STORAGE AREA NETWORK

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A
ABTS ACC Access fairness Access method ACK Active copper Adaptive Networking Abort Basic Link Service. Accept link service reply; the normal reply to an Extended Link Service request (such as FLOGI), indicating that the request has been completed. A process by which contending nodes are guaranteed access to an Arbitrated Loop. The method used to access a physical medium in order to transmit data. Acknowledgement frame. Used for end-to-end flow control; verifies receipt of one or more frames from Class 1, 2 or F services. A Fibre Channel connection that allows copper cabling up to 33 m (108 ft) in length between devices. A suite of fabric services introduced in Fabric OS 6.0 that employ deep fabric intelligence to anticipate congestion and to dynamically make adjustments in the fabric so that application traffic continues to flow. See also QoS, Ingress Rate Limiting, and Traffic Isolation. A special administrative domain. When an AD-capable switch is first added to a fabric, all relevant resources of the fabric (switches, ports, devices) become its members automatically. These resources are put in an implicit list as defined later. When members are added to AD0 explicitly they become part of the explicit list as fixed members. An administrative domain that allows users to get an unfiltered view of the fabric and manage ADs. Corresponds to the legacy physical fabric in a nonAD aware fabric. The zone database owned by each AD. Once Fabric OS 5.2.0 and later is installed, the root zone database will be owned by AD0, and each AD will have its own zone database. A 24-bit number used to indicate the link-level address of communicating devices. In a frame header, the address identifier indicates the source ID (S_ID) and the destination ID (D_ID) of the frame respectively.

AD0

AD255

AD zone database

Address identifier

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Administrative Domain (AD) Part of Brocades virtual fabric strategy, a filtered administrative view of the fabric. The logical view presented in an AD filters attributes of switch ports and end devices based on AD membership. ADs allow device resources in a fabric to be grouped together and provide the ability to manage them separately. Advanced zoning In EZSwitchSetup, a zoning option that allows you to customize zoning and is appropriate for SAN administrators who have the experience to perform manual zoning. A proposed standard as part of FC-GS-3; it will use the well-known address FFFFF8 and will maintain identifier mappings to support multicast group management Arbitrated Loop Physical Address. An 8-bit value used to identify a device participating in an Arbitrated Loop. Arbitrated Loop Timeout value. Twice the amount of time it would take for a transmission word to propagate around a worst-case loop. The default value is 15 milliseconds (ms). American National Standards Institute. Governing body for standards in the U.S. Arbitrative Primitive Signal. Applies only to an Arbitrated Loop topology, and is transmitted as the fill word by an L_Port to indicate the port is arbitrating access to the loop. A shared 100/200-megabytes-per-second Fibre Channel transport supporting up to a maximum of 126 devices and 1 attachment to a fabric. Ports with lower AL_PAs have higher priorities. A method of gaining orderly access to a shared-loop topology. Address Resolution Protocol. A TCP/IP function for associating an IP address with a link-level address. Application-Specific Integrated Circuit. Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A high-speed packet-switching transport used for transmitting data over LANs or WANs that transmits fixed-length units of data. It provides any-to-any connectivity and nodes can transmit simultaneously. Fabric OS event that is logged. The process of verifying through a password that an entity in a fabric, such as a switch, should or should not have access to the fabric. A process run on embedded switches (also called blades) that is triggered when the active CP detects that the blade contains a different version of the firmware, regardless of which version is older. Autoleveling downloads the firmware to the embedded switch, swaps partitions, reboots the switch, and copies the new firmware from the primary partition to the secondary partition.

Alias server

AL_PA AL_TIME

ANSI ARB

Arbitrated Loop

Arbitration ARP ASIC ATM

Audit event Authentication Autoleveling

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AW_TOV

Arbitration Wait Timeout Value. The minimum time an arbitrating L_Port waits for a response before beginning loop initialization.

B
Backbone fabric A Fibre Channel fabric that enables scalable metaSANs by allowing the networking of multiple FC routers connected to the backbone fabric via E_Port interfaces. Devices attached to Multiprotocol Routers via F_Port or FL_Port, or imported via the iSCSI Gateway Service, are also considered part of the backbone. The transmission capacity of the cable, link, or system. Buffer-to-buffer credit; used to determine how many frames can be sent to the recipient. A tool in which all of the port LEDs on a switch are set to flash from one side of the switch to the other to enable identification of an individual switch in a large fabric. Bit Error Rate. The rate at which bits are expected to be received in error. Expressed as a ratio of error bits to total bits transmitted. The condition is which a receiver is delivering retimed serial data at a required bit error rate. The code name given to the third-generation Brocade 2 Gbit/sec ASIC. This ASIC is used in Brocade switches 3000 series and beyond. Sending a transmission to all Nx_Ports on a fabric. Software that initialized the system environment during the early phase of the boot up process. For example, boot code may determine the amount of available memory and how to access it. Flash (temporary) memory that stores the boot code and boot parameters.

Bandwidth BB_Credit Beacon

BER Bit synchronization Bloom Broadcast Boot code

Boot flash

Brocade Data Migration Manager (DMM) Brocade application that provides hardware-assisted data migration from one storage device to another across a Brocade switch; enables the migration of data from multiple storage devices simultaneously across multiple fabrics; layered on the Brocade Storage Application Services (SAS). Brocade DCX Backbone A backbone-class platform designed to operate at the core of the Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF). The Brocade DCX enables massive consolidation, multi-protocol integration, and simplified management to dramatically reduce operational and capital costs. It provides true interoperability with existing SANs. See also Adaptive Networking and data center fabric. Brocade Fabric Manager (FM) Optionally licensed Brocade application that resides on a host computer and enables fabric-wide management for multiple fabrics in a geographicallydispersed location via a graphical user interface.

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Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) Optionally licensed Brocade software that provides easy, centralized management of a SAN and quick access to all device configuration applications. Brocade Web Tools Optionally licensed software component of Fabric OS that enables administrators to monitor and manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. In Fabric OS 5.3.0 or later, a zone with the name of broadcast (casesensitive), which is used for setting up recipients of broadcast packets. Does not restrict access to its members, but restricts broadcast packets to only those devices that are members.

Broadcast zone

Buffer-to-buffer flow control Management of the frame transmission rate in either a point-to-point topology or in an Arbitrated Loop. Bypass circuitry Circuits that automatically remove a device from the data path when valid signals are dropped.

C
CAM Cascade Content-Addressable Memory. Connecting two or more Fibre Channel hubs or switches to increase port capacity or distance. Seven levels of cascading is the limit for Brocade switches. Brocade 1000 switches can have up to 32 in a SAN; Brocade 2000 switches and above can have up to 239. Clock and Data Recovery circuitry. Conformit Europenne. A point-to-point link whose task is to transport data from one point to another. Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. Allows remote servers and clients to securely exchange authentication credentials. Both the server and client are configured with the same shared secret. Common Information Model; a management structure enabling disparate resources to be managed by a common application. A connection-oriented class of service that requires acknowledgment of frame delivery. A connectionless class of service that requires acknowledgment of frame delivery. A connectionless class of service that requires no acknowledgment of frame delivery between N_Ports. A connection-oriented service that allows fractional parts of the bandwidth to be used in a virtual circuit. A connection-oriented, multicast service geared toward video broadcasts between a central server and clients. 1/31/2008 Page 4 of 29

CDR CE Channel CHAP

CIM Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 6

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Class F

A connectionless class of service that gives notification of delivery or nondelivery between E_Ports, used for control, coordination, and configuration of the fabric. Close Primitive Signal. Only in an Arbitrated Loop; sent by an L_Port that is currently communicating on the loop, to close communication to another L_Port. A port that fulfils one of the following conditions: a) is a member of an AD, either explicitly assigned or part of AD0 or b) the switch to which the port belongs is a member of an AD. A relationship in SNMP between an SNMP agent and a set of SNMP managers that defines authentication, access control, and proxy characteristics. Flash (temporary) memory that is used in a manner similar to hard disk storage. It is connected to a bridging component which connects to the PCI bus of the processor. Not visible within the processor's memory space. The code name given to the Brocade 4 Gbit/sec ASIC. This ASIC is used in Brocade switches and directors. The realization of the potential of over-subscription. A congested link is one on which multiple devices actually are contending for bandwidth. A computer module that interprets signals between a host and a peripheral device. The controller typically is part of the peripheral device. The default PID mode for Brocade 200E, 3016, 3250, 3850, 3900, and 4100 switches and Brocade directors. It uses the entire 8-bit address space and directly uses the port number as the area_ID. Class of service. Cyclic Redundancy Check. A self-test for error detection and correction. A numeric value that represents the maximum number of receive buffers provided by an F/FL_Port to its attached N/NL_Port such that the N/NL_Port can transmit frames without overrunning the F/FL_Port. Customer Replaceable Unit. A component that can, upon failure, be replaced by an end user. A switching technique that allows a routing decision to be made as soon as the destination address of the frame is received.

CLS

Controlled port

Community

Compact flash

Condor Congestion Controller Core PID

COS CRC Credit

CRU Cut-through

D
D_ID Dark fiber Destination identifier; a 3-byte field in the frame header used to indicate the address identifier of the N_Port to which the frame is headed. A leased fiber optic cable running between sites characterized by not having a service provided on the wire by the leasing company; all services are provided by the customer. Direct-Attached Storage.

DAS

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Data center fabric

The hardware, software, and infrastructure required to power data centers. Includes concepts such as converged protocols, extended physical connectivity, virtual partitions, fabric services, and extending data management policies into the fabric. See also Adaptive Networking.

Data Migration Console The graphical user interface for the Brocade Data Migration Manager appliance. Data Migration Manager See Brocade Data Migration Manager. Datagram DCC A Class 3 Fibre Channel service that allows data to be sent quickly to devices attached to the fabric, with no confirmation of receipt. Direct cable connection; does not require network interface cards (NICs), making it relatively simple and inexpensive; however, it provides a limited connection between two PCs and the data transfer rate is slower compared to a true LAN. A means that permits a single N_Port to simultaneously initiate a session with another N_Port as an initiator, and have a separate Class 1 connection to another N_Port as a recipient. In the Brocade trunking feature, the time difference between the traffic traveling over each ISL other than the shortest ISL in the group and the traffic traveling over the shortest ISL. The deskew number corresponds to nanoseconds divided by 10. The firmware automatically sets the minimum deskew value of the shortest ISL to 15. A routing policy in which the choice of routing path is based on the FC address of the source device (S-ID) and the destination device (D_ID), improving path utilization for better performance. Diffie-Hellman Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol; an implementation of CHAP using Diffie-Hellman encryption. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. An Internet protocol for automating the configuration of computers that use TCP/IP; can be used to automatically assign IP addresses, to deliver TCP/IP stack configuration parameters, such as subnet mask and default router, and to provide other configuration information, such as the addresses for printer, time, and news servers. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol daemon. Destination ID with three fields: Domain ID (DD), Area ID (AA), and AL_PA (PP). SID/DID traffic prioritization is a licensed feature introduced in Fabric OS 6.0 that allows you to categorize the traffic flow into high, medium, or low priority. Requires an Adaptive Networking license on every switch in the path between a given configured device pair. See also QoS. An electronic document issued by a CA (certificate authority) to an entity, containing the public key and identity of the entity. A highly available and scalable Fibre Channel switch that uses a chassis and blade architecture; current models are Brocade 24000 Director and Brocade 48000 Director. An iSCSI access control concept; created between iSCSI hosts and targets using their IQN. 1/31/2008 Page 6 of 29

Dedicated simplex

Deskew

Device-based routing

DH-CHAP DHCP

DHCPD DID

Digital certificate Director

Discovery domain

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Disparity

The relationship of 1s and 0s in an encoded character; positive disparity contains more 1s, negative disparity contains more 0s, neutral disparity contains an equal number of 1s and 0s. Dynamic Load Sharing. Allows for recomputing of routes when an Fx_Port or E_Port comes up or down. A unique number between 1 and 239 on a Brocade 2000 Series or later switch that identifies the switch to a fabric.

DLS Domain ID

Dynamic Ports On Demand (DPOD) Automatically enables ports on an embedded blade when the server is powered on and does not require a predefined assignment of port; determined by the total number of ports in use and the number of purchased dynamic ports. DWDM Dense Wave Division Multiplexing..Allows more wavelengths to use the same fiber. See WDM.

E
8b/10b encoding ECCN An encoding scheme that converts an 8-bit byte into one or two possible 10bit characters; used for balancing 1s and 0s in high-speed transports. Export Classification Control Number. A government classification of encryption, for example, SSH is in the high-encryption category and therefore has certain restrictions regarding its transfer. A Fibre Channel fabric connected to an FC router via an EX_Port (where hosts and storage are typically attached in a metaSAN). Error-Detect Time Out Value. The maximum round-trip time that an operation could require before declaring an error condition.

Edge fabric E_D_TOV

Effective zone configuration A subset of the defined zone configuration, containing only the zone configuration objects that are currently enabled; only one configuration can be active at a time, but multiple configurations can be defined in the database. EE_Credit End-to-End Credit. Used to manage the exchange of frames by two communicating devices and set the maximum number of frames that may remain unacknowledged.

Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) See Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager. E_Port EIA ELP ELS A standard Fibre Channel mechanism that enables switches to network with each other. Electronic Industries Association. Exchange Link Parameters. Extend Link Service. Sent to the destination N_Port to perform the requested function or service. ELS is a Fibre Channel standard sometimes referenced as Fibre Channel Physical (FC_PH) ELS.

