User ManualTable of ContentsPulsar®.2 SAS1Seagate Technology Support Services71.0 Scope82.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation92.1 Standards92.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility92.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance102.1.3 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)102.1.4 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive112.2 Reference documents113.0 General description123.1 Standard features123.2 Media description133.3 Performance133.4 Reliability133.5 Formatted capacities133.6 Programmable drive capacity143.7 Factory-installed options143.8 Thin Provisioning143.8.1 Logical Block Provisioning143.8.2 Thin Provisioning capabilities143.8.3 UNMAP153.8.4 FORMAT UNIT command153.8.5 Protection Information (PI) and Security (SED)154.0 Performance characteristics164.1 Internal drive characteristics164.2 Performance characteristics164.2.1 Access time164.2.2 FORMAT UNIT command execution time for 512-byte LBA’s (minutes)164.2.3 Performance174.3 Start/stop time184.4 Cache control184.4.1 Caching write data185.0 Reliability specifications195.1 Error rates195.1.1 Unrecoverable Errors195.1.2 Interface errors195.2 Endurance Management205.2.1 Wear Leveling205.2.2 Garbage Collection205.2.3 Write Amplification205.2.4 UNMAP205.2.5 Data Retention205.2.6 Lifetime Endurance Management (Available on select models)205.2.7 SSD Percentage Used Endurance Indicator205.3 Reliability and service215.3.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)215.3.2 Preventive maintenance215.3.3 Hot plugging the drive215.3.4 S.M.A.R.T.215.3.5 Thermal monitor225.3.6 Drive Self Test (DST)235.3.7 Product warranty246.0 Physical/electrical specifications256.1 Power specifications256.1.1 Power consumption256.2 AC power requirements256.3 DC power requirements266.3.1 Conducted noise immunity306.3.2 Power sequencing306.3.3 Current profiles306.4 Power dissipation336.5 Environmental limits346.5.1 Temperature356.5.2 Relative humidity356.5.3 Effective altitude (sea level)356.5.4 Shock and vibration366.5.5 Air cleanliness376.5.6 Corrosive environment376.5.7 Electromagnetic susceptibility376.6 Mechanical specifications387.0 About FIPS408.0 About self-encrypting drives418.1 Data encryption418.2 Controlled access418.2.1 Admin SP418.2.2 Locking SP418.2.3 Default password418.3 Random number generator (RNG)418.4 Drive locking418.5 Data bands428.6 Cryptographic erase428.7 Authenticated firmware download428.8 Power requirements428.9 Supported commands428.10 Sanitize - Cryptographic Erase428.11 RevertSP428.12 Sanitize Feature Set on SED Drives429.0 Defect and error management439.1 Drive internal defects/errors439.2 Drive error recovery procedures449.3 SAS system errors449.4 Background Media Scan449.5 Auto-Reallocation449.6 Protection Information (PI)459.6.1 Levels of PI459.6.2 Setting and determining the current Type Level459.6.3 Identifying a Protection Information drive4510.0 Installation4610.1 Drive orientation4610.2 Cooling4610.3 Drive mounting4710.4 Grounding4711.0 Interface requirements4811.1 SAS features4811.1.1 Task management functions4811.1.2 Task management responses4811.2 Dual port support4811.3 SCSI commands supported4911.3.1 INQUIRY data5311.3.2 MODE SENSE data5411.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions5911.4.1 SAS physical interface5911.4.2 Physical characteristics6211.4.3 Connector requirements6211.4.4 Electrical description6211.4.5 Pin descriptions6211.4.6 SAS transmitters and receivers6311.4.7 Power6311.5 Signal characteristics6311.5.1 Ready LED Out6311.5.2 Differential signals6411.6 SAS-2 Specification compliance6411.7 Additional information64Size: 718 KBPages: 69Language: EnglishOpen manual