HP 6400.8400 Enterprise Virtual Array - Manual (Page 141)

fiber optics The technology where light is transmitted through glass or plastic (optical) threads (fibers) for data
communication or signaling purposes.
Fibre Channel A data transfer architecture designed for mass storage devices and other peripheral devices that
require high bandwidth.
Fibre Channel
adapter See FCA.
Fibre Channel
drive enclosure An enclosure that provides 12-port central interconnect for Fibre Channel arbitrated loops following
the ANSI Fibre Channel disk enclosure standard.
Fibre Channel Loop Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. The American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) document
that specifies arbitrated loop topology operation.
field replaceable
unit See FRU.
flush The act of writing dirty data from cache to a storage media.
FMC Fault Management Code. The HP P6000 Command View display of the Enterprise Storage System
error condition information.
form factor A storage industry dimensional standard for 89 mm (3.5 inch) and 133 mm (5.25 inch) high
storage devices. Device heights are specified as low-profile (25.4 mm), half-height (41 mm), and
full-height (133 mm).
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array. A programmable device with an internal array of logic blocks
surrounded by a ring of programmable I/O blocks connected together through a programmable
interconnect.
frequency The number of cycles that occur in one second expressed in Hertz (Hz). Thus, 1 Hz is equivalent
to one cycle per second.
FRU Field replaceable unit. An assembly component that is designed to be replaced on site, without
the system having to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.
G
Giga (G) The notation to represent 10
9
or 1 billion (1,000,000,000).
gigabaud An encoded bit transmission rate of one billion (10
9
) bits per second.
H
HBA Host Bus Adapter.
host A computer that runs user applications and uses the information stored on an array.
Host Bus Adapter Host bus adapter.
host computer See host.
host link indicator The HSV Controller display that indicates the status of the storage system Fibre Channel links.
host ports A connection point to one or more hosts through a Fibre Channel fabric.
host-side ports See host ports.
hot-pluggable The ability to add and remove elements or devices to a system or appliance while the appliance
is running and have the operating system automatically recognize the change.
hub A communications infrastructure device to which nodes on a multi-point bus or loop are physically
connected. It is used to improve the manageability of physical cables.
I
I/O module Input/Output module. The enclosure element that is the Fibre Channel drive enclosure interface
to the host or controller.
IDX A 2-digit decimal number portion of the HSV controller termination code display that defines one
of 32 locations in the Termination Code array that contains information about a specific event.
in-band
communication The communication that uses the same communications channel as the operational data.
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