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Enabled zone configuration The currently enabled configuration of zones; only one configuration can be enabled at a time. Entry Fabric EOF Exchange The basic Brocade software license that allows one E_Port per switch. End of Frame. A group of ordered sets used to mark the end of a frame. The highest-level Fibre Channel mechanism used for communication between N_Ports, composed of one or more related sequences and working either uni- or bi-directionally. A device that has been mapped between fabrics (a host or storage port in one edge fabric can be exported to any other fabric by using LSAN zoning). The type of E_Port used to connect a Multiprotocol Router to an edge fabric. An EX_Port follows standard E_Port protocols and supports FC-NAT but does not allow fabric merging across EX_Ports. Format that generates the same PID for a port on switches with 16 or fewer ports as would native PID format, but it also supports up to 256 ports per domain. Optionally licensed Fabric OS feature that provides up to 500 km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distance. A range of logical blocks within a logical unit (LU); the path name identifies both the LU of which the extent is part and the path used to access this extent.

Exported device EX_Port

Extended edge PID

Extended Fabrics Extent

F
Fabric A collection of Fibre Channel switches and directors and connected devices, such as hosts and storage.

Fabric Application Platform A device that enables fabric-based storage applications such as mirroring, data migration, snapshots, and virtual tape. The Brocade Fabric Application Platform can run in a central location, process data at wire-speed, and reside in existing data paths. Fabric ID (FID) Fabric Manager Fabric port count Fabric topology Fabric Watch Unique identifier of a fabric in a metaSAN. See Brocade Fabric Manager. The number of ports available for connection by nodes in a fabric. The arrangement of switches that form a fabric. Optionally licensed Brocade software accessed through either the commandline interface or Brocade Web Tools; provides the ability to set thresholds for monitoring fabric conditions. On a Brocade device, the process of activating the standby CP and transferring switch processing from the active CP so that traffic is not disrupted.

Failover

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FAN

1) Fabric Address Notification. Keeps the AL_PA and fabric address when loop re-initializes if the switch supports FAN. 2) File Area Network. The set of systems and software that enable centralized management of file data to improve user and administrative efficiency. The ratio of hosts to storage devices. It is the view of the SAN from the storage port's perspective. The ratio of storage devices to hosts. It is the view of the SAN from the host port's perspective. A Fabric OS feature running on top of FCIP that accelerates Write operations from a host to a target device; eliminates the latency associated with long distance in FCIP. Fabric Port Busy Frame. A frame issued by the fabric to indicate that a frame cannot be delivered because the fabric or destination N_Port is busy. Fibre Channel Association. Lowest layer on Fibre Channel transport; represents the physical media. This layer contains the 8b/10b encoding scheme. This layer handles framing and protocol, frame format, sequence/exchange management, and ordered set usage. This layer contains common services used by multiple N_Ports in a node. This layer handles standards and profiles for mapping upper-level protocols such as SCSI and IP onto the Fibre Channel Protocol. Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. Fibre Channel Audio Visual. Fibre Channel Common Transport. A service that extends hierarchical networking capabilities to Fibre Channel fabrics. It enables devices located on separate fabrics to communicate without merging the fabrics. It also enables the creation of LSANs. Fibre Channel Generic requirements. Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment. Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling. Fibre Channel Generic Services. Second-generation Fibre Channel Generic Services. Third-generation Fibre Channel Generic Services. Fibre Channel over IP protocol. Fibre Channel over 10 Gbit/sec Ethernet networks.

Fan-in Fan-out FastWrite

F_BSY FCA FC-0 FC-1 FC-2 FC-3 FC-4 FC-AL FC-AV FC-CT FC-FC Routing Service

FC-FG FC-FLA FC-FS FC-GS FC-GS-2 FC-GS-3 FCIP FCoE

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Fibre Channel Physical and signaling standard for FC-0, FC-1, and FC-2 layers of the Fibre Channel protocol. Also indicates signaling used for cable plants, media types, and transmission speeds. Second-generation Fibre Channel Physical interface. Third-generation Fibre Channel Physical interface. Fabric Port Reject Frame. A frame issued by the fabric to indicate that delivery of a frame is being denied, maybe because class is not supported, or there is an invalid header, or no N_Port is available. Fibre Channel Single Bytes. Fibre Channel Switch Fabric. Specifies tools and algorithms for interconnection and initialization of Fibre Channel switches to create a multiswitch Fibre Channel fabric. Second-generation Fibre Channel Switch Fabric. Specifies tools and algorithms for interconnection and initialization of Fibre Channel switches to create a multiswitch Fibre Channel fabric. Fibre Channel Virtual Interface. Federal Communications Commission. Fibre Channel Industry Association. Its mission is to nurture and help develop the broadest market for Fibre Channel products. A service that enables SANs to span longer distances than could be supported with native Fibre Channel links. FCIP is a TCP/IP-based tunneling protocol that allows the transparent interconnection of geographically distributed SAN islands through an IP-based network. Fibre Channel Loop Community. Fibre Channel Protocol. SCSI to Fibre Channel mapping. Fibre Distributed Data Interface. ANSI architecture for a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN); a network based on the use of optical-fiber cable to transmit data at 100 megabits per second. Fabric Device Management Interface. A database service provided by the fabric for Nx_Ports. The primary use is by HBA devices that register information about themselves and their ports. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a Class 6 multicast server. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a clock synchronization server. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a security key distribution server. Well-known Fibre Channel address for an alias server. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a QoS facilitator. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a management server. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a time server. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a directory server. 1/31/2008 Page 10 of 29

FC-PH-2 FC-PH-3 F_RJT

FC_SB FC-SW

FC-SW-2

FC_VI FCC FCIA FCIP Tunneling Service

FCLC FCP FDDI

FDMI

FFFFF5 FFFFF6 FFFFF7 FFFFF8 FFFFF9 FFFFFA FFFFFB FFFFFC Brocade SAN Glossary

FFFFFD FFFFFE FFFFFF Fibre Channel (FC)

Well-known Fibre Channel address for a fabric controller. Well-known Fibre Channel address for a fabric F_Port. Well-known address for a broadcast alias-ID. The primary protocol for building SANs. Unlike IP and Ethernet, Fibre Channel was designed to support the needs of storage devices of all types.

Fibre Channel Network Address Translation (FC-NAT) A capability that allows devices in different fabrics to communicate when those fabrics have addressing conflicts. This is similar to the "hide-behind" AT used in firewalls. Fibre Channel Router Protocol (FCRP) A Brocade-authored standards-track protocol that enables LSAN switches to perform routing between different edge fabrics, optionally across a backbone fabric. FICON A protocol used on IBM mainframes; FICON support enables a Brocade fabric to transmit FICON format data between FICON-capable servers and storage. Fabric ID. Unique identifier of a fabric in a metaSAN; the backbone fabric is also identified using a unique fabric ID. The primitive signal used by L_Ports to be transmitted between frames. Federal Information Processing Standard. Publicly announced standards developed by the US Federal government, for example, standards for encoding data and encryption standards. See also KAT. A fabric loop port to which a loop attaches; it is the access to the fabric for NL_Ports on a loop. Programmable nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) memory that maintains its contents without power. Fabric login. A process by which a node makes a logical connection to a fabric switch. A fabric port to which an N_Port is attached. The partial use of a link to send data back and forth, with a maximum of 254 Class 4 connections per N_Port. A data unit containing a start-of-frame (SOF) delimiter, header, payload, Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), and an End-Of-Frame (EOF) delimiter. The payload can be 0-2112 bytes, and the CRC is 4 bytes. A protocol that uses logical channels, as those used in X.25; also known as bandwidth on demand. A tier of virtual domains between the translation domains and the edge fabrics that allows FSPF multipathing to work as desired. Field Replaceable Unit. A component that can be replaced in the field upon failure.

