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Internet Small Computer System Interface. A standard protocol that uses SCSI

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FCR FCS Fibre Channel FICON FO FPGA FPMA FRU Fibre Channel routing. Fibre Channel switch. A serial data transport infrastructure and protocol used to implement SANs. See also http://www.fibrechannel.org/ and http://www.t11.org/. Fibre connectivity. Hardware that connects the mainframe to the CU. Fiber optic. Field-programmable gate array. Fabric Provided Mac Addressing. Field-replaceable unit. GbE Gb/s Gigabit Ethernet. An Ethernet standard for transmitting data at 1 Gb/s. Gigabits per second. HA HBA heterogeneous high availability host bus adapter High availability. The relative ability of a system to operate continuously, regardless of the type of failure. Host bus adapter. A hardware device that connects the host server to the fabric. A mixed environment that incorporates different operating systems, protocols, architectures, and equipment from different vendors or product families. See HA. See HBA. IEC in-band communication INCITS interswitch link IPS IR iSCSI ISL International Electrotechnical Commission Communication through the same communications channel as the operational data. International Committee for Information Technology Standards. See ISL. C-series Internet Protocol Storage Services Module. Integrated routing. Internet Small Computer System Interface. A standard protocol that uses SCSI commands to transfer data over IP networks. Interswitch link. A connection between two directors or switches. LC LR LSAN LTU Lucent connector. An industry-standard connector for fiber optic cable connections. Long reach. Logical SAN. An interconnected network of independent fabrics for B-series switches. License to use. 8-Gb SAN Switch Hardware Reference Guide 113

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FCR
Fibre Channel routing.
FCS
Fibre Channel switch.
Fibre Channel
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FICON
Fibre connectivity. Hardware that connects the mainframe to the CU.
FO
Fiber optic.
FPGA
Field-programmable gate array.
FPMA
Fabric Provided Mac Addressing.
FRU
Field-replaceable unit.
GbE
Gigabit Ethernet. An Ethernet standard for transmitting data at 1 Gb/s.
Gb/s
Gigabits per second.
HA
High availability. The relative ability of a system to operate continuously,
regardless of the type of failure.
HBA
Host bus adapter. A hardware device that connects the host server to the fabric.
heterogeneous
A mixed environment that incorporates different operating systems, protocols,
architectures, and equipment from different vendors or product families.
high availability
See
HA
.
host bus adapter
See
HBA
.
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
in-band
communication
Communication through the same communications channel as the operational
data.
INCITS
International Committee for Information Technology Standards.
interswitch link
See
ISL
.
IPS
C-series Internet Protocol Storage Services Module.
IR
Integrated routing.
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System Interface. A standard protocol that uses SCSI
commands to transfer data over IP networks.
ISL
Interswitch link. A connection between two directors or switches.
LC
Lucent connector. An industry-standard connector for fiber optic cable connections.
LR
Long reach.
LSAN
Logical SAN. An interconnected network of independent fabrics for B-series
switches.
LTU
License to use.
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