Quantum Atlas 10K II Ultra 160/m SCSI Hard Disk Drives 1-1
Chapter 1
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This chapter outlines the scope and contents of this manual. It contains information
about the intended audience, purpose of the manual, document organization, and
document conventions.
1.1 AUDIENCE
This manual was written for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are
integrating a Quantum Atlas
TM
10K II Ultra 160/m SCSI disk drive into a system or
subsystem. Its primary audience is the OEM technical staff that makes disk drive
purchase and configuration decisions, and system integrators that are responsible
for the SCSI interface. This manual is not intended for end-users and is not a users
manual or an installation guide.
1.2 DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION
This product manual is organized into the following chapters:
• Chapter 1 – About this Manual
• Chapter 2 – General Description
• Chapter 3 – Installation
• Chapter 4 – Specifications
• Chapter 5 – SCSI Descriptions
• Chapter 6 – Feature Descriptions
1.3 TERMINOLOGY AND CONVENTIONS
In the Glossary at the back of this manual, you can find definitions for many of the
terms used in this manual. In addition, the following abbreviations may be used in
this manual:
• ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
• bpi bits per inch
• dB decibels
• dBA decibels, A weighted
• ECC error correcting code
• fci flux changes per inch
• Gbit gigabit
• GB gigabyte
• Hz hertz
• KB kilobytes
• LSB least significant bit
