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- Description
- Specifications
This PN provides one 2.5 inch Small Form Factor (SFF) 2TB Hot Swappable Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 12Gbps 7200 RPM HDD (Hard Disk Drive) This Dell Y6W8N drive is compatible with the Dell EMC PowerVault MD34XX/38XX Series.
Compatibility and specifications
Dell lists Y6W8N as the Seagate ST2000NX0453 with SED marked Yes: a 2 TB, 7.2K, 2.5-inch self-encrypting drive on firmware NSF2 in the MD34XX/38XX matrix (Rev. A25) and NSF1 in the MD32XX/36XX matrix (Rev. A24), also listed in the MD3060e enclosure matrix. Dell's notes rule out self-encrypting SSDs in MD32/36 and MD34/38 arrays, but SED hard drives such as Y6W8N are listed as supported in the same tables. The 1 TB D4N7V (Seagate ST1000NX0473, firmware NT32) is the non-SED drive from the same Dell tables.
| Dell part number | Y6W8N |
| Drive model (Dell matrix) | Seagate ST2000NX0453 |
| Capacity and speed (Dell matrix) | 2 TB, 7.2K |
| Form factor | 2.5-inch |
| Self-encrypting (Dell matrix) | Yes |
| Firmware, MD34XX/38XX matrix Rev. A25 | NSF2 |
| Firmware, MD32XX/36XX matrix Rev. A24 | NSF1 |
| MD3060e enclosure matrix | Listed |
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| Dell EMC Part Number | Y6W8N |
| Manufacturer Part Number | ST2000NX0453 |
| Manufacturer | Seagate |
| Form Factor | 2.5 inch Small Form Factor (SFF) |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| Rotation Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Manufacturer | Seagate |
| Self Encrypting (SED) | Yes |
| Firmware | NSF2 |
| Hot Swap | Yes |
| Interface | Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) |
| Transfer Rate | 12Gb/s |
| Compatible With | Dell EMC PowerVault MD34XX/38XX Series |
