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Glossary This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a comprehensive glossary of computer terms. API clone CV differential copy disk array EVA FC GUI HBA HWP LAN LUN mirror MSA plex PVOL RAID SVOL SAN fabric SNMP Application Programming Interface, an interface that allows a software application to connect to and work with a third party software application. A full copy of a volume, usable by an application. HP StorageWorks CommandView, a browser-based interface that allows management of an HP disk array. A copy of a database consisting only of the differences in the database since the last full copy. A RAID. A collection of disk drives within a cabinet or multiple cabinets and including a controller and software allowing drives to be ganged together in various configurations to create virtual drives (LUNs). HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array. Fibre Channel, a fiber optic interconnection standard commonly used for storage area networks. Graphical User Interface. Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host to connect the host to a fabric SAN. Hardware Provider. Software that executes on the host, a bus adapter, and the disk array to enable managing and/or copying of array LUNs through the Windows OS and applications. Local Area Network. Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit as surfaced by a hardware RAID subsystem. A virtual disk, consisting of multiple portions of physical disks addressed as a single unit. Synonymous with "clone." HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array. A Microsoft term denoting a full copy of data that has been split off from the original and is no longer being updated. Synonymous with "split mirror." Primary volume. Typically the volume where application data is stored. Redundant array of independent disks. Secondary volume. The volume that receives backup copies of data. The Fibre Channel hardware and cabling that connects servers to storage devices in a Storage Area Network (SAN) is referred to as a "fabric." A fabric switch provides automatically-switched connectivity between servers and storage in the fabric. Simple Network Management Protocol. HP Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider administration guide 37

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Glossary
This glossary de
fi
nes acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a
comprehensive glossary of computer terms.
API
Application Programming Interface, an interface that allows a software
application to connect to and work with a third party software application.
clone
A full copy of a volume, usable by an application.
CV
HP StorageWorks CommandView, a browser-based interface that allows
management of an HP disk array.
differential copy
A copy of a database consisting only of the differences in the database since
the last full copy.
disk array
A RAID. A collection of disk drives within a cabinet or multiple cabinets and
including a controller and software allowing drives to be ganged together in
various con
fi
gurations to create virtual drives (LUNs).
EVA
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array.
FC
Fibre Channel, a
fi
ber optic interconnection standard commonly used for
storage area networks.
GUI
Graphical User Interface.
HBA
Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host to connect the
host to a fabric SAN.
HWP
Hardware Provider. Software that executes on the host, a bus adapter, and
the disk array to enable managing and/or copying of array LUNs through
the Windows OS and applications.
LAN
Local Area Network.
LUN
Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit as surfaced by a
hardware RAID subsystem. A virtual disk, consisting of multiple portions of
physical disks addressed as a single unit.
mirror
Synonymous with “clone.”
MSA
HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array.
plex
A Microsoft term denoting a full copy of data that has been split off from the
original and is no longer being updated. Synonymous with “split mirror.”
PVOL
Primary volume. Typically the volume where application data is stored.
RAID
Redundant array of independent disks.
SVOL
Secondary volume. The volume that receives backup copies of data.
SAN fabric
The Fibre Channel hardware and cabling that connects servers to storage
devices in a Storage Area Network (SAN) is referred to as a “fabric.” A fabric
switch provides automatically-switched connectivity between servers and storage
in the fabric.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol.
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