Chapter 7 The SCSI Bus
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI; pronounced "scuzzy") is a general-purpose interface used for connecting many types of devices to a PC. This interface has its roots in SASI (Shugart Associates System Interface). SCSI is very flexible; it is not just a disk interface, but is a systems-level interface that allows many types of devices to be connected, including scanners and printers. SCSI's primary use today is as a host adapter for high-performance hard disk, tape-backup, and RAID arrays on servers.
SCSI is a bus that supports as many as 7 or 15 total devices. Multichannel adapters exist that can support up to 7 or 15 devices per channel. The SCSI host adapter might be installed as a PCI or as a PCI-Express card, or ...
Get Upgrading and Repairing Servers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
