Sun Microsystems SL500 manual Synonymous with enter

gripper The portion of the hand assembly that grasps and holds a cartridge.

H

hand assembly A part of the library robot whose function is to grasp cartridges and move them between storage cells and tape drives. A bar-code scanner on the hand assembly reads cartridge volume labels.

host audit The process of updating the cartridge VOLIDs and locations (collected by a security audit) in a host CDS. This audit is initiated by a host command.

hot-swappableThe capability that allows a component to be replaced while power to the component is maintained. This feature allows hardware maintenance actions and hardware upgrades to proceed without disrupting subsystem availability.

I

import The process of placing a cartridge into the cartridge access port so that the robot can insert it into a storage cell.

Synonymous with enter.

interface card See MPW/RLW card or MPU2 card.

interlock switch A switch that disconnects power to library mechanisms, excluding tape drives, when the front door is opened.

initialization The initialization procedure that activates a machine reset, initiates wake-up diagnostics (from EPROMs) and loads functional code.

L

logical library A virtual representation of a physical library.

M

magazine A removable array that holds cartridges and is placed into the cartridge access port (CAP).

manual crank A mechanism used to raise the X table assembly up to its home position when the library has lost power.

MPU2 card A Fibre Channel interface for the SL500 library.

MPW/RLW card A SCSI interface for the SL500 library.

O

opened Status indicating that software has made a CAP available for operator use. An LED is on when a CAP is unlocked.

P

PCI Peripheral component interconnect. See also cPCI®.

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