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Revision status summary sheet Revision Date Writer/Engineer Sheets Affected 08/25/97 D. Ashby/B. Rathe This manual is volume 1 of a two-volume document with the SCSI interface information in the volume 2 SCSI Interface Product Manual , part number 77738479. If you need SCSI interface information, order the volume 2 SCSI Interface Product Manual , part number 77738479.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Scope This manual describes Seagate Technology®, Inc. Elite 23™ disc drives. Elite 23 drives support the small computer system interface (SCSI) as described in the ANSI SCSI, SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 (Fast-20) interface specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SCSI Interface Prod- uct Manual (part number 77738479) describes general SCSI interface characteristics of this and other families of Seagate drives.
Standards The Elite 23 family complies with Seagate standards as noted in the appropriate sections of this manual and the Seagate SCSI Interface Product Manual (volume 2), part number 77738479.
X3T10/1071D rev. 6 Fast-20 (also called “Ultra SCSI”) Package Test Specification Seagate P/N 30190-001 (under 100 lb.) Package Test Specification Seagate P/N 30191-001 (over 100 lb.) In case of conflict between this document and any referenced document, this document takes precedence.
(volume 1), which defines the product performance char- acteristics of the Elite 23 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.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Figure 2. Elite 23 family drive Standard features Elite 23 drives have the following standard features: • Integrated SCSI controller • Single-ended or differential SCSI drivers and receivers • 8-bit and 16-bit I/O data bus models available •...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A • Dynamic spindle brake • Active IC terminators enabled by jumper (“N” and “W” models only) • 2,000 Kbyte data buffer. See Section 4.5 • SCAM (SCSI Configured Auto Magically) Plug-n-Play Level 1 compliant. SCAM Level 2 is a factory-installed option.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Factory installed accessories The Elite 23 Installation Guide , part number 83329130, is shipped with each standard OEM drive (unless oth- erwise specified). A small bag of jumpers are also shipped with the drive. Use these jumpers to configure the option headers.
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Synchronous transfer rate for fast SCSI-2: 8 bit data bus models 1.25 to 10 Mbytes/sec 16 bit data bus models 2.5 to 20 Mbytes/sec Sector sizes: Default 512-byte data blocks Variable in even-sector sizes 512 to 4,096 bytes per sector Read/write consecutive sectors on a track Flaw reallocation performance impact:...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Start/stop time Disabling the Motor Start option causes the drive to become ready within 45 seconds after DC power is applied at nominal voltage. This means the motor starts as soon as power is applied. If a recoverable error condition is detected during the start sequence, the drive will execute a recovery procedure and may cause the time to become ready to exceed 45 seconds.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Case B - Read command is received and the first logical block address requested is not in any segment of the cache. 1. The drive fetches the requested logical blocks from the disc and transfers them into a segment, then from there to the initiator in accordance with the “buffer-full”...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A system performance. The max prefetch field (bytes 8 and 9) limits the amount of prefetch. The drive does not use the prefetch “ceiling” field (bytes 10 and 11). During a prefetch operation, the drive crosses a cylinder boundary to fetch more data only if the Discontinuity (DISC) bit is set to one in bit 4 of byte 2 of Mode parameters page 08h.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 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 10 in 10 seeks Read error rates [1] Recovered data...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 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 should not be more than 10 recoverable seek errors in 10 physical seek operations.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 5.2.6 S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. This technology is intended to recognize conditions that indicate a drive failure and is designed to provide sufficient warning of a failure to allow data back-up before an actual failure occurs.
Seagate’s option and at no charge to customer, if returned by customer at cus- tomer’s expense to Seagate’s designated facility in accordance with Seagate’s Warranty Procedure. Seagate will pay for transporting the repair or replacement item to customer.
The voltage and current requirements for a single drive are shown in the following table. Values indicated apply at the drive’s power connector. The power requirements for single-ended models includes the internal disc drive SCSI I/O termination. Current values are in Amperes. Table 2: DC power requirements ST423451N/W ST423451WD Notes Single-ended Differential...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Seeking is defined as a third-stroke seek at OD. A command is issued every 20 msec. [10] Read track is defined as repeat reads of track 15 with a duty cycle of 63% for narrow single-ended. General Notes from Table 2: 1.
All times and currents are typical. See Table 2 for maximum current requirements. Power dissipation ST423451N/W For drives with single-ended interface circuits, typical operating random read power dissipation is 24 watts (82 BTUs per hour) of DC power average at nominal voltages.
The temperatures in Column 1 are calculated and may not reflect actual operating values. Sufficient cooling air may be required to ensure that these values are not exceeded. Measure HDA temperature at point labeled “HDA Temp. Checkpoint” on Figure 4. PCB mounted integrated circuit case. ST423451N Drives ST423451W Drives RYJX TYJX ST423451WD Drives .
