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Enterprise Operating System Command Line Interface User Manual
Glossary
L
LAN See local area network.
LIN See link incident.
link Physical connection between two devices on a switched fabric. A link
consists of two conductors, one used for sending and the other for
receiving, thereby providing a duplex communication path.
link incident LIN. Interruption to link due to loss of light or other causes. See also
link incident alerts.
link incident alerts A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the Element Manager
application Hardware View that indicates that a link incident has
occurred. See also link incident.
LIPS Loop Initialization Primitives. See loop initialization primitive.
local area network LAN. A computer network in a localized geographical area (for
example, a building or campus), whose communications technology
provides a high-bandwidth medium to which many nodes are
connected (D). See also storage area network.
loopback test Test that checks attachment or control unit circuitry, without checking
the mechanism itself, by returning the output of the mechanism as
input.
loop initialization
primitive
LIP. In an arbitrated loop device, a process by which devices
connected to hub ports (H_Ports) on the arbitrated loop device notify
other devices and the switch of the presence in the loop by sending
LIP sequences and subsequent frames through the loop. This process
allows linked arbitrated loop devices to perform fabric loop port
(FL_Port) arbitration as they link through hub ports.
M
managed product Hardware product that can be managed with the Element Manager
application. McDATA directors and switches are managed products.
See also device.