Sun Microsystems 5602 User Manual

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SANbox 5602 Switch Management
User’s Guide

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Glossary-2

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Class 3 Service

A service which multiplexes frames at
frame boundaries to or from one or more
N_Ports without acknowledgment.

Configured Zone Sets

The zone sets stored on a switch
excluding the active zone set.

Default Visibility

Zoning parameter that determines the
level of communication among
ports/devices when there is no active zone
set.

Domain ID

User defined number that identifies the
switch in the fabric.

Event Log

Log of messages describing events that
occur in the fabric.

Expansion Port

E_Port that connects to another FC-SW-2
compliant switch.

Fabric Database

The set of fabrics that have been opened
during a SANsurfer Switch Manager
session.

Fabric Management Switch

The switch through which the fabric is
managed.

Fabric Name

User defined name associated with the file
that contains user list data for the fabric.

Fabric Port

An F_Port

Fabric View File

A file containing a set of fabrics that were
opened and saved during a previous
SANsurfer Switch Manager session.

Fan Fail LED

An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in
the switch is operating below standard.

Flash Memory

Memory on the switch that contains the
chassis control firmware.

Force PROM Mode

See Maintenance Mode.

Frame

Data unit consisting of a start-of-frame
(SOF) delimiter, header, data payload,
CRC, and an end-of-frame (EOF)
delimiter.

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

Heartbeat LED

A chassis LED that indicates the status of
the internal switch processor and the
results of the Power-On Self-Test.

Inactive Firmware

The firmware image on the switch that is
not in use.

In-band Management

The ability to manage a switch through
another switch over an inter-switch link.

Initiator

The device that initiates a data exchange
with a target device.

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