Chapter 1

ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This chapter gives an overview of the contents of this manual, including the intended audience, how the manual is organized, terminology and conventions, and references.

1.1AUDIENCE

The Maxtor Atlas 10K V Product Manual is intended for reference by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are integrating the disk drive into a system or subsystem, developers, and disk drive installers. 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. The manual provides information about installation, interface command implementation, maintenance, and gives the general specifications of the drive.

1.2MANUAL ORGANIZATION

This 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 Description

•Chapter 6 – Feature Descriptions

•Appendix A – Quick Reference

•Appendix B – Negotiated Page Information Page Reference

•Glossary

•Index

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