Seagate ST32430N/ND, ST31230N/ND manual Grounding, SCSI interface drives

Hawk 2LP Family Installation Guide, Rev. B 33

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Grounding

Signal ground (PCB) and HDA ground are connected together in the Hawk 2LP family drives and cannot be separated by the user. The equipment in which the drive is mounted is connected directly to the HDA and PCB with no electrically isolating shock mounts. If it is desired for the system chassis to not be connected to the HDA/PCB ground, the systems integrator or user must provide a nonconductive (electrically isolating) method of mounting the drive in the host equipment.

SCSI interface drives

The SCSI interface handles both drive geometry and defect management internally. The "no drive installed" option is selected for systems with SCSI drives.

All SCSI interface drives are low-level formatted at the factory. You may wish to low-level format the drive to optimize its performance for your system. Consult the controller documentation for information on low-level formatting. Partitioning and high-level formatting can be done through DOS by way of the FDISK utility for partitioning, and FORMAT for high-level formatting. Consult your DOS manual for FORMAT and FDISK command options.