HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

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Fabric name

User-defined name associated with the file that contains user list data for the fabric.

Fabric port

An F_Port

Fabric view file

A file containing a set of fabrics that were opened and saved during a previous QuickTools

session.

Fan Fail LED

An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in the switch is operating below standard.

FC

Fibre Channel

FCID

Fibre Channel address

FDISC

Fabric discovery. Discover F_Port Service Parameters.

FDMI

Fabric Device Management Interface

Flash memory

Memory on the switch that contains the switch control firmware.

Force PROM Mode See Maintenance Mode

Frame

Data unit consisting of a start-of-frame (SOF) delimiter, header, data payload, CRC, and an

end-of-frame (EOF) delimiter.

Hard zone

A hard zone is a division of the fabric for the purposes of controlling discovery and inbound

traffic.

HBA

Host Bus Adapter

Heartbeat LED

A switch LED that indicates the status of the internal switch processor and the results of the

Power On Self Test.

IFZ

An IFZ (inter-fabric zone) enables controlled and limited access between devices on an HP

SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch (local) fabric and devices on a remote fabric of other vendor

switches. An IFZ contains three WWN members: the local device, the remote device, and the

TR_Port attached to the remote fabric.

Inactive firmware

The firmware image on the switch that is not in use.

In-band

management

The ability to manage a switch through another switch over an inter-switch link.

Initiator

The device that initiates a data exchange with a target device.

Input Power LED

A switch LED that indicates that the switch logic circuitry is receiving proper DC voltages.

Inter-Switch Link

The connection between two switches using E_Ports.

ISL

Inter-switch link. The connection between two switches using E_Ports.

LIP

Loop Initialization Primitive sequence

JDOM

An open source Java-based document object model for XML that was designed specifically for

the Java platform to take advantage of its language features.

Logged-in LED

A port LED that indicates device login or loop initialization status.

LUN

Logical Unit Numbers

Maintenance button Formerly known as the Force PROM button. A momentary button on the switch used to reset the

switch or place the switch in maintenance mode.

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