HP 20-Feb User Manual

224 Glossary

M

Media access control address - a unique hardware-based address that 

identifies each node on a network.

A slotted container that resides in the tape drawers that provides individual 

slots for five tape cartridges.

A process of loading or unloading tapes that involves opening a tape drawer 

and exchanging one or more magazines.

A process of loading or unloading tapes that allows the user to access either 1 

slot, 1 magazine, or 2 magazines.

A single library action, such as loading a tape into a drive, or unloading a 

tape from a drive.

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An addressable entity connected to an I/O bus or network, used to refer to 

storage devices and subsystems.

The menu approach implemented in the library that uses increasing levels of 

library control. 

O

A front panel option that displays the odometer logs for power-on hours and 

moves.

A Fibre Channel term that refers to the initiating device.

P

The hardware entity within a node that performs data communications.

A low holding voltage remains in the library even though library has been 

powered off.

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A circuit card that provides the ability to gain access to the library from a 

computer at a different location.