director 2/64 installation guide

Glossary–12 director 2/64 installation guide

Glossary

MIB

See management information base.

multicast

Delivery of a single transmission to multiple destination N_Ports. Can be one to many or many

to many. All members of the group are identified by one IP address.

multi-switch fabric

Fibre Channel fabric created by linking more than one director or fabric switching device

within a fabric.

name server

Program that translates names from one form into another. Domain name servers (DNS)

translate domain names into IP addresses.

name server zoning

N_Port access management that allows N_Ports to communicate if and only if they belong to a

common name server zone.

network address

Name or address that identifies a managed product on a TCP/IP network. The network address

can be either an IP address in dotted-decimal notation containing four three-digit octets in the

format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), or a domain name (as administered on a customer network).

nickname

Alternate name assigned to a world wide name for a node or director in the fabric.

node

In Fibre Channel terminology, node refers to an end device (server or storage device) that is or

can be connected to a switched fabric.

node port

Physical interface within an end device which can connect to an F_Port on a switched fabric or

directly to another N_Port (in point-to-point communications).

non-disruptive maintenance

Ability to service FRUs (including maintenance, installation, removal and replacement) while

normal operations continue without interruption.