32 Installation Guide (AA-RVULC-TE, January 2005)

Glossary120

RSCN

Registered state change notification. A switch function that allows notification of fabric

changes to be sent from the switch to specified nodes.

SAN Storage Area Network. A network of systems and storage devices that communicate

using fibre channel protocols.

SDRAM The main memory for the switch.

sequence A group of related frames transmitted in the same direction between two N_Ports.

service rate The rate at which an entity can service requests.

single mode The fiber optic cabling standard that corresponds to distances of up to 10 km between

devices.

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. An internet management protocol that uses

either IP for network-level functions and UDP for transport-level functions, or TCP/IP for