OEM MANUAL:K6602771
1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Revision: 2 / Date: 2002.12.19
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FUNCTION OUTLINE
The disk drive is connected to the host computer through the Fibre Channel
Interface.
The word “Controller” may be substituted for the disk drive since this manual
describes only Fibre Channel interface functions which are implemented by the
controller in the disk drive.
It’s features are listed below.
(1) ANSI STANDARD COMPLIANCE
The disk drive implements the SCSI-2 and some SCSI-3 specifications and Fibre
Channel Interface specifications which conform to the ANSI standard listed in
article 1.2.
(2) AUTOMATIC ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT/ACCESS
By the FORMAT UNIT or REASSIGN BLOCKS command, alternate sectors are
automatically assigned in place of defective sectors. An alternate sector is
allocated next to the defective sector on FORMAT UNIT, so, extra rotational
latency may be avoided. The access to an alternate sector is done automatically on
the read or write operation.
(3) AUTOMATIC ERROR CORRECTION
The automatic error correction scheme with ECC is capable for an error correction
of the medium defect. The On the Fly error correction is also capable for the
medium defect and does not require the extra rotational delay.
Refer to the Product Specifications for details.
(4) AUTOMATIC ERROR RETRY
The error recovery function is automatically initiated in case that an error
occurred during access to the disk drive.
(5) AUTOMATIC POWER-SAVING CONTROL
The automatic power-saving function is supported to reduce the power
consumption and increase the life time of the magnetic heads and the electronic
circuits. This is automatically initiated in an idle condition whenever there are
no pending process by the host command.
(6) AUTOMATIC READ/WRITE REALLOCATION
The automatic read/ write reallocation function is supported. When an error is
detected on reading the data(assuming a data field recoverable error) or writing
the data(assuming a servo field error), this function automatically assigns an
alternate sector in place of the defective sector and stores the data on the
alternated sector prior to sending the completion status.