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GL-2 Single Board Computers SCSI Software UserÕs Manual
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Definition
SCSI (NOTE) Small Computer System Interface - An ANSI-defined
intelligent I/O bus.
SCSI-2 (NOTE) An ANSI-defined intelligent I/O bus with broader functional
definitions and tighter protocol definitions than SCSI-1
(SCSI).
SCSI address (NOTE) The hexadecimal representation of the unique address (0
through 7) assigned to an SCSI device.
SCSI device (NOTE) A host adapter or a target controller that can be attached to the
SCSI bus.
SCSI ID (NOTE) The bit-significant representation of the SCSI address
referring to one of the data lines (DB0 - DB7).
SCSI status During the SCSI STATUS phase, one byte of information sent
from the target to the initiator upon completion of each SCSI
command.
SDL SCSI Driver Library. (It is released as unsupported software
to be used for example purposes only.)
Select (NOTE) The SCSI function that occurs when an initiator selects a target
to perform an I/O request.
SIOP NCR 53C710 SCSI I/O Processor.
t167 An example test program which runs on the MVME167 or
other SBCs. (It is released as unsupported software to be used
for example purposes only.)
Tagged command queuing (NOTE) An SCSI command control flow
implementation that allows the target to receive multiple
command requests from the same initiator before returning
status for any of the command requests.
Target (NOTE) An SCSI device that performs an operation requested by an
initiator.
Thread A physical or logical connection between a target and an
initiator.
Note
These terms are derived from the SCSI specification. Refer
to it for the authoritative definitions.