Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Seagate Technology support services
- 2.0 Scope
- 3.0 Applicable standards and reference documentation
- 4.0 General description
- 5.0 Performance characteristics
- 6.0 Reliability specifications
- 7.0 Physical/electrical specifications
- 8.0 About FIPS
- 9.0 About self-encrypting drives
- 10.0 Defect and error management
- 11.0 Installation
- 12.0 Interface requirements

Constellation.2 SAS Product Manual, Rev. G v
List of Figures
Figure 1. 1TB model current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Figure 2. 500GB model current profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Figure 3. 1TB Models (3Gb) DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Figure 4. 1TB Models (6Gb) DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Figure 5. 500GB Models (3Gb) DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Figure 6. 500GB Models (6Gb) DC current and power vs. input/output operations per second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Figure 7. Location of the HDA temperature check point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Figure 8. Recommended mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Figure 9. Mounting configuration dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Figure 10. Example of FIPS tamper evidence labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Figure 11. Physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Figure 12. Air flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Figure 13. Physical interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Figure 14. SAS device plug dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Figure 15. SAS device plug dimensions (detail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Figure 16. SAS transmitters and receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67










