Complete SCSI / iSCSI / RAID / SAS Reference
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INDEX - SCSI INFO JUMP TABLE
10GbE |
40GbE |
100GbE |
10G IP |
ACRONYMS / GLOSSARIES |
AoE |
Articles / News |
ASPI |
BEGINNER's INTRODUCTION to SCSI |
Bluetooth |
BOOKS - SCSI Reference |
Buses, Other |
Cables - SCSI |
CAM (SCSI) |
Comparisons |
Connectors - SCSI |
Converged Networking |
Data recovery |
DDF - Disk Data Format (SNIA) |
Device Discovery |
Drivers (SCSI) |
EIDE / IDE / ATA |
Ethernet (all) |
EVMS - Enterprise Volume Management System (SourceForge - free) |
Fast SCSI (SCSI-2) |
FC - Fibre Channel (all) |
FCoE |
Glossaries (SCSI) |
Hard Drive Recovery - SCSI |
HBAs |
HyperSCSI |
HyperTransport |
InfiniBand |
IP |
iSCSI |
iSCSI TESTING |
iSCSI White Papers |
iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA) |
Linux 2.6 SCSI |
LUNS (Linux) |
LVM |
LVM Problems / Advisories |
Mirror RAID / Mirrors |
NEXUS Switch |
Organizations |
Other Information |
Other Resources |
PLEXES |
RAID - ALL levels of - RAID 0 thru RAID 60 - Including: |
RAID 0 |
RAID 1 |
RAID 3 |
RAID 5 |
RAID 5 Double Parity |
RAID 6 |
RAID 50 (RAID 5+0) |
RAID 53 |
RAID 60 (RAID 6+0) |
RAID Double Parity |
RAID, SOFTWARE |
RAID, TESTING |
RAID "Write Hole" |
RDMA |
RDMA 2 |
Reference Books |
REFERENCES |
RFCs |
RFC 3720
RFC 3980 - SCSI storage devices containing both iSCSI ports & SAS ports to use the same NAA-based SCSI device name |
SAM - SCSI Standards Architecture |
SAS - Serial Attached SCSI |
SAS2 |
SAS Expanders |
SATA - Serial ATA |
SCAM |
SCSI - GENERAL INFORMATION |
SCSI-2 |
SCSI-3 |
SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP) (formerly called: SCSI-4) |
SCSI-4 |
SCSI-5 |
SCSI Hard Drive Reconstruction |
SCSI RDMA Protocol - 2 (SRP-2) |
SSA SCSI-3 Protocol (SSA-S3P)|
SENSE CODES |
SENSE CODES - vendor proprietary |
SENSE KEYS |
SFF - Small Form Factor |
SOFTWARE RAID |
STANDARDS |
STATUS CODES |
Storage Interfaces - SCSI |
Striping |
SWITCHES |
Termination |
Test Equipment, SCSI |
Testing Storage |
Test Software |
TOE |
Troubleshooting SCSI |
SCSI TUTORIALS |
Ultra-2 SCSI |
Ultra-3 SCSI |
Ultra-320 SCSI |
Ultra-640 SCSI |
Vendor IDs |
Veritas Volume Manager |
VoIP - Voice over IP |
WireShark (SCSI related) |
Link Of The Day - Great Technical Information - jonesnco
smartmontools - control/monitor (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks
BEGINNER's INTRODUCTION to SCSI / TUTORIALS
SCSI basics
SCSI - good Into - Wikipedia
SCSI - Answers.com
SCSI Connectors
SCSI vs. iSCSI -- features, functionality and architecture
SAS-FC-SCSI-iSCSI Comparison Chart_073107 - PDF
Frequently Asked Questions on SCSI - rocstor.com
SCSI Glossaries / Acronyms
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASPI
What is ASPI? - A Word Definition - Webopedia
Guide to ASPI Drivers - Radified
Bart's page about ASPI
ASPI Layer
Installing a working ASPI layer
ASPI 4.60 Info
ASPI Information
Nero 6 [ASPI Driver]
ASPI Definition - PCmag
ASPI FAQ - MACdisk
What is ASPI & Where can I get the ASPI FIX ???
