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DLT-S4 Interface Reference Guide
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Chapter 1
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Introduction
This chapter covers basic SCSI background information as it relates to
DLT-S4 drive characteristics and interfaces.
Background Information About SCSI
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SCSI is one of the industry’s most widely adopted I/O interfaces; it is
widely used in computing platforms from personal computers to
mainframes to peripheral devices of all types. DLT-S4 tape drives
conform to the SCSI-3 standard. You should familiarize yourself with the
standards as previously mentioned in
Related Documents
on page xxxi
before using the remaining portions of this document.
The DLT-S4 is capable of supporting these separate transport layers:
• Parallel SCSI
• Fibre Channel
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Note:
Final drafts of the SCSI standards documents are available at
www.t10.org
.