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8.0Installation

Cheetah disk drive installation is a plug-and-play process. There are no jumpers, switches, or terminators on the drive.

SAS drives are designed to be used in a host system that provides a SAS-compatible backplane with bays designed to accommodate the drive. In such systems, the host system typically provides a carrier or tray into which you need to mount the drive. Mount the drive to the carrier or tray provided by the host system using four 6-32 UNC screws. Do not over-tighten or force the screws. You can mount the drive in any orientation.

Note. SAS drives are designed to be attached to the host system without I/O or power cables. If you intend the use the drive in a non-backplane host system, connecting the drive using high-quality cables is acceptable as long as the I/O cable length does not exceed 4 meters (13.1 feet).

Slide the carrier or tray into the appropriate bay in your host system using the instructions provided by the host system. This connects the drive directly to your system’s SAS connector. The SAS connector is normally located on a SAS backpanel. See Section 9.4.1 for additional information about these connectors.

Power is supplied through the SAS connector.

The drive is shipped from the factory low-level formatted in 512-byte logical blocks. You need to reformat the drive only if you want to select a different logical block size.

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8.1Drive orientation

The drive may be mounted in any orientation. All drive performance characterizations, however, have been done with the drive in horizontal (disks level) and vertical (drive on its side) orientations, which are the two pre- ferred mounting orientations.

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Contents ST3450856SS ST3300656SS ST3146356SS Cheetah 15K.6 SASPage Contents Installation Defect and error managementSeagate Technology support services Interface requirementsCheetah 15K.6 SAS disk drive List of FiguresCheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a Cheetah 15K.6 SAS disk drive ScopeCheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a Standards Standards, compliance and reference documentsElectromagnetic compatibility Electromagnetic susceptibilityEuropean Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS ComplianceReference documents Cheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a General description Media description Standard featuresPerformance Options factory installed Factory-installed accessoriesReliability Formatted capacitiesCheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a Internal drive characteristics Performance characteristicsAccess time Seek timeGeneral performance characteristics Format command execution time minutesStart/stop time Cache operation Prefetch/multi-segmented cache controlPrefetch operation Caching write dataError rates Reliability specificationsRecoverable Errors Unrecoverable ErrorsSeek errors Reliability and serviceInterface errors Preventive maintenanceControlling S.M.A.R.T 4 S.M.A.R.TPerformance impact MillisecondsDetermining rate Reporting controlPredictive failures Thermal monitorPrimary Temperature Temperature Log Page 0DhReference Temperature Parameter Code DescriptionInvoking DST State of the drive prior to testingShort and extended tests Short test Function Code 001bAbort Product warrantyShipping Product repair and return informationCheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a AC power requirements Physical/electrical specificationsDC power requirements ST3450856SS DC power requirementsST3146356SS DC power requirements ST3300656SS DC power requirementsST3300656SS Gbit mode Amps ST3146356SS Gbit mode AmpsPower sequencing General DC power requirement notesConducted noise immunity Current profilesTypical ST3450856SS current profiles Typical ST3300656SS current profiles Typical ST3146356SS current profiles ST3450856SS in 3 Gbit operation Power dissipationST3300656SS in 3 Gbit operation ST3300656SS CURRENT/POWER vs Throughput SAS 3.0GBST3146356SS in 3 Gbit operation ST3146356SS CURRENT/POWER vs Throughput SAS 3.0GBRandom 8 Block Reads Environmental limits TemperatureEffective altitude sea level Relative humidityShock and vibration ShockRecommended mounting Package size Packaged/product weight Drop heightVibration Air cleanlinessAcoustics Corrosive environmentMechanical specifications Physical dimensions Cheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a Drive internal defects/errors Defect and error managementDrive error recovery procedures 51.87 Background Media Scan SAS system errorsMedia Pre-Scan Idle Read After Write Deferred Auto-ReallocationDrive orientation InstallationAir flow CoolingGrounding Drive mountingCheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a Interface requirements SAS featuresDual port support Commands supported by Cheetah 15K.6 SAS family drives Scsi commands supportedCommand name Command code Supported Commands supported by Cheetah 15K.6 SAS family drives Commands supported by Cheetah 15K.6 SAS family drives Commands supported by Cheetah 15K.6 SAS family drives Inquiry data Mode Sense dataBytes Data hex Page Mode Pages 2.1 ST3450856SS Mode Sense data2.2 ST3300656SS Mode Sense data 2.3 ST3146356SS Mode Sense data Miscellaneous features Miscellaneous operating features and conditionsSupported Feature or condition Miscellaneous statusSAS physical interface Datum B Connector requirements Physical characteristicsElectrical description Pin Signal name Signal typePin descriptions SAS pin descriptionsPower Signal characteristicsSAS transmitters and receivers Ready LED OutDifferential signals LED drive signalGeneral interface characteristics Eye masks Eye masks overviewJitter tolerance masks Receive eye maskAbsolute amplitude Normalized time in UISinusoidal Peak-toJitter Frequency in kHzSignal characteristica Units Gbps Transmitter signal characteristicsSignal characteristic Units Gbps Receiver signal characteristicsMaximum allowable jitter Gbps m, n Deterministic jitterqReceiver jitter tolerance Impedance specificationsCompliant jitter test pattern Cjtpat Impedance requirements Sheet 1Impedance requirements Sheet 2 Transmitter characteristicsElectrical TxRx connections = -5,437dB Shows the zero-length test load Receiver characteristics Cheetah 15K.6 SAS Product Manual, Rev. a Internet Seagate Technology support servicesPresales Support Technical SupportData Recovery Services Authorized Service Centers Warranty ServiceData Recovery Services Call Center Toll-free Direct dial Numerics IndexPage SAS See also cooling