CAM - (SCSI) Common Access Method
Writing Device Drivers for the SCSI/CAM Architecture Interfaces
CAM SCSI subsystem
CONNECTORS, CABLES & TERMINATORS - SCSI
SCSI connector types and pictures
See also: SCSI CONNECTORS
DDF - Common RAID Data Disk Format (SNIA)
DDF
Improving data availability with RAID 6
PLEXES & Veritas Volume Manager
(Veritas) Plex (pl) is a mirror. Volume (v): A virtual disk, which can contain data. ...
(mirrors) A group of one or more subdisks, typically from physical drives,
that are used together in a concentration or striping arrangement.
Plex, definition and more information
Logical Storage Manager Glossary (scroll down for "plex")
Concepts and Terminology for Disks and Filesystems
Local Storage Manager - LSM
Veritas VXVM commands (v4.0)
VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide - HP
objects contained in volumes are: VM disks, disk groups, subdisks, and plexes - HP
Associating Plexes - HP
Disk management with SUN's Volume Manager
The RMON display of available Plexes - CICS - IBM
Time taken to mirror striped plexes
VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 for UNIX-Maintenance Commands - Veritas
How Virtual Disk Service Works - Windows Server 2003
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAID - Wikipedia
RAID 1 Backup Software
Flash and RAID: User Tips - 10/16/2014 - Christine Taylor
Tutorial on RAID
Introduction to RAID - Linux Mag
one-page, ready to print RAID Guide - must join
Standard RAID levels - wikipedia
Nested RAID levels (includes RAID 50 & RAID 60)- Wikipedia
Performance Evaluation of Distributed iSCSI RAID
RAID offload to multi-core x86 CPUs
Good RAID and Storage Info in an article about Adpatec
Storage Advisors - Blog Archive - Software RAID: It's not just ...
www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 4 - Hardware Support - IDE RAID
RAID "Write Hole"
RAID 0 - Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance.
Provides NO data backup nor protection against the loss of a drive.
The failure of just one drive will result in all data in an array being lost.
RAID0 is ONLY used to provide faster throughput under heavy loads.
Many Gamers use RAID0.
RAID 0 - more info
RAID 00 - Comprises RAID-0 striping across lower level RAID-0 arrays.
RAID-00 provides no fault tolerance, but improves performance.
RAID-01 - RAID 0+1 is implemented as a mirrored array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays
RAID 0+1 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 5
RAID 1 - Mirroring and Duplexing - each stripe is duplicated (mirrored) on another disk
RAID1 mirrors the data on one drive onto a second drive.
If one drive fails, it can be replaced without loss of data.
RAID 1 - more info
RAID 1-E - Striping with disk mirroring
RAID-1E0 - Comprises RAID-0 striping across lower level RAID-1E arrays.
RAID 2 - Hamming Code ECC. RAID 2 - more info
RAID 3 - Parallel transfer with parity. Only one I/O can be active in any array at any one time.
There is NO reason to use RAID3, RAID5 is faster, takes same disk space.
RAID 3
RAID-3: What is it good for?
RAID 4 - Independent Data disks with shared Parity disk
Almost "NO one" uses RAID 4.
RAID 4 - more info
RAID 5 - Independent Data disks with distributed parity blocks.
"Degraded RAID 5 write performance is going to be better than an optimal RAID 5
write because only data stripes are being written opposed to writing data
stripes then using XOR to generate the parity stripe thus the write operations
will be quicker. Degraded RAID 5 read performance will take a significant hit
in performance because rather than just reading only the data stripes for an
optimal RAID 5, the available data stripes and available parity stripes will
be read then XOR will re-generate this missing data." - RAID / Controllers
DO NOT USE RAID5 ON SSDs - you will quickly destroy them
RAID "Write Hole"
RAID 5 - more info
NOT RECOMMENDED - How-to Convert Linux (software) RAID5 to RAID6
RAID 10 - (RAID 1+0) - Effectively creates a striped volume of a RAID-1 array. The disks are first
mirrored together and then striped together as one volume.
Very High Reliability combined with High Performance.
Intel's RAID stack does not support 6-disk RAID10, only 4-disk RAID10
RAID 10 info More info
RAID 45 - uses a double inverse parity that is both on the last drive, and also spread
across all the drives. Combines RAID 4 and RAID 5, but uses more drives.
RAID 50 - (RAID 5+0) - comprises RAID-0 striping across lower level RAID-5 arrays.
RAID-50 has the benefits of RAID5 while the spanned RAID-0 allows
you to incorporate many more disks into a single logical drive.
