Seagate ST3600857SS, ST3300457SS, ST3450657SS manual Scope

2.0Scope

This manual describes Seagate Technology® LLC, Cheetah® SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disk drives.

Cheetah 15K.7 drives support the SAS Protocol specifications to the extent described in this manual. The SAS Interface Manual (part number 100293071) describes the general SAS characteristics of Cheetah 15K.7 and other Seagate SAS drives. The Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) Users Guide, part number 100515636 describes the interface, general operation and security features available on SED drives.

Note. Previous generations of Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive models were called Full Disk Encryption (FDE) models before a differentiation between drive-based encryption and other forms of encryp- tion was necessary.

Model Number	Capacity	Self-Encrypting Drive (SED)	FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified
ST3600057SS		No	No
	600GB
ST3600957SS		Yes	No
ST3600857SS		Yes	Yes
ST3450857SS		No	No
	450GB
ST3450757SS		Yes	No
ST3300457SS		Yes	Yes
ST3300657SS		No	No
	300GB
ST3300557SS		Yes	No
ST3300457SS		Yes	Yes

For more information on FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification see Section 8.0 on page 35.

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