Seagate ST34555N/W manual

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    Contents Pr eface .. ... .... ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ..... ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. ..... .. .. 1 El ectr ost a tic disc ha rge pr ot ect ion ..... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. ..... .. .. 1 Im por t a nt s afety in form at ion an d p rec aut ion s . ..... ... ..... .. ... .... ... .... 2 W icht i[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 1 Pref ace This manua l contains i nf or mati on for user s of the Seagate® Hawk 4XL SCSI disc drive s. It provi des suppor t services , perf or- mance specific ations, and init ial set up inf ormation. Additi onal inf ormation is av ailab le. Contact Seagat e techn i c al support se r- vices as descri bed [...]

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    2 Hawk 4XL Instal l ation Guide , Rev . A • Do not rem ov e any ci rcui t boar ds from the driv e. • Ne v er use an ohmm ete r on any circui t bo ard s. • When installin g the drive on a c arrier or tra y , d is charge the car- rier or tr ay pri or to inserti ng it into the syst em. Impo r tant safety information and prec autions Caution. Use[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 3 • Do not remo ve an y cir cuit boar ds from the dri ve . Ret ur n th e entir e driv e f or dep ot repair i f any circu it board is d efect ive . Remov al of c ircuit boards b y personnel not pe r f orming depot repai r will damage components and ma y v oid the war rant y . • Do not remov e the head and[...]

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    4 Hawk 4XL Instal l ation Guide , Rev . A W ich tige Si c herheitshinwei se Vo r s i c h t . Beim T esten des Laufwe r ks au f dem Prüf tisch i st F remdbe lüf t ung vor zuse hen, um eine ausr eichende Kühl ung der Laufwerk komponen ten sicherzu stellen. V erwende n Sie gee ignete Si cherheit s- um den siche r en , zuve r - lässi gen Bet r ieb [...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 5 • T reff en Sie be im Betrieb , bei der I nstalla tion oder bei der Entf ernung d er Einheit angemess ene Sicherhe itsv or k ehrun- gen. • W enn eine Einhei t unter Spannu ng steht , gehe n Sie bei der Fehl erdi agnose besonder s v orsichti g v or . Schalt en Sie di e Einhei t aus, be vor Si e mi t den[...]

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    6 Hawk 4XL Instal l ation Guide , Rev . A Als T e i l k o mponen te ist die ses Laufwer k für di e Installati on und de n Be trie b in Über eins timm ung m it U L 195 0, E N60 950 , CSA C22.2 9 50-M89 un d VDE0805 vor gesehen. Seagat e ist st än dig bemüht, die Zulassungsfähigkeit v on Seag ate-Prod ukten im Ra hmen d er ge genwä r tig g elte[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 7 Regulat ory a g ency c omplian ce El ec t rom agn e ti c s u sc e p ti b i l i ty As a com ponent as semb ly , the dri ve is not r equired t o meet any suscept ibili ty perf ormance requi rement s. It is the respons ibility of those i ntegrat ing th e dr i ve withi n their sy stems to perf or m thos e test[...]

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    8 Hawk 4XL Instal l ation Guide , Rev . A Electr o magnetic complia nce for the Eur opean Union If t his mo del has t he CE Marking it co m p l ies with the Europea n Union r equireme nt s of the El ectromag netic Compat ibility Direc- tiv e 89/336/ EEC of 03 M a y 1989 as ame nded by Di re ctiv e 92/31/ EEC of 28 April 1992 and Directi v e 93/68/ [...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 9 Seag ate tec hnical sup por t services If y ou ne ed assi stance instal ling y our dri ve , consul t y our d ealer . Dealers are fam iliar wit h their un ique sys t em con figurat ions an d can help y ou with sys tem confl icts and ot her techni cal issues . If you need addi tio nal as sista nce with y our[...]

