Seagate ST973451FC Manuale Utente

Savvio 15K.1 FC Product Manual, Rev. B

3.1

Standard features

Savvio drives have the following standard features:

• Perpendicular recording technology

• 4-Gbit Fibre Channel interface. For 4 gigabit operation, the block size must be divisable by 8

• Integrated dual port FC-AL controller

• Concurrent dual port transfers

• Support for FC arbitrated loop, private and public attachment

• Differential copper FC drivers and receivers

• Downloadable firmware using the FC-AL interface

• Supports SCSI enclosure services via interface connector

• 128-deep task set (queue)

• Supports up to 32 initiators

• Drive selection ID and configuration options are set on the FC-AL backpanel or through interface com-

mands. Jumpers are not used on the drive.

• Fibre Channel worldwide name uniquely identifies the drive and each port

• User-selectable logical block size

(512, 520, 524, or 528 bytes per logical block)

• Selectable frame sizes from

256 to 2,112 bytes

• Industry standard SFF 2.5-inch dimensions

• Programmable logical block reallocation scheme

• Flawed logical block reallocation at format time

• Programmable auto write and read reallocation

• No preventive maintenance or adjustments required

• Dedicated head landing zone

• Embedded servo design

• Automatic shipping lock

• Self-diagnostics performed when power is applied to the drive

• Zone bit recording (ZBR)

• Vertical, horizontal, or top down mounting

• Dynamic spindle brake

• 16 Mbyte data buffer (see Section 4.5).

• Drive Self Test (DST)

• BackGround Media Scan (BGMS)

• Idle Read After Write (IRAW)

• Power Save