35

Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 33
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Grounding
Signal ground (PCB) and HDA ground are connected together
in the Hawk 2LP family drives and cannot be separated by the
user. The equipment in which the drive is mounted is con-
nected directly to the HDA and PCB with no electrically
isolating shock mounts. If it is desired for the system chassis
to not be connected to the HDA/PCB ground, the systems
integrator or user must provide a nonconductive (electrically
isolating) method of mounting the drive in the host equipment.
SCSI interface drives
The SCSI interface handles both drive geometry and defect
management internally. The "no drive installed" option is
selected for systems with SCSI drives.
All SCSI interface drives are low-level formatted at the factory.
You may wish to low-level format the drive to optimize its
performance for your system. Consult the controller documen-
tation for information on low-level formatting. Partitioning and
high-level formatting can be done through DOS by way of the
FDISK utility for partitioning, and FORMAT for high-level
formatting. Consult your DOS manual for FORMAT and FDISK
command options.