HP StorageWorks Sun Solaris Kit V3.0B for Enterprise Virtual Array Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RUH4B-TE, October 2003)

Glossary
39Sun Solaris Kit V3.0B for Enterprise Virtual Array Installation and Configuration Guide
FC HBA
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter. An interchangeable term for Fibre Channel adapter.
See also FCA.
FCA
Fiber 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.
fiber
The optical media used to implement Fibre Channel.
fibre
The international spelling that refers to the Fibre Channel standards for optical media.
Fibre Channel
A data transfer architecture designed for mass storage devices and other peripheral devices
that require very high bandwidth.
Fibre Channel adapter
See FCA.
GB
Gigabyte. A unit of measurement defining either:
■ A data transfer rate.
■ A storage or memory capacity of 1,073,741,824 (2
30
) bytes.
See also GBps.
GBps
Gigabytes per second. A measurement of the rate at which the transfer of bytes of data
occurs. A GBps is a transfer rate of 1,000,000,000 (10
9
) bits per second.
See also GB.
Giga (G)
The notation to represent 10
9
or 1 billion (1,000,000,000).
HBA
Host Bus Adapter.
See also FCA, HBA.
host
A computer that runs user applications and uses (or can potentially use) one or more virtual
disks created and presented by the controller pair.