Product manual
Table Of Contents
- Barracuda 18FC Disc Drive
- ST118273FC
- Product Manual, Volume 1
- Barracuda 18FC Disc Drive
- ST118273FC
- Product Manual, Volume 1
- Revision status summary sheet
- Contents
- 1.0 Scope 1
- 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation 3
- 3.0 General description 5
- 4.0 Performance characteristics 9
- 5.0 Reliability specifications 13
- 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications 19
- 7.0 Defect and error management 25
- 8.0 Installation 27
- 9.0 Interface requirements 33
- 9.1 FC-AL features 33
- 9.1.1 Fibre Channel link service frames 33
- 9.1.2 Fibre Channel task management functions 33
- 9.1.3 Fibre Channel task management responses 33
- 9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login 34
- 9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept 35
- 9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login (PRLI) 35
- 9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Accept (ACC) 35
- 9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login 36
- 9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login 37
- 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options 38
- 9.2 Dual port support 38
- 9.3 SCSI commands supported 39
- 9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions 45
- 9.5 FC-AL physical interface 46
- 9.5.1 Physical characteristics 46
- 9.5.2 Connector requirements 47
- 9.5.3 Electrical description 48
- 9.5.4 Pin descriptions 48
- 9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers 49
- 9.5.6 Power 49
- 9.5.7 Fault LED Out 49
- 9.5.8 Active LED Out 49
- 9.5.9 Enable port bypass signals 50
- 9.5.10 Motor start controls 50
- 9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines 50
- 9.6 Signal characteristics 52
- 9.1 FC-AL features 33
- 10.0 Seagate Technology support services 55
- List of Figures
- Figure 1. Barracuda 18FC family disc drive 1
- Figure 2. Barracuda 18FC disc drive 5
- Figure 3. Typical Barracuda 18FC drive +12V current profile 20
- Figure 4. Mounting configuration dimensions 23
- Figure 5. Physical interface 27
- Figure 6. LED indicator connector 28
- Figure 7. Air flow 29
- Figure 8. PCBA temperature measurement locations 30
- Figure 9. HDA case temperature measurement location 30
- Figure 10. Physical interface 46
- Figure 11. Port bypass circuit physical interconnect 46
- Figure 12. FC-AL SCA device connector dimensions 47
- Figure 13. J6 connector dimensions 47
- Figure 14. FC-AL transmitters and receivers 49
- Figure 15. Transmit eye diagram 53
- Figure 16. Receive eye diagram 53
- Contents
- 1.0 Scope
- 2.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation
- 3.0 General description
- 4.0 Performance characteristics
- 4.1 Internal drive characteristics
- 4.2 Seek performance characteristics
- 4.3 Start/stop time
- 4.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control
- 4.5 Cache operation
- 1. Drive transfers to the initiator the first logical block requested plus all subsequent contigu...
- 2. When a requested logical block is reached that is not in any segment, the drive fetches it and...
- 3. The drive prefetches additional logical blocks contiguous to those transferred in step 2 above...
- 1. The drive fetches the requested logical blocks from the disc and transfers them into a segment...
- 2. The drive prefetches additional logical blocks contiguous to those transferred in Case A, step...
- 4.5.1 Caching write data
- 5.0 Reliability specifications
- 6.0 Physical/electrical specifications
- 6.1 AC power requirements
- 6.2 DC power requirements
- Table 1: DC power requirements
- [1] Measured with average reading DC ammeter. Instantaneous +12V current peaks will exceed these ...
- [2] A –10% tolerance is allowed during initial spindle start but must return to ±5% before reachi...
- [3] See +12V current profile in Figure 3.
- [4] This condition occurs when the Motor Start option is enabled and the drive has not yet receiv...
- [5] See paragraph 6.2.1, “Conducted noise immunity.” Specified voltage tolerance includes ripple,...
- [6] Operating condition is defined as random seek reads of 64 blocks.
- [7] All power saving features enabled.
- [8] During idle, the heads are relocated every 60 seconds to a random location within the band fr...
- 1. Minimum current loading for each supply voltage is not less than 4% of the maximum operating c...
- 2. The +5V and +12V supplies should employ separate ground returns.
- 3. Where power is provided to multiple drives from a common supply, careful consideration for ind...
- 6.2.1 Conducted noise immunity
- 6.2.2 Power sequencing
- 6.2.3 Current profiles
- 6.3 Power dissipation
- 6.4 Environmental limits
- a. Operating
- b. Non-operating
- a. Operating
- b. Non-operating
- a. Operating
- b. Non-operating
- a. Operating (normal)
- b. Operating (abnormal)
- c. Non-operating
- d. Packaged
- a. Operating (normal)
- b. Operating (abnormal)
- c. Non-operating
- 7.0 Defect and error management
- 8.0 Installation
- 8.1 Drive ID/option selection
- 8.2 LED connections
- Figure 5. Physical interface
- [1] The drive has a 2.2K ohm resistor in series with this LED driver. Tie the minus side of an ex...