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    10 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A Se ag a t e C o m p u S e r ve for u m Online technical support fo r Seagat e products i s a vailab le o n CompuServe . T o acces s our technic al suppor t f orum, type go seagat e . Thi s f oru m pro vides in fo r matio n si milar t o that f ound o n SeaBO ARD . In a ddition, you can t ype quest ions or br[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 11 F AX ser vices SeaF AX ® Y ou can use a touch -tone teleph one to acces s Seagat e’ s auto- mated F AX syste m to recei ve techni cal supp or t inf or mati on by r etu r n F AX . Th is s er v ic e i s avai la ble 24 ho ur s da i ly . Seag at e t echnica l support F AX Y ou can F A X quest ions or comme[...]

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    12 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A Direct-su ppor t serv ices Seag at e t echnica l support For on e-on -one help , you can ta lk to a t echni cal suppo rt special- ist during local bus iness hours. Bef ore call ing, not e you r syst em confi guratio n and d rive m odel nu mber (ST xxxx ). SeaTDD ™ 405-936-1 687 Using a tel ecommuni cation[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 13 Customer ser vice centers Seagate d irect O EM, Distrib ution, and System s Integr ator cus- tomers should contact their Se agate s er vice represent ativ e f or warr anty inf ormation. Other c ustomers should con tact their pl ac e of purcha se. Seaga t e of fers compr ehensi ve custom er su ppor t fo r [...]

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    14 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A General des cr iption Hawk 4 XL SCSI di sc driv es ar e high-s peed, ran dom-access dig- ital -data st orage de vices . The dr ive i s a component for installation in an en closure designed for th e driv e. This is often a rack wi thin t he syst em or an e xternal enc losure des igned to hous e on e or mor [...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 15 T able 1. Drive cha racteri st ics In te r f ace Ult ra S C SI [1 ] Capacit y F or matte d [2] 4.55 Gb yte Unf ormatted 6. 5 Gbyt e Recording Cyli nder s (user ) 6,311 Rea d/wri te d ata hea ds 8 Acce ss ti me [3] A ver age r ead 10.1 ms ec A ver age write 11.2 ms ec Di sk ro tati o n RPM 7,200 r/min A ve[...]

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    16 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A T able 2. DC pow er requi rements ( Amps) [1] Measured with an av er age reading DC ammeter . Inst anta- neous +1 2V curr ent p eaks will e xceed th ese v alues . [2] A –10% droop is permissib le during init ia l star t of the spindl e but mus t return to ±5% bef ore reachi ng 7,200 RPM. The ±5% must be[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 17 [5] For co nducted noise i m m unity inf or mat ion, call Seagat e techni cal sup port services . The spe cif i ed vo ltage tol er ance is incl usiv e of ri ppl e, noise , and tr ansient resp onse. [6] Operat ing condi tion is d ef ined a s random see k read opera- tions with a bl ock count of 64. General[...]

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    18 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A Initial s etup inf ormation The gener al i nformati on beginni ng on t his page a pplies to all of the Ha wk 4XL driv e models . After reading t he gener al inf or ma- tion t opics, re fer to th e approp ri a te dr i ve-speci fic sect ion liste d belo w f or add itional inf orm ati on about config uring and[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 19 SCSI ID jumper s Each de vice o n th e SCSI chain must hav e a unique SCSI ID . The host syst em’ s SCSI cont roller usually uses t he ID t hat has th e highest priori ty i nterrupt i n the SCSI I /O syst em. Thi s is alwa ys ID 7. ID0 is lo w est pri ority in an 8- bit I/O system. ID8 is low est priori[...]

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    20 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A the ca se, change t he ID so that e ach de vice on the SCSI chai n has i ts o wn uni que ID . Also chec k y our s ystem o r contro ller user’ s manua l to ens ure tha t you hav e not viol ated its SCSI I D numbe ri ng r ecommendati ons. Drive termi nation If y ou ar e i nstalli ng a Hawk driv e in a sys t[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 21 For inf ormation about ho w to ter mi nate your driv e, ref er to th e appropri ate d ri ve -specifi c sec tion. Figure 2. SCSI bus ter m inat ion T er m in ator powe r Y ou usuall y will not need to chan ge this option and c an normally lea ve the d r iv e c onfigured as it was shipp ed from the f actor [...]

