HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Systems User Guide

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external

application

A software module that is used by a storage system but runs on a separate platform.

external port A fibre-channel port that is configured to be connected to an external storage system for External

Storage operations.

external volume A logical volume whose data resides on drives that are physically located outside the HP storage

system.

failback The process of switching operations from the secondary path or host back to the primary path

or host, after the primary path or host has recovered from failure. See also failover.

failover The process of switching operations from the primary path or host to a secondary path or host

when the primary path or host fails.

FBA fixed-block architecture

FC fibre channel; FlashCopy

FC-AL fibre-channel arbitrated loop

FCA fibre-channel adapter

FCIP fibre-channel internet protocol

FCP fibre-channel protocol

FCSP fibre-channel security protocol

FIBARC Fibre Connection Architecture

FICON Fibre Connectivity

FIFO first in, first out

free capacity The amount of storage space (in bytes) that is available for use by the host system(s).

FSW fibre switch

FTP file-transfer protocol

FV fixed-size volume

FWD fast-wide differential

GID group ID

GUI graphical user interface

H-LUN host logical unit

HA high availability

HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing

host failover The process of switching operations from one host to another host when the primary host fails.

host group A group of hosts of the same operating system platform.

host mode Operational modes that provide enhanced compatibility with supported host platforms. Used

with fibre-channel ports on RAID storage systems.

host mode option Additional options for fibre-channel ports on RAID storage systems. Provide enhanced functionality

for host software and middleware.

HRpM HP XP P9000 Replication Manager

iFCP internet fibre-channel protocol

IML initial microcode load; initial microprogram load

IMPL initial microprogram load

in-system

replication

The original data volume and its copy are located in the same storage system. Business Copy

in-system replication provides duplication of logical volumes; Snapshot in-system replication

provides “snapshots” of logical volumes that are stored and managed as virtual volumes (V-VOLs).