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Eclipse™ 2640 SAN Router Administration and Configuration Manual
Glossary
• Addressing storage traffic between the local SAN Router and
directly-attached storage devices router-attached (storage)
devices (RADs). Similarly, this address may be used as the
external “router” next hop IP address by directly-attached
devices RADs to transmit storage traffic to other SAN Routers in
the internal IP network.
• Communication between the metro storage name servers (mSNS)
on the different SAN Routers.
• Communicating with other SAN Routers across a metro area
storage area network (mSAN).
• mSNS messages, spanning tree messages, and routing control
messages from other SAN Routers are sent to this inband
address.
inband management Management of the director or switch through Fibre Channel. An
interface connection to a port card. Contrast with
out-of-band
management.
industry standard
architecture
ISA. Bus architecture designed for personal computers (PCs) that use
an Intel 80386, 80486, or Pentium microprocessor. ISA buses are 32
bits wide and support multiprocessing.
Infiniband The name applied to the merged specifications for Next Generation
Input Output (NCGIO) from Intel and System IO from Compaq, HP,
and IBM. Infiniband is a serial interconnect technology with a
wire/fiber data speed of 2.5 GB. The basic Infiniband is a full-duplex
dual wire/fiber.
information message Message notifying a user that a function is performing normally or
has completed normally. See also
error message; warning message.
information services IS. IS is the name of the department responsible for computers,
networking, and data management. See also
information technology.
information
technology
IT. The broad subject concerned with all aspects of managing and
processing information, especially within a large organization or
company. Because computers are central to information
management, computer departments within companies and
universities are often called IT departments. See also
information
services; ITE.