Making SCSI Work - A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Table of Contents:
Preface: For A Better Understanding of SCSI
Chapter I: The Basics of SCSI
- What is the SCSI Bus?
- A History of Evolution: From SASI to SCSI-3
- The SCSI Interfaces
- Initiators and Targets
- Disks, Tapes and Hosts... the SCSI Devices
- Extend the Bus Length with SCSI Expanders
- SCSI Commands Get the Job Done
Chapter II: The Parallel SCSI Interface
- Parallel SCSI Interface Alternatives and Options
- The SCSI Domain and SCSI Bus Segments
- Single-ended SCSI
- Differential SCSI
- Low Voltage Differential SCSI
- Cable Cautions
- Stubs
- The Speed Options: Asynchronous, Synchronous, Fast and Ultra SCSI
- The Data Path Options: Narrow and Wide SCSI
- Interconnecting Single-Ended and Differential SCSI
- Extending the SCSI Bus
- Interconnecting Narrow and Wide SCSI
- Troubleshooting the Parallel SCSI Interface
Chapter III: The Parallel SCSI Protocol
- SCSI Bus Phases
- Arbitration and Selection
- The Concept of SCSI Messages
- Command Transfer
- Parameter and Data Transfer
- How a SCSI Command is Completed
- Negotiating the Data Transfer Options
- Freeing the Bus: Disconnect/Reselect
- Multithreading: Tasks and Queues
- Error Handling: The Role of the Parity Bit
- SCAM - SCSI Configured AutoMatically
- Plug and Play SCSI
Chapter IV: Future SCSI Directions
- Ultra-2 SCSI and Beyond
- The Serial Interface Alternatives of SCSI-3
- Fibre Channel and FC-AL
- SSA (Serial Storage Architecture)
- P1394 (Fire Wire)
- Serial Expanders
Appendix A: System Connectors Reference
- ANSI Specified SCSI-1 Connectors
- SCSI-2 Connectors
- SCSI-3 Connectors
- Emerging Standard Connectors
- Vendor Specific Connectors
Appendix B: SCSI Terms and Abbreviations
Appendix C: Other Sources of Information
- Internet
- BBSs
- Published ANSI Specifications
- Published and Unpublished Specifications