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EEB Ethernet Expansion Blade
EEPROM
Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory.
EIA Electronics Industries Association.
EIA unit
A unit of measure, which is established by the Electronic Industries Association, equal to 44.45
millimeters (1.75 inches).
eject To remove or force out from within.
EKM Encryption Key Manager.
electronic mail
Correspondence in the form of messages that are transmitted between user terminals over a
computer network.
email See electronic mail.
encryption
A method of storing data in a format that helps protect data from inadvertent or deliberate
compromise. An encryption-enabled drive contains the necessary hardware and firmware to
encrypt and decrypt host tape application data. Encryption policy and encryption keys are
provided by the host application or host server.
encryption key manager (EKM)
™
A Java software program that assists IBM-encrypting tape drives in generating, protecting,
storing, and maintaining encryption keys that encrypt information that is written to and decrypt
information that is read from tape media.
entitlement
IBMEntitlement is the official right to receive service and support for your tape library.
Emergency power off.
EPO
EPROM
Erasable programmable read only memory.
EQC Equipment check.
equipment check
An asynchronous indication of a malfunction.
Error log
A data set or file in a product or system where error information is stored for later access.
ESD Electrostatic discharge.
ESP Encapsulating Security Payload. An Internet Protocol that provides origin authenticity, integrity,
and confidentiality protection of a packet. ESP also supports encryption-only and
authentication-only configurations, but encryption without authentication is discouraged because
it is insecure.
F
fault symptom code (FSC)
A hexadecimal code that is generated by the drive or the control unit microcode in response to a
detected subsystem error.
FC Feature code.
FCC Federal communications commission.
FE Field engineer, customer engineer, or service representative.
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