User's Manual

SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch
Installation Guide
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Class 3 Service
A service which multiplexes frames at
frame boundaries to or from one or more
N_Ports without acknowledgment.
Configured Zone Sets
The zone sets stored on a switch
excluding the active zone set.
Default Visibility
Zoning parameter that determines the
level of communication among
ports/devices when there is no active zone
set.
Domain ID
User defined number that identifies the
switch in the fabric.
Event Log
Log of messages describing events that
occur in the fabric.
Expansion Port
E_Port that connects to another FC-SW-2
compliant switch.
Fabric Database
The set of fabrics that have been opened
during a SANsurfer Switch Manager
session.
Fabric Device Management Interface
An interface by which device host bus
adapters can be managed through the
fabric.
Fabric Management Switch
The switch through which the fabric is
managed.
Fabric Name
User defined name associated with the file
that contains user list data for the fabric.
Fabric Port
An F_Port or FL_Port.
Fabric Security
The functions that provide security for
fabric users and devices including user
account security and fabric services.
Fabric Services
A component of fabric security that
provides for the control of inband
management and SNMP on a switch.
Fabric View File
A file containing a set of fabrics that were
opened and saved during a previous
SANsurfer Switch Manager session.
Fan Fail LED
An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in
the switch is operating below standard.
FDMI
See Fabric Device Management Interface.
Flash Memory
Memory on the switch that contains the
chassis control firmware.
Force PROM Mode
See Maintenance Mode.
Frame
Data unit consisting of a start-of-frame
(SOF) delimiter, header, data payload,
CRC, and an end-of-frame (EOF)
delimiter.