Brocade Glossary (53-1000040-03, November 2006)

4 Brocade Glossary

Publication Number: 53-1000040-03

Glossary

BER Bit error rate. The rate at which bits are expected to be received in error. Expressed as the ratio of error

bits to total bits transmitted. See also error.

BISR Built-in self-repair.

BIST Built-in self-test.

bit

synchroniza-

tion

The condition in which a receiver is delivering retimed serial data at the required bit error rate.

blind-mate

connector

A two-way connector used in some Brocade SilkWorm switches to provide a connection between the

motherboard and the power supply.

block In Fibre Channel technology, upper-level application data that is transferred in a single sequence.

Bloom A Brocade 2-Gbit/sec switch and director ASIC.

boot code Software that initialized the system environment during the early phase of the boot-up process. For

example, boot code might determine the amount of available memory and how to access it.

boot flash Flash (temporary) memory that stores the boot code and boot.

bport Back-end port of the ASIC.

broadcast The transmission of data from a single source to all devices in the fabric, regardless of zoning. See also

multicast and unicast.

buffer-to-

buffer flow

control

Management of the frame transmission rate in either a point-to-point topology or in an arbitrated loop.