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Brocade SilkWorm 4100 Hardware Reference Manual Glossary-15

Publication Number: 53-0000563-02

hub A Fibre Channel wiring concentrator that collapses a loop topology into a physical star topology. Nodes

are automatically added to the loop when active and removed when inactive.

hunt group A number of N_Ports registered as a single Alias_ID so that the fabric can route a word to a port that is

not busy.

HW Hardware.

I2C Related to internal circuitry on motherboard.

ICT Intracircuit test.

ID_ID Insistent domain ID. A parameter of the configure command in the Brocade Fabric OS.

idle Continuous transmission of an ordered set over a Fibre Channel link when no data is being transmitted,

to keep the link active and maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization.

iFCP Internet Fibre Channel Protocol. Supports Fibre Channel Layer 4 FCP-Over-TCP/IP. It is a gateway-to-

gateway protocol in which TCP/IP switching and routing components enhance/replace Fibre Channel

fabric.

iFCS IP storage fabric configuration server.

IFL Interfabric link. A connection between a router and an edge fabric. Architecturally, these can be of type

EX_Port-to-E_Port or EX_Port-to-EX_Port.

in-band Transmission of management protocol over the Fibre Channel.

initiator A server or workstation on a Fibre Channel network that initiates communications with storage devices.