HP StorageWorks 4/16 Brocade SAN Glossary for Fabric OS v6.0.0 - Page 12

FSP FSPF FSS Full Fabric Full duplex Full fabric citizenship Fx_Port G Gateway GbE Port GBIC Gbps GBps Gigabit GLM GoldenEye G_Port GUI H HA Half duplex Hard address HBA Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common FC-4 level protocol for all services, transparent to the fabric type or topology. Fabric Shortest Path First. A routing protocol used by Fibre Channel switches. Fabric OS State Synchronization. FSS service is related to High Availability (HA). The primary function of FSS is to deliver state update messages from active components to their peer standby components. The Brocade software license that allows multiple E_Ports on a switch. Concurrent transmission and reception of data on a link. A loop device that has an entry in name server. A fabric port that can operate as either an F_Port or an FL_Port. A device that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary translation, both for hardware and software. Gigabit Ethernet port available on some Brocade switches; supports FCIP and FC Channel Routing Service features with link speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec. Gigabit Interface Converter. A removable transceiver module permitting Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet physical-layer transport. Gigabits per second. Also, Gbit/sec. Gigabytes per second. Also GB/sec. 1,062,500,000 bits per second. Gigabit Link Module. A semitransparent transceiver that incorporates serializing/deserializing functions. The code name for a Brocade 4 Gbit/sec switch ASIC used in the Brocade 200E Switch. A generic port that supports either E_Port or F_Port functionality. Graphical User Interface. High Availability. A set of features in Brocade switches designed to provide maximum reliability and nondisruptive replacement of key hardware and software modules. A mode of communication that allows a port to either transmit or receive frames at any time except simultaneously (with the exception of link control frames, which can be transmitted at any time). The AL_PA that an NL_Port attempts to acquire during loop initialization. Host Bus Adapter. An interface between a server or workstation bus and the Fibre Channel network. Brocade SAN Glossary 1/29/2008 Page 12 of 29