User Manual

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. K 7

1.0 Scope

This manual describes Seagate Technology

LLC, Constellation.2

SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disk drives.

Constellation.2 SAS drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SAS

Interface Manual (part number 100293071) describes the general SAS characteristics of this and other Seagate SAS

drives. The Self-Encrypting Drive Reference Manual, part number 100515636, describes the interface, general opera-

tion, and security features available on Self-Encrypting Drive models.

Product data communicated in this manual is specific only to the model numbers listed in this manual. The data listed

in this manual may not be predictive of future generation specifications or requirements. If you are designing a system

which will use one of the models listed or future generation products and need further assistance, please contact your

Field Applications Engineer (FAE) or our global support services group as shown in (“Seagate® Technology Support

Services” on page 6).

Unless otherwise stated, the information in this manual applies to standard and Self-Encrypting Drive models.

Note. Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption (FDE)

models before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryption was nec

essary.

Note. The Self-Encrypting Drive models indicated on the cover of this product manual have provisions for

“Security of Data at Rest” based on the standards defined by the Trusted Computing Group (see

www.trustedcomputinggroup.org).

For more information on FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification Section 7.0 on page 44.

Model Number Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) FIPS 140-2 Level 2

ST91000642SS Yes Yes

ST91000641SS Yes No

ST91000640SS No No

ST9500622SS Yes Yes

ST9500621SS Yes No

ST9500620SS No No