NonStop S-Series Hardware Installation and FastPath Guide (G06.26+)

Glossary
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LC-LC cable
LC-LC cable. A multimode fiber cable that connects a Fibre Channel ServerNet adapter
(FCSA) to a Fibre Channel storage device or a Fibre Channel switch (FC switch).
LC-SC cable. A multimode fiber cable that connects a modular ServerNet expansion board
(MSEB) to an I/O adapter module (IOAM) or a Fibre Channel switch (FC switch).
ldev. See logical device number (ldev).
LDEV. Logical device. The HP term for a disk in the Enterprise Storage System (ESS).
ld utility. A utility that collects, links, and modifies code and data blocks from one or more
position-independent code (PIC) object files to produce a target TNS/R native object
file. See also nld utility.
LED. See light-emitting diode (LED).
legacy system. An operating system that is not open but from which applications must be
ported or users transferred.
libList. The list of libraries to be loaded along with a loadfile. When linking the loadfile, the
linker constructs the libList from the names of libraries specified in the linker’s
command stream. It stores the libList within the loadfile.
library. A generic term for a collection of routines useful in many programs. An object code
library can take the form of a linkfile to be physically included into client programs, it
can be an OSS archive file containing several linkable modules, it can be a loadfile, or
it can be a system-managed collection of preloaded routines. Source-code libraries fall
outside the scope of this glossary. See also dynamic-link library (DLL) and shared run-
time library (SRL).
library client. A program or another library that uses routines or variables from that library.
library file. See library.
library import characterization (LIC). A list of the export digests and relocation offsets of
all the libraries used to resolve symbols in a loadfile. It allows the loader and operating
system to determine when a file is being loaded in an environment equivalent to that
found by the linker or to a previous load. (See fastLoad.) A LIC is generated and stored
in the loadfile by the linker when a file is preset; it can be used in a subsequent load
step to determine whether the loadfile’s existing bindings can be reused. The operating
system can also retain the bindings as modified when a loadfile is loaded and
associate a LIC with those cached bindings, so that they can be reused when the
same file is again loaded in an equivalent environment. (See cached bindings.)
LIC. See library import characterization (LIC).
LIF. See logical interface (LIF).