edge switch 2/32 product manager user guide

Glossary–22 edge switch 2/32 product manager user guide
Glossary
SNMP management station
An SNMP workstation console used to oversee the SNMP network.
SSP
See system services processor
status bar
This bar is at the bottom on the screen and displays a status symbol that indicates the current
state of the Switch.
storage area network
A high-performance data communications environment that interconnects computing and
storage resources so that the resources can be effectively shared and consolidated.
StorageWorks HA-fabric Manager
Software application that is the system management framework providing the user interface
for managing HP Fibre Channel connectivity products. The HAFM can run both locally on the
HAFM server and remotely on a user workstation.
subnet mask
A method of representing the portion of the IP network address that is devoted to subnet
addresses (as opposed to the portions of the address that refer to individual hosts or to the
organizational network overall).
switchover
Changing a backup FRU to the Active state, and the active FRU to the Backup state.
Switch priority
Value configured into each Switch in a fabric that determines its relative likelihood of
becoming the fabric’s principal Switch.
system services processor
Controls the RS-232 maintenance port and the Ethernet port of a Fibre Channel Switch.
topology
Logical and/or physical arrangement of stations on a network.
trap
Unsolicited notification of an event originating from a SNMP managed device and directed to
an SNMP network management station.