HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 MIB Reference Guide (AA-RW1QA-TE, May 2005)

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Fabric Manager
An optionally licensed HP software. 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
An optionally licensed HP software. Fabric Watch can be accessed through either the command line or Advanced
Web Tools, and it provides the ability to set thresholds for monitoring fabric conditions.
failover
Describes the HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 process of one CP passing active
status to another CP. A failover is nondisruptive.
FC router
A platform running the HP Fibre Channel Routing Service or FC-to-FC routing (for instance, the HP StorageWorks MP
Router) that enables two or more fabrics to share resources (such hosts or storage devices) without merging those
fabrics. The platform could simultaneously be used as an FC router and as an FCIP tunnel or iSCSI gateway.
FCIP
Fibre Channel over IP.
FCS switch
Relates to the HP 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.
FFFFF5
Well-known Fibre Channel address for a Class 6 multicast server.
FFFFF6
Well-known Fibre Channel address for a clock synchronization server.
FFFFF7
Well-known Fibre Channel address for a security key distribution server.