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Revision status summary sheet Revision Date Writer/Engineer Sheets Affected 04/17/98 D. Ashby/B. Betancourt 1/1, v thru viii, 1 thru 86. 05/27/98 D. Ashby/B. Betancourt 13, 14, and 27. 07/02/98 D. Ashby/B. Betancourt 10, 22, 73, and 74. 02/08/99 D. Ashby/B. Betancourt 1, 5-7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29, 31-33, 36, 38-40, 44, 47, 50-55, 57-61, 63, 64, 67, 69, and 70-74.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Scope This manual describes the Seagate Technology®, Inc. Medalist Pro™ disc drives. Medalist Pro drives support the small computer system interface (SCSI) as described in the ANSI SCSI, SCSI- 2, and SCSI-3 (Fast-20 and Fast-40) interface specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SCSI Interface Product Manual (part number 77738479) describes general SCSI interface characteristics of this and other families of Seagate drives.
Mounting by bottom holes must meet the requirements of Section 8.4. Standards Medalist Pro family drives comply with Seagate standards as noted in the appropriate sections of this manual and the Seagate SCSI Interface Product Manual , part number 77738479 (Vol. 2).
Medalist Pro family of drives, and the SCSI Interface Product Manual (volume 2), part number 77738479, which describes the general interface characteristics of this and other families of Seagate SCSI drives. The drive’s interface supports multiple initiators, disconnect/reconnect, and automatic features that relieve the host from the necessity of knowing the physical characteristics of the targets (logical block addressing is used).
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Medalist Pro drives use a dedicated landing zone at the innermost radius of the media to eliminate the possibil- ity of destroying or degrading data by landing in the data zone. The drive automatically goes to the landing zone when power is removed.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Standard features The Medalist Pro family has the following standard features: • Integrated SCSI controller • Single-ended and multimode single-ended/low voltage differential SCSI drivers and receivers • 8 bit and 16 bit I/O data bus models available •...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Unformatted and formatted capacities Formatted capacity depends on the number of spare reallocation sectors reserved and the number of bytes per sector. The following table shows the standard OEM model read capacity data. Total LBAs = read capacity data shown below + 1.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes) [1]* ST39140 ST36530 ST34520 Maximum (with verify) Maximum (no verify) 4.2.3 Generalized performance characteristics Sector interleave 1 to 1 Data buffer transfer rate to/from disc media (one 512-byte sector): Min.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Notes for Section 4.2. Execution time is measured from receipt of the last Byte of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) to the request for a Status Byte Transfer to the Initiator (excluding connect/disconnect). Maximum times are specified over the worst case conditions of temperature, voltage margins and drive orientation.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D host. On a cache “miss”, all data transfers to the host are in accordance with “buffer-full” ratio rules. On a cache “hit” the drive ignores the “buffer-full” ratio rules. See explanations associated with Mode page 02h (disconnect/ reconnect control) in the SCSI Interface Product Manual (part number 77738479).
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Reliability specifications The following reliability specifications assume correct host/drive operational interface, including all interface timings, power supply voltages, environmental requirements and drive mounting constraints (see Section 8.4). Seek Errors Less than 1 in 10 seeks Read Error Rates [1] Recovered Data...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 5.1.4 Seek errors A seek error is defined as a failure of the drive to position the heads to the addressed track. There shall be no more than one recoverable seek errors in 10 physical seek operations.
Case 4 Current I/O process allowed during insertion or removal, except on the device being changed Seagate Medalist Pro disc drives support four hot plugging cases. Provision shall be made by the system such that a device being inserted makes power and ground connections prior to the connection of any device signal contact to the bus.
Seagate’s option and at no charge to customer, if returned by customer at customer’s expense to Seagate’s designated facility in accordance with Seagate’s Warranty Procedure.
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Product repair and return information Seagate customer service centers are the only facilities authorized to service Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities. Any unauthorized repair or tampering with the factory seal voids...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Physical/electrical specifications This section provides information relating to the physical and electrical characteristics of Medalist Pro drives. AC power requirements None. DC power requirements The voltage and current requirements for a single drive are shown in the following table. Values indicated apply at the drive power connector.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D pleted and that the drive is able to accept selection by the host initiator. See +12 V current profile in Figure 3a. This condition occurs when the Motor Start Option is enabled and the drive has not yet received a Start Motor command.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 6.2.3 12 V - Current profile Figure 3a identifies the drive +5 V and +12 V current profile. The current during the various times is as shown: Power is applied to the drive. T1 - Controller self tests are performed and spindle position sense is performed.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Power dissipation For drives with single-ended interface circuits, typical operating random read/write power dissipation is 14.1 watts (48.1 BTUs per hour) of DC power average at nominal voltages. Typical power dissipation under idle con- ditions is 12.3 watts (42.0 BTUs per hour).
