SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.27+, H06.04+)

Glossary
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Fibre Channel switch (FC switch)
Fibre Channel switch (FC switch). Networking hardware that can connect an Enterprise
Storage System and a NonStop server. This switch allows any-to-any connectivity.
file name. A unique name for a file. File names for disk files normally have at least two parts
(the disk name and the file name); an example of a file name on a PC is B:MYFILE. In
the Guardian environment on HP NonStop S-series systems, disk file names include a
disk volume name, a subvolume name, and a file identifier. An example of a file name
on a NonStop S-series system is $DISK.SUBVOL.MYFILE. For files that are network
accessible, the node name precedes the volume name:
\NODE.$DISK.SUBVOL.MYFILE.
generic process. A process created and managed by the Kernel subsystem. Also known
as a system-managed process. A common characteristic of a generic process is
persistence.
gigabyte (GB). A unit of measurement equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024 megabytes).
See also kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), and terabyte (TB).
Global Customer Support Center (GCSC). A support organization that provides telephone
and remote diagnostic support for HP customers. There are GCSCs located all over
the world.
group. The set of all objects accessible by a pair of service processors (SPs) located in the
processor multifunction (PMF) customer-replaceable unit (CRU). In an HP NonStop
S-series server, there is exactly one group in a system enclosure.
Guardian. An environment available for interactive or programmatic use with the HP
NonStop operating system. Processes that run in the Guardian environment usually
use the Guardian system procedure calls as their application program interface;
interactive users of the Guardian environment usually use the HP Tandem Advanced
Command Language (TACL) or another HP product’s command interpreter.
HP Integrity NonStop™ NS-series servers. The HP NonStop servers having product
numbers beginning with the letters NS. These servers implement the ServerNet
architecture and run the HP NonStop operating system.
HP NonStop™ S-series servers. The set of servers in the HP NonStop range of servers
having product numbers beginning with the letter S. These servers implement the
ServerNet architecture and run the HP NonStop operating system.
HP NonStop™ operating system. The operating system for HP NonStop systems.
HP NonStop™ Transaction Management Facility (TMF). HP software that provides
transaction protection and database consistency in demanding online transaction
processing (OLTP) and decision-support environments. It gives full protection to
transactions that access distributed SQL and Enscribe databases, as well as recovery
capabilities for transactions, online disk volumes, and entire databases.
HP Open System Management (OSM) product. See OSM.