Reference Guide

DLT-S4 Interface Reference Guide 1
Chapter 1
1Introduction
This chapter covers basic SCSI background information as it relates to
DLT-S4 drive characteristics and interfaces.
Background Information About SCSI 1
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.