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10.8Protection Information (PI)

Protection Information is intended as a standardized approach to system level LRC traditionally provided by systems using 520 byte formatted LBAs. Drives formatted with PI information provide the same, common LBA count (i.e. same capacity point) as non-PI formatted drives. Sequential performance of a PI drive will be reduced by approximately 1.56% due to the extra overhead of PI being transferred from the media that is not calculated as part of the data transferred to the host. To determine the full transfer rate of a PI drive, transfers should be calculated by adding the 8 extra bytes of PI to the transferred LBA length, i.e. 512 + 8 = 520. PI for- matted drives are physically formatted to 520 byte sectors that store 512 bytes of customer data with 8 bytes of Protection Information appended to it. The advantage of PI is that the Protection Information bits can be man- aged at the HBA and HBA driver level. Allowing a system that typically does not support 520 LBA formats to integrate this level of protection.

Protection Information is valid with any supported LBA size. 512 LBA size is used here as common example.

10.8.1Levels of PI

There are 4 types of Protection Information.

Type 0 - Describes a drive that is not formatted with PI information bytes. This allows for legacy support in non- PI systems.

Type 1 - Provides support of PI protection using 10 and 16 byte commands. The RDPROTECT and WRTPRO- TECT bits allow for checking control through the CDB. Eight bytes of Protection Information are transmitted at LBA boundaries across the interface if RDPROTECT and WRTPROTECT bits are nonzero values. Type 1 does not allow the use of 32 byte commands.

Type 2 - Provides checking control and additional expected fields within the 32 byte CDBs. Eight bytes of Pro- tection Information are transmitted at LBA boundaries across the interface if RDPROTECT and WRTPRO- TECT bits are nonzero values. Type 2 does allow the use of 10 and 16 byte commands with zero values in the RDPROTECT and WRTPROTECT fields. The drive will generate 8 bytes (e.g.0xFFFF) 8 bytes of Protection Information to be stored on the media, but the 8 bytes will not be transferred to the host during a read com- mand.

Type 3 - Seagate products do not support Type 3.

10.8.2Setting and determining the current Type Level

A drive is initialized to a type of PI by using the format command on a PI capable drive. Once a drive is format- ted to a PI Type, it may be queried by a Read Capacity (16) command to report the PI type which it is currently formatted to. PI Types cannot coexist on a single drive. A drive can only be formatted to a single PI Type. It can be changed at anytime to a new Type but requires a low level format which destroys all existing data on the drive. No other vehicle for changing the PI type is provided by the T10 SBC3 specification.

Type 1 PI format CDB command:

04

90 00 00 00 00,

Write Buffer: 00 A0 00 00

Type 2 PI format CDB command:

04

D0 00 00 00 00,

Write Buffer: 00 A0 00 00

10.8.3Identifying a Protection Information drive

The Standard Inquiry provides a bit to indicate if PI is support by the drive. Vital Product Descriptor (VPD) page 0x86 provides bits to indicate the PI Types supported and which PI fields the drive supports checking.

Note. For further details with respect to PI, please refer to SCSI Block Commands - 3 (SBC-3) Draft Stan- dard documentation.

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Contents Standard Model Self-Encrypting Drive Model ST33000650SSST33000651SSSED Fips 140-2 Model Review Pending ST33000652SS Revision history Contents Installation Defect and error managementAbout Fips About self-encrypting drives Interface requirementsPage Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D List of Figures Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D Seagate Online Support and Services Seagate Technology support servicesScope Standards Applicable standards and reference documentationElectromagnetic compatibility Electromagnetic susceptibilityElectromagnetic compliance for the European Union Electromagnetic complianceAustralian C-Tick Korean KCCEuropean Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Self-Encrypting Drives Reference Manual Reference documentsGeneral description Media description Standard featuresPerformance Reliability Factory-installed optionsFormatted capacities Programmable drive capacityInternal drive characteristics Performance characteristicsSeek performance characteristics Access timeStart/stop time General performance characteristicsCache 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 Reporting controlPredictive failures Temperature Log Page 0Dh Parameter Code DescriptionThermal monitor Drive Self Test DST State of the drive prior to testingDST failure definition ImplementationShort test Function Code 001b Short and extended testsExtended test Function Code 010b Log page entriesShipping Product warrantyStorage Product repair and return informationPowerChoiceTM power management Physical/electrical specificationsPowerChoice modes DC power requirements AC power requirementsPage Power sequencing General DC power requirement notesConducted noise immunity TB model current profiles Current profiles3TB models in 3Gb operation Power dissipation3TB models in 6Gb operation Environmental limits Temperature a. OperatingRelative humidity Shock and vibration Effective altitude sea level a. OperatingShock Recommended mounting Vibration a. Operating-normal Air cleanlinessAcoustics Corrosive environmentSee Section Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D Mounting configuration dimensions Mechanical specificationsPurpose About FipsLevel 2 security Admin SP Controlled accessAbout self-encrypting drives Data encryptionRandom number generator RNG Default passwordDrive locking Data bandsPower requirements Authenticated firmware downloadSupported commands RevertSPDrive internal defects/errors Defect and error managementDrive error recovery procedures Background Media Scan SAS system errorsDeferred Auto-Reallocation Media Pre-ScanIdle Read After Write Protection Information PI Setting and determining the current Type LevelLevels of PI Identifying a Protection Information driveDrive orientation InstallationAir flow CoolingGrounding Drive mountingInterface requirements SAS featuresDual port support Supported commands Scsi commands supportedSupported commands Supported commands Supported commands Inquiry data Mode Sense dataConstellation ES.2 inquiry data Page Mode Sense data changeable and default values for 3TB drives Miscellaneous features Miscellaneous operating features and conditionsMiscellaneous status SAS physical interface Datum B Section C C Section a a Connector requirements Physical characteristicsElectrical description Pin descriptionsPower Signal characteristicsSAS transmitters and receivers Ready LED OutLED drive signal SAS-2 Specification ComplianceDifferential signals General interface characteristicsNumerics IndexKCC Msid Mtbf See also cooling Page Constellation ES.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. D Page Seagate Technology LLC

ST33000652SS, ST33000650SS, ST33000651SS specifications

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