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    HA WK 4 F amil y: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Wide Bus) ST15230W/WD/WC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST15230DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation Guide[...]

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    Contents Introduction ........................................................... 1 Electromagnetic interference ................................ 1 Before you begin .................................................. 3 Installation overview ....................................... 8 Product repair information .................................... 10 S[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 1 ___________________________________________ Introduction Before attempting any installation, please read through all applicable sections of this document, including all warnings and cautions. Warning. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed in accordance[...]

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    2 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ The physical design characteristics of the drive(s) described herein, serve to minimize EMI radiation when installed in an enclosure that provides reason- able shielding. As such, the drive(s) are capable of meeting the Class B limits of the FCC Rules and the R[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 3 ___________________________________________ Before you begin Verify that the system is switched off and discon- nected from main power before any installation is attempted. Protect yourself, the drive, and your valuable pro- grams and data by reading the following cautions and warnings. • Do not unpack[...]

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    4 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ • Inspect drive for possible shipping damage. All claims of this type should be filed promptly with the trans- porter involved. Save original packing materials to be used when reshipping. • Verify all parts listed on shipping bill are received with the equi[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 5 ___________________________________________ To insure optimum reliable equipment op- eration, it is required that technical support personnel discharge themselves by wearing a grounding strap around the wrist and be connected to a grounding terminal while working in the vicinity of, and while handling EO[...]

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    6 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Safety instructions 1. The disc drive(s) are to be installed in a customer supplied enclosure where the surrounding air does not exceed 50 o C. 2. Four (4) 6-32 UNC-2A screws are required for installation. Maximum screw length into side of drive is 0.15 inches [...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 7 ___________________________________________ Sicherheitsanleitung 1. Däs Gerät ist ein Einbaugerät, vorgesehen für eine maximale Umgebungstemperatur von 50 o C. 2. Zur Befestigung der Drive werden 4 Schrauben benötigt (6-32 UNC-2A). Die maximale Länge der Schrauben in der unteren Seite des Chassis d[...]

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    8 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Installation Overview Installation of the drive can be divided into distinct phases as outlined below. Some of these may not be applicable to your particular installation requirements. Refer to the individual drive installation sections for specific information[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 9 ___________________________________________ • Low-level formatting: After the drive has been properly configured for the system, it does not need to be low-level formatted, as this has been done by the factory and does not require this step during installation. (The low-level format writes the sector b[...]

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    10 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Product repair information Service requirements The special facilities required for the manufacture of these drives generally prohibit repair in the field. If problems occur during installation, please contact your supplier for assistance. Do not attempt to di[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 11 ___________________________________________ Shipping: When transporting or shipping a drive, a Seagate approved container must be used. Keep your original box. They are easily identified by the Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in a non- approved container voids the drive warranty. Seagat[...]

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    12 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ If the drive is no longer under warranty contact pur- chase source for repair information or refer to numbers listed in the following paragraph . Technical support services Please contact your dealer for technical support and installation troubleshooting. Prod[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 13 ___________________________________________ SeaTDD: 408/438-5382 TDD is a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf where two people can communicate using a keyboard that is connected to the phone line. A TDD device is required to access this service. This service is available from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PST, M[...]

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    14 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ With this service you can access: • Specifications and jumper configurations for all Seagate products. • Reprints of Seagate documentation. • A directory of information and helpful utilities that you can download to your own computer. BBS Modem Location [...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 15 ___________________________________________ Drive specifications Product Hawk 4 family (wide) Information ST15230W ST15230WD ST15230WC ST15230DC Interface [7] SCSI-2 Fast SCSI-2 Fast Cache Type Multi-segmented, 256 Kb* Capacity MB Unformatted 5170 5170 Formatted [1] 4294 4294 Cylinders 3992 3992 Heads 1[...]

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    16 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Notes. [1] Standard units are factory formatted with 512 data bytes per sector. ST15230 OEM standard models have twelve spare sectors per cylinder and 2 cylinders at inner tracks reserved for spares. [2] Does not Include on-board controller overhead. [3] Maxim[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 17 ___________________________________________ Initial setup information For the initial setup connect the cables, set the SCSI bus address and enable or disable (as required by system configuration), the SCSI I/O line terminator resistors (model "W" drives only). Note whether the drive model num[...]

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    DC Power Connector Pin 1P 2P 3P 4P Power +12V +12V ret + 5V ret + 5V J1 1P 2P 3P 4P 68 Pin SCSI I/O Connector J1-Auxiliary 18 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Figure 1. DC power connection, 68 pin SCSI I/O connector ST15230WC and ST15230DC model drives receive power[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 19 ___________________________________________ If the drive LED shows no on/off activity when the host is trying to communicate with it, an incorrect bus address selection at the drive (or remote ID select location) should be suspected. On "WC and DC" model drives the SCSI ID can be and presumabl[...]

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    20 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Model numbers that end in "WD and DC" have differen- tial I/O circuits and these drives and "WC" model drives have no provisions for terminators on the drive PCB. The system manufacturer must provide some external means of I/O line terminat[...]

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    J1-Auxiliary Pin 1A 68 Pin SCSI I/O Connector J1-DC Power Pin 1P J6 J2 J1 Pin 1 J6 J2 Pin 1 80 Pin SCSI I/O and DC Power Connector Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 21 ___________________________________________ Figure 2a. Hawk 4 family ST15230W/WD model I/O con- nection 68 pin SCSI I/O and DC power con- nector). Termi[...]

