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DWDM EBS ECB EE EFMD enterprise ESCON ESS EVA fabric failover FC FC-AL FCC FCDM FCFW FCID FCIP FCoE FCS FCSA Dense wavelength division multiplexing. The technique of placing several optical signals on a single optical cable simultaneously. See also WDM. Enterprise Backup Solution. HP SAN backup software. Electronic code book. An encryption cipher mode. Encryption Engine. A feature of the B-series Encryption Switch. Exchange Fabric Membership Data. A protocol used in C-series fabric binding configurations. Any large organization where information technology is essential for continuing operations. Enterprise Systems Connection. Enterprise Storage System. HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array. A high-performance, high-capacity, and high-availability storage solution for the high-end enterprise class marketplace. Each EVA storage system consists of a pair of HSV virtualizing storage controllers and the disk drives they manage. A network of one or more Fibre Channel switches that transmit data between any two N_Ports on any of the switches. An automatic method for transferring operations from a failed system to a secondary, identical system. Fibre Channel. A comprehensive set of standards for concurrent communication among servers, storage systems, and peripheral devices. Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. A serial, full-duplex, data transfer architecture for high-performance storage systems. Fibre Channel Congestion Control. A feature that allows C-series switches to intelligently regulate traffic across ISLs and ensure that each initiator-target pair of devices has the required bandwidth for data transfer. Fibre Channel Disk Module. Fibre Channel FastWrite. Fibre Channel ID. Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol. Fibre Channel over Ethernet protocol. 1. Fibre Channel switch 2. Fabric Configuration Server, a data access policy that determines which switches can change fabric configurations. Fibre Channel ServerNet Adapter. The HP NonStop version of Fibre Channel HBAs, used to connect to XP disk arrays. SAN Design Reference Guide 435

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DWDM
Dense wavelength division multiplexing. The technique of placing several optical
signals on a single optical cable simultaneously.
See also
WDM
.
EBS
Enterprise Backup Solution. HP SAN backup software.
ECB
Electronic code book. An encryption cipher mode.
EE
Encryption Engine. A feature of the B-series Encryption Switch.
EFMD
Exchange Fabric Membership Data. A protocol used in C-series fabric binding
configurations.
enterprise
Any large organization where information technology is essential for continuing
operations.
ESCON
Enterprise Systems Connection.
ESS
Enterprise Storage System.
EVA
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array. A high-performance, high-capacity,
and high-availability storage solution for the high-end enterprise class marketplace.
Each EVA storage system consists of a pair of HSV virtualizing storage controllers
and the disk drives they manage.
fabric
A network of one or more Fibre Channel switches that transmit data between
any two N_Ports on any of the switches.
failover
An automatic method for transferring operations from a failed system to a
secondary, identical system.
FC
Fibre Channel. A comprehensive set of standards for concurrent communication
among servers, storage systems, and peripheral devices.
FC-AL
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. A serial, full-duplex, data transfer architecture
for high-performance storage systems.
FCC
Fibre Channel Congestion Control. A feature that allows C-series switches to
intelligently regulate traffic across ISLs and ensure that each initiator-target pair
of devices has the required bandwidth for data transfer.
FCDM
Fibre Channel Disk Module.
FCFW
Fibre Channel FastWrite.
FCID
Fibre Channel ID.
FCIP
Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol.
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet protocol.
FCS
1. Fibre Channel switch 2. Fabric Configuration Server, a data access policy
that determines which switches can change fabric configurations.
FCSA
Fibre Channel ServerNet Adapter. The HP NonStop version of Fibre Channel
HBAs, used to connect to XP disk arrays.
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