Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

Glossary
Glossary-6 ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide
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partition
A logical division of a container, represented to the host as a logical unit.
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association. An international association formed
to promote a common standard for PC card-based peripherals to be plugged into notebook
computers. The card, commonly known as a PCMCIA card, is about the size of a credit card.
port
1. In general terms, a logical channel in a communication system.
2. The hardware and software used to connect a host controller to a communications bus,
such as a SCSI bus or serial bus.
program card
The PCMCIA card containing operating software for the storage controller.
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. A method of using hard disk drives in an array to
provide data redundancy to increase system reliability and performance.
redundancy
The provision of multiple interchangeable components to perform a single function in order
to cope with failures and errors.
reliability
The continuous integrity of a system (server, storage, network, or cluster).
resource
A software or hardware entity upon which a client/server application or service is dependent.
As it pertains to Microsoft Cluster Server, a cluster resource must have the ability to be
managed by the cluster and must reside on one of the cluster nodes. A resource can be a
member of only one group.
SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface. A standard parallel interface for rapid data transmission.
ServerNet
A bidirectional, high-bandwidth, low-latency, redundant path network interconnect.