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...manual. In the text, the alert signal is represented normally. A wider line space precedes and follows the alert message to understand, opinions from the HDD or deface them in any comments you may occur if the user does not perform the product correctly. Please forward any way. The alert signal... consists of an alert signal and alert statements. Preface CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL MBA3300RC, MBA3147RC, and MBA3073RC are described as "HDD" in this manual. Conventions for users to show the alert messages.
...manual. In the text, the alert signal is represented normally. A wider line space precedes and follows the alert message to understand, opinions from the HDD or deface them in any comments you may occur if the user does not perform the product correctly. Please forward any way. The alert signal... consists of an alert signal and alert statements. Preface CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL MBA3300RC, MBA3147RC, and MBA3073RC are described as "HDD" in this manual. Conventions for users to show the alert messages.
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..., may occur if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. Task Installation Alert message Damage Never remove any labels from the HDD or deface them in minor or moderate personal injury if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. It takes about 30 seconds....). 2. When storing or transporting the HDD, put it . • Dismount the HDD using the drive mounting/dismounting mechanism, etc. When dismounting the HDD which is mounted on the system while power is hot.
..., may occur if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. Task Installation Alert message Damage Never remove any labels from the HDD or deface them in minor or moderate personal injury if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. It takes about 30 seconds....). 2. When storing or transporting the HDD, put it . • Dismount the HDD using the drive mounting/dismounting mechanism, etc. When dismounting the HDD which is mounted on the system while power is hot.
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... To prevent injury, never touch the HDD while it is corrupted during operation and remain hot immediately after turning off the power. The DE and LSI 69 become hot during servicing 69 or repair. Doing so will void any reason. Fujitsu does not assume responsibility if data is... hot. ESD (Electrostatics Discharge) may cause the damage to the device. • Never use a conductive cleaner to clean the HDDs. • Never remove any labels from the HDD or deface them in any way. 76...
... To prevent injury, never touch the HDD while it is corrupted during operation and remain hot immediately after turning off the power. The DE and LSI 69 become hot during servicing 69 or repair. Doing so will void any reason. Fujitsu does not assume responsibility if data is... hot. ESD (Electrostatics Discharge) may cause the damage to the device. • Never use a conductive cleaner to clean the HDDs. • Never remove any labels from the HDD or deface them in any way. 76...
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... location 50 4.3.2 Interface connector 51 4.3.3 Ready LED output signal 53 4.3.4 Connector requirements 53 CHAPTER 5 Installation 55 5.1 Notes on Handling HDDs 55 5.2 Setting ...57 5.2.1 Port Address 57 5.3 Mounting HDDs 57 5.3.1 Mounting procedures 57 5.4 Checking Operation after Installation and Preparing the HDDs for Use...58 5.4.1 Checking initial operation 58 5.4.2 Formatting 59 5.4.3 Setting parameters 61 5.5 Dismounting...
... location 50 4.3.2 Interface connector 51 4.3.3 Ready LED output signal 53 4.3.4 Connector requirements 53 CHAPTER 5 Installation 55 5.1 Notes on Handling HDDs 55 5.2 Setting ...57 5.2.1 Port Address 57 5.3 Mounting HDDs 57 5.3.1 Mounting procedures 57 5.4 Checking Operation after Installation and Preparing the HDDs for Use...58 5.4.1 Checking initial operation 58 5.4.2 Formatting 59 5.4.3 Setting parameters 61 5.5 Dismounting...
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... 6.2.5 Tests ...72 6.3 Operation Check 73 6.3.1 Initial seek operation check 73 6.3.2 Operation test 73 6.3.3 Diagnostic test 73 6.4 Troubleshooting 74 6.4.1 Outline of troubleshooting procedures 74 6.4.2 Troubleshooting with HDD replacement in the field 74 6.4.3 Troubleshooting at the repair site 76 6.4.4 Troubleshooting with parts replacement in the factory 77 6.4.5 Finding possibly faulty parts 77 6.5 Packaging...
... 6.2.5 Tests ...72 6.3 Operation Check 73 6.3.1 Initial seek operation check 73 6.3.2 Operation test 73 6.3.3 Diagnostic test 73 6.4 Troubleshooting 74 6.4.1 Outline of troubleshooting procedures 74 6.4.2 Troubleshooting with HDD replacement in the field 74 6.4.3 Troubleshooting at the repair site 76 6.4.4 Troubleshooting with parts replacement in the factory 77 6.4.5 Finding possibly faulty parts 77 6.5 Packaging...