FID Fill word FIPS

FL_Port Flash FLOGI F_Port Fractional bandwidth Frame

Frame relay Front domain FRU

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FSP FSPF FSS

Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common FC-4 level protocol for all services, transparent to the fabric type or topology. Fabric Shortest Path First. A routing protocol used by Fibre Channel switches. Fabric OS State Synchronization. FSS service is related to High Availability (HA). The primary function of FSS is to deliver state update messages from active components to their peer standby components. The Brocade software license that allows multiple E_Ports on a switch. Concurrent transmission and reception of data on a link. A loop device that has an entry in name server. A fabric port that can operate as either an F_Port or an FL_Port.

Full Fabric Full duplex Full fabric citizenship Fx_Port

G
Gateway GbE Port GBIC Gbps GBps Gigabit GLM GoldenEye G_Port GUI A device that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary translation, both for hardware and software. Gigabit Ethernet port available on some Brocade switches; supports FCIP and FC Channel Routing Service features with link speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec. Gigabit Interface Converter. A removable transceiver module permitting Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet physical-layer transport. Gigabits per second. Also, Gbit/sec. Gigabytes per second. Also GB/sec. 1,062,500,000 bits per second. Gigabit Link Module. A semitransparent transceiver that incorporates serializing/deserializing functions. The code name for a Brocade 4 Gbit/sec switch ASIC used in the Brocade 200E Switch. A generic port that supports either E_Port or F_Port functionality. Graphical User Interface.

H
HA High Availability. A set of features in Brocade switches designed to provide maximum reliability and nondisruptive replacement of key hardware and software modules. A mode of communication that allows a port to either transmit or receive frames at any time except simultaneously (with the exception of link control frames, which can be transmitted at any time). The AL_PA that an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop initialization. Host Bus Adapter. An interface between a server or workstation bus and the Fibre Channel network.

Half duplex

Hard address HBA

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HiPPI Hop count Hot swappable HSSDC HSSDC-2 HTTP HTTPS

High-performance Parallel Interface. An 800 Mbit/sec interface normally used in supercomputer environments. Hop count is the number of ISLs a frame must traverse to get from its source to its destination. A component that can be replaced while under power. High Speed Serial Data Connection. A form factor that allows quick connections for copper interfaces. Second-generation HSSDC connector. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The standard TCP/IP transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure link. Switches and directors configured for SSL grant access to management tools through HTTPS instead of standard HTTP links. A Fibre Channel wiring concentrator that collapses a loop topology into a physical star topology. A hub can automatically recognize an active node and inserts it into the loop; a node that is not functioning is automatically removed from the loop. A number of N_Ports registered as a single Alias_ID, so the fabric can route a word to a port that is free.

Hub

Hunt Group

I
Idle An ordered set transmitted continuously over a link when no data is being transmitted to maintain an active link. It helps maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization. Internet Fibre Channel Protocol. Supports FC Layer 4 FCP-Over-TCP/IP; a gateway-to-gateway protocol in which TCP/IP switching and routing components exchange/replace FC fabric. Internet Key Exchange. The protocol used to set up a security association in the IPsec protocol suite. Transmission of management protocol over the Fibre Channel transport. A server or workstation on a Fibre Channel network that initiates transactions to tapes or disks. A licensed fabric service that restricts the speed of traffic from a particular device by setting the maximum speed traffic can flow through a particular F_Port or FL_Port. See also Adaptive Networking. The fabric created by connecting multiple Brocade switches with multiple ISL cables, and configuring the switches to handle traffic as a seamless group. A specification for copper cabling that allows up to 33-m (108 ft) distances between cabinets.

IFCP

IKE In-band Initiator Ingress Rate Limiting

Integrated Fabric Intercabinet

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Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) Inter-Fabric Link (IFL) Intermix Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Intracabinet IOD IP IPI IPsec

A connection between two chassis, for example, between two Brocade DCX Backbones; uses dedicated ICL ports on each chassis. A connection between a router and an edge fabric. Architecturally, these can be of type EX_Port-to-E_Port or EX_Port-to-EX_Port. Allows any unused bandwidth in a Class 1 connection to be used by Class 2 or Class 3. A connection between two switches using the E_Port. A specification for copper cabling that allows up to a 13-m (42-ft) distance within a single cabinet. In Order Delivery. A parameter than when set, guarantees that frames get delivered in order, or they are dropped. Internet Protocol. The addressing part of TCP/IP. Intelligent Peripheral Interface. IP security. A framework of open standards to ensure private, secure communications over IP networks through the use of cryptographic security services. iSCSI Qualified Name. An iSCSI address that uniquely identifies an iSCSI device on the network, the equivalent of a Fibre Channel WWN. Internet Small Computer System Interface. An IP-based storage networking standard. A service that maps the SCSI protocol to the IP transport. This service projects iSCSI hosts onto the backbone fabric of a gateway switch. iSCSI Protocol Data Unit. A message between an iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target; has a Header and an optional Data Unit. An intermediate device in a network that allows iSCSI initiators in an IP SAN to access and use storage in an FC SAN.

IQN iSCSI iSCSI Gateway Service iSCSI PDU iSCSI target gateway

ISL oversubscription ratio The ratio of the number of free ports (non-ISL) to the number of ISLs on a switch. Isolated E_Port ISP Occurs when an ISL is online but not operational between switches because of overlapping domain IDs or no identical parameters such as E_D_TOVs. Internet Service Provider.

J
JBOD Jitter Just a Bunch Of Disks. A term for disks typically configured as an Arbitrated Loop segment in a single chassis. A deviation in timing for a bit stream as it flows through a physical medium.

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K28.5 KAT Key Key pair A special 10-bit character used to indicate the beginning of a Fibre Channel ordered set. Known Answer Test. Used for encryption and decryption operations in FIPS compliance. See also FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard). A string of data (usually a numeric value) shared between two entities and used to control a cryptographic algorithm. In public key cryptography, a pair of keys consisting of an entitys public and private key; the public key can be publicized, but the private key must be kept secret.

