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7.0

Defect and error management

Seagate continues to use innovative technologies to manage defects and errors. These technologies are

designed to increase data integrity, perform drive self-maintenance, and validate proper drive operation.

SCSI defect and error management involves drive internal defect/error management and FC system error con-

siderations (errors in communications between the initiator and the drive). In addition, Seagate provides the

following technologies used to increase data integrity and drive reliability:

•

Background Media Scan (see Section

7.4)

•

Media Pre-Scan (see Section 7.5)

•

Deferred Auto-Reallocation

(see Section 7.6)

•

Idle Read After Write (see Section 7.7)

The read error rates and specified storage capacities are not dependent on host (initiator) defect management

routines.

7.1

Drive internal defects/errors

During the initial drive format operation at the factory, media defects are identified, tagged as being unusable,

and their locations recorded on the drive primary defects list (referred to as the “P’ list and also as the ETF

defect list). At factory format time, these known defects are also reallocated, that is, reassigned to a new place

on the medium and the location listed in the defects reallocation table. The “P” list is not altered after factory

formatting. Locations of defects found and reallocated during error recovery procedures after drive shipment

are listed in the “G” list (defects growth list). The “P” and “G” lists may be referenced by the initiator using the

Read Defect Data command.

Details of the SCSI commands supported by the drive are described in the

Fibre Channel Interface Manual

.

Also, more information on the drive Error Recovery philosophy is presented in the

Fibre Channel Interface

Manual

.

7.2

Drive error recovery procedures

When an error occurs during drive operation, the drive, if programmed to do so, performs error recovery proce-

dures to attempt to recover the data. The error recovery procedures used depend on the options previously set

in the Error Recovery Parameters mode page. Error recovery and defect management may involve using sev-

eral SCSI commands described in the

Fibre Channel Interface Manual

. The drive implements selectable error

recovery time limits required in video applications.

The error recovery scheme supported by the drive provides a way to control the total error recovery time for the

entire command in addition to controlling the recovery level for a single LBA. The total amount of time spent in

error recovery for a command can be limited using the Recovery Time Limit bytes in the Error Recovery mode

page. The total amount of time spent in error recovery for a single LBA can be limited using the Read Retry

Count or Write Retry Count bytes in the Error Recovery mode page.

Section	Page
1.0 Scope	7
2.0 Standards, compliance and reference documents	8
2.1 Standards	8
2.1.1 Electromagnetic compatibility	8
2.1.1.1 Electromagnetic susceptibility	8
2.1.2 Electromagnetic compliance	9
2.2 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)	9
2.3 Reference documents	10
3.0 General description	11
3.1 Standard features	12
3.2 Media description	12
3.3 Performance	13
3.4 Reliability	13
3.5 Formatted capacities	13
3.6 Programmable drive capacity	14
3.7 Factory-installed options	14
3.8 User-installed accessories	14
4.0 Performance characteristics	15
4.1 Internal drive characteristics	15
4.2 Seek performance	15
4.2.1 Access time	15
4.2.2 Format command execution time (minutes)	16
4.2.3 General performance characteristics	16
4.3 Start/stop time	16
4.4 Prefetch/multi-segmented cache control	16
4.5 Cache operation	17
4.5.1 Caching write data	18
4.5.2 Prefetch operation	18
5.0 Reliability specifications	19
5.1 Error rates	19
5.1.1 Recoverable Errors	19
5.1.2 Unrecoverable Errors	19
5.1.3 Seek errors	20
5.1.4 Interface errors	20
5.2 Reliability and service	20
5.2.1 Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)	20
5.2.2 Preventive maintenance	20
5.2.3 Hot plugging the drive	20
5.2.4 S.M.A.R.T.	21
5.2.5 Thermal monitor	22
5.2.6 Drive Self Test (DST)	23
5.2.6.1 DST failure definition	23
5.2.6.2 Implementation	23
5.2.7 Product warranty	25
6.0 Physical/electrical specifications	26
6.1 PowerChoiceTM power management	26
6.1.1 PowerChoice reporting methods	27
6.2 AC power requirements	27
6.3 DC power requirements	28
6.3.1 Conducted noise immunity	30
6.3.2 Power sequencing	30
6.3.3 Current profiles	31
6.4 Power dissipation	33
6.5 Environmental limits	35
6.5.1 Temperature	35
6.5.2 Relative humidity	35
6.5.3 Effective altitude (sea level)	36
6.5.4 Shock and vibration	36
6.5.4.1 Shock	36
6.5.4.2 Vibration	38
6.5.5 Acoustics	38
6.5.6 Air cleanliness	38
6.5.7 Corrosive environment	38
6.5.8 European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive	39
6.5.9 China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive	39
6.5.10 Electromagnetic susceptibility	39
6.6 Mechanical specifications	40
7.0 Defect and error management	41
7.1 Drive internal defects/errors	41
7.2 Drive error recovery procedures	41
7.3 FC-AL system errors	43
7.4 Background Media Scan	43
7.5 Media Pre-Scan	43
7.6 Deferred Auto-Reallocation	44
7.7 Idle Read After Write	44
8.0 Installation	45
8.1 Drive ID/option selection	45
8.2 Drive orientation	45
8.3 Cooling	45
8.4 Drive mounting	46
8.5 Grounding	47
9.0 Interface requirements	48
9.1 FC-AL features	48
9.1.1 Fibre Channel link service frames	48
9.1.2 Fibre Channel task management functions	49
9.1.3 Fibre Channel task management responses	49
9.1.4 Fibre Channel port login	50
9.1.5 Fibre Channel port login accept	51
9.1.6 Fibre Channel Process Login	51
9.1.7 Fibre Channel Process Login Accept	52
9.1.8 Fibre Channel fabric login	52
9.1.9 Fibre Channel fabric accept login	53
9.1.10 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop options	54
9.2 Dual port support	54
9.3 SCSI commands supported	55
9.3.1 Inquiry data	59
9.3.2 Mode Sense data	59
9.4 Miscellaneous operating features and conditions	63
9.5 FC-AL physical interface	64
9.5.1 Physical characteristics	64
9.5.1.1 Physical description	64
9.5.2 Connector requirements	65
9.5.3 Electrical description	65
9.5.4 Pin descriptions	65
9.5.5 FC-AL transmitters and receivers	66
9.5.6 Power	67
9.5.7 Fault LED Out	67
9.5.8 Active LED Out	68
9.5.9 Enable port bypass signals	68
9.5.10 Motor start controls	68
9.5.11 SEL_6 through SEL_0 ID lines	69
9.5.11.1 Parallel Enclosure Services Interface (ESI)	69
9.5.12 Device control codes	71
9.6 Signal characteristics	71
9.6.1 TTL input characteristics	71
9.6.2 LED driver signals	72
9.6.3 FC Differential output	72
9.6.4 FC Differential input	72

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