HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Glossary (53-1000040-03, November 2006) - Page 16

Glossary FDDI Fibre Distributed Data Interface. An ANSI architecture for a metropolitan area network (MAN); a network based on the use of fiber-optic cable to transmit data at 100 Mbit/sec. FDMI Fabric-Device Management Interface. FDMI is a database service provided by the fabric for Nx_Ports. The primary use is by HBA devices that register information about themselves and their ports. FFFFF5 Well-known Fibre Channel address for a Class 6 multicast server. FFFFF6 Well-known Fibre Channel address for a clock synchronization server. FFFFF7 Well-known Fibre Channel address for a security key distribution server. FFFFF8 Well-known Fibre Channel address for an alias server. FFFFF9 Well-known Fibre Channel address for a QoS facilitator. FFFFFA Well-known Fibre Channel address for a management server. FFFFFB Well-known Fibre Channel address for a time server. FFFFFC Well-known Fibre Channel address for a directory server. FFFFFD Well-known Fibre Channel address for a fabric controller. FFFFFE Well-known Fibre Channel address for a fabric F_Port. FFFFFF Well-known Fibre Channel address for a broadcast alias ID. Fibre Channel FICON® The primary protocol 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 storage devices of all types. It is a high-speed, serial, bidirectional, topology-independent, multiprotocol, and highly scalable interconnection between computers, peripherals, and networks. A protocol used on IBM mainframes. Brocade SilkWorm switch FICON support enables a SilkWorm fabric to transmit FICON format data between FICON-capable servers and storage. FID Fabric ID. Unique identifier of a fabric in a metaSAN. The backbone fabric is also identified using a unique fabric ID. See also Fibre Channel Routing Services. FIFO First in, first out. Refers to a data buffer that follows the first in, first out rule. firmware The Brocade Fabric OS provided with SilkWorm hardware platforms. fixed member In administrative domains, a member that has been intentionally added to another AD. A member of the explicit list, and once assigned to an AD, deleted from the implicit list. See also automatic member and explicit list. fixed port In EZSwitchSetup, fixed port usage means that a set of switch ports is designated to be used as HBA usage (host) ports and a set of ports is designated to be used as storage ports. FL_Port Fabric loop port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric protocol and also has arbitrated-loop capabilities. Can be used to connect an NL_Port to a switch. See also F_Port and Fx_Port. 12 Brocade Glossary Publication Number: 53-1000040-03