3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 Concepts Guide (320-200112 Rev B, February 2010)

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Glossary
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message code
A keycode that identifies a system alert.
midplane
See storage server backplane.
mirror
One member of a group of mirrored chunklets,
which is also known as a RAID 1 set.
mirror depth
See set size.
mirroring
A data redundancy technique used by some RAID
levels and in particular RAID 1 to provide data
protection on a storage array.
N
navigation tree
The navigation tree appears in a pane that
occupies the left side of the InForm Management
Console main window. Each system and system
object appears as an icon in the navigation tree.
no stale snapshots
Virtual copy policy that prevents changes being
written to a base volume when it does not have
enough snapshot data or administration space to
prevent virtual copies from becoming invalid, or
stale, as a result. See also stale snapshots, virtual
copy policy.
node
See controller node.
node cabinet
A cabinet that houses the storage server
backplane and controller nodes.
node chassis
See controller node chassis.
O
original parent base volume
The original base volume from which a series of
virtual and/or physical copies has been created.
Any volume can be the parent from which one or
more virtual copies is created, but for each set of
related copies there is only one original parent
base volume.
owner, owner node
See logical disk owner node.
P
parent volume
A virtual volume from which a virtual or physical
copy is made. See also original parent base
volume.
parity
A data redundancy technique used by some RAID
levels and in particular RAID 5 to provide data
protection on a storage array.
parity set
See RAID 5 set.
parity set position
The group of chunklets that occupy the same
position within a RAID 5 logical disk parity set.
PCI load card
An electronic circuit board that is inserted into a
controller node’s PCI slot. The PCI load card
allows the node to recognize an unoccupied PCI
slot.
PDU
See power distribution unit.
physical copy
A point-in-time copy of an entire virtual volume.