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The Ready LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the proper +3.3 volt supply through an
appropriate current limiting resistor. The LED and the current limiting resistor are external to the drive. See Table 12 for the output characteristics of
the LED drive signals.
Table 12 LED drive signal
State
LED off, high
LED on, low
10.5.2 Differential signals
The drive SAS differential signals comply with the intra-enclosure (internal connector) requirements of the SAS standard.
Table 13 defines the general interface characteristics.
Table 13 General interface characteristics
Characteristic
Bit rate (nominal)
Unit interval (UI) (nominal)
Impedance (nominal, differential)
Transmitter transients, maximum
Receiver transients, maximum
10.6
SAS-3 Specification Compliance
Seagate SAS-3 compatible drives are compliant with the latest SAS-3 Specification (T10/BSR INCITS 519 rev. 06).
The main difference from SAS-2 is the Tx and Rx training that allows the host and drive to adjust the amplitude and emphasis values to the channel.
The receiver still employs Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) and Feed Forward Equalizer (FFE) circuitry to accomplish this training.
1.
A Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) which utilizes the standard SAS-2 training pattern transmitted during the SNW-3 training gap. The DFE cir-
cuit can derive an optimal equalization characteristic to compensate for many of the receive losses in the system.
2.
A Feed Forward Equalizer (FFE) optimized to provide balanced receive margins over a range of channels bounded by the best and worst case
channels as defined by the relevant ANSI standard.
10.7
Additional information
Please contact the Seagate representative for SAS electrical details, if required.
For more information about the Phy, Link, Transport, and Applications layers of the SAS interface, refer to the Seagate SAS Interface Manual, part
number 100293071.
For more information about the SCSI commands used by Seagate SAS drives, refer to the Seagate SCSI Commands Reference Manual, part number
100293068.
Seagate Enterprise Performance - 3.5 HDD SAS Product Manual, Rev. B
Test condition
≤
≤
0 V
V
3.6 V
OH
I
= 15 mA
OL
Units
Mbaud
ps
ohm
V
V
Output voltage
<
<
-100 μA
I
100 μA
OH
≤
≤
0
V
0.225 V
OL
3.0Gb/s
6.0Gb/s
3,000
6,000
333.3
166.6
100
100
± 1.2
± 1.2
± 1.2
± 1.2
12 Gbps
12000
83.3
100
± 1.2
± 1.2
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