HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider for Windows 2003 Administration Guide (T1634-96074, February 2007)

Glossary

This glossary deﬁnes acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a

comprehensive g lossary of computer terms.

disk array A RA ID. A collection of dis k drives within a c abinet or m ultiple cabinets and

including a controller and software allowing drives to be combined in various

conﬁgurations to create virtual drives (LUNs).

FC Fibre Channel, a ﬁber optic interconnection standard commonly used for

storage area networks.

HBA Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host to connect the

host to a fabric SAN.

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Software that executes on the host, a b us adapter, and the disk array to enable

managing of array LUNs and ports through the Windows OS and applications.

LAN Local Area Network.

LUN Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit as presented by

a hardware RAID s ubsystem. A virtual disk, consisting of multiple portions of

physical disks addressed as a single unit.

MSA HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array.

RAID Redundant array of independent disks.

SAN fabric The Fibre Channel hardware and cabling that connects servers to storage

devices in a Storage Area Network (SAN) is referred to as a “fabric.” A fabric

switch provides automatically-switched conne ctivity between servers a nd storage

in the fabric.

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol.

subsystem Synonym fordisk array or RAID.

volume Generic term for a number of physical disks or portions of disks logically

bound together as a virtual disk containing contiguous logical blocks. Volume

can also be software shorthand for a mapped volume (Windows drive letter

or mount point).

VDS Microsoft Virtual Disk Service, the Windows service that manages storage

through hardware providers.

HP StorageW orks Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider for Windows 2003 administration guide