squishy.gateware.scsi

Anatomy of a SCSI Bus

SCSI Is a bus based system, all devices on the bus have a unique ID and are split into two categories, Initiator, and Target. In general Initiators are show as an adapter connected to a host, and Targets are shown as controllers attatches to a target device. This abstraction serves to represent that there can be multiple possible targets behind a single controller, which share a single bus connection.

As SCSI is not a purely point-to-point bus, and allows for multiple bus initiators, there are three possible bus topologies. The first is Single Initiator, Single Target. This topology acts as a point-to-point bus between a SCSI Initiator and SCSI Target. The second being Single Initiator, Multiple Target. This topology is the traditional topology along with Single Initiator that people think of when they think of SCSI. The final possible common bus topology is Multiple Initiator, Multiple Target. This is where there are multiple initiators and multiple targets all on the shared bus.

Single Initiator, Single Target Bus Topology

Single Initiator, Multiple Target Bus Topology

Multiple Initiator, Multiple Target Bus Topology

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Arbitrating SCSI Bus State Machine

Non-Arbitrating SCSI Bus State Machine