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