HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP operating system configuration guide: SGI IRIX (A5951-96075, December 2005)

Glossary
AL Arbitrated loop.
AL-PA Arbitrated loop physical address.
array group A group of 4 or 8 physical hard disk drives (HDDs) installed in
an XP disk array and assigned a common RAID level. RAID1
array groups consist of 4 (2D+2D) or 8 HDDs (4D+4D). R A ID5
array groups include a parity disk but also consist of 4 (3D+1P)
or 8 HDDs (7D+1P). All RAID6 array groups are made up of
8 HDDs (6D+2P) .
BC HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP. BC lets you maintain up to
nine local copies of logical volumes on the disk array.
CA HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP. CA lets you create
and maintain duplicate copies of local logical volumes on a
remote disk array.
Command View
(CVXP)
HP StorageWorks Command View XP, a software product
for managing XP arrays. Command View runs on a
Windows-based management workstation.
Command View
XP Advanced Edi-
tion (CVXP AE)
HP StorageWorks Command View XP Advanced Edition,
installs on the user-provided Device Manager server and
prov ides a browser-based platform from which you can manage
the XP family of disk arrays—even globally d istributed arrays.
command device A volume on the disk array that accepts Continuous Access
or Business Copy control o perations which are then executed
by the disk array.
CU Control Unit. Contains LDEVs and is approximately equivalent
to SCSI Target ID.
CVS Custom volume size. CVS devices (OPEN-x CVS) are custom
volumes configured using array management software to
be smaller than normal fixed-size OPEN system volumes.
Synonymous with volume size customization (VSC).
DKC The array cabinet that houses the channel adapters and service
processor (SVP).
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