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Seagate ST31230N/ND Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 ......ST31230N/ND ......

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Technical support services ........12 Hawk 2LP family product information ....15 Initial set-up information ........17 Drive configuration ..........22 Drive installation ........... 30 © 1994 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 77767473, Revision B October 1994 Seagate ®...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction This manual is organized to assist you in the installation and operation of your Seagate Hawk 2LP Family disc drive. Family models are listed in Hawk 2LP Family Product Information section. It also provides informa- tion to aid in obtaining service for the drive.
  • Page 4 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and Regulations nor the Radio Interference Regula- tions of the Canadian Department of Communications. However, the unit has been tested using proper shield- ing and grounding and found to be compliant with the Class A limits of the FCC Rules and the Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Before you begin Verify that the system is switched off and discon- nected from main power before any installation is attempted. Protect yourself, the drive, and your valuable pro- grams and data by reading the following cautions and warnings.
  • Page 6 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • When transporting or shipping a drive or system, please ensure that they are correctly packed in original Seagate approved (or equivalent) container and shipped via an air-ride carrier experienced in handling computer equipment. • Do not unpack drive from its static shielded bag until you are ready to install it in the system.
  • Page 7 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Static electrical charges can accumulate quickly on personnel, clothing and synthetic materials. The electrostatic fields due to these charges when brought in close prox- imity to susceptible circuit assemblies and components, can result in degraded reliabil- ity or immediate failure of the affected com- ponent or assembly.
  • Page 8 4. The power supply must satisfy the safety require- ments for SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) cir- cuits. 5. Service is to be provided by trained Seagate ser- vice personnel. 6. The incorporation of the disc drives listed in this...
  • Page 9 3. Die Versorgungsspannungen werden in der Sektion Produkt Information gezeigt. 4. Die Versorgungsspannung muss SELV entspre- chen. 5. Alle Arbeiten dürfen nur von ausgebildetem Seagate Service-Personal durchgefürhrt werden. 6. Der Einbau des Drives muss den Anforderungen gemäss DIN VDE 0805:1993 oder EN60950:1992 (IEC 950).

  • Page 10: Installation Overview

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Installation Overview Installation of the drive can be divided into distinct phases. Some of these may not be applicable to all system installation requirements. Refer to the indi- vidual drive installation sections for specific information on your drive model.
  • Page 11 If an installed drive is low-level formatted, all user data will be lost. Note: Seagate Technology assumes no liability for lost user data. • Partitioning and high level formatting: A drive can be sub-divided into "partitions"...

  • Page 12: Product Repair

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Product repair information Service requirements The special facilities required for the manufacture of these drives generally prohibit repair in the field. If problems occur during installation, please contact your supplier for assistance. Do not attempt to disassemble or repair.

  • Page 13: Shipping

    Shipping: When transporting or shipping a drive, a Seagate approved container must be used. Keep your original box. They are easily identified by the Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in a non- approved container voids the drive warranty.

  • Page 14: Technical Support Services

    Authorized Distributors. Please contact your dealer for technical support and installation troubleshooting. Product Technical Sup- port is available for all Seagate products by calling the SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD or SeaBOARD ser- vices. These are toll calls.
  • Page 15 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SeaFONE telephone number: 408/438-8222 The enhanced phone system provides recorded tech- nical information on selected Seagate products while you are on hold. Technical support specialists are available to answer questions from 8:00 AM to 5:00PM PST, Monday through Friday. Recordings are acces- sible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • Page 16 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ With this service you can access: • Specifications and jumper configurations for all Seagate products. • Reprints of Seagate documentation. • A directory of information and helpful utilities that you can download to your own computer. Modem Maximum...

  • Page 17: Hawk 2Lp Family Product Information

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hawk 2LP Family product information Characteristics of the various drives covered by this manual are listed in the following table. Legend for table column meanings: capacity, unformatted Gigabytes capacity, formatted megabytes [1] number of cylinders, user accessible number of heads + 5 V typical current [2], Amps...
  • Page 18 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes. [1] Standard units are factory formatted with 512 data bytes per sector with one spare sector per track and 2 cylinders at inner tracks reserved for spares in addition to capacity listed. All spare sectors are on one track.

