Inquiry data | Seagate ST2000NM0063 guide

11.3.1Inquiry data

Table 9 lists the Inquiry command data that the drive should return to the initiator per the format given in the SAS Interface Manual.

Table 9 Constellation ES.1 inquiry data
Bytes	Data (hex)

0-15	00	00	xx**	12	8B	00	30	02	53	45	41	47	41	54	45	20	Vendor ID
16-31	[53	54	32	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	30	31}	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	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00

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	32*	*Copyright
112-127	30*	31*	33*	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

*Copyright year (changes with actual year).

**SCSI Revision support. See the appropriate SPC release documentation for definitions. PP 10 = Inquiry data for an Inquiry command received on Port A.

30 = 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 26 reflect model of drive. The table above shows the hex values for Model ST2000NM0001.
	Refer to the values below for the values of bytes 16 through 26 of your particular model:
	ST2000NM0001	53	54	32	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	30	31
	ST2000NM0021	53	54	32	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	32	31
	ST2000NM0041	53	54	32	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	34	31
	ST1000NM0001	53	54	31	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	30	31
	ST1000NM0021	53	54	31	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	32	31
	ST1000NM0041	53	54	31	30	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	34	31
	ST500NM0001	53	54	35	30	30	4E	4D	30	30	30	31
	ST500NM0021	53	54	35	35	30	4E	4D	30	30	32	31
	ST500NM0041	53	54	35	35	30	4E	4D	30	30	34	31

CONSTELLATION ES.1 SAS PRODUCT MANUAL, REV. G

ST2000NM0063 specifications

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