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).
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Package Size Packaged/Product Weight Drop Height <600 cu in (<9,800 cu cm) 60 in (1,524 mm) 600-1,800 cu in (9,800-19,700 cu cm) 0-20 lb (0-9.1 kg) 48 in (1,219 mm) >1,800 cu in (>19,700 cu cm) 0-20 lb (0-9.1 kg) 42 in (1,067 mm) >600 cu in (>9,800 cu cm)
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 6.4.4.2 Vibration a. Operating—normal The drive, as installed for normal operation, complies with the complete specified performance while sub- jected to continuous vibration not exceeding: 5-300 Hz @ 0.5 g (X, Y, or Z axis) b.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Notes: Mounting holes two on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.17 in. (4.318 mm). Mounting holes four on bottom, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into bottom of drive 0.18 in. (4.572 mm). Power and interface connections.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Notes: Mounting holes two on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.17 in. (4.318 mm). Mounting holes four on bottom, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into bottom of drive 0.18 in. (4.572 mm). Power and interface connections.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Defect and error management The drive, as delivered, complies with this product manual. The read error rate and specified storage capacities are not dependent on using 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).
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Table 4: Read and write retry count maximum recovery times Read retry Maximum recovery time Write retry Maximum recovery time count [1] per LBA (cumulative, msec) count [1] per LBA (cumulative, msec) 1256 2423 1178 12 (default) 3589 1845...
• Installation instructions are provided by host system documentation or with any additionally purchased drive installation software. If necessary, see Section 10.0 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.
Delay option jumper. Start spindle after the SCSI Bus sends a Start Unit command. SCSI Bus Parity Check (PD) Check the parity of data bytes read from the SCSI Bus. Ignore parity check. Reserved Figure 8. ST423451N option select jumper connectors...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Pin 1 Pin 1 SCSI I/O SCSI ID = 0 (default) Connector SCSI ID = 1 Pin 1 DC Power SCSI ID = 2 Connector SCSI ID = 3 SCSI ID = 4 SCSI ID = 5 SCSI ID = 6 SCSI ID = 7 SCSI ID = 8*...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Pin 1 SCSI I/O Connector Pin 1 DC Power Connector Pin 18 Pin 16 Pin 1 Pin 15 Pin 17 Reserved Active LED Connector Fault/Ready LED Connector Terminator Enabled (TE) Reserved Active CATH Note: On some LEDs the flat Fault side of indicator is cathode.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 8.1.1 Notes for Figures 8 through 10b Notes explaining the functions of the various jumpers on jumper header connectors J01, J4A and J4B are given here. The term “default” means as standard OEM units are configured with a jumper on those positions when shipped from factory.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 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.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Drive mounting No special drive mechanical mounting constraints are applicable to this drive. Grounding Signal ground (PCB) and HDA ground are connected together in the drive and cannot be separated by the user. The equipment in which the drive is mounted is connected directly to the HDA and PCB with no electri- cally-isolating shock mounts.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Interface requirements This section describes Elite 23 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 number 77738479.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A SCSI interface commands supported Table 6 lists the SCSI interface commands that are supported in the SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 modes of the drive. OEM standard drives are shipped set to operate in SCSI-2/SCSI-3 mode. Elite family drives can be changed back and forth between SCSI-1, SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 modes using the Change Definition command.
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Table 6: Commands supported by Elite 23 family drive (continued) Supported by Command Name Command Code SCSI-2/3 Mode select (same pages as Mode Y [2] [3] Sense command, see below) Mode select (10) Mode sense Y [2] [3] Caching parameters page (08h) Control mode page (0Ah)
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Table 6: Commands supported by Elite 23 family drive (continued) Supported by Command Name Command Code SCSI-2/3 Search data equal Search data high Search data low Seek Seek extended Send diagnostics page Supported diagnostics pages Translate page Set limits Start unit/stop unit (start/stop spindle)
S# Eight ASCII digits representing the eight digits of the product serial number. Bytes 18 through 23 reflect model of drive. Shown here are hex values for Model ST423451N. For models “W” and “WD,” byte 24 is 57 (W), since these are wide data bus drives and that is the only fact the host needs to discover from byte 23.
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Saved values are stored on the disk media using a Mode Select command. Only parameter values that are allowed to be changed can be changed by this method. “Changeable values” are defined below. Parameters in the saved values list that are not changeable by the Mode Select command get their values from the default values storage.
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A The following tables list the values of the data bytes returned by the drive in response to the Mode Sense com- mand pages (see SCSI Interface Product Manual, part number 77738479). Definitions: SAV = Saved values are stored on the disk media using a Mode Sense command. DEF = Default value;...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 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.
