Dell EMC ML3 User Manual page 187

Loadable
The ability to be loaded.
LME Library Managed Encryption.
LTFS See IBM Spectrum Archive.
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
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 file
A file that is used as an authority in a job and that is relatively permanent, even though its
contents might change. Synonymous with main file.
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 identifier
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 identifies the cartridge as one that can
be read by devices that incorporate LTO technology; 1 indicates that it is the first 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.
Microcode
(1) One or more micro instructions. (2) A code, representing the instructions of an instruction set,
which is implemented in a part of storage that is not program-addressable. (3) To design, write,
and test one or more micro instructions. (4) See also microprogram.
Microdiagnostic routine
A program that runs under the control of a supervisor, usually to identify field replaceable units.
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