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Intrepid® 6140 Director Installation and Service Manual
Glossary
G
gateway address For TCP/IP applications, the address of a router to which a device
sends frames destined for addresses not on the same physical
network as the sending device. The hexadecimal format for a
gateway address is XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.
Gb See gigabit.
GB See gigabyte.
GBIC See gigabit interface converter.
Gbps Acronym for gigabits per second. Also written as Gb/sec.
generic port InFibreChannel protocol,a directoror switchportthat functionsas a
fabric port (F_Port), fabric loop port (FL_Port), or expansion port
(E_Port), depending on the port to which it connects. See also fabric
port, fabric loop port,orexpansion port.
generic port module
card
A printed circuit board (ED-5000 Director only) that provides four
port connections that support 1.0625 Gbps Fibre Channel
communication. Port connectivity is provided through SC duplex
optical transceivers. Contrast with fibre port module card and universal
port module card.
GHz See gigahertz.
gigabit A unit of measure for data storage, equal to 134,217,728 bytes. A
gigabit is generally approximated as one eighth of a gigabyte.
gigabit interface
converter
A removable port connector (serial DB9, serial HSSDC, or fiber-optic)
that converts an electrical data stream to an optical or amplified
electrical data stream. GBICs provide port connectivity for the
ES-1000 switch. Contrast with SC duplex connector and small form factor
pluggable transceiver.
gigabyte A unit of measure for data storage, equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes. A
gigabyte is generally approximated as one billion bytes.
gigahertz One billion cycles per second (Hertz).