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Glossary
bus The SCSI cable that serves as a link for passing signals between the computer
system and the tape library.
CDB Command descriptor block. The structure used to communicate commands
from an initiator to a target.
CHM Cartridge handling mechanism. The robotic assembly that retrieves and
replaces cartridges.
CTS Cartridge Tape Subsystem.
element An element can be either the CHM, a slot in the removable cartridge holder,
the fixed cartridge slot, or a tape drive. Each element has a unique address so
the initiator can identify it.
element address Enables the tape library to identify the elements and move cartridges between
them.
host The computer system that acts as the initiator of an operation.
initiator A host computer system that requests an operation to be performed by the
target.
power-on selftest
(POST) The process that occurs when the tape library performs its initial power-on
diagnostics.
removable cartridge
holder Holds up to ten tape cartridges.
small computer systems
interface (SCSI) An industry standard bus used to connect disk and tape devices to a
workstation.
SCSI address See SCSI ID.
SCSI bus See bus.