HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.X Master Glossary (AA-RW7NA-TE, September 2005)

Fabric Mode One of two possible modes for an L_Port, in which the L_Port is connected to
another por t that is not loop capable, using fabric protocol.
fabric na me Theuniqueidentifier assigned to a fabric and communicated during login and
port discovery.
fabric por t count The number of ports available for connection by nodes in a fabric.
fabric se rvices Codes that describe the communication to and from any well-known address.
fabric topology The arrangement of switches that form a fabric.
Fabric Watch Optionally licensed HP StorageWorks software. Fabric Watch can be accessed
through either the command line or Advanced Web Tools, and it provides the
ability to set thresholds for monitoring fabric conditions.
failover A nondisruptive process in the HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64, SAN
Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director during which one CP passes active
status to another CP.
FAN Fabric address notification. Retains the AL_PA and fabric address when a loop
reinitializes, if the switch supports FAN.
fan-in The ratio of hosts to storage devices; the view of the SAN from the storage
port’s p erspective.
fan-out The ratio of storage devices to hosts; the view of the SAN from the host port’s
perspective.
F_BSY Fabric port busy frame. A frame issued by the fabric to indicate that a frame
cannot be delivered because the fabric or destination N_Port is busy.
FC-0 The lowest layer of the Fibre Channel transport. Represents physical media.
FC-1 The layer of the Fibre Channel transport that contains the 8b/10b encoding
scheme.
FC-2 The layer of the Fibre Channel transport that handles framing and protocol,
frame format, sequence/exchange management, and ordered set usage.
FC-3 The layer of the Fibre Channel transport that contains common services used by
multiple N_ Por ts in a node.
FC-4 The layer of the Fibre Channel transport that handles standards and profiles for
mapping upper-level protocols such as SCSI and IP onto the Fibre Channel
Protocol.
FC-AL-3 The Fibre Channel arbitrated-loop standard defined by A NSI, which is defined
on t
op of the FC-PH standards.
See also ANSI and FC-PH.
FC-AV Fibre Channel audio visual.
FCC Federal Communications Commission. An agency of the U. S. g overnment
responsible for communication standards for electrical emissions in the United
States.
FC-CT Fibre Channel common transport.
FC-FG Fibre Channel generic requirements. Refers to the ANSI FC -FG do cument which
specifies tools and algorithms for interconnection and initialization of Fibre
Channel switches to create a multiswitch Fibre Channel Fabric.
FC-FLA The Fibre Channel fabric loop-attach standard defined by ANSI.
FC-FS Fibre Channel framing and signaling.
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