Users Guide

LME
Library Managed Encryption.
LTFS
See IBM Spectrum Archive.
LTO
See Linear Tape-Open.
LTO cartridge memory (LTO-CM)
Within each LTO Ultrium data cartridge, an embedded electronics and interface module that can store
and retrieve a cartridge's historical usage and other information.
LUN
Logical Unit Number.
LVD
SCSI Bus Low Voltage Differential.
M
M8
LTO 8 Type M Cartridge.
MAC address
The Media Access Control address of a computer networking device.
Magnetic tape
A tape with a magnetic surface layer on which data can be stored by magnetic recording.
Management GUI
Web User Interface, Web UI, Web GUI.
MAP
Maintenance analysis procedure.
Mask
A pattern of characters that controls the retention or elimination of portions of another pattern of
characters. To use a pattern of characters to control the retention or elimination of portions of another
pattern of characters.
Master le
A le that is used as an authority in a job and that is relatively permanent, even though its contents
might change. Synonymous with main le.
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
The size of the largest packet that a network protocol can transmit.
MB
Megabyte (expressed as data rate in MB/s or MB/second).
Media capacity
The amount of data that can be contained on a storage medium, expressed in bytes of data.
Media-type identier
Pertaining to the bar code on the bar code label of the Ultrium tape cartridge, a two-character code,
L1, that represents information about the cartridge. L identies the cartridge as one that can be read
by devices that incorporate LTO technology; 1 indicates that it is the rst generation of its type.
Mega
One million of.
meter
In the Metric System, the basic unit of length equal to approximately 39.37 inches.
MIB
Management Information Base. Information repository that is used by SNMP.
Micro
One millionth of.
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