L
L_Port LAN Latency LED Link control facility LIFA Loop Port. A node port (NL_Port) or fabric port (FL_Port) that has arbitratedloop capabilities Local Area Network. A network where transmissions are typically less than 5 km (3.4 mi). The period that a frame is held by a network device before it is forwarded. Light Emitting Diode. A status indicator on a switch. A termination handling physical and logical control of the Fibre Channel link for each mode. Loop Initialization Fabric Assigned frame. Contains bitmap of all fabric assigned AL_PAs and is the first frame transmitted in the loop initialization process after a temporary loop master has been selected. Loop Initialization Hard Assigned frame. A hard assigned AL_PA that is indicated by a bit set and is the third frame transmitted in the loop initialization process after a temporary loop master has been selected. Loop Initialization Loop Position frame. The final frame transmitted in a loop initialization process. A returned LIRP contains an accumulation of all of the AL_PA position maps. This allows loop members to determine their relative loop position. This is an optional frame and is not transmitted unless the LIRP is also transmitted. A bi-directional point-to-point serial data channel. A termination, handling physical and logical control of the FC link for each node. A dimensionless positive number associated with the cost of an ISL or IFL that, by default, is inversely proportional to its bandwidth. Loop Initialization Primitive sequence. A means to get an AL_PA address, to indicate a loop failure or to reset a node. Loop Initialization Previously Assigned. A situation in which the device marks a bit in the bitmap if it had not logged in with the fabric in a previous loop initialization.

LIHA

LILP

Link Link control facility Link cost LIP LIPA

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LIRP

Loop Initialization Report Position frame. The first frame transmitted in the loop initialization process after all L_Ports have selected an AL_PA. It gets transmitted around the loop so all L_Ports can report their relative physical position. This is an optional frame. Loop Initialization Soft Assigned frame. The fourth frame transmitted in the loop initialization process after a temporary loop master has been selected. L_Ports that have not selected an AL_PA in a LIFA, LIPA, or LIHA frame will select their AL_PA here. Loop Initialization Select Master frame. The first frame transmitted in the initialization process when L_Ports select an AL_PA. It is used to select a temporary loop master or the L_Port that will subsequently start transmission of the LIFA, LIPA, LIHA, LISA, LIRP, or LILP frames. Loop Master Timeout Value. The minimum time that the loop master waits for a loop initialization sequence to return.

LISA

LISM

LM_TOV

Logical Storage Area Network (LSAN) A logical network that spans multiple fabrics. The path between devices in an LSAN can be local to an edge fabric or cross one or more Multiprotocol Routers and up to one intermediate backbone fabric. LSANs are administered through LSAN zones in each edge fabric. Login server Loom Loop circuit Loop_ID Looplet LPB LPE The unit that responds to login requests. The code name given to the second-generation Brocade fabric ASIC, used in the Brocade 2000 series of switches. A temporary bi-directional communication path established between L_Ports. A hexadecimal value representing one of the 127 possible AL_PA values in an Arbitrated Loop. Private Arbitrated Loop segments connected by a fabric. Loop Port Bypass. A primitive sequence transmitted by an L_Port to bypass one or all L_Ports to which it is directed. It is used only in Arbitrated Loops. Loop Port Enable. A primitive sequence transmitted by an L_Port to enable one or all L_Ports that have been bypassed with the LPB. It is used only in Arbitrated Loops. Loop port. A port supporting the Arbitrated Loop protocol. It appears as the part of the output of a switchShow command. Loop Port State Machine. Logic that monitors and performs the tasks required for initialization and access to the loop. It is maintained by an L_Port to track behavior through different phases of loop operations. Link Reset. A primitive sequence used during link initialization between two N_Ports in point-to-point topology, or an N_Port and an F_Port in fabric topology. The expected response is an LRR. Link Reset Response. A primitive sequence during link initialization between two N_Ports in point-to-point topology, or an N_Port and an F_Port in fabric topology. It is sent in response to an LR, and expects a response of Idle.

L_Port LPSM

LR

LRR

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LSAN LSAN device entry LSAN zone

Logical Storage Area Network. Enables device and storage connectivity that spans two or more fabrics. The total number of port WWN entries for all devices defined in all active LSAN zones within a routed fabric. The mechanism by which LSANs are administered. A Multiprotocol Router attached to two fabrics will "listen" for the creation of matching LSAN zones on both fabrics. If this occurs, it will create phantom domains and FC-NAT entries as appropriate, and insert entries for them into the name servers on the fabrics. LSAN zones are compatible with standard zoning mechanisms. The number of port WWN entries defined in an edge fabric or backbone LSAN zone. Logical Unit. A piece of logical storage in a disk array. In Brocade Data Migration Manager, identifies a path to a logical unit; the port WWN (pWWN) of the array and the LUN from the standpoint of the virtual initiators. Logical Unit Number. The path to an LU or the 64-bit address of the LU. Mapping between a virtual iSCSI target and physical FC target. Long Wavelength fiber-optic; based on 1300 and 1550-nm lasers supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec link speeds.

LSAN zone entry LU LU path

LUN LUN mapping LWL

M
MAC address Media Access Control address. The address used for communication between network adapters on the same subnet. Each network adapter has an associated MAC address. Memory allocation; usually refers to buffer credits. Metropolitan Area Network. Megabits per second; also Mbit/sec. Megabytes per second; also MB/sec. The collection of all devices, switches, edge and backbone fabrics, LSANs, and Multiprotocol Routers that make up a physically connected but logically partitioned storage network. In a data network, this would simply be called "the network." However, an additional term is required to specify the difference between a single-fabric network (SAN), a multi-fabric network without cross-fabric connectivity (for example, a dual-redundant fabric SAN), and a multi-fabric network with connectivity (metaSAN). A relative value assigned to a route to aid in calculating the shortest path (1000 @ 1Gbit/sec, 500 @ 2Gbit/sec). Media Interface Adapter. A device that converts optical connections to copper ones and vice versa. Management Information Base. An SNMP structure for device management that contains an abstraction of configuration and device information.

MALLOC MAN Mbps MBps MetaSAN

Metric MIA MIB

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Migration set

In Brocade Data Migration Manager, a collection of extent pairs that comprise a migration; used by the application to configure migration and scheduling policies. Multimode Fiber. See SWL. Managed Object Format file. In a Brocade SAN, ADs are treated as fabrics; since switches cannot be part of two fabrics, but they can be part of two ADs, their WWNs are morphed so that they appear as unique entities in different fabrics. Mark Primitive Signal. Used only in Arbitrated Loop, it is transmitted by an L_Port for synchronization and is vendor specific. Management Server. Allows a SAN management application to retrieve information and administer the fabric and interconnected elements, such as switches, servers, and storage devices; located at the FC well-known address FFFFFAh. Mean Time Between Failures. An expression of time indicating the longevity of a device. A restricted broadcast to a subset of the N_Ports on the network. A fiber optic cabling specification that allows up to 500-m distances between devices. A device that enables Brocade multiprotocol routing services.

