Hardware manual

Group Administration Glossary
Glossary–6
jumbo frames
Ethernet frames capable of more than 1,5
00 bytes of payload (MTU). Enabling jumbo frames might improve
performance on certain configurations.
keep count
1. (Auto-Snapshot Manager) The maximum number of snapshots or replicas
retained by a Smart Copy schedule.
2. (Group Manager) The user-established limit on the number of sn
apshots or replicas created by using a schedule
on the PS Series group.
latency
The time required to complete a specific I/O oper
ation.
load balancing
Automatic distribution of I/O across re
source
s to improve performance.
local replication reserve
(Group Manager) Storage space on a primary group that is used to record ch
anges to a volume when replication is
configured, and optionally to store a failback snapshot for a volume.
management IP address
In a group with a management network configured and enabled, an address us
ed exclusively to log into the Group
Manager GUI or CLI.
management network
An optional management network separates iSCSI traffic (volume I/O) from
management traffic (GUI and CLI
sessions, and other group management communications and intergroup operations).
manual restore
(Auto-Snapshot Manager) Mounting a Smart Copy an
d manually restoring data items.
manual transfer replication
(Host Integration Tools, Group Manager) Replication done thro
ugh transportable media instead of over a network.
Used in cases where the network link between replication partners is too slow or otherwise unsuitable for
transferring large amounts of data.
Manual Transfer Utility
A stand-alone utility from EqualLogic that performs volume replicati
on using transportable media, instead of the
network. The utility has both graphical and command line user interfaces.
member
A PS Series array configured into a PS Series group. Groups can have several members.
member name
The unique name used to identify a specific
member within a group.
membership password
The password required to add an array to a gr
oup, making it a member of the group.
merging pools
(Group Manager) The process of moving all the members and volumes from a sourc
e
pool to a destination pool,
deleting the source pool on completion.
mount
(Auto-Snapshot Manager) To create a connection to an iSCSI volum
e (clone, replica, or snapshot) and make its file
system accessible to the operating environment.