Non-operating –40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C) package ambient with a maximum gradient of 45°F (25°C) per hour. This specification assumes that the drive is packaged in the shipping container designed by Seagate for use with drive. Models “WC” and “LC” PCB PCB 3 Models “W”...
Disc drives shipped as loose load (not palletized) general freight will be packaged to withstand drops from heights as defined in the table below. For additional details refer to Seagate specifications 30190-001 (under 100 lbs/45 kg) or 30191-001 (over 100 lbs/45 Kg).
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Note. Use four screws (two per side) when using the mounting holes located on the sides of the drive. See Section 8.4 when using the mounting holes located on the bottom of the drive. Figure 5.
Air cleanliness The drive is designed to operate in a typical office environment with minimal environmental control. 6.4.6 Acoustics Sound power during idle mode shall be 3.9 bels (4.2 max) typical when measured to Seagate’s 30553-001 specification. 6.4.7 Electromagnetic susceptibility...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Mechanical specifications The following nominal dimensions are exclusive of the decorative front panel accessory. However, dimensions of the front panel are shown in figure below. Refer to Figures 6, 7, and 8 for detailed mounting configuration dimensions.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D A [3] Notes: Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Screw tightening torque 6.0 in-lb (.675 NM) max with minimum thread engagement of 0.12 in.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D A [3] Notes: Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Screw tightening torque 6.0 in-lb (.675 NM) max with minimum thread engagement of 0.12 in. (3.05 mm).
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Defect and error management The drive, as delivered, complies with this specification. The read error rate and specified storage capacity are not dependent upon use of defect management routines by the host (initiator). Defect and error management in the SCSI system involves the drive internal defect/error management and SCSI systems error considerations (errors in communications between Initiator and the drive).
• Installation instructions are provided by host system documentation or with any additionally purchased drive installation software. If necessary see Section 10 for Seagate support services telephone numbers. • Do not remove the manufacturer’s installed labels from the drive and do not cover with additional labels, as the manufacturer labels contain information required when servicing the product.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Front Jumper Plug (enlarged to show detail) Pin 1 Reserved A 2 A 1 A 0 SCSI ID = 0 (default) SCSI ID = 1 SCSI ID = 2 SCSI ID = 3 SCSI ID = 4 SCSI ID = 5 SCSI ID = 6...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Drive Front Jumper Plug (enlarged to show detail) Pin 1 Reserved A 2 A 1 A 0 SCSI ID = 0 (default) SCSI ID = 1 SCSI ID = 2 SCSI ID = 3 SCSI ID = 4 SCSI ID = 5 SCSI ID = 6...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Pin 1 Jumper Caution: Positions (default - models Terminator Enable Do not use J2 jumper “N” and “W” only) plugs on J6 or J1- Delay Motor Start Auxiliary, as the internal Enable Motor Start contacts will be deformed and can not be used on Reserved...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Pin 1 Jumper Positions Force Single-Ended I/O Single-Ended or Low-Voltage Differential Delay Motor Start Enable Motor Start Write Protect Additional notes on these Parity Disable functions in section 8.1.2. Jumper Plug (enlarged to show detail) Drive Front Figure 14.
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 4: Drive configuration selections summary Connector Interface Applicable type Function J1-AUX figure Drive ID X, Y none Drive Activity LED Y [3] none Option select none W, LW Drive ID X, Y X, Y [5] 10, 11 [1] W, LW Drive Activity LED...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 8.1.2 Function description Jumper Installation Jumper Function Description (Applies only to “N” and “W” models) With the jumper installed, the On-board (non-removable) terminator circuits are enabled (connected to the I/O lines). Default is jumper installed. Terminator circuits not enabled (not connected to I/O lines).
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Drive orientation The balanced rotary arm actuator design of the drive allows it to be mounted in any orientation. All drive perfor- mance characterization, however, has been done with the drive in horizontal (discs level) and vertical (drive on its side) orientations, and these are the two preferred mounting orientations.
Note. Before mounting the drive in any kind of 3.5-inch to 5.25-inch adapter frame, verify with Seagate Tech- nology that the drive can meet the shock and vibration specifications given herein while mounted in such an adapter frame.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Interface requirements This section describes Medalist Pro interface requirements. General description This section partially describes the interface requirements as implemented on the drives. The major portion of the interface requirements /implementation is described in the SCSI Interface Product Manual (part num- ber 77738479).
