3PAR InForm® OS 2.2.4 Concepts Guide (320-200085 Rev B, March 2009)

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Glossary
InForm OS Version 2.2.4 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide
storage server backplane
An electronic circuit board that contains sockets
into which power supplies and controller nodes
are plugged.
system box
Feature on the InForm Management Console
main window toolbar that enables you to move
quickly between systems.
system manager
Software component that negotiates between
the storage server and the user interfaces such as
the InForm Management Console and InForm
CLI.
system view pane
The system view pane occupies the upper right
corner of the InForm Management Console main
window and displays information about systems
and system objects as you select the
corresponding icons in the navigation tree. See
also navigation tree.
T
table of contents (TOC)
The space on a physical disk that contains the
internal description of the system. The TOCs on
all physical disks in the system contain the same
information.
target, target port
The port that is connected to and receives
commands from a host computer. Also known as
a host port.
target mode
The firmware setting for a port that is connected
to a host.
Target Session Identifying Handle
An identifier, assigned by the iSCSI target, for a
session with a specific named initiator.
thin provisioning
See 3PAR Thin Provisioning.
thinly provisioned virtual volume (TPVV)
A virtual volume that maps to logical disk space
associated with a common provisioning group
(CPG) and is therefore capable of growing on
demand.
template
See VLUN template.
TOC
See table of contents.
TPVV
See thinly provisioned virtual volume.
TSIH
See Target Session Identifying Handle.
U
U
See rack unit.
unspecified property
When using the InForm Management Console, a
property that has been included in a template
but does not have a defined value. When
applying the template, the system will either use
the default value (when applicable) or calculate
the optimized setting for you.
user data
For standard base volumes, the data that is
written to the user space.