SCSI interface connector, and the drive select and option select headers are shown. Details of the physical, electrical and logical characteristics are given in sections following, while the SCSI operational aspects of Seagate drive interfaces are provided in the SCSI Interface Product Manual, part num- ber 77738479.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Power +12V +12V ret + 5V ret + 5V 1 2 3 4 DC Power Connector Pin 1 SCSI I/O Connector Pin 1 Figure 12. Physical interface for “N” model drives Power +12V +12V ret + 5V ret + 5V Pin 1...
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 9.6.2 SCSI interface physical description The drives may be daisy-chained together or with other compatible SCSI devices. Both ends of the cable must be terminated. The “N” and “W” model drives implement single-ended drivers and receivers. All signals are common between all SCSI devices.
Part numbers for connectors that mate with the various Elite 23 I/O connectors are given in the sections follow- ing. 9.6.4.1 Mating connectors for ST423451N model Use a non-shielded 50-conductor cable connector consisting of two rows of 25 female contacts with adjacent centers .100 inch apart.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A The drive device connector is a non-shielded 68-conductor connector consisting of two rows of 34 female pins with adjacent pins .050 inch apart. The connector is keyed by means of its shape (see Figure 16). “W”...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Table 12: Single-ended signal/contact assignments for ST423451N drives Connector Cable Connector Signal contact conductor contact Signal name [1] number [6] number [5] number [6] name [1] –DB0 –DB1 –DB2 –DB3 –DB4 –DB5 –DB6 –DB7 –DBP...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Table 13: Single-ended wide cable assignments for ST423451W drives Connector Cable Connector Signal contact conductor contact Signal name [1] number [3] number [2] number [3] name [1] –DB12 –DB13 –DB14 –DB15 –DBP1 –DB0 –DB1 –DB2 –DB3 –DB4...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Table 14: Wide differential P cable assignments (non-shielded connector) for ST423451WD drives 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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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Notes [ ] for Tables 12, 13, and 14: See Section 9.7.1 for detailed electrical characteristics of these signals. The conductor number refers to the conductor position when using 0.025-inch (0.635 mm) centerline flat ribbon cable.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Electrical description ST423451N and ST423451W models use single-ended interface signals. These signals must be terminated with 110-ohm active termination circuits at each end of the total cable. Single-ended circuits use open collector or three state drivers. All of these models can be configured to provide the SCSI termination.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A 9.7.2 Differential drivers/receivers Typical differential driver and receiver circuits used by ST423451WD drives are shown in Figure 18. The drive has no provisions for terminator circuits on differential I/O drives. Differential signals All differential interface signals consist of two lines denoted +SIGNAL and –SIGNAL. A signal is true when +SIGNAL is more positive than –SIGNAL, and a signal is false when –SIGNAL is more positive than +SIGNAL.
See Section 9.7.2 for signal characteristics. I/O line terminators. If SCSI device is a Seagate disc drive, terminators and a place to plug them in must be provided external to the drive by user, systems integrator, or host equipment manufacturer where needed.
Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Terminator requirements ST423451N and ST423451W drives Internal disc drive I/O termination consists of active circuits contained in an LSI module that is permanently mounted on the PCB. All single initiator/single target (non-daisy-chain) applications require you to terminate the initiator and drive.
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A Index cache control prefetch/multi-segmented 11 cache operation 11 Numerics cache statistics page 40 caching parameters page 41 12 V current profile 20 caching write data 12 3rd party reserve 41 capacities 7 unformatted 9 CDB 12 abort CE Marking 3...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A DC power requirements 19 emissions 38 DCRT bit 40 environmental interference 15 dedicated landing zone 5 environmental limits 21 default 36 environmental requirements 15 default mode parameter 31 error management 29 default values 43 error rates 15 defect and error management 29 error recovery 29...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A non-shielded cable connectors 50 notch and partition page 41 radiated emissions 38 random data 15 RCD bit 11 operating options 31 read buffer command 41 option jumper 31 read capacity command 41 location 31 read command 41 option select headers 48 read defect data command 41...
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47 SCSI timing 62 periods supported 48 SCSI-3 (Fast-20) interface 5 synchronous data transfer req. Seagate support service 31 SCSI message 39 search data equal command 42 synchronous transfer rate 9 search data high command 42 search data low command 42...
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Elite 23 Product Manual, Rev. A warranty 16 wide data transfer request SCSI message 39 write and verify command 42 write buffer command 42 write cache enable 12 write command 42 write error counter page 40 write errors 15 write extended command 42 write long command 42 write retry count 29 write same command 42...
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