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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide Glossary-9
Publication Number: 53-0000522-09
trap (SNMP) The message sent by an SNMP agent to inform the SNMP management station of a critical error. See
also SNMP.
trunking In Fibre Channel technology, a feature that enables distribution of traffic over the combined bandwidth
of up to four ISLs between adjacent switches, while preserving in-order delivery.
trunking group A set of up to four trunked ISLs for SilkWorm 200E, 3014, 3016, 3200, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 12000,
24000, and 48000; up to eight for SilkWorm 4100.
U
upfront login A login configuration setting for Web Tools. If upfront login is enabled, users log in only once, when
they launch Switch Explorer. If upfront login is disabled (default), users can launch Switch Explorer
without logging in, but must log in every time they launch a switch administration module.
W
watchdog A software daemon that monitors Fabric OS modules on the kernel.
WWN World Wide Name. An identifier that is unique worldwide. Each entity in a fabric has a separate WWN.
Z
zone A set of devices and hosts attached to the same fabric and configured as being in the same zone. Devices
and hosts within the same zone have access to others in the zone but are not visible to any outside the
zone.
zone
configuration
A specified set of zones. Enabling a configuration enables all zones in that configuration. See also
enabled zone configuration, and effective zone configuration.
zone member Defines a device. A zone member can belong to more than one zone at a time.A zone member can be
defined by either port-level zoning (domain,port: the physical port to which it is connected) or WWN-
level zoning (using WWW port or WWN node).