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- DOCUMENT:Q103436 26-AUG-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Bus Configuration
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- The following table describes the configuration attributes of the
- standard SCSI interface.
-
- Bit Cable Pin Max Transfer Max SCSI
- Standard Width Name Cnt. Rate MB/sec Devices Description
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- SCSI-1 8 A 50 5 8 Asynchronous
- SCSI-2 8 A 50 10 8 fast
- SCSI-2 16 A+B 50+68 20 8 fast+wide **
- SCSI-2 32 A+B 50+68 40 8 fast+wide **
- SCSI-3 8 A 50 10 8 fast
- SCSI-3 16 P 68 20 16 fast+wide *
- SCSI-3 32 P+Q 68+68 40 32 fast+wide **
-
- * = with 1 cable
- ** = with 2 cables
-
- Standard: The name of the SCSI standard as defined by ANSI.
-
- Bit width: The number of bits that gets transferred by the SCSI
- bus during the data transfer phases.
-
- Cable Names: A is most common, P is getting more popular, A+B is
- currently not popular due to cost and space issues.
-
- Pin Count: The number of pins in the cable. Refer to the above table
- for specific numbers.
-
- Max Transfer Rate (MB/sec): Number of bits transferred over the
- SCSI bus in one second.
-
- Max SCSI Devices: The Maximum number of devices that can be
- connected to the SCSI bus with one host adapter installed.
-
- Description:
-
- Asynchronous: A handshaking protocol that requires a
- handshake for every byte transferred (Synchronous transfers a
- series of bytes before handshaking occurs, which speeds data
- transfer rate)
-
- Fast: Fast SCSI is an option that doubles the synchronous data
- transfer speed. The speed is achieved by removing excess margins
- from certain times and delays. To use the fast SCSI option, high
- quality cables are required. This option is compatible with normal
- synchronous SCSI and has:
-
- - Up to 10 (megabytes) MB/second over an 8 bit bus.
-
- - Synchronous Data transfer negotiation required.
-
- - Single-ended implementation recommendations: max cable length of
- 3 meters and active terminators.
-
- Wide: Wide SCSI is an option that adds a second SCSI cable of 68
- conductors. This cable provides a data path for 16- or 32-bit data.
- This path has separate handshake signals and is for data transfer
- only. The transfer rate is two or four times the present transfer
- rate of SCSI-1. With the second cable, SCSI-2 remains compatible
- with the 8-bit SCSI.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 specification summary port connection
- daisy chain address
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: winnt
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