Installation and Reference Guide HP StorageWorks Secure Path 3.0F Service Pack 4 for HP-UX 11i v1.0 and 11i v2.0 (5697-8001, March 2009)

port a The relative number of an HBA. A specific port number is determined according
to its order of discovery by the Windows operating system and includes SCSI,
Fibre Channel, and IDE adapter types.
SAN Storage Area Network. A configuration of networked devices for storage.
state State is an attribute that describes the current operational condition of an object.
See also Path, Path States, Controller States, and Device States.
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