SCSI, The Nuts & Bolts

3 Day Course
This course offers a comprehensive presentation of parallel SCSI, covering software, firmware, hardware, and all the other aspects of SCSI. It provides not only a functional understanding of the SCSI specification, but also in-depth, practical, up-to-date information designed to optimize your SCSI related efforts. Crucial features such as defect management, command queuing, messages, mode pages, and signal interactions are thoroughly examined and explained. The course manual has been derived from years of real-world experience and features flowcharts, practical scenarios, working algorithms, and explanatory text. Students will gain a firm foundation in parallel SCSI, as well as valuable insights needed to master this complex subject.

Based on our highly successful Hands-On SCSI, this demo class for SCSI, The Nuts & Bolts uses SCSI Host Bus Adapters, disk drives and an analyzer to lead the student through SCSI command execution, SCSI Phases, feature negotiation (wide/narrow, synchronous and PPR features) and feature execution. A boot sequence can be observed and analyzed. Also, a Target Tester will be used to show the sequence of control signals during individual phases. Demonstrations will be adjusted to place emphasis where it will best meet the needs of the students.

Introduction
The Parallel ATA Crisis
Serial ATA Objectives
Physical Packaging
Serial ATA Roadmap
ATA Overview
ATA Architecture
Task File Register Review
Command Execution
PIO Transfers
DMA Transfers
Getting Status
Serial ATA Overview
Serial ATA Concept
Shadow Registers
Frames and FIS
PIO Command Execution
DMA Command Execution
Flow Control
Serial Engine Overview
Transport Layer
Transport Layer Functions
Frame Information Structures
Interface to Host HW/SW/FW
Interface to Drive HW/FW

Link Layer
Link Layer Functions
8b/10b Encoding
Primitives & Primitive Signaling
Scrambling
Physical (Phy) Layer
Phy Layer Functions
Clocking
Out-Of-Band Signaling
Internal Transmit Path
Internal Receive Path
Elasticity Buffer
Cable Signaling Interface
Power Management
Requirement for Power Management
Interface Power States
Power Management Primitives
COMWAKE Signal Sequence
State Model Description
State Description Method
Host and Device Transport States
State Description of Command Execution
Link Layers States
Additional Topics
Error Handling Philosophy
First Party DMA
Port Multiplier
Future SATA Improvements
Annotated Specs & Design Guides

In addition to a great seminar, we provide the following:

Analyzer comparisons of features and characteristics

KnowledgeTek training manual

Printed copy of the specification

Interface reference book

Handy foldout reference card

CD-ROM of the training manual and specification

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