Up to one drive in each sub-array may fail without loss of data.
RAID 50 (RAID 5+0) - wikipedia
RAID5DP - RAID5 with Double Parity (i.e., RAID6) - Hewlett-Packard
RAID-5E - (Raid-5 Enhanced) puts hot spares to work to improve reliability & performance.
RAID-5E creates a virtual distributed hot spare (DHS) by utilizing
unallocated space on the drives.
RAID 53 - High I/O Rates and Data Transfer Performance
RAID-53: RAID by any other name
RAID 6 - (RAID 6+0) - Independent Data disks with two independent distributed parity schemes.
RAID-6 supports losing any two drives.
Storage capacity is N-2 drives where N = number of drives.
RAID 6 protects against a single bad block/HDD failure while operating in a degraded mode.
RAID 6 is more about protecting against errors during a rebuild of a failed drive, than
about protecting against the failure of a second drive.
Has high overhead to compute parity addresses and a more complex controller.
If using hardware parity computation, RAID 6 can perform as well as RAID 5.
Requires an additional HDD to implement (a minimum of Four Drives).
RAID 6 - more information
The mathematics of RAID-6
HP has patented all possible ways (4) to produce a RAID 6 configuration.
Safer 6 for RAID Controllers - some good RAID 6 Info
Eeek! Can't assemble degraded/dirty Linux (software) RAID6 array!
RAID 60 - (RAID 6+0) - RAID 60 is two (or more) RAID 6 groups striped together.
With RAID 60, you can lose up to four drives, compared with the
two-drive limit in RAID 6.
Nested RAID levels (includes RAID 50 & RAID 60)- Wikipedia
RAID 60 (RAID 6+0) - wikipedia
RAID 7 - Optimized Asynchrony for High I/O Rates as well as High Data Transfer Rates.
RAID7
RAID DP - Double Parity.
RAID-S - RAID-S is a form of RAID-5 where the stripe element size is large (in the order.
of gigabytes) and each non-parity stripe element is presented to the host
system as a logical unit (LUN) to be used in place of a disk.
Click for more RAID-S information (scroll down)
RAID x0 - IBM has added spanned arrays - RAID levels RAID-00, RAID-10,
RAID-1E0 and RAID-50.
SOFWARE RAID
Personally, I only use hardware RAID.
The software RAID in the latest Linux kernels does do a good job.
I have not tried software RAID on Windows.
Hardware RAID versus Software RAID - redhat
The Software-RAID HOWTO
High Availability Linux with Software RAID
Quick HOWTO : Ch26 : Linux Software RAID - Linux Home Networking
www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 4 - Hardware Support - IDE RAID
Linux.com - Benchmarking hardware RAID vs. Linux kernel software RAID - July 2008
LVM and software raid, a powerful combination - O'Reilly Sysadmin
If you want to monitor your Linux Softare RAID devices, check out SysOrb - Commercial Product
Software RAID in the Linux 2.4 kernel, Part 1
Linux 2.4 Software RAID, Part 2
Software RAID
Backup/Recovery - Software RAID on Windows 2003 - Part1
Beginners Guides: Installing RAID on a Desktop PC - PCSTATS.com
RAID TESTING
(This is a VERY simplified description of RAID testing) To test RAID, I would compile
a list of RAID types, striping types, LUN sizes, HDDs (Vendor, speed, Type), etc....
Determine what loads to put on (I/O) (how many hosts, sending I/O at what speeds,..
What about boundary conditions, block sizes, SFP failures, switch failures, cable
failures, power failures, . You'll have to cause Drive failures, RAID controller
(assuming hardware RAID), failures, cable failures, power failures.I still like to
test odd number of bytes in file sizes. Try with and without caching, hot spares,
direct connect (vs switches) - the list seems endless.
You'll need to test compatability with other vendors' hardware and an intermix of
products from different vendors. What about all of the RAID settings, different drive
speeds.
I have been very successful with testing RAID5 with drive sizes that varied, from
different vendors, spinning at different speeds - it all worked.
Test how the RAID LUN degrades (does it do what it should).
What if the HDD comes back online?
If supported, does RAID 6 degrade correctly?
How does heavy sequential IO compare to random IO?
Is ZFS RAID 5 supported?
If supported, can you boot from a storage array (not the main HDD).
What about disk verification? SCSI Compliant?