MMF MOF Morphed WWN

MRK MS

MTBF Multicast Multimode (MMF) Multiprotocol Router

Multiprotocol Routing Services Optionally licensed software bundle available on certain Brocade platforms, such as the Multiprotocol Router, that includes the FC-FC Routing Service, the iSCSI Gateway Service, and the FCIP Tunneling Service. Multiprotocol SAN Routing Services (MSRS) An optionally licensed software bundle available on certain Brocade platforms, such as the Brocade AP7420, that includes the Fibre Channel Routing Service, iSCSI Gateway Service, and FCIP Tunneling Service.

N
N_Port A Fibre Channel port in a fabric or point-to-point connection. Name Server or Service A switch service that stores names, addresses, and attributes for up to 15 minutes and provides them as required to other devices in the fabric; also known as Simple Name Server (SNS) or directory service. NAS Native PID NDMP NIC Network-Attached Storage. A disk array connected to a controller that gives access via a LAN. Introduced with the Brocade 2000 series switches, supports up to 16 ports per switch. Network Data Management Protocol. Used for tape backups without using server resources. Network Interconnect Card.

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NL_Port Node Node count Node name Non-OFC

Node Loop port. A port supporting the Arbitrated Loop protocol. A Fibre Channel device that supports one or more ports. The number of nodes attached to the fabric. A 64-bit unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel node. A category of laser transceiver that does not require open fiber control due to its low intensity.

Nonparticipating mode Mode that is entered if there are more than 127 devices on a loop, and an AL_PA cannot be acquired. NOS Non-Operational Primitive Sequence. Used during link initialization between two N_Ports in the point-to-point topology, or an N_Port and F_Port in the fabric topology. It is sent to indicate that the transmitting port has detected a link failure or is offline. An OLS is the expected response. N_Port ID Virtualization. Allows a single FC_Port to appear as multiple, distinct ports providing separate port identification and security zoning with the fabric for each operating system image as if each one had its own physical port. A port used as a source and destination address for frames traversing a backbone fabric. A normal E_Port (not an EX_Port) is used to connect a Multiprotocol Router to a backbone. An NR_Port appears to the rest of the backbone as a standard N_Port connected to the Multiprotocol Router domain. Name Server Cache Manager. Updates the NS databases across switches as a background task. Node port that can operate as either an N_Port or NL_Port.

NPIV

NR_Port

NSCAM Nx_Port

O
OFC OLS Open Fiber Control. A method used to enable and disable laser signaling for higher-intensity laser transceivers. Offline Primitive Sequence. Used during link initialization between two N_Ports in a point-to-point topology or an F_Port and an N_Port in a fabric. It is sent to indicate that the transmitting port is attempting to initialize a link, has recognized the NOS primitive sequence, or is going offline. The expected response to an OLS is an LR. Online Transaction Processing. Open Primitive Signal. Applies only to Arbitrated Loop, and is sent by an L_Port that has won the arbitration process to open communication with one or more ports on the loop. A set of 4 characters beginning with a special character used to manage frame transport, initialization, and media access, and to distinguish Fibre Channel control information from data. The Nx_Port that originated an exchange.

OLTP OPN

Ordered set

Originator

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Out-of-band Over-subscription

Transmission of management protocol outside the Fibre Channel network, usually over Ethernet. When more nodes could potentially contend for a resource than the resource could simultaneously support (typically an ISL). Over-subscription could be a desirable attribute in fabric topology, as long as it does not produce unacceptable levels of congestion. Originator Exchange Identifier. A 2-byte field in the frame header used by the originator of an exchange to identify frames as being part of an exchange.

OX_ID

P
Parallel Participating mode Passive copper PBC PCBA Performance Monitoring A Brocade switch feature that monitors port traffic and includes frame counters, SCSI read monitors, SCSI write monitors, and others. Phantom address Phantom device Phantom domain ID Physical fabric PID PKI PKI certification utility PLDA PLOGI Point-to-Point Port Port address A PID value assigned to a device that is not physically in a loop. A device that is not physically in an Arbitrated Loop, but is logically included via the use of a phantom address. The domain ID used for importing devices into edge or backbone fabrics. In AD-aware fabrics, an unfiltered view of the actual fabric. Port identifier. Public Key Infrastructure. An infrastructure based on public key cryptography and CA (certificate authority) that uses digital certificates. Public Key Infrastructure certification utility; enables the collection of certificate requests from switches and the loading of certificates to switches. Private Loop Direct Attached. A technical report specifying a logical loop. A port-to-port login process by which initiators establish sessions with targets. A dedicated Fibre Channel connection between two devices. A Fibre Channel entity that connects a node to the network. In Fibre Channel technology, defined in hexadecimal; in Brocade Fabric OS, can be defined by a domain and port number combination or by area number. The simultaneous transmission of data bits over multiple lines. The normal operating mode for an L_Port that has acquired an AL_PA on a loop. A low-cost copper Fibre Channel connection allowing distances up to 13 m between devices. Port Bypass Circuit. A circuit in hubs or a disk enclosure to open or close a loop to add or remove nodes. Printed Circuit Board Assembly.

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Port-based routing

A routing policy in which the choice of routing path is based on the incoming port and the destination domain. To optimize port-based routing, the Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS) feature can be enabled to balance the load across the available output ports in a domain. A hardware component that provides a platform for field-replaceable, hotswappable ports. A group of adjacent ports that share a common pool of frame buffers for long-distance connections. Defines a zone member by domain port, which is the physical port to which the member is connected. A record of all activity on a switch, kept in volatile memory. A view of what happens on a switch from the switch's point of view. The command used to read the Port Log is portLogDump. A feature that enables the configuration of a switch port as an analyzer port to mirror specific source and destination port traffic passing through any switch port, in other words, it enables non-disruptive traffic analysis. A unique 64-bit character identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel port and communicated during login and port discovery.

Port card Port group Port-level zoning Port log Port log dump Port mirroring

Port_name

Ports On Demand (POD) Optionally licensed feature available on certain Brocade switches; when switches are shipped with some but not all of the physical ports activated, a POD license can be used to activate some or all of the remaining ports. POST PPID Primary FCS switch Primitive sequence Primitive signals Power On Self Test. A routine that the switch performs to test its components. Unique static identifier for each blade in a bladed server; resides on a printed label and on an electronic tag on the card. Primary Fabric Configuration Server switch. In Brocade Secure Fabric OS, actively manages security and configurations for all switches in the fabric. Ordered sets that indicate or start state changes on the transport medium and require at least three consecutive occurrences to trigger a response. Ordered sets that indicate actions or events and require just one occurrence to trigger a response. Idle and R_RDY are used in all three topologies, ARB, OPN CLS, and MRK are used in Arbitrated Loop. The first switch to boot up in the fabric; ensures unique Domain IDs amongst other roles. A device that supports loop and can understand 8-bit addresses but does not log into the fabric. An Arbitrated Loop device with no participating FL_Port. An Arbitrated Loop device with no fabric attachment. An NL_Port on a public or private loop; it only communicates with other ports on the loop, not with the fabric.

