As a stand-alone complement to "Small Computer Systems Interface," this seminar is designed to educate hardware engineers and field personnel on how to properly design and connect SCSI devices to produce a working and reliable SCSI system. In this seminar you will gain a clear understanding of the latest types of SCSI bus electrical operation (through Ultra 320) for Low Voltage Differential, Single Ended and High Voltage Differential in five different transmission modes. Hot plugging, expanders, SCSI hubs and switches are explored in depth. We will demonstrate real examples of cable wire, connectors, cable assemblies, and bus terminators. We will examine bus drivers, receivers, and terminators as well as how to evaluate signal quality, recognize potentially harmful performance, design for specific objectives, and correct inadequate designs. We will review methods for field diagnosis of common problems.

Course Outline
Introduction Options Real world performance Mapping to standards Architectural features Multidrop connections Wired-or glitches Device count limits Grounding Transmission modes Low voltage differential (LVD) Single ended (SE) High voltage differential (HVD) Transmission rates Fast, Ultra, Ultra 2, Ultra 160 Ultra 320, Ultra 640 Basic data transmission Bus width options Transmission Lines	Rise length issues Stubs Device placement Cable stock Characteristic impedance Conductor size Insulation and shielding Attenuation Intersymbol interference Crosstalk Crosstalk control Resonance effects Wiring rules Pair placement Mixed width connections Special considerations for flat media Bus length Signal specifications Driver, Receiver LVD, SE active negation	Optimizing transmission parameters Adjustable active filtering (AAF) Evolution of LVD Asymmetrical methods Termination Termination options Power for termination TERMPWR distribution Terminator sensing Differential sensing Connectors (10+ types) Cable assemblies (10+ types) Cable assembly specification Testing, modeling issues Expanders Hot Plugging Measurement methods Failure modes and properties Future Developments Troubleshooting

Who Should Attend
Hardware designers, system integrators, IC manufacturers, component engineers, quality engineers, field repair and troubleshooting personnel. Any person responsible for integrating the SCSI interface into a computing environment or specifying the hardware or testing for the components of the interface.

Prerequisites: This course has no specific pre-requisites. The small amount of protocol knowledge needed for the physical interface is supplied in the course. This course is NOT a substitute for "In-Depth Exploration of SCSI."
Course Length: 1 Day