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Intrepid® 6140 Director Installation and Service Manual
Glossary
10 Gbps port module
card
A printed circuit board (Intrepid-series directors only) that provides
port connections that support 10.625 Gbps Fibre Channel
communication. Port connectivity is provided through XFP optical
transceivers. Contrast with fibre port module card and universal port
module card.
A
active zone set The zone set active for a multiswitch fabric, and created when a
user-specified zone set is enabled. See also zone and zone set.
AL_PA See arbitrated loop physical address.
application (1) An information processing system, forexample, a payroll
application, an airline reservation application, or a network
application. (2) Software used to perform specific types of
user-oriented work on a computer.
arbitrated loop One of three topologies offered by the Fibre Channel protocol. The
topology is structured as a loop and requires an attached port to
successfully arbitrate for access prior to establishing a circuit to
transmit or receive frames. See also switched fabric and point-to-point.
arbitrated loop
physical address
A single-byte value used to identify physical port addresses on an
arbitrated loop. An arbitrated loop has one FL_Port address and 126
NL_Port addresses (127 valid AL_PAs).
arbitration The process of selecting one respondent from a collection of several
candidates that request service concurrently.
Audit Log A logthatsummarizing actions (audit trail) performed on a managed
product through the director or switch-specific Element Manager
application or an SNMP workstation. Contrast with EFC Audit Log.
B
bandwidth (1) The difference (expressed in Hertz) between the highest and
lowest frequencies in arange of frequencies. (2) The data transfer rate
of a network or electronic communication system.