This
chapter describes the use of disk drivers that support the disk
devices listed in the Software Product Description for
the OpenVMS Operating System (SPD 82.35.xx). The chapter
also includes descriptions of many of the supported disks and controllers;
however, not all supported devices are described here. Refer to the Software
Product Description for the OpenVMS Operating System for
the definitive list of supported devices.)
All disk drivers support Files-11 On-Disk Structure Level
1 and Level 2 file structures. Access to these file structures is
through the DCL commands INITIALIZE and MOUNT, followed by the RMS
calls described in the OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual. Files in RT-11 format can be
read or written with the file exchange facility EXCHANGE.