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D SCSI interface commands supported Table 6 following lists the SCSI interface commands that are supported in the SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 modes of the drive. Table 6: Commands supported by Medalist Pro family drive Command Supported by Command name code...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 6: Commands supported by Medalist Pro family drive (Continued) Command Supported by Command name code Medalist Pro Control mode page (0Ah) Disconnect/reconnect (02h) (DTDC, DIMM not used) Error recovery page (01h) Format page (03h) Information exceptions control page (1Ch) Notch and Partition Page (0Ch) Power condition page (1Ah)
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 6: Commands supported by Medalist Pro family drive (Continued) Command Supported by Command name code Medalist Pro Supported diagnostics pages (00h) Translate page (40h) Set limits Start unit/stop unit (spindle ceases rotating) (1CH) Synchronize cache Test unit ready Verify...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 7 lists the Standard Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SCSI Interface Manual (part number 77738479), section 5.1.1.3. Table 7: Medalist Pro family drive Standard Inquiry data Bytes Data (HEX) 0-15...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 8 shows the Vital Product Data pages for the drives of this product manual. “Y” means reporting that par- ticular parameter is supported, but it may be different for each drive. Table 8: Vital product data pages Byte Page...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 9.3.2 Mode Sense data The Mode Sense command provides a means for the drive to report its operating parameters to the initiator. The drive maintains four sets of Mode parameters, Default values, Saved values, Current values and Change- able values.
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D The following tables list the values of the data bytes returned by the drive in response to the Mode Sense com- mand pages. See the SCSI Interface Product Manual . Definitions: = Saved value = Default value.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D SCSI bus conditions and miscellaneous features supported Asynchronous SCSI bus conditions supported by the drive are listed below. These conditions cause the SCSI device to perform certain actions and can alter the SCSI bus phase sequence. Other miscellaneous operating features supported are also listed here.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Supported Conditions or feature TTD/CIOP Embedded servo 512K data buffer Motor start enable Delayed motor start Write protected Immediate status on Format Unit command Format progress indication Sync spindles Sync spindles—rotational position offset Parameter rounding N (always strict) Strict bit support S2 bit...
Details of the physical, electrical and logical characteristics are given in sections following, while the SCSI operational aspects of Seagate drive interfaces are given in the Seagate SCSI Interface Product Manual , part number 77738479. This section describes the connectors, cables, signals, terminators and bus timing of the DC and SCSI I/O interface.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Power +12V +12V ret + 5V ret + 5V 3P 2P DC Power Pin 1 Connector Pin 1 SCSI I/O Connector Figure 16. Physical interface for “N” model drives...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Power +12V +12V ret + 5V ret + 5V J1-Auxiliary Pin 1 Pin 1 J1-DC Power J1-DC Power J1-Auxiliary Pin 1P Pin 1 Pin 1 68 Pin SCSI I/O Connector Figure 17. Physical interface for “W” and “LW” model drives 80 Pin SCSI I/O and Power Connector...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 9.6.2 SCSI interface physical description The drive models described by this product manual support the physical interface requirements of the SCSI-3 Parallel Interface-2 (SPI-2) standards as defined in American National Standard document X3T10/1142D, and operate compatibly at the interface with devices that only support earlier SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 standards.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D To minimize discontinuances and signal reflections, cables of different impedances should not be used in the same bus. Implementations may require trade-offs in shielding effectiveness, cable length, number of loads and spacing, transfer rates, and cost to achieve satisfactory system operation. If shielded and unshielded cables are mixed within the same SCSI bus, the effect of impedance mismatch must be carefully considered.
