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48 Viper 200 LTO Product Manual
• Single-ended drivers
• Termination power supplied to cable (jumper option)
• Hard reset
• Synchronous data transfers
• Parity implemented (switch option)
Fibre Channel interface
The Fibre Channel interface for the Viper 200 drive conforms with the ANSI/INCITS
FCP-2, FC-PH, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, and FC-AL standards, as well as with the FC-
TAPE, FC-MI, FC-PLDA, and FC-FLA profiles.
The drive has two independent 1.0625 GHz interfaces, using LC (small form factor)
connectors to attach 850 nm multimode fiber optic cables. Logically, these are Fibre
Channel NL_Ports. Either or both may be used. They should be attached to a hub,
to another NL_Port (on a host), or to an FL_Port (on a fabric).
Commands
General Features
• Fixed and variable block transfer lengths
• Space blocks, filemarks and EOD
• Supports third-party reservation
• Log Sense and Log Select for managing soft error reporting
• Mode Sense/Select page to control and report operation of data compression in
sequential access devices and to read from and write to the configuration
EEPROM
• Supports both single and multi-initiator systems
• Fibre Channel drives support the Fibre Channel Logical Unit Control mode page
(18h) and the Fibre Channel Port Control mode page (19h), as defined in the
FCP-2 standard.
Viper 200 supports SCSI commands defined in the ANSI/INCITS SPC-2 and SSC
Standards. These are explained in detail in the Viper 200 SCSI / Fibre Channel
Interface Manual.
Code Command
00h Test Unit Ready
01h Rewind
03h Request Sense
05h Read Block Limits
08h Read
0Ah Write