Telnet. See Telnet Service Port.

Telnet Service Port. A network protocol used by

service personnel, under direction by support
personnel, to access the library. TELNET clients are
used, often when diagnosing problems, to manually

talk to other services without specialized client

software.
TH. Thermal.

thread/load operation. A procedure that places tape

along the tape path.
TM. Tapemark.
U
UART. Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter.

unload. Prepare the tape cartridge for removal from

the drive.

utilities. Utility programs.

utility programs. A computer program in general

support of the processes of a computer; for instance, a
diagnostic program.

uv. Under voltage.

V
VOLSER. Volume serial number.

volume. A certain portion of data, together with its

data carrier, that can be handled conveniently as a unit.
VPD. Vital product data. The information contained
within the tape drive that requires nonvolatile storage
used by functional areas of the drive, and information
required for manufacturing, RAS, and engineering.
W

word. A character string that is convenient for some

purpose to consider as an entity.

World Wide Node Name (WWNN). In a fibre channel

connected library, the Drive ID as listed in the Web
User Interface.

Write. Write command.

WT. world trade.
X
XR. External register.
XRA. External register address register.

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