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    Glossary Supporting Fabric OS v5.2.0 Publication Number: 53-1000040-03 Publication Date: 9/29/2006
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    or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their code, please visit http://www.brocade.com/support/oscd. Export of technical data contained in Communications Systems, Inc. 1745 Technology Drive San Jose, CA 95110 Tel: 1-408-333
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    -0000369-02 53-1000040-01 53-1000040-02 53-1000040-03 Summary of Changes New document. Added FICON® terms. Added Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP definitions. Minor updates. Updated for Fabric OS v5.2.0, including IPSec and FCIP. Publication Date April 2003 October 2003 November 2005 April
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    them separately. Advanced zoning In EZSwitchSetup, a zoning option that allows you to customize zoning (appropriate for advanced SAN administrators who have the experience to perform manual zoning). See also Custom zoning and Typical zoning. AD zone database The zone database owned by each Admin
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    Channel transport structured as a loop. Can support up to 126 devices and one fabric output. ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit. ATM SANs, you may wish to filter, or audit, certain classes of events to ensure that you can view and generate a "paper trail" for what is happening on a switch
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    downloads the firmware to the blade, swaps partitions, reboots the blade, and copies the new firmware from the primary partition to the secondary partition. automatic In administrative domains, all switches Channel Routing Services, translate phantom supported only on SilkWorm 200E and 3250 switches.
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    a receiver is delivering retimed serial data at the required bit error rate. blind-mate A two-way connector used in some Brocade SilkWorm switches to provide a connection between the connector motherboard and the power supply. block In Fibre Channel technology, upper-level application data that is
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    acknowledgement of frame delivery or nondelivery. Class 2 service A connectionless class of frame-switching service that includes acknowledgement of frame delivery or nondelivery. Class 3 service A connectionless class of frame-switching service that does not include acknowledgement of frame
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    switches or within a group of interconnected ASICs inside a switch. A congested link is an ISL on which multiple devices have collectively requested more throughput than the link supports See also BB_Credit and EE_Credit. CSCN Common services connection framework. Custom zoning In EZSwitchSetup, a
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    deskew number corresponds to nanoseconds divided by 10. The firmware automatically sets the minimum deskew value of the shortest such as the addresses for printer, time and news servers. DHCPD director A highly-available and scalable Fibre Channel switch that uses a chassis and blade architecture.
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    each switch within a fabric used in routing frames. Usually automatically assigned by the principle switch but can be assigned manually. See by a recipient port to an originating port. Used by Class 1 and 2 services to manage frame exchange across the fabric, between source and destination. See also
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    to the destination N_Port to perform the requested function or service. ELS is a Fibre Channel standard that is sometimes EE_Credit. flow control entry fabric The basic Brocade software license that allows one E_Port per switch. EOF End of frame. A group of ordered sets used to mark the end of
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    disrupted. Multiple failovers occur during the firmware download process, because when new firmware is activated, the CP must be rebooted. FAN Fabric address notification. Retains the AL_PA and fabric address when a loop reinitializes, if the switch supports FAN. 10 Brocade Glossary Publication
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    with the SilkWorm 48000 (CP4) control processor blades. It does not support L_Port attachments. FCIP Fibre Channel over IP. FCIP Tunneling Service A routing service that enables SANs to span longer distances than could be supported with native Fibre Channel links. FCIP is a TCP/IP-based tunneling
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    used for building SANs to transmit data between servers, switches, and storage devices. Unlike IP and Ethernet, Fibre Channel was designed to support the needs of Channel Routing Services. FIFO First in, first out. Refers to a data buffer that follows the first in, first out rule. firmware The
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    ports and 2 x 1Gbit/sec Ethernet ports.This blade supports FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services and is available for the SilkWorm 48000 director in routing protocol for Fibre Channel switch, which was written by Brocade. FSS Fabric OS state synchronization. The FSS service is related to high
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    specific function in the fabric. gateway Gateway hardware merges SANs into a single fabric by establishing point-to-point E_Port connectivity between two Fibre Channel switches support the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services features with link speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec. Each GbE port can support
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    A computer system that provides end users with services such as computation and storage access. hot swappable topology into a physical star topology. SAN devices are automatically added to the Supports Fibre Channel Layer 4 FCP-Over-TCP/IP. It is a gateway-togateway protocol in which TCP/IP switching
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    reduces the advanced functionality of Brocade switches. interswitch See ISL. link intracabinet A specification for copper cabling that allows up to over Internet Protocol (IP) networks through the use of cryptographic security services. See also IKE and SA. IQN iSCSI Qualified Name. An iSCSI
