HP Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider administration guide (T1634-96072, May 2006)

Glossary
This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a
comprehensive glossary of computer terms.
API Application P rogramming Interface, an interface that allows a software
application to connect to and work with a third party software application.
clone A full copy of a volume, usable by an application.
CV HP StorageWorks CommandView, a browser-based interface that allows
management of an HP disk array.
differential copy A copy of a database consi
sting only of the differences in the database since
the last full copy.
disk array A RAID. A collection of disk drives within a cabinet or multiple cabinets a nd
including a controller and software allowing d rives to be g ang ed together in
various configurations to create virtual drives (LUNs).
EV A HP StorageWorks Enterprise Vir
tual Array.
FC Fibre Channel, a fiber optic interconnection standard commonly used for
storage area networks.
GUI Graphical User Interface.
HBA Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host to connect the
host to a fabric SAN.
HWP Hardware Provider. Software that executes on the host, a bus adapter, and
the disk array to enable managing and/or copying of array LUNs through
the Windows OS and applications.
LAN Local Area Network.
LUN Logical Unit Number. A p hysically addressable storage unit as surfaced by a
hardware RA ID subsystem. A virtual disk, con sisting of multiple por tions of
physical disks addressed as a single unit.
mirror Synonymous with “clone.”
MSA HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array.
plex A Microsoft term denoting a full copy of data that has been split off from the
original and is no longer being updated. Synonymous with “split mirror.”
PVOL Primary volume. Typically the volume where application data is stored.
RAID Redundant array of independent disks.
SVOL Secondary volume. The volume that receives backup copies of data.
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 connectivity between ser vers and storage
in the fabric.
SNMP Simple Network Managem ent Protocol.
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