IBM TOTAL STORAGE DS8000 User Manual

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Global

Mirror

An

optional

capability

of

the

DS8000

remote

mirror

and

copy

feature

that

provides

a

2-site

extended

distance

remote

copy.

Data

that

is

written

by

the

host

to

the

storage

unit

at

the

local

site

is

automatically

maintained

at

the

remote

site.

See

also

Metro

Mirror

and

Remote

Mirror

and

Copy.

group

In

DS8000

documentation,

a

nickname

for

two

different

kinds

of

groups,

depending

on

the

context.

See

disk

pack

or

Copy

Services

server

group.

H

HA

See

host

adapter.

HACMP

See

High-Availability

Cluster

Multi-Processing.

hard

disk

drive

(HDD)

1)

A

storage

medium

within

a

storage

server

used

to

maintain

information

that

the

storage

server

requires.

2)

A

mass

storage

medium

for

computers

that

is

typically

available

as

a

fixed

disk

(such

as

the

disks

used

in

system

units

of

personal

computers

or

in

drives

that

are

external

to

a

personal

computer)

or

a

removable

cartridge.

hardware

service

manager

(HSM)

An

option

on

an

AS/400

or

iSeries

host

that

enables

the

user

to

display

and

work

with

system

hardware

resources

and

to

debug

input-output

processors

(IOP),

input-output

adapters

(IOA),

and

devices.

HCD

See

Hardware

Configuration

Data.

HDA

See

head

and

disk

assembly.

HDD

See

hard

disk

drive.

hdisk

An

AIX

term

for

storage

space.

head

and

disk

assembly

(HDA)

The

portion

of

an

HDD

associated

with

the

medium

and

the

read/write

head.

heartbeat

A

status

report

sent

at

regular

intervals

from

the

DS8000.

The

service

provider

uses

this

report

to

monitor

the

health

of

the

call

home

process.

See

also

call

home,

heartbeat

call

home

record,

and

remote

technical

assistance

information

network.

heartbeat

call

home

record

Machine

operating

and

service

information

sent

to

a

service

machine.

These

records

might

include

such

information

as

feature

code

information

and

product

logical

configuration

information.

hierarchical

storage

management

1)

A

function

in

storage

management

software,

such

as

Tivoli

Storage

Management

or

Data

Facility

Storage

Management

Subsystem/MVS

(DFSMS/MVS),

that

automatically

manages

free

space

based

on

the

policy

that

the

storage

administrator

sets.

2)

In

AS/400

storage

management,

an

automatic

method

to

manage

and

distribute

data

between

the

different

storage

layers,

such

as

disk

units

and

tape

library

devices.

High-Availability

Cluster

Multi-Processing

(HACMP)

Software

that

provides

host

clustering,

so

that

a

failure

of

one

host

is

recovered

by

moving

jobs

to

other

hosts

within

the

cluster.

high-speed

link

(HSL)

A

hardware

connectivity

architecture

that

links

system

processors

to

system

input/output

buses

and

other

system

units.

home

address

A

nine-byte

field

at

the

beginning

of

a

track

that

contains

information

that

identifies

the

physical

track

and

its

association

with

a

cylinder.

hop

Interswitch

connection.

A

hop

count

is

the

number

of

connections

that

a

particular

block

of

data

traverses

between

source

and

destination.

For

example,

data

traveling

from

one

hub

over

a

wire

to

another

hub

traverses

one

hop.

host

See

host

system.

host

adapter

A

physical

subunit

of

a

storage

server

that

provides

the

ability

to

attach

to

one

or

more

host

I/O

interfaces.

host

name

The

Internet

address

of

a

machine

in

the

network.

The

host

name

can

be

entered

in

the

host

definition

as

the

fully

qualified

domain

name

of

the

attached

host

system,

such

as

mycomputer.city.company.com

,

or

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