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    22 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Drive configuration Each disc drive has option select header connectors on the back, side and front where jumper plugs are in- stalled to select the way that the drive is to be config- ured and to select its ID (0 - 15) on the I/O bus. See "Initial set-up[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 23 ___________________________________________ ST15230WC/DC family 80 pin SCSI I/O drives On Hawk 4 family, ST15230WC/DC model drives there is no J1-auxiliary. J6 can be used to set drive ID, but the host probably does it over the 80 pin interface. J6 may be used to drive the external drive activity LED. T[...]

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    J1-DC Power Connector J2 Drive Front Pin 1 End J6 SCSI I/O Connector J1- SCSI I/O Pin 1 J2 J1- Auxiliary See  Figure 3b Drive with HDA up, PCB down, viewed from front Pin 1 HDA J6 [1] SCS I ID = 0 SCS I ID = 1 SCS I ID = 2 SCS I ID = 3 SCS I ID = 4 SCS I ID = 5 SCS I ID = 6 SCS I ID = 7 Reserved A 2 A 1 A 0 [7] Delay Moto[...]

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    Figure 3b. Drive configurator Hawk 4 family ST15230W/WD model (Wide bus) J1-DC Power J1 68 Pin SCSI I/O Connector Drive HDA 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 3 A 2 A 1 SCSI ID = 0 SCSI ID = 1 SCSI ID = 2 SCSI ID = 3 SCSI ID = 4 SCSI ID = 5 SCSI ID = 6 SCSI ID = 7 A 0 [3] J1[...]

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    Figure 3c. Drive configurator Hawk 4 family ST15230WC/DC model (Wide bus) Pin 1 J2 J1 J2 Drive Front Pin 1 End J6 Pin 1 HDA Drive with HDA up, PCB down, viewed from front J6 [1] Delay Motor Start Enable Motor Start Write Protect Parity Option Jumper Positions T E D S M E W P P E S S T P T P [5] [3] [8] +5V Gro[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 27 ___________________________________________ Notes for Figure 3a, 3b and 3c: [1] Notes explaining the functions of the various jump- ers on jumper header connectors J2, J1-auxiliary and J6 are given below in left to right order of jumper position. The term " default " means as standard OEM unit[...]

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    28 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ [4] The drive time-shares the ID and LED functions of J6 and J1-auxiliary. That is, a cable may be at- tached to one of these headers to pick up the signal that lights the external LED indicator. If lines for external ID selection are not also included in the [...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 29 ___________________________________________ J2 Jumper. Position Jumper Function Description TE (Applies to "W" models only) On With the jumper installed, the optional on- board (non-removable) terminator circuits are enabled (connected to the I/O lines). Default is jumper installed. Off Termin[...]

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    30 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ continued from previous page WP On Entire drive is write protected. Off Drive is not write protected. Default is no WP jumper installed. PE On Parity checking and parity error reporting by the drive is enabled. Default is PE jumper installed. Off Drive does no[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 31 ___________________________________________ continued from previous page TP TP (Not applicable to "WC and DC" model drives) Off Off No terminator power is connected to drive terminators or SCSI bus I/O pin 26. On Off Drive supplies its own terminator power only. Jumper on this position is fact[...]

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    32 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ J6 and J1-Auxiliary Jumper Installation Jumper Function Description A 3 ,A 2 ,A 1 ,A 0 * Drive ID on SCSI Bus. The drive ID is binary coded positionwise i.e., jumper in position A 3 is drive ID 8, in position A 2 is drive ID 4, in position A 1 is ID 2, positio[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 33 ___________________________________________ Drive installation This section describes the physical mounting of the drive in the host cabinet and the logical installation as a system member, which is called drive setup. Disc drive mounting Do not touch the connector pins or any PCB compo- nents without o[...]

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    Figure 4. Hawk 4 family ST15230W/WD model drive mounting dimensions (68 pin SCSI I/O connector) A F D E C [1] [3] B G J H K [2] Notes: [1] [2] [3] [4] Inches Millimeters 5.74  4.00  1.620 2.362 .620 4.000 .250 1.750 3.750 2.370 1.725 4.000 0.19  0.015 145.80  101.60  41.15  60.00  15.75 ?[...]

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    Figure 5. Hawk 4 family ST15230WC/DC model drive mounting configuration dimension (80 pin I/O connector) A F D E C [1] [3] B G J H K [2] Notes: [1] [2] [3] [4] Inches Millimeters 5.74  4.00  1.620 2.362 .620 4.000 .250 1.750 3.750 2.370 0.181 145.80  101.60  41.15  60.00  15.75  101.60  6.35 [...]

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    36 Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A ___________________________________________ Do not power up the host system until the drive is mounted and the system cover is replaced. • Connect DC power connector to the drive. (does not apply to "WC and DC" models which have DC power lines in the 80 pin I/O connector). • Replace the Ho[...]

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    Hawk 4 (Wide) Family Install Guide, Rev. A 37 ___________________________________________ SCSI interface drives The SCSI interface handles both drive geometry and defect management internally. The "no drive installed" option is selected for systems with SCSI drives. All SCSI interface drives are low-level formatted at the factory. You may[...]

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    Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley, CA. 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 77767477, Rev. A Printed in USA[...]