NonStop System Glossary

LAN
See local area network (LAN).
LAN manager (LANMAN) process
The process provided as part of the ServerNet local area network (LAN) Systems Access (SLSA)
subsystem that starts and manages the SLSA subsystem objects and the LAN monitor (LANMON)
process and assigns ownership of Ethernet adapters to the LANMON processes in the system.
Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) commands are directed to the LANMON processes for configuring
and managing the SLSA subsystem and the Ethernet adapters.
LAN monitor (LANMON) process
The process provided as part of the ServerNet local area network (LAN) Systems Access (SLSA)
subsystem that has ownership of the Ethernet adapters controlled by the SLSA subsystem.
LANMAN
See LAN manager (LANMAN) process.
LANMON
See LAN monitor (LANMON) process.
late binding
At load time, binding a symbolic reference in a dynamic-link library (DLL) to a definition in a loadfile
that appears on the program’s loadList rather than the one found on the DLL’s linker searchList.
Late binding occurs in either of these cases:
• The loader resolves a symbol that is unresolved by any loadfile on the linker searchList.
• The loader binds a symbol in a DLL to the first definition it finds on the program’s loadList,
and this is not the first definition that was encountered on the linker searchList.
For localized loadfiles, the linker and loader searchLists are the same, so late binding does not
occur.
layer number
See cluster switch layer number.
layered topology
The network topology for ServerNet clusters using the HP NonStop ServerNet Switch (model 6780).
The layered topology can scale by adding cluster switch layers or zones. The layered topology
supports up to four layers and three zones. See also star topology, split-star topology, and tri-star
topology.
LB
See logic board (LB).
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).
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