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SCSI Interface Description
Overview
The Seagate DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives are designed to operate with the Small
Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus. This chapter discusses SCSI bus operation
as it pertains to drive functions.
SCSI is a standard interface established to support peripheral equipment such as
printers, tape drives, magnetic disks, optical disks for microcomputers and other
computer systems. The SCSI bus can support up to eight devices consisting of any
multiple of host adapters and peripheral devices.
The Seagate DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives comply with SCSI-2 and SCSI-3
specifications. In a few cases, vendor unique features are available. These features
are compatible with the SCSI standards.
The interface is a sixteen-port daisy-chained bus using twenty-seven signal lines:
eighteen data-bit signal lines and nine control lines. The eighteen data-bit lines are
made up of two pairs of eight data signal lines and one parity bit line. The remaining
nine lines provide control and status signals to coordinate data transfer operations
between the host controller and the selected drive.
The drives have an internal SCSI controller integrated into the drive electronics.
Each device ID on the SCSI bus may drive up to 8 logical units (LUN). These drives
support only LUN 0, except for the Autoloader, which also uses LUN 1.
ANSI SCSI Bus Standards
In addition to the information presented in this manual, we recommend that for
SCSI-2, read the ANSI Working Draft Revision 10 standard before writing host
software drivers. Also, see the conformance statements, which are given in the
Product Description Manual for the each model of drive or Autoloader.
Cabling and Connectors
The cabling requirements and pin outs for the SCSI connector for the internal drive
models are given in the respective installation guide and Product Description
Manual for each model of DAT drive or Autoloader.
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