Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for Windows (7.6)

FC-SAN (Fibre Channel - Storage Area Network)
A SAN using Fibre Channel.
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HAM environment
An environment in which volume pairs that are synchronized between two storage
systems are created by HAM (High Availability Manager), and hosts are configured to
recognize these volumes as one volume. An HAM environment consists of the primary
volume (P-VOL) in the primary site and the secondary volume (S-VOL) in the secondary
site. When an error occurs on one of the volumes, the path can be switched to the other
volume by using HDLM.
HBA (Host Bus Adapter)
A device that is an interface between hosts and external devices.
In this manual, the term HBA indicates an interface card that is mounted on a host from
which the host connects to a storage system via a SCSI or FC connection.
HDLM alert driver
A program that receives information about an error detected by the HDLM driver, and
then reports the error information to the HDLM manager.
HDLM driver
A program that controls all the HDLM functions, manages paths, and detects errors.
HDLM manager
A program that manages error information. The HDLM manager receives error
information from the HDLM alert driver and then collects error logs.
host
A generic term for both servers and clients.
host device
A logical area in a host LU.
(See also: host LU, host device name)
host device name
A name for a host device. A drive letter is assigned to a host device name.
(See also: host device)
host LU
An LU that a host recognizes. The actual HDev entity is a Dev in the storage system.
Each host LU has a host LU number.
(See also: LU, host LU number, host device)
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