HP StorageWorks 2/140 director product manager user guide - Page 224

Glossary optical cable Fiber, multiple fibers, or a fiber bundle in a structure built to meet optical, mechanical, and environmental specifications. See also jumper cable, optical cable assembly, and trunk cable. optical cable assembly Optical cable that is connector-terminated. See also jumper cable and optical cable. optical fiber connector Hardware component that transfers optical power between two optical fibers or bundles and is designed to be repeatedly connected and disconnected. out-of-band management Transmission of management information using frequencies or channels (Ethernet) other than those routinely used for information transfer (Fibre Channel). packet Logical unit of information (usually in the form of a data frame) transmitted on a network. It contains a header (with all relevant addressing and timing information), the actual data, and a trailer (which contains the error checking function, usually in the form of a cyclic redundancy check). password Unique string of characters known to the computer system and to a user who must specify it to gain full or limited access to a system and to the information stored within it. path In a network, any route between any two ports. persistent binding A form of server-level access control that uses configuration information to bind a server to a specific Fibre Channel storage volume (or logical device) using a unit number. port Receptacle on a device to which a cable leading to another device can be attached. port card Field-replaceable hardware component that provides the port connections for fiber cables and performs specific device-dependent logic functions. port card map Map showing numbers assigned to each port card by card slot. Glossary-16 director product manager user guide