Fujitsu MBA3300 NP SERIES User manual

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MBA3073, MBA3147, MBA3300 NP/NC
SERIES
DISK DRIVES
SCSI PHYSICAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS

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damage or other loss (hereinafter "High Safety Required Use"), including without limitation,
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Related Standards
Specifications and functions of products covered by this manual comply with the following
standards.
Standard (Text) No. Name Enacting Organization
T10/1365D Rev 10 Working Draft
American National Standard Information
Technology --- SCSI Parallel Interface 4
American National
Standards Institute
(ANSI)
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REVISION RECORD
Edition Date
published Revised contents
01 March, 2007 Initial release
Specification No.: C141-C015
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PREFACE
This manual explains the MBA3073/MBA3147/MBA3300 NP/NC series 3-1/2" intelligent disk drives
each having the built-in SCSI controller.
This manual details the specifications and functions of the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) to
connect the above listed disk drives to the user system. Also, the manual details various SCSI command
specifications and the command processing functions, and provides the information required to creation of
host system software. This manual is intended to be used by the users who have the basic knowledge of
computer system operations.
The following lists the manual configuration and the contents of each chapter. The caution labels and
markings are also explained.
Manual Configuration and Contents
This manual consists of the following three chapters, and the terminologies and abbreviations sections.
Chapter 1 SCSI Bus
This chapter describes the configuration, physical and electrical requirements, interface protocol, and other
operations of the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) which connects the
MBA3073/MBA3147/MBA3300 NP/NC series intelligent disk drives to the user system.
Chapter 2 SCSI Messages
This chapter describes the type and explanation of messages defined for SCSI bus operations.
Chapter 3 ERROR Recovery
This chapter describes error recovery processing executed by the MBA3073/MBA3147/MBA3300 NP/NC
series intelligent disk drives in response to various errors on the SCSI bus.
Glossary
This section explains the terminologies the reader must understand to read this manual.
Abbreviations
This section lists the abbreviated terms and their full words used in this manual.
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CONVENTIONS
This manual uses the following conventions:
NOTE: NOTE indicates the information useful for the user to operate the system.
Important information
The important information is provided with the "Important" title. The important information text is
centered so that the reader can distinguish it from other manual texts. The following gives an example:
IMPORTANT
The HDD operates as a target (TARG) on the SCSI bus. The HDD is
called "TARG" in this chapter except when clear identification is
required.
Notations
A decimal value is indicated as it is in this manual.
A hexadecimal value is indicated in the X'17B9' or 17B9h or 17B9H notation.
A binary value is indicated in the notation similar to "010."
The disk drive model name has a different suffix depending on its SCSI electrical characteristics, capacity,
data format used during shipment and others. The following typical model name is used except when the
model needs to be distinguished. Also, the disk unit may be referred to as the "HDD" or "unit" in this
manual.
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Note 1: Model name
M BA 3 300 NC
Interface type NP: Low-Voltage Differential, 16-bit SCSI Ultra-320,
68-pin connector
NC: Low-Voltage Differential, 16-bit SCSI Ultra-320,
SCA-2 connector
Formatted capacity (1,000 MB units) *
Disk size
Type BA: 1-inch height (15,000 rpm)
Note 2: Typical model name
Type model name Model name
MBA3300 MBA3300NP, MBA3300NC
MBA3147 MBA3147NP, MBA3147NC
MBA3073 MBA3073NP, MBA3073NC
*: One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on
the operating environment and formatting.
Requesting for User's Comments
Please use the User's Comment Form attached to the end of this manual to identify user comments
including error, inaccurate and misleading information of this manual. Contact to your Fujitsu
representative for additional comment forms if required.
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MANUAL ORGANIZATION
Product/
Maintenance
Manual
•General Description
•Specifications
•Data Format
•Installation Requirements
•Installation
•Diagnostics and Maintenance
•Error Analysis
•Principle of Operation
SCSI Physical
Interface
Specifications
•SCSI Bus
•SCSI Message
•Error Recovery
SCSI Logical
Interface
Specifications
•Command Processing
•Data Buffer Management
•Command Specifications
•Parameter Data Formats
•Sense Data and Error Recovery Methods
•Disk Media Management
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