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Glossary This glossary defines acronyms and terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a comprehensive glossary of computer terms. disk array FC HBA hardware provider LAN LUN MSA RAID SAN fabric SNMP subsystem volume VDS A RAID. A collection of disk drives within a cabinet or multiple cabinets and including a controller and software allowing drives to be combined in various configurations to create virtual drives (LUNs). Fibre Channel, a fiber optic interconnection standard commonly used for storage area networks. Host bus adapter. The FC interface card that installs in a host to connect the host to a fabric SAN. Software that executes on the host, a bus adapter, and the disk array to enable managing of array LUNs and ports through the Windows OS and applications. Local Area Network. Logical Unit Number. A physically addressable storage unit as presented by a hardware RAID subsystem. A virtual disk, consisting of multiple portions of physical disks addressed as a single unit. HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array. Redundant array of independent disks. The Fibre Channel hardware and cabling that connects servers to storage devices in a Storage Area Network (SAN) is referred to as a "fabric." A fabric switch provides automatically-switched connectivity between servers and storage in the fabric. Simple Network Management Protocol. Synonym fordisk array or RAID. Generic term for a number of physical disks or portions of disks logically bound together as a virtual disk containing contiguous logical blocks. Volume can also be software shorthand for a mapped volume (Windows drive letter or mount point). Microsoft Virtual Disk Service, the Windows service that manages storage through hardware providers. HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider for Windows 2003 administration guide 35