HP 958-000290-000 - Manual (Page 133)

edge switch 2/32 installation guide Glossary–13
Glossary
Offline—when the director is set offline, all ports are set offline. The director transmits the offline
sequence (OLS) to attached devices, and the devices cannot log in to the director.
operating state (port)
Valid states include Online, Offline, Testing, Beaconing, Invalid Attachment, Link Incident,
No Light, Not Operational, Port Failure, Segmented E_Port.
operating status (Director)
The operating status depends on hardware component failures, which are indicated by alert
symbols that display in HAFM application views.
Open Systems Management server
An optional feature that can be enabled on the director or switch through the Product Manager
application. When enabled, host control and management of the director or switch are
provided through an open systems interconnection (OSI) device attached to a director or
switch port.
optical cable
Fiber, multiple fibers, or a fiber bundle in a structure built to meet optical, mechanical, and
environmental specifications. See also jumper cable, optical cable assembly, and trunk cable.
optical cable assembly
Optical cable that is connector-terminated. See also jumper cable and optical cable.
optical fiber connector
Hardware component that transfers optical power between two optical fibers or bundles and is
designed to be repeatedly connected and disconnected.
out-of-band management
Transmission of management information using frequencies or channels other than those
routinely used for information transfer.
packet
Logical unit of information (usually in the form of a data frame) transmitted on a network. It
contains a header (with all relevant addressing and timing information), the actual data, and a
trailer (which contains the error checking function, usually in the form of a cyclic redundancy
check).
password
Unique string of characters known to the computer system and to a user who must specify it to
gain full or limited access to a system and to the information stored within it.
path
In a network, any route between any two ports.