You may want to consider the performance hit of running a degraded array,
a degraded array that is being rebuilt, I/O while performing a snap copy,
the list is almost endless. Can you enable/disable the controller while
running I/O?
It becomes complicated to do do a thorough job of testing RAID systems.
I could probably think of a hundred more variables that should be considered.
Then look here and select one or more Disk I/O tests that you wish to use.
Serial ATA Controller and Serial ATA RAID Controller Test Procedures - DOC - Microsoft
SCSI RAID Controller Testing Overview - Microsoft
Preparing for SCSI RAID Controller Testing with the Secondary Configuration - MSDN
Testing RAID controller - HD Tach
HD Tach - One of the most popular hard drive/SSD benchmarks
Testing RAID Drives
The Software-RAID HOWTO: Detecting, querying and testing
Method and apparatus for testing raid systems - Patent 5574855
STRIPING (Raid)
Striping - storagereview.
ARTICLES / NEWS - Related
DO NOT USE RAID5 ON SSDs - you will quickly destroy them
VMworld Confidential: DataCore iSCSI SAN Software and VMware Virtualization Make
SAM - SCSI-3 Architecture Model
SCSI Standards Architecture
SCSI model for distributed communications
SAS / SAS2 - SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI
SAS controllers allow the use of SATA drives, but SATA controllers do not handle SAS.
SAS2 (3.0 Gbps) is available.
I've seen 6.0 Gbps HBAs.
SAS-2 Standard - PDF
Serial Attached SCSI supports three transport protocols - Wikipedia
Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP)
Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP)
Serial Management Protocol (SMP)
SAS-FC-SCSI-iSCSI Comparison Chart - PDF
SAS disk drive advantage?
MAJOR VENDORS LOOK TO ENABLE SAS WITHIN iSCSI
SAS - Wikipedia
SCSITA Org
Mixing SAS and SATA drives can cause problems
Is There Magic in SATA and SAS?
SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) - LeCroy
Serial Attached SCSI - eWeek
SAS and SATA compatibility: a new paradigm for disk interconnects
T10 Organization - SCSI Storage Interfaces
SAS-2 SSC Investigation
SAS 2 - Moving Forward
Roadmap to SAS-2 Physical Layer Specification
SAS-2 SMP Lists
SAS-2 More counters
SAS-2 zoning enhancements
SAS2 BROADCAST (SCSI ASYNCHRONOUS EVENT)
SAS-2 Zoning
SAS-2 Multiplexing
SAS-2 Add device name to IDENTIFY address frame
SAS I/O Performance - Unprecedented Flexibility in I/O Bandwidth Selection - Fall 2005
Maximizing System Availability with Serial Attached SCSI
Serial Attached SCSI - PDF - Intel
SAS and SATA - Unparalleled serial interface compatibility
In-Depth Exploration of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA ...
ANSI Agrees on Serial Attached SCSI Standard
Guide To SAS Raid web links - guideto
SAS ExPAnders
SAS Expanders add - essentially a SAS HUB, adding more SAS connections.
SAS EDGE EXPANDERs - handle 128 SAS addresses. Can do direct Table Routing.
SAS FANOUT EXPANDER - connects SAS Edge Expanders, up to 128 sets).
PMC-Sierra provides a complete SAS expander switches
SAS DUAL EXPANDERs - have redundant links and are either Edge or Fanout Expanders.
SAS Expanders - What are they and how do they compare
SCAM - SCSI Configured AutoMatically (~Plug-N-Play)
Installing with SCSI SCAM hard drive - Redhat Linux
SCAM / SCSI Info - Buildorbuy
SCAM - Plug and Play SCSI: Designing to the New Standard (Device I/O ...
