FW 08.01.00 McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual (620-000155-220, November 2005)

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McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual
Glossary
for each director or switch definition managed by a personal com-
puter (PC). Port authorization affects only operator-level actions for
active and saved matrices (D).
port name Name that the user assigns to a particular port through the Product
Manager application. See also identifier. Synonymous with address
name.
POST See power-on self-test.
power-on self-test POST. Series of diagnostic tests that are run automatically by a device
when the power is turned on
preferred domain ID Configured value that a switch will request from the Principal
Switch. If the preferred value is already in use, the Principal Switch
will assign a different value.
preventive service
planning bucket
PSP bucket. Collected problems after early ship of an IBM product.
principal switch In a multiswitch fabric, the switch that allocates domain IDs to itself
and to all other switches in the fabric. There is always one principal
switch in a fabric. If a switch is not connected to any other switches, it
acts as its own principal switch.
printed wiring
assembly
PWA. A thin board on which integrated circuits and other electronic
components are placed and connected to each other via thin copper
traces.
private device A loop device that cannot transmit a fabric login command (FLOGI)
command to a switch or director, nor communicate with fab-
ric-attached devices. Contrast with public device.
processor complex A system configuration that consists of all the machines required for
operation, for example, a processor unit, a processor controller, a sys-
tem display, a service support display, and a power and coolant dis-
tribution unit.
Product Manager
application
Application that implements the management user interface for a
director or switch. There are two Product Manager applications:
director or switch Product Manager, and EFC Product Manager. (1) In
the EFC Management Services application, the software component
that provides a graphical user interface for managing and monitoring
EFC products. When a product instance is opened from the EFC Man-