Sun Microsystems SL500 User Manual

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Glossary

A 

access door A door on the front of a library through which service personnel or operators 

can access the interior of the library. Synonymous with front door.

adaptor card See MPW/RLW card or MPU2 card.

array (1) A section of vertical or horizontal tape cartridge receptacles inside a library. 

(2) A molded unit that holds multiple cartridges. 

B

backplane The main circuit board inside electronic equipment that contains the central 

processing unit, the bus, memory sockets, expansion slots, and other 

components.

bar-code scanner A component of the robot that is used for cartridge identification and position 

calibration.

Base Module The module in an SL500 library that contains the robotics unit and the base unit.

base unit The assembly that houses the library backplane (RLM card), RLC card, 

interconnect cards, and one or two power supplies and tape drives.

blind mate connector A connector that allows hot plugging instead of manually placing a cable 

between two fixed connectors.

C

CAP See cartridge access port. 

card Synonymous with printed wire assembly.

(CAP) A device in the library that allows an operator to insert or remove cartridges 

during library operations. 

cartridge array See array.

Module An optional module that adds cartridge storage cells to an SL500 library.

cell database The cartridge and storage cell records collected by the SL500 audit.