HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Diagnostics and System Error Messages Reference Guide (AA-RW1SA-TE, May 2005)
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exchange
The highest-level Fibre Channel mechanism used for communication between N_Ports. Composed of one or more
related sequences, it can work in either one or both directions.
fabric
A collection of Fibre Channel switches and devices, such as hosts and storage. Also referred to as a switched fabric.
See also cascade, SAN, topology.
Fabric Manager
An optionally licensed software feature. Fabric Manager is a GUI that allows for fabric-wide administration and
management. Switches can be treated as groups, and actions such as firmware downloads can be performed
simultaneously.
fabric name
The unique identifier assigned to a fabric and communicated during login and port discovery.
fabric port count
The number of ports available for connection by nodes in a fabric.
Fabric Watch
A licensed software feature. Fabric Watch can be accessed through either the command line or Advanced Web
Tools, and provides the ability to set thresholds for monitoring fabric conditions.
failover
The Core Switch 2/64 process of one CP passing active status to another CP. A failover is nondisruptive.
FC router
A platform running the HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Routing Service that enables two or more fabrics to share
resources (such as hosts or storage devices) without merging those fabrics; the FCIP tunneling service for Fibre
Channel over IP; or iSCSI gateway service (future capability) for iSCSI to Fibre Channel bridging. All three services
can be run simultaneously.
FCIP
Fibre Channel over IP.
FCS switch
Relates to the HP StorageWorks Secure Fabric OS feature. One or more designated switches that store and manage
security parameters and configuration data for all switches in the fabric. They also act as a set of backup switches to
the primary FCS switch. See also backbone fabric, primary FCS switch.
FC-SW-2
The second-generation Fibre Channel Switch Fabric standard defined by ANSI. Specifies tools and algorithms for the
interconnection and initialization of Fibre Channel switches to create a multiswitch Fibre Channel fabric.
FDDI
Fibre Distributed Data Interface. An ANSI architecture for a metropolitan area network (MAN); a network based on
the use of fiber-optic cable to transmit data at 100 Mbps
FDMI
Fabric-Device Management Interface. FDMI is a database service provided by the fabric for Nx_Ports. The primary
use is by HBA devices that register information about themselves and their ports.