HP StorageWorks 4/16 Brocade SAN Glossary for Fabric OS v6.0.0 - Page 13

HiPPI Hop count Hot swappable HSSDC HSSDC-2 HTTP HTTPS Hub Hunt Group I Idle IFCP IKE In-band Initiator Ingress Rate Limiting Integrated Fabric Intercabinet High-performance Parallel Interface. An 800 Mbit/sec interface normally used in supercomputer environments. Hop count is the number of ISLs a frame must traverse to get from its source to its destination. A component that can be replaced while under power. High Speed Serial Data Connection. A form factor that allows quick connections for copper interfaces. Second-generation HSSDC connector. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The standard TCP/IP transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure link. Switches and directors configured for SSL grant access to management tools through HTTPS instead of standard HTTP links. A Fibre Channel wiring concentrator that collapses a loop topology into a physical star topology. A hub can automatically recognize an active node and inserts it into the loop; a node that is not functioning is automatically removed from the loop. A number of N_Ports registered as a single Alias_ID, so the fabric can route a word to a port that is free. An ordered set transmitted continuously over a link when no data is being transmitted to maintain an active link. It helps maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization. Internet Fibre Channel Protocol. Supports FC Layer 4 FCP-Over-TCP/IP; a gateway-to-gateway protocol in which TCP/IP switching and routing components exchange/replace FC fabric. Internet Key Exchange. The protocol used to set up a security association in the IPsec protocol suite. Transmission of management protocol over the Fibre Channel transport. A server or workstation on a Fibre Channel network that initiates transactions to tapes or disks. A licensed fabric service that restricts the speed of traffic from a particular device by setting the maximum speed traffic can flow through a particular F_Port or FL_Port. See also Adaptive Networking. The fabric created by connecting multiple Brocade switches with multiple ISL cables, and configuring the switches to handle traffic as a seamless group. A specification for copper cabling that allows up to 33-m (108 ft) distances between cabinets. Brocade SAN Glossary 1/29/2008 Page 13 of 29