SCSI COMPARED TO OTHER BUSES
SCSI vs USB vs FireWire vs ATA vs EIDE vs IDE
SATA vs FireWire 800 vs SCSI - 4 drive RAID
SAS-FC-SCSI-iSCSI Comparison Chart_073107 - PDF
GENERAL SCSI INFO
SAS-FC-SCSI-iSCSI Comparison Chart - PDF
SCSI Commands and Status/Sense Codes - Arkeia
SCSI - good Into - Wikipedia
SCSI basics
SCSI Bus Overview
SCSI - Answers.com
Gary Field's SCSI Info Central/SCSI FAQ Page
"Storage Cornucopia" SCSI links
Different Types of SCSI (scroll down)
SCSI Guide - DELEC
SCSI technical info
SCSI Technology prime
SCSI EDUCATION (AC&NC)
How SCSI Works
Whatis SCSI - Techtarget Dot Com
SCSI - Factbites
DR. SCSI - Fixes SCSI Problems
SCSI (scroll down)
SCSI FAQ (latest) - Part 1
SCSI FAQ (latest) - Part 2
(SCSI) Fast Hard Drives, Links to Sites - Dan Kegel
Mixing Wide & Narrow Devices on an Adaptec
Plug and Play SCSI Specification
Plug and Play for Windows 2000
Plug & Play SCSI Specification Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification V.3.0
See also SCSI BOOKS (search for "scsi")
SCSI-2, INFORMATION ABOUT
SCSI-2 (including Fast SCSI & Wide SCSI variants) SPECIFICATION
ASPI - Advanced SCSI2 Programming Interface in Win32
Ultra-2 SCSI = LVD (Low Voltage Differential) = Ultra2 SCSI
source removed - I need a new link
SCSI-3 (Ultra SCSI & fast-20 SCSI) = Ultra3 SPECIFICATION
SCSI Pinouts
SCSI All pinouts and some information about pinouts
SCSI2 Pinouts - 50 pin header) to an external DB25 connector
SCSI cable Cautions
Ultra-3 SCSI = Ultra-160 SCSI = Ultra160 SCSI
ultra-3 is Sometimes called Ultra160/m.
Maximum burst rate is 160 Mbps (double ultra-2)by using the full bus speed.
ultra160/m uses CRC.
SCSI 4 (now SCSI RDMA Protocol [SRP])
SCSI IV Bus Detailed Description and 'P' Connector Pin Out
SATA vs FireWire 800 vs SCSI - 4 drive RAID
SCSI FAQ
SCSI-5
SCSI V Bus Detailed Description and Connector Pin Out
Ultra-320 = Ultra320 SCSI
Ultra320 SCSI - storagereview
Ultra-640 = Ultra640 SCSI
Ultra640 SCSI Training Pattern Proposal
Ultra640 SCSI Reduction of Crosstalk Errors During Timing Deskew
SCSI Hard Drive Reconstruction
SCSI Hard Drive Reconstruction
SCSI RDMA (formerly called SCSI-4)
RDMA = remote direct memory access.
Remote Direct Memory Access - Wikipedia
iSER - ISCSI Extensions for RDMA - Wikipedia
Architectural Specifications for RDMA over TCP/IP
HPCwire: A Critique of RDMA
HPCwire: A Tutorial of the RDMA Model
An Overview of RDMA over IP - PDF
RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access)
NFS RDMA transport update and performance analysis at OpenSolaris.org
SourceForge.net: NFS/RDMA ONC Transport: NFS/RDMA ONC Transport
DAFS - Direct Access File System
The RDMA Consortium (RDMAC) has defined the semantics of an interface
Cisco RDMA Accelerated Buffers Software - Cisco Systems
RDMA definition of RDMA in the Free Online Encyclopedia
NFS Over RDMA (System Administration Guide: Network Services
See also DAFS
See also: iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA)
SCSI RDMA Protocol - 2 (SRP-2)
SCSI RDMA Protocol - 2 (SRP-2)
See also: iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA)
SCSI Storage Interfaces
SCSI Storage Interfaces
HARD DRIVE RECOVERY - SCSI
SCSI Harddrive Resurrection
HyperSCSI
A protocol for transferring data directly from a SCSI storage device
directly over the network. HyperSCSI allows the building of SANs with
in LAN subnet.
HyperSCSI
Storage over IP (HyperSCSI), including an introduction
What the Heck Is HyperSCSI? - byteandswitch.com
HyperSCSI - Wikipedia
HyperSCSI is a networking protocol for the transmission of SCSI commands & data
HyperSCSI - The Wireshark Wiki
Ethereal: Display Filter Reference: HyperSCSI
Linux.com - HyperSCSI 20021024
RE: HyperSCSI versus iSCSI: msg#00062
iSCSI - SCSI Over IP
Also, compare to FCoE.
iSCSI - dret.net
A Not So Short iSCSI Tutorial - PDF
A Quick Guide to iSCSI on Linux
iSCSI - Remote Boot - Intel
SAS-FC-SCSI-iSCSI Comparison Chart_073107 - PDF
SCSI vs. iSCSI -- features, functionality and architecture
iSCSI Storage - IP Storage Network Trends
ISCSI - general information - answers.com
Configuring iSCSI in a VMware ESX Server 3 Environment - PDF
iSCSI Design Considerations and Deployment Guide - VMware Infrastructure 3 - PDF
Dr. Dobb's | iSCSI Target Emulation
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) - ietf.org
RFC 5047 - DA: Datamover Architecture for the Internet Small Computer
SCSI vs. iSCSI -- features, functionality and architecture
SAS-FC-SCSI-iSCSI Comparison Chart - PDF
FCoE Or iSCSI, Does It Really Matter?
