HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

Page 698

Advertising
background image

host device name

A name assigned to a host device. A name of the logical device file for an HDLM device

is assigned to a host device name.

host LU

An LU that a host recognizes. The actual HDev entity is a Dev in the storage system.

Each host LU has a host LU number.

(See also: LU, host LU number, host device)

host LU number

A number assigned to a host LU. The host LU number is part of a path name.

(See also: host LU, path name)

hypervisor

Software that enables host virtualization.

I

intermittent error

An error that occurs irregularly due to, for example, a loose cable connection.

IP-SAN (Internet Protocol - Storage Area Network)

A data transfer network that connects hosts and storage systems by using the iSCSI

standard.

K

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

A mechanism that uses the Linux kernel itself as a hypervisor. KVM uses QEMU to

control guest OSs.

(See also: QEMU)

L

LDEV (Logical Device)

A combination of the storage system's product name, serial number, and an internal LU.

HDLM uses this value to identify a particular LU.

load balancing

Functionality for distributing the load across the paths that access each area within an

LU. To distribute loads, load balancing uses multiple paths to perform I/O operations.

HDLM uses the following six algorithms for load balancing:

- The Round Robin algorithm

#

A B C D E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N O P Q R S

T

U V W

X

Y

Z

Glossary-4

Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide for Linux

®

Advertising
This manual is related to the following products: