IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

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Transmission

Control

Protocol

(TCP).

A

communication

protocol

used

in

the

Internet

and

in

any

network

that

follows

the

Internet

Engineering

Task

Force

(IETF)

standards

for

internetwork

protocol.

TCP

provides

a

reliable

host-to-host

protocol

between

hosts

in

packed-switched

communication

networks

and

in

interconnected

systems

of

such

networks.

It

uses

the

Internet

Protocol

(IP)

as

the

underlying

protocol.

Transmission

Control

Protocol/Internet

Protocol

(TCP/IP).

A

set

of

communication

protocols

that

provide

peer-to-peer

connectivity

functions

for

both

local

and

wide-area

networks.

trap.

In

the

Simple

Network

Management

Protocol

(SNMP),

a

message

sent

by

a

managed

node

(agent

function)

to

a

management

station

to

report

an

exception

condition.

trap

recipient.

Receiver

of

a

forwarded

Simple

Network

Management

Protocol

(SNMP)

trap.

Specifically,

a

trap

receiver

is

defined

by

an

Internet

Protocol

(IP)

address

and

port

to

which

traps

are

sent.

Presumably,

the

actual

recipient

is

a

software

application

running

at

the

IP

address

and

listening

to

the

port.

TSR

program.

See

terminate

and

stay

resident

program.

uninterruptible

power

supply.

A

source

of

power

from

a

battery

that

is

installed

between

a

computer

system

and

its

power

source.

The

uninterruptible

power

supply

keeps

the

system

running

if

a

commercial

power

failure

occurs,

until

an

orderly

shutdown

of

the

system

can

be

performed.

user

action

events.

Actions

that

the

user

takes,

such

as

changes

in

the

storage

area

network

(SAN),

changed

settings,

and

so

on.

vendor.

Property

value

that

the

SANavigator

tool

uses

to

launch

third-party

software.

Vendor

property

might

be

discovered,

but

will

always

remain

editable.

worldwide

name

(WWN).

A

unique

identifier

for

a

switch

on

local

and

global

networks.

WORM.

See

write-once

read-many.

write-once

read

many

(WORM).

Any

type

of

storage

medium

to

which

data

can

be

written

only

a

single

time,

but

can

be

read

from

any

number

of

times.

After

the

data

is

recorded,

it

cannot

be

altered.

WWN.

See

worldwide

name.

zoning.

A

function

that

allows

segmentation

of

nodes

by

address,

name,

or

physical

port

and

is

provided

by

fabric

switches

or

hubs.

Glossary

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