scope:

This standard defines the model and command set extensions to facilitate operation of automation/drive interface devices. The clauses of this standard, implemented in conjunction with the applicable clauses of SPC-2 and SPC-3, fully specify the standard command set for automation/drive interface devices.

The objective of this standard is to provide the following:

a) Permit an application client to communicate over a SCSI service delivery subsystem, with a logical unit that declares itself to be an automation/drive interface device in the device type field of the INQUIRY command response data (see SPC-3);

b) define commands unique to the automation/drive interface device type; and

c) define commands and parameters to manage the operation of the automation/drive interface device type.

Figure 1 shows the relationship of this standard to the other standards and related projects in the SCSI family of standards as of the publication of this standard.

Figure 1 is intended to show the general relationship of the documents to one another. Figure 1 is not intended to imply a relationship such as a hierarchy, protocol stack, or system architecture. It indicates the applicability of a standard to the implementation of a given transport.