Using Cd-Roms, Dats, Tapes, Etc - Intel SRCMR - RAID Controller User Manual

Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc.

A SCSI device that is not a SCSI hard disk or a removable hard disk, 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
or are directly accessed from the operating system (UNIX
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Hard disks and removable hard disks are called Direct Access Devices. However, there are some
Non-Direct Access Devices, for example, certain MO drives, which can be operated just like
removable hard disks if they have been appropriately configured (for example, by changing their
jumper settings).
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