HP XP12000 User Manual
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HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX
CVS
Custom volume size. CVS devices (OPEN-x CVS) are custom volumes
configured using array management software to be smaller than normal
fixed-size OPEN system volumes. Synonymous with volume size
customization (VSC).
DKC
(disk controller unit)
The array cabinet that houses the channel adapters and service processor
(SVP).
DKU
(disk cabinet unit)
The array cabinets that house the disk array physical disks.
emulation modes
The logical devices (LDEVs) associated with each RAID group are assigned
an emulation mode that makes them operate like OPEN system disk drives.
The emulation mode determines the size of an LDEV:
OPEN-3: 2.46 GB
OPEN-8: 7.38 GB
OPEN-9: 7.42 GB
OPEN-E: 13.56 GB
OPEN-L: 36 GB
OPEN-V: User-defined custom size
failover
Disconnecting a failed unit or path and replacing it with an alternative unit
or path in order to continue functioning.
FC
Fibre Channel.
FC-AL
Fibre Channel arbitrated loop.
FCP
Fibre Channel Protocol.
GB
Gigabytes
HBA
Host bus adapter.
host mode
Each port can be configured for a particular host type. These modes are
represented as two-digit hexadecimal numbers. For example, host mode 08
represents an HP-UX host.