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

Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) Optionally licensed Brocade software that provides easy, centralized management of a SAN and quick access to all device configuration applications. Brocade Web Tools Optionally licensed software component of Fabric OS that enables administrators to monitor and manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. Broadcast zone In Fabric OS 5.3.0 or later, a zone with the name of "broadcast" (casesensitive), which is used for setting up recipients of broadcast packets. Does not restrict access to its members, but restricts broadcast packets to only those devices that are members. Buffer-to-buffer flow control Management of the frame transmission rate in either a point-to-point topology or in an Arbitrated Loop. Bypass circuitry Circuits that automatically remove a device from the data path when valid signals are dropped. C CAM Cascade CDR CE Channel CHAP CIM Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 6 Content-Addressable Memory. Connecting two or more Fibre Channel hubs or switches to increase port capacity or distance. Seven levels of cascading is the limit for Brocade switches. Brocade 1000 switches can have up to 32 in a SAN; Brocade 2000 switches and above can have up to 239. Clock and Data Recovery circuitry. Conformité Européenne. A point-to-point link whose task is to transport data from one point to another. Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. Allows remote servers and clients to securely exchange authentication credentials. Both the server and client are configured with the same shared secret. Common Information Model; a management structure enabling disparate resources to be managed by a common application. A connection-oriented class of service that requires acknowledgment of frame delivery. A connectionless class of service that requires acknowledgment of frame delivery. A connectionless class of service that requires no acknowledgment of frame delivery between N_Ports. A connection-oriented service that allows fractional parts of the bandwidth to be used in a virtual circuit. A connection-oriented, multicast service geared toward video broadcasts between a central server and clients. Brocade SAN Glossary 1/29/2008 Page 4 of 29