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F
FC
See
FCP
Fibre Channel protocol for SCSI
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. Program used to transfer files from another computer.
Fabric
A combination of interconnected switches that act as a unified routing infrastructure. It
allows multiple connections among devices on a SAN and lets new devices enter
unobtrusively. A Fibre Channel (or iSCSI) topology with at least one switch present on the
network.
Fault Domain
A fault domain defines the association between front end ports to one another. A fault
domain designates a port to which traffic will be moved in the event of a failover or revert.
Fibre Channel
A high-speed interconnect used to connect servers to Storage Center controllers and back-
end disk enclosures. Fibre Channel components include HBAs, hubs, switches, and
cabling. The term Fibre Channel also refers to a high-speed, fully duplexed serial
communication protocol permitting data transfer rates of up to 10 Gigabit per second.
Front End
The component in the Storage Center SAN flow of data writes (server to switch to controller
to disks) that initiates data writes. In general, servers (or switches) are the front end of the
controller. However, a Storage Center system that replicates data to a remote system is the
front end of the remote system. See
G
GUI
Graphical User Interface
H
HBA (Host Bus Adapter)
The HBA is the intelligent hardware residing on the host server that controls the transfer of
data between the host and the Storage Center. By convention, Storage Center refers to the
ports on server cards as HBAs.