Techworld.com - iSCSI Network architecture
A basic primer on iSCSI storage architecture
RFC on T11 Network Address Authority (NAA) Naming Format for iSCSI Node Names
MAJOR VENDORS LOOK TO ENABLE SAS WITHIN iSCSI
iSCSI - Wikipedia
iSCSI - whatis
rfc3720 - iSCSI - IETF Org
Linux-iSCSI Project
Linux and iSCSI Device Driver Code
Emulex CNAs support 10GbE, iSCSI, FCoE
iSCSI FAQ
iSCSI Review
The iSCSI Standards
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Storage Technologies - iSCSI
iSCSI a Whatis definition
Use crypto_hash interface instead of crypto_digest for iSCSI
IP Storage: A review of iSCSI, FCIP, IFCP
iSCSI SAN Software and VMware Virtualization Make Virtual Infrastructures Practical for Everyone
iSCSI Consortium - InterOperability Laboratory
Intel iSCSI Reference - SourceForge
Julian Satran's IPS archive
iSCSI Review *
iSCSI Storage Magazine News
Performance Evaluation of Distributed iSCSI RAID
Creating a SAN with iSCSI - Part 4 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - iSCSI Setup
iSCSI target
Implementation and Evaluation of iSCSI over RDMA
iSCSI companies (IP SAN) - STORAGEsearch.com
iSCSI Development
iSCSI gets Intel stamp of approval
DiskDrive.com - The home of iSCSI knowledge
iSCSI Storage - IP Network Storage Trends
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Storage Technologies - iSCSI
The skinny on iSCSI SANs
iscsi Provider - DTrace - wikis.sun.com
Getting to know the Solaris iSCSI stack - PDF
Setting up HA iSCSI with CTDB on RHEL5
Securing iSCSI Using IPSec
Securing iSCSI Using IPSec, Part 2
Ardis: Linux iSCSI target
How to decide between Fibre and iSCSI SANs
iSCSI - Factbites
What is iSCSI? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
iSCSI definition - webopedia
iscsi and scsi Resources on TechRepublic
SCSI and iSCSI technical information - scsilibrary.com
iSCSI Configuration Examples - iSCSI concepts to SCSI concepts with Naming Examples
FCoE - Storage vendors propose FC over Ethernet standard - 4/2007
iSCSI Design Considerations and Deployment Guide - VMware Infrastructure 3
DTracing iSCSI (Solaris and OpenSolaris )
See also Books, Recommended Technical (search for iscsi)
See also Linux, for iSCSI information (search for iscsi)
See also SAN-NAS-Virtualization, for iSCSI information (search for iscsi)
See also UNIX, for iSCSI information (search for iscsi)
iSCSI TESTING
iSCSI - WHITE PAPERS
Testing iSCSI
iSCSI WHITE PAPERS:
Linux 2.6 SCSI
Guide to the implementation of SCSI in Linux 2.6.X kernel
The Linux SCSI Generic (sg) Driver (sg3)
Tour the Linux generic SCSI driver - IBM
Howto configure the Linux kernel/Device drivers/SCSI device
Solaris as a SCSI (not iSCSI, SCSI) Target - John J. McLaughlin: COMSTAR
MIRRORS
What is data mirroring? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia ...
Data Protection and Disaster Recovery
Revivio Takes on Mirror-Splits
Striping and Mirroring RAID under RedHat 6.0
Mirrored is the most secure but not as fast as a Striped RAID.
Striped RAIDS are faster, but not secure.
mirroring two data disks (no system files on them)
RFC 3720
rfc3720 - iSCSI - ietf
RFC 3720 - Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)
RFC 3980
RFC 3980 - SCSI storage devices containing both iSCSI ports & SAS
ports to use the same NAA-based SCSI device name.
