Preface
This manual describes MAV2073RC and MAV2036RC, 2.5" type hard disk drives with an embedded Serial Attached SCSI (SAS).
This manual details the specifications and functions of the above disk drive, and gives the requirements and procedures for installing it into a host computer system.
This manual is written for users who have a basic understanding of hard disk drives and their use in computer systems. The MANUAL ORGANIZATION section describes organization and scope of this manual. The need arises, use the other manuals.
The organization of this manual, related reference manual and conventions for alert messages follow.
Overview of Manual
This manual consists of the following seven chapters and one appendix:
Chapter 1 General Description
This chapter introduces the disk drives and discusses their standard features, hardware, and system configuration.
Chapter 2 Specifications
This chapter gives detailed specifications of the disk drives and their installation environment.
Chapter 3 Data Format
This chapter describes the data structure of the disk, the address method, and what to do about media defects.
Chapter 4 Installation Requirements
This chapter describes the basic physical and electrical requirements for installing the disk drives.
Chapter 5 Installation
This chapter explains how to install the disk drives. It includes the notice and procedures for setting device number and operation modes, mounting the disk drive, and confirming drive operation.
Chapter 6 Diagnostics and Maintenance
This chapter describes the automatic diagnosis, and maintenance of the disk drive. This chapter also describes diagnostic methods for operation check and the basics of troubleshooting the disk drives.
Chapter 7 Error Analysis
This chapter describes in details how collect the information for error analysis and how analyze collected error information.
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