一个标准的应用程序编程接口定义了一个范围和一个语法 可以编写应用软件，而不必关注供应商特定的基础设施行为。这 标准定义了一个标准的应用程序编程接口，其范围是 光纤通道和串行连接的SCSI主机总线适配器以及特定光纤通道和串行总线适配器的使用 用于发现和管理光纤通道存储组件的附加SCSI设施 局域网和串行连接的SCSI域。 本标准将与光纤通道、串行连接SCSI和SCSI结合使用 标准家族。

A standard Application Programming Interface defines a scope within which and a grammar by which it is possible to write application software without attention to vendor-specific infrastructure behavior. This standard defines a standard Application Programming Interface the scope of which is management of Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters and use of specific Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI facilities for the discovery and management of the components of Fibre Channel Storage Area Network and Serial Attached SCSI domain.This standard is to be used in conjunction with the Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI and SCSI families of standards.