HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)
F
fabric A network of one or more FC switches that transmit data between any two N_Ports on any of the
switches.
failover An automatic method for transferring operations from a failed system to a secondary, identical
system.
FC Fibre Channel. A comprehensive set of standards for concurrent communication among servers,
storage systems, and peripheral devices.
FC-SP Fibre Channel Security Protocol. A security protocol that protects in-transit data.
FCC Federal Communications Commission.
FCIP Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol.
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet. A technology that allows a convergence of Ethernet and FC fabrics.
FCR Fibre Channel routing.
FCS 1. Fibre Channel switch
2. Fabric Configuration Server, a data access policy that determines which switches can change
fabric configurations.
Fibre Channel A serial data transport infrastructure and protocol used to implement SANs. See also http://
www.fibrechannel.org/ and http://www.t11.org/.
FICON Fibre connectivity. Hardware that connects the mainframe to the CU.
FM Fabric Manager.
FRU Field-replaceable unit.
G
Gb/s Gigabits per second.
GbE Gigabit Ethernet. An Ethernet standard for transmitting data at 1 Gb/s.
GPS General-purpose server.
H
HA High availability. The relative ability of a system to operate continuously, regardless of the type
of failure.
HBA Host bus adapter. A hardware device that connects the host server to the fabric.
heterogeneous A mixed environment that incorporates different operating systems, protocols, architectures, and
equipment from different vendors or product families.
high availability See HA.
host bus adapter See HBA.
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer.
I
ICL Inter-chassis link. A feature that provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two DC SAN
Backbone Director chassis.
interswitch link See ISL.
iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface. A standard protocol that uses SCSI commands to
transfer data over IP networks.
ISL Interswitch link. A connection between two directors or switches.
L
LC Lucent connector. An industry-standard connector for fiber optic cable connections.
LR Long Reach.
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