RFC 3980
STD 1 (RFC3700) Internet Official Protocol Standards
FULL STANDARD RFCs - IETF ORG
SENSE CODES
ASC/ASQ - Alphabetic order - t10 org
ASC/ASQ - Numeric order - t10 org
SCSI Commands and Status/Sense Codes - Arkeia
LOOK UP Sense Keys, Additional Sense Codes, and Sense Qualifiers
SCSI Sense Code - Answers dot com
SCSI Additional Sense Data - t10 org
SCSI Sense Code - wikipedia
Interpreting the SCSI Sense Codes - HP
Appendix A. SCSI Sense Codes - HP
The Linux SCSI programming HOWTO: Additional sense codes and ...
Linux sg and sense codes
Scsi tape sense codes, getting last n (10)
Optical drives return error codes - Error Codes / Sense Codes
Maps a SCSI sense code to a localized string - Developer Connection
DVD Errors
MMC-3 Revision 10e - Error Codes / Sense Codes - Yahama and others
Event ID 7
Event ID 3 - Media Error [03] - tape
Event ID 51
SCSI SENSE CODES - Vendor Proprietary
still working on the sense codes
(mostly) SCSI DISK DRIVE MANFACTURERS:
SCSI Sense Code - Answers dot com
DLT 7000 errors
DLT 8000 errors
IBM - SCSI Sense Data Structure and Example
NERO - CD and DVD Burning Software - Nero SCSI/IDE ERROR
VERITAS - Event ID 7 is generated in the System Event log
SENSE KEYS
Sense Keys - See 4.5.6 in SPC-3
SSA - Serial Storage Architecture
Currently (9/2005) 400 Mbit clock speed))
SSA - answers
SSA - scroll down to SCSI interface overview table
SSA SCSI-3 Protocol (SSA-S3P)
SSA Transport Layer 2 (SSA-TL2)
SSA Pysical Layer 2 (SSA-PH2)
STATUS CODES
Status Codes - See 5.3.1 in SAM-4 - T10 org
TROUBLE SHOOTING SCSI
SCSI Commands and Status/Sense Codes - Arkeia
VENDOR CODES
Vendor IDs - T10
WireShark
WireShark & forms of SCSI
More information on WireShark
GLOSSARIES, SCSI
SCSI Glossary: Practical Definitions and Terminologies for SCSI
Acronyms & Definitions - Technical PC/SAN/NAS/QA/Wireless/Linux/Network/Video/Pharma/WIN/wms.
SCSI & Related subjects REFERENCE BOOKS
Clark, Tom
IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols
for Storage Area Networks.
SW $45 0-201-75277-8
Deming, David A.
The SCSI Tutor
ENDL Publications $192 1-879936-08-9
Field, Gary & Peter M. Ridge, et al
The Book of SCSI. 2nd Edtion
No Starch Press $ 50 1-886411-10-7
[In my opinion, the Best Introduction & Advanced SCSI Book]
Hernandez, Rowell, et al
IP Storage Networking: IBM NAS & iSCSI Solutions
IBM Redbooks $60 0738424226
Hufferd, John L.
iSCSI The Universal Storage Connection
AW $45 0-201-78419-x
Jackson, Mike
SAS Storage Architecture
Mindshare, Inc 0-9770878-0-8
Kembel, Robert W.
Comprehensive Guide to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS).
Northwest Learning Assoc $95 0931836611 Amazon com
Ridge, Peter M.
Book of SCSI. [2nd edition is now out - see Field, Gary & Peter Ridge]
No Starch Press 35 1-886411-02-6
Schmidt, Friedhelm
The SCSI Bus and IDE Interface: Protocols, Applications and Programming
AW 35 W/DISK 0-201-42284-0 Doesn't cover Enhanced IDE ????
Zadian Technologies
SCSI, the Nuts & Bolts
Knowledge TEK
Zadian Technologies
SCSI, the Nuts & Bolts: Workbook and reference Guide
Knowledge TEK
Zadian Technologies
Zadian SCSI Navigator
Zadian Technologies c1994 $ 11
OTHER RESOURCES - Caveat Emptor
SCSI - Factbites
WWW Virtual Library for SCSI - scsilibrary.com
SCSI - dbpedia.org
SCSI - nationamster.com
These sites have similar, but good SCSI info: SCSI - Wikipedia
SCSI - algebra
end of similar site list
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