  • Page 19: Initial Set-Up Information

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Initial set-up information For the initial setup connect the cables or plug into a mounted connector (if applicable), set the drive ID on the bus and enable or disable the I/O line terminator IC ("N"...
  • Page 20 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DC Power connection The drives receive DC power through a 4 pin connector mounted on the PCB next to the SCSI I/O connector. See figure below. 50 Pin SCSI I/O DC Power Power Connector Connector...
  • Page 21 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bus termination Model "N" drives have an active terminator IC that is permanently installed, but can be enabled or disabled by a jumper plug. See jumper in Figure 3a. If you are installing a single drive, the terminator IC must remain enabled.
  • Page 22 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Read/Write head auto-park Seagate disc drives described herein mentioned in this drive park the heads automatically at power off. This feature requires no operator intervention. Optional parity bit enable Some systems require parity bit checking. Consult the system documentation for the specific requirements.
  • Page 23 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pin 1 50 Pin SCSI I/O Connector Figure 2. Hawk 2LP family N/ND model drives I/O connection (50 pin SCSI I/O connector). "N" model drive terminators (not visible) are not removable.

  • Page 24: Drive Configuration

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Drive configuration Each disc drive has one or more option select header connectors on the back, side or front where jumper plugs are installed to select the way that the drive is to be configured or to select its ID on the I/O bus.
  • Page 25 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCSI I/O See Figure 3b Connector Pin 1 Drive with HDA up, Pin 1 End PCB down, viewed from front Pin 1 Drive Front DC Power Connector Reserved A 2 A 1 A 0 SCSI ID = 0 Pin 1 SCSI ID = 1...
  • Page 26 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Side View of Drive Pin 1 SCSI I/O Connector A 0 A 1 A 2 Pin 1 SCSI ID = 0 SCSI ID = 1 SCSI ID = 2 Drive Front SCSI ID = 3 DC Power SCSI ID = 4 Connector...
  • Page 27 "On" means a jumper is installed. Off or On underlined is factory default condition. Suggested part number for the unusual J2 jumper is Molex 52747-0211 (Seagate P/N 77679052). [2] "ND" models do not have terminators on the drive PCB, so these jumpers are not applicable.
  • Page 28 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ J2 Jumper Position Jumper Function Description (Applies to "N" models only) With the jumper installed, the On-board (non- removable) terminator circuits are enabled (con- nected to the I/O lines). Default is jumper in- stalled.
  • Page 29 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ J2 continued from previous page Parity checking and parity error reporting by the drive is enabled. Drive does not report result of parity checking to host. Default is a PE jumper installed. Off/On Reserved.
  • Page 30 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ continued from previous page TP Position A ("N" family models only) This horizontally positioned jumper across the two TP positions nearest PCB edge, connects terminator power from SCSI bus I/O pin 26 to the drive's internal terminators.
  • Page 31 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ J6 continued from previous page These pins used to connect a cable for a remote LED indicator. Pin 3 (top, nearest HDA), the anode connection, connects in the drive to the +5V supply through a pull-up resistor. Pin 4 (bottom), the cathode connection connects in the drive to signal common through the emitter- collector junction of a transistor switch that...

  • Page 32: Drive Installation

    Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Drive installation This section describes the physical mounting of the drive in the host cabinet and the logical installation as a system member, which is called drive setup. Disc drive mounting Do not touch the connector pins or any PCB compo- nents without observing static-discharge precautions.
  • Page 33 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Verify that all connections between the drive and the host system are correctly installed. Most cables have a contrasting color stripe indicating pin 1. Pin 1 on the drive I/O connector and the DC power connector are indicated in the figures in the Initial Set-up Informa- tion section.
  • Page 34 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ L [4] Notes: [1] Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Maximum torque 6 in-lb (.675 NM). Min. thread engagement 0.12 in. (3.0 mm). [2] Mounting holes four on bottom, 6-32 UNC.
  • Page 35 Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 connected directly to the HDA and PCB with no electrically isolating shock mounts.
  • Page 36 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, CA. 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 77767473, Rev. B Printed in USA...

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