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Glossary
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firmware
area network (SWAN) concentrator communications line interface processor (CLIP)
flash memory.
firmware. Code in memory that is necessary for the power-up initialization and
communication with a host or device. The software for components of the ServerNet
architecture (for example, an adapter) is called firmware. Some firmware for ServerNet
components is downloaded when the system or component is loaded.
fixed process configuration. Using Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) to configure a
generic process to always start in the first available processor (that is, to be fault
tolerant).
flag. In a UNIX or Open System Services (OSS) command, a character sequence that
begins with a hyphen and is processed as a unit.
flash memory. A type of memory that contains essential firmware and nonessential
firmware.
flash PROM. A type of programmable read-only memory (PROM) that is electrically
reprogrammable.
foreground process. An Open System Services (OSS) process that belongs to a
foreground process group.
foreground process group. In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, a process
group whose members have privileges for access to their controlling terminal that are
denied to processes in background process groups of that terminal. Each session with
a controlling terminal has only one foreground process group for that terminal.
Contrast with background process group
.
foreground process group ID. In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, the
process group ID of a foreground process group.
four-lane link. The four single-mode fiber-optic (SMF) ServerNet cables that connect the
two HP NonStop™ Cluster Switches on the same external fabric (for example, X1 and
X2) in a split-star topology
.
FOX. See Fiber Optic Extension (FOX).
FOXMON. See FOX monitor process.
FOX monitor process. The Fiber Optic Extension (FOX) monitor process for the
ServerNet/FX adapter subsystem. The process name is $ZZFOX.
FOX ring. The fiber-optic cabling that connects the nodes in a Fiber Optic Extension (FOX)
cluster. This term is also used to refer to the topology of a FOX network.
FPGA. See field-programmable gate array (FPGA).