HP StorageWorks EVA Hardware Providers administration guide Windows 2003 (T1634-96052, February 2006)

Glossary
This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product
and is n ot a comprehensive glossary of computer terms.
API Application Programming Interface, an interface that allows a
software application to connect to and work with a third part y
software application.
clone A full copy of a volume, usable by an application.
CV HP StorageWorks CommandView, a browser-based interface
that allows management of an HP d isk array.
differential copy A copy of a database consisting only of the differences in the
database since the last full copy.
disk array ARAID.Acollectionofdiskdriveswithinacabinetormultiple
cabinets and including a controller and software allowing
drives to be ga nge d together in various configurations to create
virtual drives (LUNs).
EV A HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array.
FC Fibre Channel, a fiber optic interconnection standard commonly
used for storage area networks.
GUI Graphical User Interface.
HBA Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host
to connect the host to a fabric SAN.
HWP Hardware Providers. A collection of software that executes on
the host, a bus adapter, and the disk array to enable managing
and/or copying of array LU Ns through the Windows OS a nd
applications.
LAN Local Area Network.
LUN Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit
as surfaced by a hardware RAID subsystem. A virtual disk,
consisting of multiple portions of physical disks addressed as
asingleunit.
mirror Synonymous with “clone.”
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