Hardware Operator's Guide

Hardware Operator’s Guide
X–2
M
  A relationship between an LSM
and control software. An LSM operating in
manual mode is not communicating with the host
central processing unit and requires human
assistance to perform cartridge operations.
O
 State of being controlled directly by or in
direct communication with a computer. Available
for functional use.
R
 An electromechanical device for locating
and moving cartridges.
S
 See Small Computer Systems Interface.
    A
data interface between the drives and host.
V
 See volume serial label.
   An alphanumeric label
used by LSM management software to identify a
volume. It is attached to the spine of a cartridge
and can be read by people and the camera.
 Magnetic cartridge.
W
write protect switch A switch on a cartridge that
can be set to write protected, so that a drive can
only read data from the tape, or to write enabled,
so that a drive can read data from the tape and
write data to the tape.
Z
  The assembly that moves the hand
vertically up and down the Z column to storage
cells, drives, and the CAP.
  The column which rotates around the
cells within the LSM.