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... skew 32 Sector format 32 Alternate block allocation by FORMAT UNIT command 37 Alternate block allocation by REASSIGN BLOCKS command 38 Figure 4.1 Dimensions 42 Figure 4.2 HDD orientations 43 Figure 4.3 Mounting frame structure example 44 Figure 4.4 Limitation of side-mounting 45 Figure 4.5 Surface temperature measurement points 46 Figure 4.6 Current waveform (Spin-up...
... skew 32 Sector format 32 Alternate block allocation by FORMAT UNIT command 37 Alternate block allocation by REASSIGN BLOCKS command 38 Figure 4.1 Dimensions 42 Figure 4.2 HDD orientations 43 Figure 4.3 Mounting frame structure example 44 Figure 4.4 Limitation of side-mounting 45 Figure 4.5 Surface temperature measurement points 46 Figure 4.6 Current waveform (Spin-up...
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Contents Tables Table 2.1 Model names and order numbers 19 Table 2.2 Function specifications 20 Table 2.3 Environmental/Power requirements 23 Table 3.1 Format capacity 34 Table 4.1 Surface temperature check point and maximum temperature ....... 46 Table 4.2 Interface connector (SAS plug) signal allocation:CN1 52 Table 4.3 Recommended connectors 53 Table 6.1 Self-diagnostic functions 65 Table 6.2 System-level field troubleshooting 75 Table 6.3 HDD troubleshooting 76 Table 7.1 Definition of sense data 83 12 C141-E252
Contents Tables Table 2.1 Model names and order numbers 19 Table 2.2 Function specifications 20 Table 2.3 Environmental/Power requirements 23 Table 3.1 Format capacity 34 Table 4.1 Surface temperature check point and maximum temperature ....... 46 Table 4.2 Interface connector (SAS plug) signal allocation:CN1 52 Table 4.3 Recommended connectors 53 Table 6.1 Self-diagnostic functions 65 Table 6.2 System-level field troubleshooting 75 Table 6.3 HDD troubleshooting 76 Table 7.1 Definition of sense data 83 12 C141-E252
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...ranging from SAS physical layers to SCSI command protocols. C141-E252 13 The HDDs are equipped with ANSI T10/1601-D Serial Attached SCSI-1.1 (SAS-1.1), which complies with the 3.5-inch hard disk drive form factor. (2) Environmental Protection The HDDs comply with the Restriction of the use of the MBA3xxxRC. CHAPTER 1 ... of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) directive issued by European Union (EU). (3) SAS Standard The HDDs are high performance large capacity 3.5-inch hard disk drives with an embedded Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller.
...ranging from SAS physical layers to SCSI command protocols. C141-E252 13 The HDDs are equipped with ANSI T10/1601-D Serial Attached SCSI-1.1 (SAS-1.1), which complies with the 3.5-inch hard disk drive form factor. (2) Environmental Protection The HDDs comply with the Restriction of the use of the MBA3xxxRC. CHAPTER 1 ... of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) directive issued by European Union (EU). (3) SAS Standard The HDDs are high performance large capacity 3.5-inch hard disk drives with an embedded Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller.
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...the cached data is surely flushed to disk media, thereby enabling high speed write processing. The large-capacity data buffer of the HDDs enable the effective use of such high-speed data transfers available on the SAS is 300.0 MB/s. General Description (4) Dual SAS port support... is issued without reaccessing the disk in case the subsequent command requests the prefetched data blocks. To ensure it, you turn off the HDDs power. The high speed sequential data access can perform continuous read automatically and store (prefetches) the subsequent data blocks into the data buffer...
...the cached data is surely flushed to disk media, thereby enabling high speed write processing. The large-capacity data buffer of the HDDs enable the effective use of such high-speed data transfers available on the SAS is 300.0 MB/s. General Description (4) Dual SAS port support... is issued without reaccessing the disk in case the subsequent command requests the prefetched data blocks. To ensure it, you turn off the HDDs power. The high speed sequential data access can perform continuous read automatically and store (prefetches) the subsequent data blocks into the data buffer...
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1.1 Standard Features (9) Command queuing feature The HDDs can queue maximum 128 commands, and optimizes the issuing order of 512 to 528 bytes. The drive format at factory shipment is sense data (1-13-xx). (14) Defective block slipping A logical data block can be accessed... environment by the reordering function. The initiator software is released from the complicated error recover processing by these error recovery functions of the HDDs. (12) Automatic alternate block reassignment If a defective data block is programmable, and can be specified at formatting. This feature realizes ...
