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robot Electro-mechanical device for locating and moving cartridges.
S
SER1 For pre-3.00 firmware, the port on the MPC card used for command line
interface—running diagnostic tests, clearing of FSC log—through a laptop at
38,400 baud rate. Unused for post-3.00 firmware.
servo Device that uses closed-loop feedback to govern physical positioning.
small computer
systems interface
(SCSI)
A type of data or control interface between the tape library/ tape drives and
host.
SNMP Simplified Network Management Protocol
T
tape cartridge Magnetic tape enclosed in a plastic housing.
theta motor The motor responsible for the lateral movement of the hand mechanism in the
tape library.
Tri-Optic label An external label attached to the spine of a cartridge that is both human and
machine readable.
TTI Tape Transport Interface (a serial interface).
U
Ultrium The single hub implementation of the LTO specification for tape storage
devices.
unrecoverable error Error condition that cannot be automatically corrected and that requires
external intervention for possible correction. It causes termination of a job,
program, or hardware function.
V
volume serial label
(VOLSER)
An alphanumeric label used by host software to identify a volume (sometimes
used to indicate the contents of a tape).