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    22 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A F or d evi ces having dif fer ential I /O circuit s, a maxi mum c abl e lengt h of 25 met ers (82 f ee t) is al lowe d. A max imum of 8 devi ces can be connect ed on an 8-bit wide data bus , and a maxim um of 16 devi ces can be conne cted on a 16-bit wi de dat a b us . T able 4. Cable cha racter i stic s fo[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 23 Figure 3a. Fif ty pin I/O conne ction to drive (“N” model) Figure 3b. Sixty- ei ght pin connection to dri ve (“W” model ) Pin 1 HDA Pin 1 HDA[...]

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    24 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A [1] “X” m eans up to 6 or t he ma ximu m all owab le numb er o f de vices on the S CSI b us . See T able 4 and sy stem doc ume ntat ion . Figure 3c. Multip le dri ve connection to host adapter Host Adapter PCB Pin 1 (check your adapter for Pin 1 location) SCSI ID X (or last drive) [1] SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID [...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 25 [1 ] “X ” m ea ns u p to 15 o r t he max imum a llowa ble numb er of devic es o n the S CSI b us . See T able 4 and sy stem doc ume ntat ion . Figure 3d. Multip le-drive conne ction to host adapt er Hos t Ada pter PCB Pin 1 (ch e c k your ada p t er for Pi n 1 locati on) “ W” Mo d el Dri ve SCS I [...]

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    26 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A Pr ovid ing a d equate coolin g The encl osure design m ust en sure a dequate cooling fo r th e driv e. The max imum ambient t e m p eratu r e i s 50 ° C at driv e loca- tion. Short-term e xcursi ons up to this v alue are permitted, but f or maxim um reliab ility , t he temperat ure shou ld be k ept 15 ° [...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 27 Kühlun g des Systems Die Gehäusekonst ruktion muß eine aus reichende Kühlung de s Laufwerk e s g ewä hrleisten . Die Umgebun gst emper atur dar f max- imal 50 ° C bet ragen. Wir e mpf ehl en, d as La ufw erk so zu orie nti ere n ode r d en Lu ft- strom so zu l enken, daß der geri ngst e Luftstrom w[...]

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    28 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A . Figure 4. Suggested ai r flow Abbildun g 4. Em pfohl ener Luf tstromver lauf Above unit Über der Einheit Under unit Unter der Einheit Above unit Über der Einheit Under unit Unter der Einheit Note. Air flows in the direction shown (back to front) or in reverse direction (front to back) Hinweis. Luftstrom[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 29 Mounti ng the d rive and conne cti ng cables Do not touch the connect or pins or any component s on the con- trol board with out observing s tatic-d ischarge pr ecautions . Alwa ys handl e the driv e by th e fr ame only . The driv e ma y be mount ed in any orient ation (h orizontal ly , v er ti- call y , [...]

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    30 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A 1. Befest igen Sie das Laufwerk mit vi er 6-32-UNC- Sc hrauben am Ge häuse de s Host-Syste ms. D i e b ei d en Seiten de s Laufw erkes sin d mit j ewe ils z wei Bef estigung slöch ern versehen, die Untersei t e des Laufwerkes weist vier wei tere Bef estig ungsl öcher auf . Gem essen v o n der Außenfläc[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 31 the DC powe r connector . T o connect th e DC powe r cable t o the driv e, si m p l y inse r t the cab le end into the dri ve’ s DC power connec tor . 4. Schli eßen Si e das SCSI-Kabel an den SCSI- Stec kv erbinder des L aufwerkes an. Das Kabel darf nicht gedehn t oder gedrüc kt wer den und es darf de[...]

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    32 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A Note. Signal g round on the po wer co ntrol boa rd (PCB) and the head and di sc asse m b l y (HD A) ar e connect ed t ogether i n this drive a nd yo u cannot separ at e them. The equipm ent in whi ch y ou ha v e mounte d the dri ve is conne cted direc t l y to the HD A and PCB withou t electrical ly isolat [...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 33 elekt romagnetisc he Strahlung fällt in den Zuständ igkeit s- berei ch des Systemdes ign ers. 5. Replace t he host system ’ s cov er . 5. Setze n Sie das Ge häuseoberteil des Hos t-Systems wieder auf .[...]

