Sun Microsystems SL500 User Manual

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Glossary 393

gripper The portion of the hand assembly that grasps and holds a cartridge.

hand assembly A part of the library robot whose function is to grasp cartridges and move them

between storage cells and tape drives. A bar-code scanner on the hand assembly

reads cartridge volume labels.

host audit The process of updating the cartridge VOLIDs and locations (collected by a

security audit) in a host CDS. This audit is initiated by a host command.

hot-swappable The capability that allows a component to be replaced while power to the

component is maintained. This feature allows hardware maintenance actions

and hardware upgrades to proceed without disrupting subsystem availability.

import The process of placing a cartridge into the cartridge access port so that the robot

can insert it into a storage cell.

Synonymous with enter.

interface card See MPW/RLW card or MPU2 card.

interlock switch A switch that disconnects power to library mechanisms, excluding tape drives,

when the front door is opened.

initialization The initialization procedure that activates a machine reset, initiates wake-up

diagnostics (from EPROMs) and loads functional code.

logical library A virtual representation of a physical library.

magazine A removable array that holds cartridges and is placed into the cartridge access

port (CAP).

manual crank A mechanism used to raise the X table assembly up to its home position when

the library has lost power.

MPU2 card A Fibre Channel interface for the SL500 library.

MPW/RLW card A SCSI interface for the SL500 library.

opened Status indicating that software has made a CAP available for operator use. An

LED is on when a CAP is unlocked.

PCI Peripheral component interconnect. See also cPCI®.