3.0General description
Barracuda ES.2 drives combine Tunneling Magnetoresistive (TMR) heads and a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface to provide high performance, high capacity data storage for a variety of systems including engineer- ing workstations, network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. The Serial Attached SCSI interface is designed to meet
Barracuda ES.2 drives are random access storage devices designed to support the Serial Attached SCSI Pro- tocol as described in the ANSI specifications, this document, and the SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071) which describes the general interface characteristics of this drive. Barracuda ES.2 drives are clas- sified as intelligent peripherals and provide level 2 conformance (highest level) with the ANSI
The head and disk assembly (HDA) is sealed at the factory. Air recirculates within the HDA through a non- replaceable filter to maintain a
Note. Never disassemble the HDA and do not attempt to service items in the sealed enclosure (heads, media, actuator, etc.) as this requires special facilities. The drive does not contain
An automatic shipping lock prevents potential damage to the heads and disks that results from movement dur- ing shipping and handling. The shipping lock disengages and the head load process begins when power is applied to the drive.
The drives also use a
Figure 1. Barracuda ES.2 drive illustration
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