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This manual explains concerning the 3.5 inch hard disk drives with internal Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) controller.
The purpose of this manual is to provide the specifications and functions of SAS
for use of these magnetic disk drives incorporated into user systems, and to present
the information necessary for creating host system software. This manual is
written for users who have a basic knowledge of hard disk drives and their use in
computer systems.
The composition of manuals related to these disk drives and the range of subjects
covered in this manual are shown in "Manual Organization," provided on a
subsequent page. Please use these other manuals along with this manual as
necessary.
The organization of this manual, related reference manual and conventions for
alert messages follow.
Overview of Manual
This manual consists of the following six chapters, glossary, abbreviation, and
index:
Chapter 1 SAS Interface
This chapter describes the topology, physical and electrical requirements, interface
protocol, and other operations of the interface.
Chapter 2 Command Processing
This chapter describes the basic logical specifications related to command
processing.
Chapter 3 Data Buffer Management
This chapter describes the data buffer configuration, data transfer processing
functions and cache operations.
Chapter 4 Command Specifications
This chapter describes detailed command specifications and how to use them.
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Preface
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