robot Electro-mechanical device for locating and moving cartridges.

 

S

SER1

For pre-3.00 firmware, the port on the MPC card used for command line

 

interface—running diagnostic tests, clearing of FSC log—through a laptop at

 

38,400 baud rate. Unused for post-3.00 firmware.

servo

Device that uses closed-loop feedback to govern physical positioning.

small computer

A type of data or control interface between the tape library/ tape drives and

systems interface

host.

(SCSI)

 

SNMP

Simplified Network Management Protocol

 

T

tape cartridge

Magnetic tape enclosed in a plastic housing.

theta motor

The motor responsible for the lateral movement of the hand mechanism in the

 

tape library.

Tri-Optic label

An external label attached to the spine of a cartridge that is both human and

 

machine readable.

TTI

Tape Transport Interface (a serial interface).

U

Ultrium The single hub implementation of the LTO specification for tape storage devices.

unrecoverable error Error condition that cannot be automatically corrected and that requires external intervention for possible correction. It causes termination of a job, program, or hardware function.

V

volume serial label An alphanumeric label used by host software to identify a volume (sometimes

(VOLSER) used to indicate the contents of a tape).

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