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80 conductor interface were not intended to support a series of drives. Small Form Factor Specification SSF-8046, Rev. 2.7 details mating requirements. Recommended mating 80-position PCB mount connectors: Straight-in connector Hot Plug version (with ground guide-pin) Seagate P/N: 77678703 Amp US P/N: 2-557103-1 787311-1 with polarization 94-0680-02-1...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D “N” Model “W” Model “LW” Model Drive Drive Drive Terminator 2 through X SCSI devices [4] Pin 1 (check your adapter for Pin 1 location) SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 7 [5] Host Adapter SCSI ID 0 Closed end type 50 pin connector used.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D 7.00 (.276) 12.70 End View (.500) Grounding Pins 57.87 0.20 (2.278 0.008) 51.17 0.10 (2.251 0.004) 0.15 M Y M (.006) C L of Datum Y –Y– Front View Pin 1 62.15 0.15 (2.447) ( .006) 0.15 M Y M...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 16: Model “N,” single ended I/O, 50 conductor, signal/contact assignments Note. The minus sign next to the signal indicates asserted state is the low voltage of the two levels used for logic signals. Connector Cable Connector...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 17: “W” models single ended I/O cable 68 conductor signal/contact assignments Note. The minus sign next to the signal indicates asserted state is the low voltage of the two levels used for logic signals Connector Cable Connector...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 18: “LW” models differential cable 68 conductor signal/pin assignments (Nonshielded connector)[13] Note. The minus sign next to the signal indicates asserted state is the low voltage of the two levels used for logic signals. Connector Cable Connector...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 19: “WC” models single ended I/O, 80 conductor cable signal/contact assignments Note. The minus sign next to the signal indicates asserted state is the low voltage of the two levels used for logic signals Connector Signal contact...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 20: “LC” differential models, 80 pin I/O connector pin assignments (nonshielded connector) [13] Connector Signal contact Signal Contact name [1] number [3] number [3] name[1] 12 V CHARGE 12 V GND 12 V 12 V GND 12 V 12 V GND...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Notes [ ] for Tables 16 through 20. See Section 9.7.1 or 9.6.4.2 for detailed electrical characteristics of these signals. The conductor number refers to the conductor position when using 0.025-inches (0.635 mm) centerline flat ribbon cable.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Receiver characteristics Single-ended drives use an ANSI SCSI single-ended receiver with hysteresis gate or equivalent as a line receiver. Line Driver Line Receiver Transmitter Receiver (or transceiver) Flat Cable Pair Figure 23. Single-ended transmitters and receivers Notes.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Output characteristics Each signal (V ) driven by LVD interface drivers shall have the following output characteristics when measured at the disc drive connector: Steady state Low level output voltage* = –.95 V = < V = <...
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D VCCA VCCB LVD Signal Drivers Single Single Single Ended Ended Ended Circuitry Receiver Negation Driver Receiver Single Single Ended Ended Ground Assertion Driver Driver LVD Signal Drivers Ground Single Ended: –Signal LVD: +Signal –Signal Figure 25.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Terminator power “N” and “W” model drives You can configure terminator power in four different ways. See Section 8.1 for illustrations that show how to place jumpers enabling each of the following terminator power configurations: 1.
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Disc drive SCSI timing Table 21: Disc drive SCSI timing Waveform Waveform Description symbol [1] table [1] Typical timing Target Select Time (no Arbitration) [4] <2 s Target Select Time (with Arbitration) [4] 4.5-1,2 <2 s Target Select to Command 4.5-1...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Table 21: Disc drive SCSI timing (Continued) Waveform Waveform Description symbol [1] table [1] Typical timing Data In Byte Transfer (parameter) 4.5-12 0.04 s Data Out Byte Transfer (parameter) 4.5-13 0.04 s Next Data In Byte Access (parameter) 4.5-12 0.12 s Next Data Out Byte Access (parameter)
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Africa/Middle East Support Services For presales, technical support, warranty repair and FAX services in Africa and the Middle East, dial our Euro- pean call center at +31-20-316-7222 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (European central time) Monday through Fri- day, or send a FAX to +31-20-653-3513.
Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Appendix A. Sense keys and additional sense codes supported Sense Description Supported No sense Recovered error Not ready Media error Hardware error Illegal request Unit attention Data protect Firmware error Aborted command Equal Volume Overflow Miscompare Additional sense code and qualifier Bytes...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Sense Description Supported No address mark in ID field No address mark in data field Sector not found No record found Seek positioning error Mechanical positioning error Positioning error determined by reading media Data synchronization mark error Data recovered without ECC or retries Data recovered with retries Data recovered with positive head offset...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Sense Description Supported Rounded parameter error Saved parameters not supported Identify message with invalid bits Target operation command changed Microcode changed SCSI-1/SCSI-2 change Target operating conditions have changed DRAM parity error detected Error in write to flash Power on or self test error Message reject error Internal controller error...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D Index buffer segmentation 12 buffer-full 12 buffer-full ratio 12 Symbols bulkhead connector 58 bus device reset message 49 +5 and +12 volt supplies 20 bytes per sector 46 Numerics 50 conductor connector 59 cabinet cooling 41 50 pin connector 61 cable 55 68 conductor connector 60...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D data area 21 drive orientation 11 data correction 13 drive power 33 by ECC 31 drive reset 39 data transfer period 54 drive SCSI timing 75 data transfer protocol 7 drive select header 55 data transfer rate 10 drive spindle 40 DC cable and connector 55...
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Medalist Pro Product Manual, Rev. D format command 10 installation 33 format operation 31 installation guide 4 format time 10 installation instructions 33 format unit command 31 instantaneous current peak 19 formatted 8 integrated SCSI controller 7 formatting 33 interface cable length 61 front panel 27 interface data 10 front panel LED 70...