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Glossary This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide and is not a comprehensive glossary of computer terms. 3DC Three Data Center. A storage configuration that uses XP storage systems. AAA access authorization ACL ACU ADG AES AG arbitrated loop ARL ATM Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. A security protocol. A fabric security method that provides frame-level access control in hardware and verifies the SID-DID combination of each frame. Also known as hard zoning. Access control list. A data protection feature used to restrict access to data resources based on defined policies. Array Configuration Utility. A utility used to control LUN access. Advanced Data Guarding. Advanced Encryption Standard. An encryption security technology. Access Gateway. A software-enable feature that allows B-series Blade switches to function as port aggregators. See FC-AL. Adaptive Rate Limiting. Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A communications networking technology for LANs and WANs that carries information in fixed-size cells of 53 bytes (5 protocol bytes and 48 data bytes). BB_credits BCN B-series Buffer-to-buffer credits. Backward Congestion Notification. Fibre Channel switches manufactured for HP by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. CA cascaded switch CBC CEE CFS CHAP Certificate authority. The destination director attached to the control unit. Cipher-block chaining. A data encryption cipher mode. Converged Enhanced Ethernet. Cisco Fabric Services. A C-series port security feature. Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. An IP SAN security technology. SAN Design Reference Guide 433