Principal switch Private device Private loop Private loop device Private NL_Port

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Prohibit Dynamic Connectivity Mask (PDCM) A method for isolating traffic used for specific forced network control, for example, to route traffic to a particular EX_Port in an M-EOS edge fabric; lets you define which ingress port will take which egress port; configuration must be performed at the director level. Proxy device A virtual device present in a local fabric that represents a physical device connected to a different edge fabric. From the perspective of the local device that is physically connected to a fabric, a proxy device is considered to be imported; from the perspective of the remote fabric, the proxy device is said to be exported. Power Supply Unit. A device that supports loop and can also log in to the fabric.

PSU Public device

Public key cryptography A type of cryptography that uses a key pair, with the two keys in the pair (public and private) called at different points in the algorithm. Public loop Public loop device Public NL_Port An Arbitrated Loop with a participating FL_Port. An Arbitrated Loop device that supports fabric login and services. An NL_Port that can communicate with other ports on the loop as well as through an FL_Port to other N_Ports on the fabric.

Q
QLogic A brand of host bus adapters and switches. Quality of Service (QoS) An optionally licensed fabric service introduced in Fabric OS 6.0that allows you to assign different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow between a given host-target pair. You assign high or low priority (QoS level) using a special QoS zone.See also Adaptive Networking, SID, and DID. Queue QuickLoop A mechanism for each AL_PA address that allows for collecting frames prior to sending them to the loop. A Brocade software product that allows multiple ports on a switch to create a logical loop. Devices connected via QuickLoop will appear to each other as if they were on the same Arbitrated Loop. Allows initiator devices to communicate with private or public devices that are not in the same loop.

QuickLoop mode

R
R_A_TOV Resource Allocation Timeout Value. Used to time out operations that depend on the maximum allowable time a frame could be delayed in the fabric and still be delivered. Route Control. The first 8 bits of a header, which defines the type of frame and its contents. Receiver Ready. A primitive signal indicating that the port is ready to receive a frame.

R_CTL R_RDY

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R_T_TOV Radius RAID

Receiver Transmitter Timeout Value. Used by the receiver logic to detect loss of synchronization between transmitters and receivers. The greatest distance between any edge switch and the center of a fabric. Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Disks that look like a single or multiple volumes to the server and are fault-tolerant either through mirroring or parity checking. Redundant Array of Independent Tapes.

RAIT

RBAC Receiver Redundancy Remote switch Repeater

Role-Based Access Control. A device that does detection and signal processing. Having multiple occurrences of a component to maintain high availability. An optional product for long distance fabrics requiring a Fibre Channel-toATM or SONET gateway. A circuit that uses recovered clock to regenerate and transmit an outbound signal.

Resilient core/edge topology Two or more switches acting as a core to interconnect multiple edge switches, nodes attach to the edge switches. Responder Retimer Root zone database Route Routed fabric Routing RSCN The N_Port with which an Exchange originator wishes to communicate. A circuit that uses an independent clock to generate outbound signals. The zone database from a pre-Fabric OS 5.2.0 fabric; once Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later is installed, the root zone database is owned by AD0. A path between two switches. Two or more edge fabrics interconnected by one or more backbone fabrics. The assignment of frames to specific switch ports, according to frame destination. Registered State Change Notification. A switch function that allows notification to registered nodes if a change occurs either with or within the fabric. Reliable Transport With Response. Responder Exchange Identifier. A 2-byte field in the frame header that may be used by the responder of the Exchange to identify frames as being part of a particular exchange.

RTWR RX_ID

S
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SAN SAN architecture SAN port count Scalability SAS SCC SCN SCR SCSI SCSI-2 SCSI-3 SDRAM Sectelnet Secure Fabric OS

Storage Area Network. A network linking computing devices to disk or tape arrays and other devices over Fibre Channel. The overall design of a storage network solution, which includes one or more related fabrics, each of which has a topology. The number of ports available for connection by nodes in the entire SAN. One of the properties of a SAN; the size to which the SAN topology can grow port and switch counts with ease. Brocade Storage Application Services. SC Connector. A fiber-optic cable connector that uses a push-pull latching mechanism similar to common audio and video cables. State Change Notification. Used for internal, not external, changes. State Change Registration. The command used by devices to register to receive RSCNs. Small Computer Systems Interface. Parallel bus architecture and a protocol for transmitting large data blocks to a distance of 15 to 25 m. An updated version of the SCSI bus architecture. A SCSI standard that defines transmission of SCSI protocol data over different kinds of links. The main memory for the switch. A protocol similar to telnet, but with encrypted passwords for increased accuracy. An optionally licensed Brocade feature that provides centralized security tools for a fabric; some Secure Fabric OS features migrated to base Fabric OS starting with Fabric OS 5.2.0 and continued in Fabric OS 5.3.0. Rules that determine how security is implemented in a fabric. Sequence Identifier; a 1-byte field in the frame header change to identify the frames as being part of a particular Exchange Sequence between a pair of ports. A group of related frames transmitted uni-directionally from one N_Port to another. The N_Port that begins a new sequence and transmits frames to another N_Port. The N_Port to which a particular sequence of data frames is directed. SERializing/DESerializing circuitry. A circuit that converts a serial bit stream into parallel characters, and vice-versa. The transmission of data bits in sequential order over a single line. A computer that processes end-user applications or requests. SCSI Enclosure Services. A subset of the SCSI protocol used to monitor temperature, power, and fan status for enclosed devices. 1/31/2008 Page 24 of 29

Security policy SEQ_ID

Sequence Sequence initiator Sequence recipient SERDES Serial Server SES

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SFF SFP SID

Small Form Factor. An industry term for a smaller transceiver. Small Form Factor Pluggable. A transceiver used on 2Gbit/sec switches that replaces the GBIC. Source ID with three fields: Domain ID (DD), Area ID (AA), and AL_PA (PP). SID/DID traffic prioritization is a licensed feature introduced in Fabric OS 6.0 that allows you to categorize the traffic flow into high, medium, or low priority. Requires an Adaptive Networking license on every switch in the path between a given configured device pair. See also QoS. A former brand name for the Brocade family of switches and directors. A fiber optic cabling specification that provides up to 10 km and > 50 km distances between devices. Facilities used between an N_Port and the Fabric, or between two N_Ports for login, sequence/exchange management, and maintaining connections. Switch Link Authentication Protocol. An authentication method for Fibre Channel switches that uses digital certificates to authenticate switch ports. Service Location Protocol. Allows computers and other devices to find services in a LAN without prior configuration. Switched Multimegabit Data Service. A good protocol for interconnecting LANs, however, with less error-checking capability than Frame Relay. Single Mode Fiber. See LWL. Structure of Management Information. A notation for setting or retrieving SNMP management variables. Simple Network Management Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol designed for management of networks over TCP/IP, using agents and stations. Simple Name Server. A switch service that stores names, addresses, and attributes for up to 15 minutes and provides them as required to other devices in the fabric. Start Of Frame. A group of ordered sets that marks the beginning of a frame and indicates the class of service the frame will use.

