Instruction Manual

Fault Manage-
ment Code
See FMC.
Fibre Chann el
drive enc losure
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. The American National Standards Institute’s
(ANSI) document that specifies arbitrated loop topology operation.
FC HBA Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter. An interchangeable term for Fibre Channel
adapter.
See also FCA.
FCA Fibre Channel Adapter. An adapter used to connect the host server to the
fabric. Also called a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) or a Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapter (FC HBA).
See also FC HBA.
FCC Federal Communications Commission. The federal agency responsible for
establishing standards and approving electronic devices within the United States.
FCP Fibre Channel Protocol. The mapping of SCSI-3 operations to Fibre Channel.
fiber The optical media used to implement Fibre Channel.
fiber optics The technology where light is transmit ted through glass or plastic (optical)
threads (fibers) for data communication or signaling purposes.
fiber optic cable A transmission medium designed to transmit digital signals in the form of pulses
of light. Fiber optic cable is noted for its properties of electrical isolation and
resistance to electrostatic contamina tion.
fibre The international spelling that refers to the Fibre Channel standards for optical
media.
Fibre Chann el A data transfer architecture designed for mass storage devices and other
periphera l devices that require very high bandwidth.
Fibre Chann el
adapter
See FCA.
Fibre Chann el
Loop
An enclosure that provides t welve-port central interconnect for Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loops following the ANSI Fibre Channel drive enclosure standard.
field replaceable
unit
See FRU.
flush The act of writing dirt y data from cache to a storage media
FMC Fault Management Code. The HP Command View EVA display of the Enterprise
Storage System error condition information.
form factor A stora ge industry dimensional standard for 3.5inch (89 mm) and 5.25inch (133
mm)highstoragedevices.Deviceheightsarespecified as low-profile (1inch or
25.4 mm), half-height (1.6inch or 41 mm), and full-height (5.25inch or 133 mm).
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array. A programmable device with an internal array
of logic blocks surrounded by a ring of programmable I/O blocks connected
together through a programmable interconnect.
frequency The number of cycles that occur in one second expressed in Hertz (Hz). Thus, 1
Hz is equivalent to one cycle per second.
FRU Field Replaceable Unit. A hardware element that can be replaced in the field.
This t ype of replacement can require special training, tools, or techniques.
Therefore, FRU procedures are usually performed only by an Authorized Service
Representative.
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