2.2Formatted Capacity; Fast Format - Logical Sector Size Conversion - Seagate Exos 7E10 Product Manual

2.2Formatted capacity

ST models
ST10000NM002B, ST10000NM006B,
ST10000NM014B, ST10000NM017B,
ST10000NM019B, ST10000NM021B,
ST10000NM023B, ST10000NM025B
ST8000NM002B, ST8000NM006B, ST8000NM014B,
ST8000NM017B, ST8000NM019B, ST8000NM021B,
ST8000NM023B, ST8000NM025B
ST6000NM004B, ST6000NM008B, ST6000NM016B,
ST6000NM019B, ST6000NM021B, ST6000NM023B,
ST6000NM025B, ST6000NM027B
ST4000NM004B, ST4000NM010B, ST4000NM022B,
ST4000NM024B, ST4000NM028B, ST4000NM030B
ST2000NM004B, ST2000NM010B, ST2000NM014B,
ST2000NM017B, ST2000NM019B
* One GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
Note. LBA Counts for drive capacities greater than 8TB are calculated based upon the
SFF-8447 standard publication.
2.2.1

Fast Format - logical sector size conversion

n Drive supports either 512E or 4KN logical sector size formats
n SET SECTOR CONFIGURATION EXT (B2h) command (ACS-4 Standard) quickly converts between 512 and 4096 byte logical sector
size formats
n The selected sector size change occurs immediately upon command completion
n Default shipping format is 512E
Table 2 SET SECTOR CONFIGURATION EXT command inputs
Field
FEATURE
COUNT
LBA
DEVICE
COMMAND
n COMMAND CHECK field value is taken from the DESCRIPTOR CHECK field in the descriptor specified by the SECTOR
CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTOR INDEX field
n SECTOR CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTOR INDEX field specifies the Sector Configuration descriptor in the Set Sector
Configuration log page
Seagate Exos 7E10 Serial ATA Product Manual, Rev. B
Formatted
capacity*
10TB
8TB
6TB
4TB
2TB
ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8447.PDF
Description
COMMAND CHECK field
Bit Description
15 : 3 Reserved
2:0 SECTOR CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTOR INDEX field
Reserved
Bit Description
7 Obsolete
6 N/A
5 Obsolete
4 Transport Dependent
3:0 Reserved
7:0 B2h
Guaranteed Bytes per
sectors logical sector
19,532,873,728
15,628,053,168
512
11,721,045,168
7,814,037,168
3,907,029,168
Guaranteed Bytes per
sectors logical sector
2,441,609,216
1,953,506,646
4096
(see Section
1,465,130,646
976,754,646
488,378,646
2.2.1)
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