Using Cd-Roms, Dats, Tapes, Etc - Intel SRCU31A - Server RAID U3-1A Controller User Manual

Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc.

A SCSI device that is not a SCSI hard disk drive or a removable hard disk drive, or that does not
behave like one, is called a Non-Direct Access Device. Such a device is not configured with
StorCon and does not become a logical drive or host drive. SCSI devices of this kind are either
operated through the Advanced SCSI programming Interface (ASPI) (MS-DOS
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NetWare or OS/2
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NOTE
Hard disks and removable hard disks are called Direct Access Devices. However, there are some
Non-Direct Access Devices, for example, certain MO drive that can be operated just like removable
hard disks if they have been appropriately configured (for example, by changing their jumper
settings).
Introduction and General Information
), or are directly accessed from the operating system (UNIX
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, Windows, Novell
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, Windows NT ).
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