Brocade SAN Glossary for Fabric OS v6.0.0

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FSP Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common FC-4 level protocol for all
services, transparent to the fabric type or topology.
FSPF Fabric Shortest Path First. A routing protocol used by Fibre Channel switches.
FSS Fabric OS State Synchronization. FSS service is related to High Availability
(HA). The primary function of FSS is to deliver state update messages from
active components to their peer standby components.
Full Fabric The Brocade software license that allows multiple E_Ports on a switch.
Full duplex Concurrent transmission and reception of data on a link.
Full fabric citizenship A loop device that has an entry in name server.
Fx_Port A fabric port that can operate as either an F_Port or an FL_Port.
G
Gateway A device that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary
translation, both for hardware and software.
GbE Port Gigabit Ethernet port available on some Brocade switches; supports FCIP
and FC Channel Routing Service features with link speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec.
GBIC Gigabit Interface Converter. A removable transceiver module permitting Fibre
Channel and Gigabit Ethernet physical-layer transport.
Gbps Gigabits per second. Also, Gbit/sec.
GBps Gigabytes per second. Also GB/sec.
Gigabit 1,062,500,000 bits per second.
GLM Gigabit Link Module. A semitransparent transceiver that incorporates
serializing/deserializing functions.
GoldenEye The code name for a Brocade 4 Gbit/sec switch ASIC used in the Brocade
200E Switch.
G_Port A generic port that supports either E_Port or F_Port functionality.
GUI Graphical User Interface.
H
HA High Availability. A set of features in Brocade switches designed to provide
maximum reliability and nondisruptive replacement of key hardware and
software modules.
Half duplex A mode of communication that allows a port to either transmit or receive
frames at any time except simultaneously (with the exception of link control
frames, which can be transmitted at any time).
Hard address The AL_PA that an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop initialization.
HBA Host Bus Adapter. An interface between a server or workstation bus and the
Fibre Channel network.