Directory of SCSI Resources

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SCSI is a "stand alone" independent communications channel. It can work with any operating systems such as Unix and all its versions, Microsoft Windows and so forth. It is the channel of choice. Many motherboards now are being designed to incorporate SCSI. It's an intelligent peripheral I/O interface with a standard, device independent protocol that allows many different peripheral devices to be attached to the host's SCSI port. Allows up to 8, 16 or 32 addresses on the bus depending on the width of the bus. Devices can include multiple hosts (initiators) and peripheral devices (targets) but must include a minimum of one of each. SCSI provides a high-speed, intelligent interface that allows an easy connection for up to 16 devices (8 devices for Narrow SCSI) on a single bus. These devices may be hard disks, floppy disks, CDs, tape drives, printers and scanners to name a few. Peripherals may be mounted in the computer or in an external enclosure. Total SCSI cable length is dependent on the type of SCSI. For more information see SCSI-1 X3.131-1986.

Subcategories

• Expanders
• FAQs, Help, and Tutorials
• Host Adapters
• SCSI Cables
• Standards
• Technical
• Test Equipment

Resources in This Category

• Advanced Storage Concepts, Inc.

  http://www.virtualscsi.com/
  Provides an emulation layer that lets a Windows computer with specialized hardware act as a SCSI host device.

• Breakthrough Systems

  http://www.breakthroughsys.com/
  Offers a full range of fundamental components such as semi-custom target mode and initiator drivers for SCSI, iSCSI, SAS, SATA, and Fibre Channel stack.

• IP-Over-SCSI

  http://w3.ualg.pt/~dubuf/ipscsi.html
  The purpose of IP Over SCSI is to connect two or more computers with SCSI interfaces using the IP protocol.

• iSCSI

  http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/iSCSI
  Internet SCSI. New Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities, developed by the IETF. Definition from Whatis.

• On-Line Extraction of SCSI Disk Drive Parameters

  http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/97/HPL-97-02.html
  This report describes a suite of general-purpose techniques and algorithms for acquiring the necessary data from SCSI disks via the ANSI-standard interface. (choose a download format)

• SCSI

  http://wwwlehre.dhbw-stuttgart.de/~schulte/htme/ebuss12.htm
  From Wolfgang Schulte's SCSI information guide.

• SCSI Common Codes and Values

  http://www.t10.org/lists/1spc-lst.htm
  Informative summaries for several of the more commonly used codes and coded values are included as annex information in the SCSI Primary Commands - 2 (SPC-2) draft standard.

• SCSI-3 Standards Architecture

  http://www.t10.org/scsi-3.htm
  Chart reflects the currently approved SCSI-3 project family. All projects are in T10, except Fibre Channel is in T11 and 1394 is in IEEE.

• STA - The SCSI Trade Association

  http://www.scsita.org/
  Small Computer System Interface, an official industry standard for 12 years. Helps educate OEM's, resellers and IT professionals about SCSI, one of the industry's most widely adopted I/O interfaces. Also helps shape the future of SCSI to ensure performance and compatibility.

• T10 Home Page

  http://www.t10.org/
  The technical committee of the National Committee on Information Technology Standards. NCITS is accredited by, and operates under rules that are approved by, the American National Standards Institute.

• The Linux SCSI (sg) Generic HOWTO

  http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/
  Describes the SCSI Generic driver (sg) found in the Linux 2.4 production series of kernels, focusing on the interface and characteristics of the driver for application writers.

• Webopedia - SCSI Information

  http://webopedia.com/TERM/S/SCSI.html
  An online encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology.

• What is SCSI? from Storage Search

  http://www.storagesearch.com/scsiscsi.html
  Written by Performance Technologies.

 

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