Sun Microsystems StorageTek TIMBERWOLF 9740, Hardware Operator'S Manual

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Glossary
Glossary-2 Revision P 95693
cartridge tape A composite of the plastic
housing and the magnetic tape.
catalog The inventory of all cartridge storage
locations in an LSM; this inventory is by LSM
number, panel, row, column.
cell A slot in the LSM that is used to store a
cartridge.
CEM See cartridge exchange mechanism.
CIM Customer initiated maintenance. The
customer calls Customer Services Support Center
(CSSC) to report a problem.
client A functional unit that receives shared
services from a server. (T)
configuration The physical description of a
library listing the panel types, cartridge capacity,
type of host connection, and number of drives.
controller transport unit (CTU) The functional
area, within a cartridge drive, that contains control
logic and an associated electromechanical device
for threading tape from a cartridge, moving the
tape across a read/write head, and writing data
onto or reading data from the magnetic tape.
CSSC See Customer Services Support Center.
Customer Services Support Center (CSSC)
Sun StorageTek’s customer services organization.
Customers with Sun and StorageTek maintenance
contracts may contact the CSSC.
D
diagnostic programs Automated offline tests
that a service representative uses to evaluate and
troubleshoot equipment.
Digital Linear Tape (DLT) A type of magnetic
tape storage device marketed by several companies.
DLT cartridges are ½-inch wide and come in
several sizes ranging from 20 to over 80 GB.
dismount To remove a cartridge from a drive.
F
fault symptom code (FSC) A four-character
hexadecimal code generated in response to an
error to help isolate failures within the device.
field replaceable unit (FRU) An assembly that
is replaced in its entirety when any one of its
components fails.
FRU See field replaceable unit.
FSC See fault symptom code.
I
ID Identifier or identification.
initial program load (IPL) A process that
activates a machine reset and loads system
programs to prepare a computer system for
operation. Processors with diagnostic routines
activate these routines at IPL execution.
L
library One or more Sun StorageTek automated
cartridge systems (ACSs), together with the
attached transports or tape drives and the ACSLS
software that controls and manages the ACSs.
library storage module (LSM) A housing that
contains tape cartridges and a robot that moves the
tapes between storage cells and the attached
transports or drives.
Synonymous with tape library.
M
manual mode A relationship between a library
and all attached hosts. Libraries operating in
manual mode are placed offline to all host CPUs
and require human assistance to perform cartridge
operations.
mount To place a cartridge tape in a drive or
transport and make it accessible to the host
system.
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