SilkWorm Single mode S-Link Service SLAP SLP SMDS SMF SMI SNMP SNS

SOF

Software-enforced zoning A method of zoning in which members are defined using both WWNs and domain, port; prevents hosts from discovering unauthorized target devices. SoIP SONET Special character SCSI over IP. Synchronous Optical Network. A standard for optical networks providing building blocks and flexible payload mappings. A special 10-bit character that does not have a corresponding 8-bit value but is still considered valid. The special character is used to indicate that a particular transmission word is an ordered set. This is the only type of character to have five 1s or 0s in a row. Single Point Of Failure. Any component in a SAN whose malfunction could bring down the entire SAN. 1/31/2008 Page 25 of 29

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Storage Resource Management. The management of disk volumes and any file resources. Secure Shell. Used starting in Fabric OS 4.1 to support encrypted telnet sessions to the switch; encrypts all messages, including the client sending the password at login. Secure Sockets Layer.

SSL

Standard Translative Mode Allows public devices to communicate with private devices that are directly connected to the fabric. Static route Stealth mode Stitch Storage Store-and-forward Striping Switch SWL A route assigned to a specific path that does not change when a topology change occurs, unless the path used by the route becomes unavailable. A method used in some switches to have them work similar to Brocade switches using QuickLoop. The code name given to the first-generation Brocade fabric ASIC; used in the Brocade 1000 series of switches. A device used to store data, such as a disk or tape. A switching technique that requires buffering an entire frame before a routing decision is made. A RAID technique for writing a file to multiple disks on a block-by-block basis, with or without parity. A fabric device providing bandwidth and high-speed routing of data via linklevel addressing. Short Wavelength fiber optic; based on 850-mm lasers supporting 1.0625-Gbit/sec link speeds.

T
T10 T11 Tachyon Tape Pipelining A standards committee chartered with creating standards for SCSI. A standards committee chartered with creating standards for Fibre Channel. A chip developed by Hewlett-Packard, and used in various devices. This chip has FC-0 through FC-2 on one chip. A Fabric OS feature that accelerates the writes to tape devices of FCIP from a host; eliminates the latency associated with the sequential nature of a tape device, thus forcing the host to send multiple outstanding commands and buffering associated data at the remote switch. A disk or a tape device in SCSI. Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol. A virtual terminal emulation used with TCP/IP. Possession of an Arbitrated Loop by a device to conduct a transaction.

Target TCP/IP Telnet Tenancy

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Tiering

The process of grouping particular SAN devices by function and then attaching these devices to particular switches of groups of switches based on that function. A Fibre Channel service that allows for the centralized management of switch time settings. A fabric service (part of the optionally licensed Advanced Performance Monitoring feature) that provides real-time information about the top n bandwidth-consuming flows from a set of a large number of flows passing through a specific port in the network. See also Adaptive Networking. The physical or logical arrangement of devices in a networked configuration. Third Party Copy. A protocol for performing tape backups without using server resources. A fabric service that allows you to control the flow of interswitch traffic by creating a dedicated path for traffic flowing from a specific set of source ports (N_Ports). See also Adaptive Networking. A device that converts one form of signaling to another for transmission and reception; in fiber optics it means optical to electrical.

Time Server (TS) Top Talker (TT)

Topology TPC Traffic Isolation

Transceiver

Translate phantom domain An FC router virtual domain that represents an entire fabric. Device connectivity can be achieved from one fabric to another over the backbone fabric through this virtual domain, without merging the two fabrics. Translative mode A mode that allows public devices to communicate with private devices across a fabric.

Transmission character A valid or invalid character transmitted serially over fiber. Transmission word Trap Trunking A string of 4 consecutive transmission characters. An SNMP mechanism for agents to notify the SNMP management station of significant events. A fabric feature that enables distribution of traffic over the combined bandwidth of up to eight ISLs between adjacent switches, while preserving in-order delivery. A set of ports that share traffic to a destination domain. Bloom-based switches supported trunk groups of up to four ISLs. Condor and GoldenEye based switches support trunk groups of up to eight ISLs. Time To Live. The number of seconds an entry exists in cache before it expires. A technique for making two different networks interact where the source and destination hosts are on the same type of network, but there is a different network in between.

Trunk group

TTL Tunneling

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U
U_Port Universal Port. A port that can operate as a G/E/F/FL_Port. All Brocade 2xxx series switches and beyond contain Universal Ports to allow any device to connect to any port. Selection of actual port type is automatic. User Datagram Protocol. A protocol that runs on top of IP and provides port multiplexing for upper-level protocols. Upper Level Protocol. The protocol that runs on top of Fibre Channel through the FC-4 layer. Typical protocols are SCSI, IP, HiPPI, and IPI. Upper-Level Timeout Value. The minimum time that an SCSI ULP process waits for SCSI status before initiating ULP recovery. A routing method that provides one or more optimal path(s) between any two switches in the fabric. Universal Time Conversion. Also known as Coordinated Universal Time, an international time standard that is 5 hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST).

UDP ULP ULP_TOV Unicast UTC

V
VAR VC Encoded PID VCSEL VE_Port Value Added Reseller. PID format defined by the Brocade 1000 series switches. Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser. An improved and more reliable type of laser. Virtual E_Port; functions somewhat like an E_Port, but terminates at the switch and does not propagate fabric services or routing topology information from one edge fabric to another. The link between an E_Port and EX_Port or VE_Port is called an Inter-Fabric Link (IFL). A type of VE_Port that connects an FC router to an edge fabric. A one-way path between N_Ports that allows fractional bandwidth.

VEX_Port Virtual circuit

W
WAN WAN_TOV WDM Web Tools Well-known address Wide Area Network. Wide Area Network Timeout Value. Wavelength Division Multiplexer. Allows multiple wavelengths to be combined or filtered on a single cable. See Brocade Web Tools. In Fibre Channel technology, a logical address defined by Fibre Channel standards as assigned to a specific function and stored on the switch.

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WTV WWN WWN-level zoning

Write Timeout Value. World Wide Name. A 64-bit unique identifier for nodes and ports in a fabric. Defines a zone member using WWN port or WWN SAN device. Defining a zone member as WWN allows the member (device) to be attached without regard to its physical location.

Z
Zone Zone configuration A logical group of member devices; devices in the same zone have access to others in the zone but are not visible to a device outside the zone. In Brocade zoning, a zoning object that contains a set of zones; the highestlevel zoning element and used to enable or disable a set of zones in the fabric. Defines a device; can belong to more than one zone at a time. A device defined in the zone database, which can be a member within an alias, zone, or configuration. A feature in fabric switches or hubs that allows segmentation of a node by physical port, name, or address.

Zone member Zone object Zoning

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