HP Surestore 64 HP Enterprise Connectivity Fabric Manager User's Guide - Page 220
N, Alternate name assigned to a worldwide name for a node or director in the fabric.
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multiswitch fabric Fibre Channel fabric created by linking more than one director or fabric switching device within a fabric. N name server Program that translates names from one form into another. Domain name servers (DNS) translate domain names into IP addresses. name server zoning N_Port access management that allows N_Ports to communicate if and only if they belong to a common name server zone. network address Name or address that identifies a managed product, such as the HP Surestore Director FC_64 on a TCP/IP network. The network address can be either an IP address in dotteddecimal notation (comprised of four three-digit octets in the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), or a domain name (as administered on a customer network). nickname Alternate name assigned to a worldwide name for a node or director in the fabric. node In Fibre Channel terminology, mode refers to an end device (Server or storage device) that is or can be connected to a switched fabric. node port Physical interface within an end device which can connect to an F_Port on a switched fabric or directly to another N_Port (in point-to-point communications). 202 Glossary