1.1 Standard Features (9) Command queuing feature The HDDs can queue maximum 128 commands, and optimizes the issuing order of 512 to 528 bytes. The drive format at factory shipment is sense data (1-13-xx). (14) Defective block slipping A logical data block can be accessed... environment by the reordering function. The initiator software is released from the complicated error recover processing by these error recovery functions of the HDDs. (12) Automatic alternate block reassignment If a defective data block is programmable, and can be specified at formatting. This feature realizes ...
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... for periodically implementing a full scan of the disk. (19) Low power consumption By using highly integrated LSI components, the power consumption of the HDDs is low; This feature easily achieves maintenance and function enhancement of environmental conditions. (20) Low acoustic noise The acoustic noise level is very low,...Start/Stop of spindle motor Using the SAS primitive or the SCSI command, the host system can be constructed in wide range of the HDDs. 16 C141-E252 General Description (16) Large capacity A large capacity can start and stop the spindle motor. (18) Diagnosis The...
... for periodically implementing a full scan of the disk. (19) Low power consumption By using highly integrated LSI components, the power consumption of the HDDs is low; This feature easily achieves maintenance and function enhancement of environmental conditions. (20) Low acoustic noise The acoustic noise level is very low,...Start/Stop of spindle motor Using the SAS primitive or the SCSI command, the host system can be constructed in wide range of the HDDs. 16 C141-E252 General Description (16) Large capacity A large capacity can start and stop the spindle motor. (18) Diagnosis The...
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... on an actuator and disks on a spindle motor mounted on the ramp when the power is off or the spindle motor is controlled by a direct-drive hall-less DC motor. 1.2 Hardware Structure 1.2 Hardware Structure The HDDs have an outer diameter of the actuator arm are positioned on the DE.
... on an actuator and disks on a spindle motor mounted on the ramp when the power is off or the spindle motor is controlled by a direct-drive hall-less DC motor. 1.2 Hardware Structure 1.2 Hardware Structure The HDDs have an outer diameter of the actuator arm are positioned on the DE.
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... 1.1 Example of SAS system configuration (Dual port internal cabled environment) Figure 1.2 Example of the SAS system configuration. The initiator can implement an I/O operation on an HDD by using the corresponding SAS address stored by SCSI Primary Command-2 (SPC-2). An SAS address consists of 8 bytes as a unique value set for each device...
... 1.1 Example of SAS system configuration (Dual port internal cabled environment) Figure 1.2 Example of the SAS system configuration. The initiator can implement an I/O operation on an HDD by using the corresponding SAS address stored by SCSI Primary Command-2 (SPC-2). An SAS address consists of 8 bytes as a unique value set for each device...
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... Model name Order number Interface type Capacity (user area) MBA3300RC CA06778-B400 SAS 300 GB (*) MBA3147RC CA06778-B200 SAS 147 GB (*) MBA3073RC CA06778-B100 SAS 73.5 GB (*) (*) One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; CHAPTER 2 Specifications 2.1 Hardware Specifications This chapter describes specifications of the HDDs. 2.1 Hardware Specifications 2.1.1 Model name and order number Each model has different recording capacities...
... Model name Order number Interface type Capacity (user area) MBA3300RC CA06778-B400 SAS 300 GB (*) MBA3147RC CA06778-B200 SAS 147 GB (*) MBA3073RC CA06778-B100 SAS 73.5 GB (*) (*) One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; CHAPTER 2 Specifications 2.1 Hardware Specifications This chapter describes specifications of the HDDs. 2.1 Hardware Specifications 2.1.1 Model name and order number Each model has different recording capacities...
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... HDDs. Specifications 2.1.2 Function specifications Table 2.2 shows the function specifications of rotations Average latency time Start/stop time Ready up time (*4) Stop time External dimensions Height Width Length Weight Power consumption (*5) Data transfer Internal rate (*6) External Logical data block length Related standards Data buffer Acoustic noise (Idle) Specification MBA3300RC MBA3147RC MBA3073RC 300 GB (*2) 147 GB (*2) 73.5 GB...
... HDDs. Specifications 2.1.2 Function specifications Table 2.2 shows the function specifications of rotations Average latency time Start/stop time Ready up time (*4) Stop time External dimensions Height Width Length Weight Power consumption (*5) Data transfer Internal rate (*6) External Logical data block length Related standards Data buffer Acoustic noise (Idle) Specification MBA3300RC MBA3147RC MBA3073RC 300 GB (*2) 147 GB (*2) 73.5 GB...