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    34 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A Figure 6. Mounting conf igurat ion dim ensi ons A F D E L [1] [3] B G [1] Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Screw tightening torque 6.0 in-lb (.675 NM) max with minimum thread engagement of 0.12 in. (3.05 mm). [2] Mounting holes four on bott[...]

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    Hawk 4X L Inst allation Guide , Re v . A 35 Formatting th e drive W arning. Formatt ing a driv e eras es all user d ata. Be su re that you und erstan d this principl e bef ore f or matt ing any hard dis c drive . It is not ne cessar y t o format a driv e that pre viousl y has been used to store dat a, unless your int ention i s to er ase all user d[...]

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    36 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A N drives N/ND dri ves section Setti ng th e SCSI I D jump e r s Use the J6 con nector to set the SCSI ID (see Figur e 7). T o change t he SCSI I D , i ns t all jumper s on t he appropria te pins as show n in t he il lustr ation. Figure 7. Setti ng the SCSI ID on model N drives A 2 A 1 A 0 SCSI ID = 0 SCSI I[...]

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    Hawk 4XL Instal lation Guide , Rev . A 37 N drives T er m in at in g t h e dr i ve “N” model dri ves are te r minat ed with perm a nently mounted IC activ e t er min ators. If y ou in stall one of these dr iv es an d it is not on the end of t he SCSI bus , di sable t he termi nat ors by r emoving the j umper “TE” from pins 15 and 16 of conn[...]

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    38 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A N drives T er m in ator powe r There are t hree po ssible ter mi nator po wer ( TP ) c onfigur ations fo r “N” model driv es ( see Figur e 9). Y ou will not normall y need t o change t his o ption and can lea v e the driv e conf igured a s it was shipped fro m the f actory . Figure 9. Setti ng ter m i n[...]

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    Hawk 4XL Instal lation Guide , Rev . A 39 N drives Ot her ap plic ab le j ump er opti on s Sev era l other jumper op ti ons ar e av ailabl e as illust rated. Figure 10. Additional jumper options Enable parity check of SCSI bus. Disable parity check. J2 Pin 1 Reserved Parity Check option Write protect = Off (enables writing). Write protect = On (dis[...]

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    40 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A W drives W/WD drives section Setti ng th e SCSI I D jump e r s Use the J 6 jumper bloc k to set the SCSI I D (Figur e 11). T o change t he SCSI I D , i ns t all jumper s on t he appropria te pins as show n in the i llustr ation. Opt ional connec tions to s witchi ng cir- cuits in host e quipment are provi d[...]

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    Hawk 4XL Instal lation Guide , Rev . A 41 W drives Figure 12. Using J1 -Aux illary c onnector for model “W” drive al ternate ID sele ct and LED connecti on J1-DC Power J1 68 Pin SCSI I/O Connector Drive HDA Rear SCSI ID = 8 SCSI ID = 9 SCSI ID = 10 SCSI ID = 11 SCSI ID = 12 SCSI ID = 13 SCSI ID = 14 SCSI ID = 15 A not used 3 A 2 A 1 SCSI ID = 0[...]

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    42 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A W drives T er m in at in g t h e dr i ve “W” model dri ves are termin ated with permanent ly moun ted IC activ e t er min ators. If y ou in stall one of these dr iv es an d it is not on the end of t he SCSI bus , di sable t he termi nat ors by r emoving the j umper “TE ” from pins 15 and 16 of conne[...]

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    Hawk 4XL Instal lation Guide , Rev . A 43 W drives T er m in ator powe r There are t hree po ssible ter mi nator po wer ( TP ) c onfigur ations fo r “W” model driv es (see Figure 14) . Y ou will not normal ly need to chan ge thi s option and can lea v e the driv e config ured as i t was s hipped from the f actory . Figure 14. Setting ter m i na[...]

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    44 Hawk 4XL Ins tallation Guide , Rev . A W drives Ot her ap plic ab le j ump er opti on s Ot h er opti on ju mp e rs ar e availa ble as illu s tr at e d bel ow . Figure 15. Additional jumper op ti ons Enable parity check of SCSI bus. Disable parity check. J2 Pin 1 Reserved Parity Check option Write protect = Off (enables writing. Write protect = O[...]

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