User's Guide
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RDX
8000
D.
Glossary
T
erm
Description
CRU Customer
Replaceable
Unit is easily replaceable module designed to enable customer
serviceability of the
RDX
8000 unit.
CRU’s
can be exchanged by the end use customer without
tools to
support
field renew/repair of either the cooling fan or power supply system.
DHCP
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is an automatic configuration protocol used on IP
net
-
works. Computers that are connected to IP networks must be configured before they can
communi
cate with other computers on the network.
DHCP
allows a computer to be configured
automatically.
DNS The Domain Name
System
is a hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database
for
computers,
services,
or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. Most
impor
tantly, it translates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical identifiers
associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these
devices
worldwide.
Disk
Refers
either to a
HDD
unit or the direct block addressing scheme used to store and retrieve
digital
data on the
HDD.
When the
RDX
8000 unit is in disk mode direct block addressing is used
to access the contained
RDX
media.
ESD Electro Static
Discharge
is the sudden and momentary electric current that flows between
two
objects at different electrical potentials The term is usually used in the electronics and other
indus
tries to describe momentary unwanted currents that may
cause
damage to electronic
equipment.
HDD
Hard Disk Drive refers to the core storage device using rotating magnetic media to store
digital
information.
RDX
cartridges make use of embedded
HDD’s
to store data.
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer
System
Interface, an Internet Protocol
(IP)-based
storage
networking
standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying
SCSI
commands over IP networks.
iSNS
Internet
Storage
Name
Service,
protocol that allows automated discovery, management and
configuration of
iSCSI devices
on a
TCP/IP
network.
LED
Light Emitting Diode is a semiconductor light source. The
RDX
8000
uses LED’s
to provide
power
switch, eject button, and cartridge status indication.
LED
technology is also used to provide
the
backlighting for the
LCD
display used in the OCP.
MTU
In computer networking, the Maximum Transmission Unit of a communications protocol of a
layer is the
size
(in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can
pass
onwards.
MTU
par
ameters usually appear in association with a communications interface
(NIC,
serial
port, etc.).
OCP
Operator Control Panel includes display, buttons and
LED’s
and enables the user to operate the
unit
from the
front
R
DX
Is a removable disk technology originally developed by ProStor.
RDX
8000
RMI
Remote Management Interface provides the capability to operate the unit through a Web
based remote management
interface.