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... is as follows: (*4) The start time is the time from power off or stop time is an estimate for 512 bytes per sector. (*2) One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; See Chapter 3 for disks to 1.1 (13). C141-E252 21 Power supply at nominal voltage ±1%. 25°C ambient. (*6)...be changed by transmission characteristics. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s. (*7) Refer to completely stop from power on or start command to when the HDDs are ready, and the stop command. (*5) This value indicates in the table is the time for the further information. The formatted capacity listed in idle...
... is as follows: (*4) The start time is the time from power off or stop time is an estimate for 512 bytes per sector. (*2) One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; See Chapter 3 for disks to 1.1 (13). C141-E252 21 Power supply at nominal voltage ±1%. 25°C ambient. (*6)...be changed by transmission characteristics. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s. (*7) Refer to completely stop from power on or start command to when the HDDs are ready, and the stop command. (*5) This value indicates in the table is the time for the further information. The formatted capacity listed in idle...
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... should be recovered by alternate block assignments are values under random W/R operation of the HDDs during HDD Idle state. (*6) Operating currents are not included in the error rate. Data blocks to the HDD is measured at near the mounting screw hole on the frame as much as possible....read and default on retry setting with log sweep vibration. (*4) At power-off state after installation (*5) Input voltages are specified at the HDD connector side, during their life time is less than 100 mVp-p. 2.1.4 Error rate Errors detected during initialization and replaced by one retry should...
... should be recovered by alternate block assignments are values under random W/R operation of the HDDs during HDD Idle state. (*6) Operating currents are not included in the error rate. Data blocks to the HDD is measured at near the mounting screw hole on the frame as much as possible....read and default on retry setting with log sweep vibration. (*4) At power-off state after installation (*5) Input voltages are specified at the HDD connector side, during their life time is less than 100 mVp-p. 2.1.4 Error rate Errors detected during initialization and replaced by one retry should...
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... temperature is as low as follows. The service life is defined as: MTBF = Operating time (hours) at the DE surface throughout the year when the HDDs are not considered. (2) Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) MTTR is as possible. • DE surface temperature: from 5ºC to 40ºC 5 years ... than 60ºC or less than 5ºC No guarantee (Keep the DE surface temperature from 5°C to 60°C.) Even if the HDDs are used intermittently, the longest service life is six months. C141-E252 25 2.1 Hardware Specifications Note: The MTBF is depending on is 5 years.
... temperature is as low as follows. The service life is defined as: MTBF = Operating time (hours) at the DE surface throughout the year when the HDDs are not considered. (2) Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) MTTR is as possible. • DE surface temperature: from 5ºC to 40ºC 5 years ... than 60ºC or less than 5ºC No guarantee (Keep the DE surface temperature from 5°C to 60°C.) Even if the HDDs are used intermittently, the longest service life is six months. C141-E252 25 2.1 Hardware Specifications Note: The MTBF is depending on is 5 years.
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...user can be accessed with the logical data block addressing method described in Section 3.2. Figure 3.1 is accessed inside the HDDs at power-on the HDDs. 3.1 Data Space The HDDs manage the entire data storage area divided into the following three data spaces. • User space: Storage area ...Reserved area for diagnostic purposes • System space: Area for exclusive use direct access. C141-E252 27 These spaces can 't use of HDDs themselves The user space allows a user access by Read/write test of self-diagnostics test, but the user cannot directly access the system space...
...user can be accessed with the logical data block addressing method described in Section 3.2. Figure 3.1 is accessed inside the HDDs at power-on the HDDs. 3.1 Data Space The HDDs manage the entire data storage area divided into the following three data spaces. • User space: Storage area ...Reserved area for diagnostic purposes • System space: Area for exclusive use direct access. C141-E252 27 These spaces can 't use of HDDs themselves The user space allows a user access by Read/write test of self-diagnostics test, but the user cannot directly access the system space...
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Data Format Note: Spare sectors on the last track in each cell are not necessarily placed at the end of the track because of a track skew or a cylinder skew. (Details are explained in Subsection 3.1.3) Figure 3.1 Cylinder configuration Apart from the above logical configuration, the HDDs intend to increase the storage capacity by dividing all cylinders into several zones and changing a recording density of each zone. 28 C141-E252
Data Format Note: Spare sectors on the last track in each cell are not necessarily placed at the end of the track because of a track skew or a cylinder skew. (Details are explained in Subsection 3.1.3) Figure 3.1 Cylinder configuration Apart from the above logical configuration, the HDDs intend to increase the storage capacity by dividing all cylinders into several zones and changing a recording density of each zone. 28 C141-E252