HP StorageWorks ESL E-Series Tape Library users guide (350799-010, October 2007)

SCSI over IP Proto-
col (SIPP)
SIPP allows a library to transport SCSI commands through the IC’s FC por t to the
robotics controller’s Ethernet port. In a library with multiple ICs, a designated IC
(the SIPP Master) receives and implements robot comm ands from the host.
SCSI-2 A second generation SCSI interface which i ncludes command sets for magnetic
and o ptical disks, tapes, printers, processors, CD-ROMs, scanners, medium
changers, and communication devices.
SDLT Super Digital Linear Tape is a Quantum tape drive and tape cartridge
specification offered in three ranges of capacity a nd transfer rates for
workgroup, mid-range, and enterprise needs.
SIPP See SCSI over IP protocol
SNMP Short for Simple Network M anag em ent P rotocol, a set of protocols for
managing complex networks.
Take-up leader The ring at the beginning of a tape in a cartridge.
Tape drive con -
trollers
A device that controls the transfer of data from a host to a tape drive and vice
versa.
Terminator Special electrical resistors (terminators) are installed in the SCSI devices at each
end of the SCSI bus and are not installed in other devices on the bus. The SCSI
bus must be properly terminated at both ends so that commands and data can
be transmitted to and from all devices on the bus.
Ultrium See LTO-3
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