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9.1GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI Hard Drive - Product Overview

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General Information
IBM continues to offer leading-edge hard disk technology by expanding its family of 7200 rpm drives with the 9.1GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI Hard Disk Drive (HDD). This drive offers outstanding performance and storage. It also features the Wide Ultra2 SCSI interface, which is capable of a maximum synchronous burst transfer rate of 80MB/sec. To ensure that this hard drive provides maximum quality, reliability, and performance, IBM performs extremely rigorous testing and qualification in a variety of environments.

This HDD has the industry standard Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) feature that can provide advanced warning of an impending drive failure when used with the appropriate software, for example, IBM's Netfinity Manager (TM). To protect customer investments in Predictive Failure Analysis (TM) server reliability software and hardware, S.M.A.R.T. implements a compatible failure reporting scheme. If during the warranty period this drive predicts imminent failure, the drive is immediately eligible for replacement.

The advanced design of the 9.1GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI HDDs provides high levels of reliability in a high-performance solution. Use of the latest technologies, such as magneto-resistive (MR) heads, provides the foundation for a more reliable design. Increasing platter densities results in fewer parts and higher reliability and performance.

The IBM 68-pin drive to 50-pin cable converter (01K1326) enables the use of these new drives in older systems. This converter allows these newer, faster Wide Ultra2 SCSI drives to be used in systems designed for older narrow (50-pin) devices. When a 68-pin hard drive is adapted for use on 50-pin cabling, its highest interface data transfer rate is reduced to be compatible with the existing cable and SCSI bus adapter.

Note: When referring to hard disk drive capacity MB = 1 million bytes; GB = 1000 million bytes. Actual capacities vary based on different operating environments.

The IBM 9.1GB Wide Ultra2 SCSI HDD provides the best price performance available for IntelliStation or entry server systems. Features include:


Warranty: 3 year limited Customer Carry-In Exchange

This product replaces:
*

This product was replaced by:
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Packaging:
One box containing...


Marketing and FRU Part Numbers
World Wide...
Marketing part number -> 20L0553
FRU part number -> 36L8648

Additional Part Numbers
Part number(s) for ordering multiple quantities:
None

World Wide Retail information:
Retail Model Number -> HDD553
Retail UPC Code -> 0-87944-47828-7

Associated FRU Part Number(s):
None

Product Dates
World Wide...
Announce Date-> 2/23/1999
Planned Availability Date-> 3/12/1999
Withdrawal Date-> Not Applicable
Effective Withdrawal Date-> Not Applicable

Technical Specifications
Performance Specifications as known at time of announcement:
Buffer size: 1MB

Burst transfer rate: (max) 80MB/sec Max Instantaneous (in Wide Ultra2 mode)

Formatted capacity: 9100MB

Interface type: Wide Ultra SCSI/Wide Ultra2 SCSI

Rotational speed: 7,200RPM

Sustained data transfer rate: 12-20MB/sec

Average read seek time: 7.5 ms

Actual performance varies based on many factors and is often less than the maximum possible. NOTE: The total user-accessible capacity can vary slightly based on operating system environments.

Physical, Environmental, and Compatibility Specifications as known at time of announcement:
Weight: 1.14 lbs (630 kg)
Height: 1.00 inches (25.4 mm)
Width: 4.00 inches (101.6 mm)
Depth: 5.75 inches (146.0 mm)

Operating Temperature:


Relative Operating Humidity: low of 8% to a high of 90%

Agency Approvals:


ENERGY STAR-Compliant: No. The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.

Hardware Requirements for IBM systems:
Intellistation Z Pro: 6865
IntelliStation M Pro: 6889, 6898
PC 300 GL: 6265, 6267, 6275, 6277, 6285, 6287, 6561, 6591
PC 300 PL: 6562, 6592, 6862, 6892
Intellistation E Pro: 6893
Netfinity 3000: 8476
Netfinity 3500: 8644
PC Server 310: 8639
PC Server 315: 8638
PC Server 320: 8640
PC Server 325: 8639
PC Server 330: 8640

Hardware Requirements for Non-IBM systems:
No information available

Supported Operating Systems:
The 9.1GB HDD is supported in the following environments:


Note: The Adaptec AHA-2940U2W may require driver updates to perform in Wide Ultra2 SCSI mode with OS/2. These code updates can be found on the Adaptec Web site at: www.adaptec.com.

Compatibility:
This HDD adheres to the following American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards:


Limitations:


Other:
To achieve the drive's potential high reliability level, the system should provide sufficient air movement to maintain the drive surface temperature below 60 deg C.

Document Note(s):

  1. The symbol * is used to denote that the information is currently unavailable for this product.
  2. All dates are represented in the US English format of mm/dd/yyyy (where mm=month, dd=day, yyyy=year).
  3. FRU stands for Field Replacement Unit. It is the part number used for ordering service/replacement parts.
  4. Effective Withdrawal means that on the given date IBM will have withdrawn the products from marketing. After that date, the product can not be obtained directly from IBM.

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Date Created

22-02-99

Last Updated

05-04-99

Revision Date

05-04-2000

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