HP 316095-B21 FW 08.01.00 McDATA EFCM Basic User Manual (620-000240-000, Novem - Page 283

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Glossary LIN link link incident link incident alerts LIP load balancing local local area network logical unit number login server loop loop address field-replaceable units (FRUs) and the front bezel to provide visual indications of hardware status or malfunctions. See link incident. Physical connection between two devices on a switched fabric. A link consists of two conductors, one used for sending and the other for receiving, thereby providing a duplex communication path. LIN. Interruption to link due to loss of light or other causes. See also link incident alerts. A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the Element Manager application Hardware View that indicates that a link incident has occurred. See also link incident. See loop initialization primitive. Ability to evenly distribute traffic over multiple interswitch links within a fabric. Load balancing on McDATA directors and switches takes place automatically. Synonym for channel-attached. LAN. A computer network in a localized geographical area (for example, a building or campus), whose communications technology provides a high-bandwidth medium to which many nodes are connected (D). See also storage area network; wide area network. LUN. In Fibre Channel addressing, a logical unit number is a number assigned to a storage device which, in combination with the storage device's node port's world-wide name, represents a unique identifier for a logical device on a storage area network. Peripherals use LUNs to represent addresses. A small computer system interface (SCSI) device's address can have up to eight LUNs. Entity within the Fibre Channel fabric that receives and responds to login requests. A loop is a configuration of devices connected to the fabric via a fabric loop port (FL_Port) interface card. In Fibre Channel protocol, a term indicating the unique ID of a node in Fibre Channel loop topology, sometimes referred to as a loop ID. g-25

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Glossary
field-replaceable units (FRUs) and the front bezel to provide visual
indications of hardware status or malfunctions.
LIN
See
link incident
.
link
Physical connection between two devices on a switched fabric. A link
consists of two conductors, one used for sending and the other for
receiving, thereby providing a duplex communication path.
link incident
LIN. Interruption to link due to loss of light or other causes.
See also
link incident alerts
.
link incident alerts
A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the Element Manager
application
Hardware View
that indicates that a link incident has
occurred.
See also
link incident
.
LIP
See
loop initialization primitive
.
load balancing
Ability to evenly distribute traffic over multiple interswitch links
within a fabric. Load balancing on McDATA directors and switches
takes place automatically.
local
Synonym for
channel-attached
.
local area network
LAN. A computer network in a localized geographical area (for
example, a building or campus), whose communications technology
provides a high-bandwidth medium to which many nodes are
connected
(D)
.
See also
storage area network
;
wide area network
.
logical unit number
LUN. In Fibre Channel addressing, a logical unit number is a number
assigned to a storage device which, in combination with the storage
device’s node port’s world-wide name, represents a unique identifier
for a logical device on a storage area network. Peripherals use LUNs
to represent addresses. A small computer system interface (SCSI)
device’s address can have up to eight LUNs.
login server
Entity within the Fibre Channel fabric that receives and responds to
login requests.
loop
A loop is a configuration of devices connected to the fabric via a
fabric loop port (FL_Port) interface card.
loop address
In Fibre Channel protocol, a term indicating the unique ID of a node
in Fibre Channel loop topology, sometimes referred to as a loop ID.