Sun Microsystems SL500 User Manual

394 SL500 User’s Guide • July 2008

Revision: KA • 96116

put An activity in which a robot places a cartridge into a storage cell or tape drive. 

PWA Printed wiring assembly.

R

rack unit (u) A standard unit of measurement of vertical space inside a rack-mount cabinet. 

One u equals 44.5 mm (1.75 in.). 

retraction handle A handle used to manually retract the Z flex cable into its containment box.

RLC card The library controller card.

RLM card The backplane for the Base Module.

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

remote operator console See StorageTek Library Console.

robot A mechanism that transports tape cartridges to and from locations in the library. 

robotics unit The unit that includes the robotics components and that controls the movement 

of the robot between storage cells, tape drives, and CAPs.

S

(SSL) The communication path between the RLC card and the StorageTek Library 

Console.

SL500 See StorageTek™ SL500 Modular Library System.

SL500 audit The process of reading and storing in memory the VOLIDs and locations of all 

cartridges in the library. See also Host audit.

slot See storage cell.

storage cell The location in the library in which a tape

 

cartridge is stored. Synonymous with 

slot.

Console™ The operator panel software application used for the SL500.

Library System An automated tape library composed of:

Base module

Drive expansion module (optional)

Cartridge expansion module (optional)

Super DLT The next generation of DLT (Digital Linear Tape) products, which remains a 

standard for mid-range operating systems.

suspension cable One of four cables used to raise and lower the X table.