4.3. Chapter Summary
Operating Systems and SCSI I/O
Applications view storage resources as abstract representations of the underlying physical devices.
I/O requests are generated by applications, files systems, and operating systems.
Logical storage identifiers (for example, the F: drive) are mapped to the SCSI addressing scheme of bus/target/LUN.
The mapping function is provided by device drivers that support SCSI ports or adapters.
The supporting SCSI infrastructure may also provide additional mapping between the conventional bus/target/LUN addressing and the address scheme required for that topology.
SCSI Architectural Model
SAM-2 separates SCSI commands from SCSI delivery protocols and underlying interconnects.
SAM-2 defines SCSI relationships ...
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