- [2] An external current-limiting resistor is required when connecting an LED to this pin. The min...
- [3] Jumper storage location (across pins 2 and 4).
- 8.2.1 J6 connector requirements
- 8.3 Drive orientation
- 8.4 Cooling
- 8.5 Drive mounting
- 8.6 Grounding
- 9.0 Interface requirements
- 9.1 FC-AL features
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- 05
- 9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login
- 9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept
- 9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login (PRLI)
- 9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Accept (ACC)
- 9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login
- 9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login
- 9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options
- 9.2 Dual port support
- 9.3 SCSI commands supported
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- [1] Barracuda 18FC drives can format to any multiple of four bytes per logical block in the range...
- [2] Warning. Power loss during flash programming can result in firmware corruption. This usually ...
- [3] Reference Mode Sense command 1Ah for mode pages supported.
- 9.3.1 Inquiry data
- 9.3.2 Mode Sense data
- A7
- 00
- 10
- 08
- 02
- 1E
- B3
- 90
- 00
- 00
- 02
- 00
- <------------------------------------------------ Mode sense pages data -------------------------...
- DEF
- 81
- 0A
- C0
- 0C
- E8
- 00
- 00
- 00
- 05
- 00
- FF
- FF
- CHG
- 81
- 0A
- FF
- FF
- 00
- 00
- 00
- 00
- FF
- 00
- FF
- FF
- DEF
- 82
- 0E
- 80
- 80
- 00
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- 00
- 00
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- 00
- 02
- 2B
- 00
- 00
- 00
- 00
- CHG
- 82
- 0E
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- FF
- 00
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- FF
- FF
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- DEF
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- 16
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- 80
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- ED
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- 01
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- 40
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- CHG
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- 1C
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- CHG
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- CHG
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- CHG
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- CHG
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- 40
- <--- Read capacity data --->
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- B3
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- 9.5 FC-AL physical interface
- Figure 10. Physical interface
- 9.5.1 Physical characteristics
- 9.5.2 Connector requirements
- 9.5.3 Electrical description
- 9.5.4 Pin descriptions
- 9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers
- 9.5.6 Power
- 9.5.7 Fault LED Out
- 9.5.8 Active LED Out
- 9.5.9 Enable port bypass signals
- 9.5.10 Motor start controls
- 9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines
- 9.6 Signal characteristics
- 9.5 FC-AL physical interface
- 10.0 Seagate Technology support services

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9.3.1 Inquiry data
Table 14 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the
Fibre Channel Interface Manual
.
Table 14: Barracuda 18FC inquiry data
* Copyright year (changes with actual year).
** 02 = SCSI-2 implemented with some SCSI-3 features (default).
PP 50 = Inquiry data for an Inquiry command received on Port A.
70 = Inquiry data for an Inquiry command received on Port B.
R# Four ASCII digits representing the last four digits of the product firmware release number.
S# Eight ASCII digits representing the eight digits of the product serial number.
[ ] Bytes 16 through 25 reflect drive model.
9.3.2 Mode Sense data
The Mode Sense command provides a way for the drive to report its operating parameters to the initiator. The
drive maintains four sets of mode parameters:
1. Default values
Default values are hard-coded in the drive firmware stored in flash E-PROM (nonvolatile memory) on the
drive’s PCBA. These default values can be changed only by downloading a complete set of new firmware
into the flash E-PROM. An initiator can request and receive from the drive a list of default values and use
those in a Mode Select command to set up new current and saved values, where the values are change-
able.
2. Saved values
Saved values are stored on the drive’s media using a Mode Select command. Only parameter values that
are allowed to be changed can be changed by this method. Parameters in the saved values list that are not
changeable by the Mode Select command get their values from default values storage.
When power is applied to the drive, it takes saved values from the media and stores them as current values
in volatile memory. It is not possible to change the current values (or the saved values) with a Mode Select
command before the drive achieves operating speed and is “ready.” An attempt to do so results in a “Check
Condition” status.
On drives requiring unique saved values, the required unique saved values are stored into the saved val-
ues storage location on the media prior to shipping the drive. Some drives may have unique firmware with
unique default values also.
On standard OEM drives, the saved values are taken from the default values list and stored into the saved
values storage location on the media prior to shipping.
3. Current values
Current values are volatile values being used by the drive to control its operation. A Mode Select command
can be used to change the values identified as changeable values. Originally, current values are installed
from saved or default values after a power on reset, hard reset, or Bus Device Reset message.
Bytes Data (hex)
0-15 00 00 ** 22 8F 00 PP 02 53 45 41 47 41 54 45 20 Vendor ID
16-31 [53 54 31 31 38 32 37 33 46 43] 20 20 20 20 20 20 Product ID
32-47 R# R# R# R# S# S# S# S# S# S# S# S# 00 00 00 00
48-63 00000000000000000000000000000000
64-79 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80-95 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
96-111 00 43 6F 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 28 63 29 20 31* *Copyright
112-127 39* 39* 38* 20 53 65 61 67 61 74 65 20 41 6C 6C 20 notice
128-143 72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20