embedded web server user guide

Glossary–16 embedded web server user guide
Glossary
FICON Management server
An optional feature that can be enabled on the Director or Switch through the Product
Manager application. When enabled, host control and management of the Director or Switch
is provided through an S/390 Parallel Enterprise or 2/Series server attached to a Director or
Switch or Switch port.
field-replaceable unit
FRU. Assembly removed and replaced in its entirety when any one of its components fails (D).
See active field-replaceable unit.
file server
A computer that stores data centrally for network users and manages access to that data.
firmware
Embedded program code that resides and runs on, for example, Directors, Switches, and hubs.
FLASH memory
Reusable nonvolatile memory that is organized as segments for writing, and as bytes or words
for reading. FLASH memory is faster than read-only memory, but slower than random access
memory (D).
FL_Port
See fabric loop port.
FPM
See fibre port module.
F_Port
See fabric port.
frame
A variable-length packet of data that is transmitted in frame relay technology.
FRU
See field-replaceable unit.
gateway address
(1) In transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP), a device that connects two
systems that use the same or different protocols. (2) In TCP/IP, the address of a router to which
a device sends frames destined for addresses not on the same physical network (for example,
not on the same Ethernet) as the sender. The hexadecimal format for the gateway address is
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.