HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)

Glossary
This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide and is not a comprehensive
glossary of computer terms.
A
ACL Access control list. A data protection feature used to restrict access to data resources based on
defined policies.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard. An encryption security technology.
API Application Programming Interface.
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit.
B
B-series FC switches and FICON directors manufactured for HP by Brocade Communications Systems,
Inc.
C
C-series FC switches and FICON directors manufactured for HP by Cisco Systems, Inc.
CEE Converged Enhanced Ethernet.
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. An IP SAN security technology.
CLI Command line interface.
cmsh CEE Management Shell.
CP Control processor.
CRC Cyclic redundancy checking.
CUP Control unit port. An optional feature used to manage and monitor FICON directors.
D
DCC Device Connection Control. A data access policy that determines to which switch ports a FC
device can connect.
DCFM Data Center Fabric Manager. A B-series switch feature used to centralize fabric management
through a host-based application.
DHCHAP Diffie-Hellman Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. An IP SAN security technology.
director fabric 1. A SAN fabric that uses HP Director model switches.
2. A director-class FICON SAN fabric that connects the storage system to the mainframe or open
system servers.
E
EDFI Encoder errors and fault isolation.
EE Encryption Engine. A feature of the B-series Encryption Switch.
EIA Electronic Industries Association.
ELWL Extended long wave laser.
EMC Electromagnetic compatibility.
EMI Electromagnetic Interference.
enterprise Any large organization where information technology is essential for continuing operations.
ESD Electrostatic discharge.
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