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    intermediate device in the network that allows iSCSI initiators in an IP SAN to access and use gateway storage in an FC SAN. See also FC4-16IP. IU Information unit. A set of diode. Used to indicate the status of elements on a switch. Brocade Glossary 17 Publication Number: 53-1000040-03
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    command. See also ISL, IFL, and FSPF. Link Services A protocol for link-related actions. LIP Loop initialization a loop. Indicates either loop failure or SAN device resetting. LIPA Loop-initialization previously assigned. I/O is confined to a particular switch or segment of a fabric. If two devices
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    loop The logical procedure used by an L_Port to discover its environment. Can be used to assign AL_PA initialization addresses, detect loop failure, or reset a SAN device. Loop mode One of two possible modes for an L_Port, in which the L_Port is in an arbitrated loop, using loop protocol. An L_Port
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    cabling that is based on 1310-mm lasers and supports link speeds of 1.0625, 2.125, and/or specific. MS Management Server. The Management Server allows a storage area network (SAN) management application to retrieve information and administer the fabric and interconnected elements, such as switches
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    is enabled, that is, you do not need to disable the switch for configuration changes in SNMP, Fabric Watch, and ACL parameters. Nondisruptive configuration download is independent of the hardware platform and supported on all hardware platforms running Fabric OS v5.2.0 and higher. Nonparticipati
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    an out-of-box switch if the passwords of all of the default accounts (root, factory, admin, and user) are set to the default passwords. oversubscription A situation in which more SAN devices could potentially contend for a resource than the resource could simultaneously support (typically an ISL
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    frame; it is determined by the higher-level service or FC_4 upper-level protocol. There are many open or close a loop to add or remove SAN devices. PCBA Printed circuit board assembly. PCM Pulse in place over a reboot or power cycle of the switch or director. phantom A PID value that is assigned to
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    zoning. port mirroring Lets you configure a switch port as an analyzer port to mirror specific source and destination port traffic passing though any switch port, in other words, it enables non-disruptive traffic analysis. Port mirroring is supported between VE_ports (VE_Port to VE_Port) with
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    switch. primitive sequence An ordered set that is transmitted repeatedly and continuously. Primitive sequences are transmitted to indicate specific that does not include a participating FL_Port. private loop A device that supports a loop and can understand 8-bit addresses but does not log in to
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    PSU Power supply unit. public device A device that supports arbitrated-loop protocol, can interpret 8-bit addresses, and Arbitrated-loop technology. Quality of service. A mechanism for each AL_PA software product that allows multiple ports on a switch to create a logical loop. Devices connected
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    servicing entity. resilience The ability of a fabric to adapt to or tolerate a failure of a component within the fabric. resilient core/ Two or more switches acting as a core to interconnect multiple edge switches. SAN path between two switches. Can also apply to the specific path taken by
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    RW RX RX_ID See Fibre Channel Routing Services. The assignment of frames to specific switch ports, according to frame destination. Resource frames as being part of a particular exchange. S S_ID SA SAN SAN architecture SAN device SAS scalability Source ID. Refers to the native port address
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    that replaces the GBIC. SilkWorm The brand name for the Brocade family of switches, switch modules, and directors. Simple Name Server (SNS) A switch service that stores names, addresses, and attributes for up to 15 minutes and provides them as required to other devices in the fabric. SNS is
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    connections. SLAP Switch Link Authentication Protocol. SLP Service Location Protocol. SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service. A Secure shell. Used starting in Fabric OS v4.1.x to support encrypted telnet sessions to the switch. SSH encrypts all messages, including the client sending the
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    static route is a route that is assigned to a specific path (using the uRouteConfig command), and will not change when SilkWorm 1000 series of switches. storage A device used to store data, such as a disk or tape. storage area See SAN. network store-and- A switching technique that requires
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    fabric. tiering The process of grouping particular SAN devices by function and then attaching these devices to particular switches or groups of switches based on that function. Time Server A Fibre Channel service that enables centralized management of switch time settings. topology As it applies
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    predefined zoning on the switch and supports single-switch fabrics only (appropriate for less experienced SAN administrators). See also Advanced also FCIP Tunneling Service and GbE port. A type of VE_Port that connects an FC router to an edge fabric. From the point of view of a switch in an edge
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    by Fibre Channel standards as assigned to a address specific function and stored on the switch. workstation A computer used to access and manage the a separate WWN. WWN-level Defines a zone member using WWW port or WWN SAN device. Defining a zone member as WWN zoning allows the member (device) to
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Publication Number: 53-1000040-03
Publication Date: 9/29/2006
Glossary
Supporting Fabric OS v5.2.0