Installation guide

iSR6152 Intelligent Storage Router
Installation Guide
Glossary-8 ISR651103-00 C
target
The storage-device endpoint of a SCSI
session. Initiators request data from
targets. Targets are typically disk-drives,
tape-drives, or other media devices.
Typically a SCSI peripheral device is the
target but an adapter may, in some cases,
be a target. A target can contain many
LUNs.
A target is a device that responds to a
requested by an initiator (the host system).
Peripherals are targets, but for some
commands (for example, a SCSI COPY
command), the peripheral may act as an
initiator.
TCP
Transmission control protocol. A set of
rules to send data in packets over the
Internet protocol.
TOE
TCP/IP offload engine. Technology for
improving TCP/IP performance by
offloading processing onto a state-based
offload engine directly on the adapter.
virtual logical area network
See VLAN.
VLAN
Virtual logical area network (LAN). A group
of hosts with a common set of require-
ments that communicate as if they were
attached to the same wire, regardless of
their physical location. Although a VLAN
has the same attributes as a physical LAN,
it allows for end stations to be grouped
together even if they are not located on the
same LAN segment. VLANs enable
network reconfiguration through software,
instead of physically relocating devices.
world wide name
See WWN.
world wide node name
See WWNN.
world wide port name
See WWPN.
WWN
World wide name. A unique 64-bit address
assigned to a device by the device
manufacturer.
WWNN
World wide node name. A unique 64-bit
address assigned to a device.
WWPN
World wide port name. A unique 64-bit
address assigned to each port on a
device. One WWNN may contain multiple
WWPN addresses.