Quantum PowerStor L200, User Manual

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Glossary
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SCSI
Small computer system interface, a communications
standard for attaching peripheral equipment to computers.
SCSI device
A computer or computer peripheral connected to a
SCSI bus. SCSI devices include the library robotics, host
computers, library tape drives, and hard disk drives.
SCSI ID number
A unique address assigned to each device on a
SCSI bus.
SDA
Status display area—A 16-character, 2-line LCD display that
shows status messages describing the operating state of the library.
It is also used for displaying menu options while the library is in
the menu mode.
SDLT
Super digital linear tape—A high-grade, metal-particle
magnetic tape medium. SDLT technology is the intellectual
property of Quantum Corporation.
Self-cleaning head
All DLTtape drives have self-cleaning heads
that continuously wipe the tape clean as it passes over the head.
T
Tape drive
The mechanism that reads and writes data from and to
a tape cartridge.
U
UL
Underwriters Laboratories.
W
write-enable
To set a tape cartridge so that data can be written to it
or erased from it.
write-protect
To set a tape cartridge so that data cannot be written
to it or erased from it.