HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X MIB Reference Guide (AA-RVHEC-TE, September 2005)

GBIC

Gigabit interface converter. A removable serial transceiver module that allows gigabaud physical-level

transport for Fibre Channel and gigabit Ethernet.

Gb/sec

Gigabits per second (1,062,500,000 bits/second).

GB/sec

Gigabytes per second (1,062,500,000 bytes/second).

GLM

Gigabit Link Module. A semitransparent transceiver that incorporates serializing and deserializing

functions.

High availability. The High availability features in HP StorageWorks switches are designed to provide

maximum reliability and nondisruptive replacement of key hardware and software modules.

hard address

The AL_PA that an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop initialization.

HBA

Host bus adapter. The interface card between a server or workstation bus and the Fibre Channel network.

header

A Fibre Channel frame has a header and a payload. The header contains control and addressing

information associated with the frame.

host

A computer system that provides end users with services like computation and storage access.

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The standard TCP/IP transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web.

interswitch link

See ISL.

IOCTL

I/O control.

Internet Protocol. The addressing part of TCP.

iSCSI

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface. A protocol that defines the processes for transferring block

storage applications over TCP/IP networks by encapsulating SCSI commands into TCP and transporting

them over the network via IP.

ISL

Interswitch link. A Fibre Channel link from the E_Port of one switch to the E_Port of another. See also

cascade, E_Port.

isolated E_Port

An E_Port that is online but not operational due to overlapping domain IDs or nonidentical parameters

(such as E_D_TOVs). See also E_Port.