HP StorageWorks HSG60 and HSG80 Array Controller and Array Controller Software Command Line Interface Reference Guide (EK-G80CL-RA. C01, March 2005)

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322 HP StorageWorks HSG60 and HSG80 Array Controller and Array Controller Software
Command Line Interface Reference Guide
FRUTIL
Field Replacement Utility.
full duplex (adj)
Pertaining to a communications method in which data can be transmitted and received at the
same time.
full duplex (n)
A communications system in which there is a capability for 2-way transmission and
acceptance between two sites at the same time.
FWD SCSI
A fast, wide, differential SCSI bus with a maximum 16-bit data transfer rate of 20 MB/s.
See also SCSI; FD SCSI.
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter. The devices that are inserted into the ports of the Fibre
Channel switch and that hold the Fibre Channel cables.
giga
A prefix indicating a billion (10
9
) units, as in gigabaud or gigabyte.
gigabaud
An encoded bit transmission rate of one billion (10
9
) bits per second.
gigabyte
A value normally associated with the storage capacity of a disk drive, meaning a billion
(10
9
) bytes. The decimal value 1024 is usually used for one thousand.
GLM
Gigabit Link Module.
half-duplex (adj)
Pertaining to a communications system in which data can be either transmitted or received
but only in one direction at one time.
hard address
The AL_PA which an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop initialization.
heterogeneous host support
Also called noncooperating host support.
HIPPI–FC
Fibre Channel over HIPPI.
host
The primary or controlling computer to which a storage subsystem is attached.