Quantum P3000 Series User Manual page 142

Automated tape library
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Glossary
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Data is transmitted bit by bit in a serial fashion. The RS-232
standard defines the function and use of all 25 pins of a DB-25 type
connector.
Small Computer System Interface. An American National
SCSI
Standards Instsitute (ANSI) communications standard for
attaching peripheral equipment to computers.
A unique address (0 to 15) assigned to each device on a
SCSI ID
SCSI bus.
A second generation SCSI interface which includes
SCSI-2
command sets for magnetic and optical disks, tapes, printers,
processors, CD-ROMs, scanners, medium changers, and
communication devices.
Super Digital Linear Tape is a Quantum tape drive and
SDLT
tape cartridge specification offered in three ranges of capacity and
transfer rates for workgroup, mid-range, and enterprise needs.
The ring at the beginning of a tape in a cartridge.
Take-up leader
Tape drive controllers
from a host to a tape drive and vice versa.
A unit of measure for digital data equal to
Terabyte
approximately 1,000 gigabytes, or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes!
Special electrical resistors (terminators) are installed
Terminator
in the SCSI devices at each end of the SCSI bus and are not
installed in other devices on the bus. The SCSI bus must be
properly terminated at both ends so that commands and data can
be transmitted to and from all devices on the bus.
TM
is the first software package allowing remote
WebAdmin
library administration using a Java™-enabled browser.
WebAdmin provides system administrators the freedom to access
their tape libraries from within an intranet, or anywhere on the
World Wide Web.
Quantum|ATL P3000 Series User's Guide
A device that controls the transfer of data

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