edge switch 2/32 product manager user guide

Glossary–16 edge switch 2/32 product manager user guide
Glossary
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.
multiswitch fabric
Fibre Channel fabric created by linking more than one 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, such as the Edge Switch 2/16 and Edge
Switch 2/32, 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 Switch in the fabric.
node
In Fibre Channel terminology, mode 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).
nondisruptive maintenance
Ability to service FRUs (including maintenance, installation, removal and replacement) while
normal operations continue without interruption. See also concurrent maintenance.
N_Port
See node port.
offline sequence
Sequence sent by the transmitting port to indicate that it is attempting to initialize a link and
has detected a problem in doing so.