Glossary - Sun Microsystems SPARCstorage Library Service Manual

bus
CDB
CHM
CTS
element
element address
host

Glossary

The SCSI cable that serves as a link for passing signals between the computer
system and the SPARCstorage 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 cartridge magazine, the fixed
cartridge slot, or a tape drive. Each element has a unique address so the
initiator can identify it.
Enables the SPARCstorage Library to identify the elements and move
cartridges between them.
The computer system that acts as the initiator of an operation.
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